We performed a comparison between Elastic Security and syslog-ng based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Log Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's a good platform and the very best in the current market. We looked at the Forester report from December 2022 where it was said to be a leader."
"What customers found most valuable in Elastic Security feature-wise is the search capability, in particular, the way of writing the search query and the speed of searching for results."
"The most valuable features of Elastic Security are it is open-source and provides a high level of security."
"The product has huge integration varieties available."
"The visualization is very good."
"The most valuable feature is the search function, which allows me to go directly to the target to see the specific line a customer is searching for."
"The performance is good and it is faster than IBM QRadar."
"One of the most valuable features of this solution is that it is more flexible than AlienVault."
"Syslog-ng has built-in features that we can use to create alerts for a SIEM solution. It isn't a true SIEM solution, but it's sufficient for the time being."
"The ability to extract and store the logs is the most valuable feature of syslog-ng."
"For us, the most valuable feature is the use of compound search for searching logs at a specific time, by a specific user, or specific behavior."
"Syslog-ng has a separate config file in addition to the core configuration."
"Syslog-ng provides easy access to all my logs. It helps me show managers and other clients precisely where an incident occurred. I also like it because you can integrate syslog-ng with multiple solutions to allow real-time monitoring."
"This type of monitoring is not very mature just yet. We need more real-time information in a way that's easier to manage."
"It could use maybe a little more on the Linux side."
"The biggest challenge has been related to the implementation."
"It would be better if Elastic Security had less storage for data. My customers do not like this. Other vendors have local support in different countries, but Elastic Security doesn't. I would like to have Operational Technology (OT) security in the next release."
"I would like more ways to manage permissions and restrict access to certain users."
"The setup process is complex. You need a solid working knowledge of networking, operating systems, and a little programming."
"It's a little bit of a learning curve to understand the logic of searching for things and trying to find what you're looking for in Elastic Security."
"Sometimes, the solution isn't the easiest to use."
"The filtering has room for improvement."
"There is always the potential for additional integration and protocol extensions."
"It's hard to find people who know how to use syslog-ng. I often find problems with configurations, and solutions aren't integrated correctly with syslog-ng. For example, there might be data with extra decimals, or the collector agents are incorrectly named. It isn't a problem with the solution; it's a lack of professionals."
"There is room for improvement in terms of observability."
"Syslog-ng has built-in features that we can use to create alerts for a SIEM solution. It isn't a true SIEM solution, but it's sufficient for the time being."
Elastic Security is ranked 5th in Log Management with 59 reviews while syslog-ng is ranked 18th in Log Management with 5 reviews. Elastic Security is rated 7.6, while syslog-ng is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Elastic Security writes "A stable and scalable tool that provides visibility along with the consolidation of logs to its users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of syslog-ng writes "It's a user-friendly open-source solution that can replace or augment a commercial product in some cases". Elastic Security is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, IBM Security QRadar and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, whereas syslog-ng is most compared with SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server, Graylog, Grafana Loki, Logstash and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. See our Elastic Security vs. syslog-ng report.
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