We performed a comparison between USM Anywhere and VMware Aria Operations for Logs 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."Using the communication within the security device, it is easier to create plugins."
"This is a USM, so being able to get all the features under one roof makes it a good product with good new features."
"The solution has all the features that we need, however they do not work correctly."
"Our main focus was intrusion detection, alerts, and correlation. It's easy to use AlienVault and integrate it with other alert tools because it includes lots of connectors. Either the tool is already there, or AlienVault will write an API for us if they don't have a connector for the solution that is providing the logs."
"Asset discovery seems to be good."
"Easy to use, scalable, stable, and very intuitive platform that provides protection against security threats."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the ease of deployment that it provides to users. The integrations that the product has with third-party applications are useful."
"AlienVault provides a checklist answer when using SIEM."
"We use the on-premises version of this solution for log analysis and to find details about certain issues."
"The virtualization solution supports data center virtualization, network and security."
"The solution's simplicity, flexibility, and extensibility are valuable features as we can integrate everything in vRealize."
"Log Insight correlates with the VMware product log. It can assemble the logs you want, making it easier to find the output, incident, or keyword you want to search."
"The system's management and its alerts are the most valuable aspects of the solution."
"We are using it because we have a VMware product. It has its own built in dashboards for VMware products, and that's a good thing."
"It gives the customer a quick overview, so they don't have to dig. There's a clear dashboard with many sensors in a single space. He gets a helicopter view of his environment, but he can investigate further if there are serious issues. It's pretty user-friendly."
"One of the most valuable features of vRealize Log Insight is that it gives you a clear forecast about your existing machines, for example, how long your machines could be supported and how long the remaining capacity is to host your machines. This is one of the best options available within vRealize Log Insight. Another valuable feature of the solution is automation. My company deploys a lot of automation when required in a very, very short period, and in a very uniform manner, and even if the automation is being deployed for different processes and departments, it's pretty much the same across the environment, so vRealize Log Insight helps reduce a lot of ambiguities and helps my company manage operational efficiencies well."
"Reporting is convoluted and difficult at times, although they claim to have hundreds of pre-built reports, very few of them are actually useful for anything but what the USM is doing."
"We would like more plugins. This being the main point of improvement which would benefit the users."
"The reporting is mediocre and is something that needs to be improved."
"The reporting module could be a little easier to handle, as it requires quite some trial and error until you get the reports you want. Also, it would be great to have a graphical interface for the Network Intrusion Detection System's rule management."
"The UI and overall processes need a little bit more love. This shows in the error banners that come up when you select certain things. There isn't a day that goes by that the UI doesn't error out and I can't view events for an alarm."
"Search performance can be slow. The Raw Logs feature is painfully slow. And if we're talking about the newer, the Anywhere product, you can't even schedule reports on the thing. There are probably a dozen other features I'd really like to see there, but that would be one of the biggies."
"AlienVault cannot automatically respond to threats like other SIEM solutions, such as Sentinel and LogRhythm. Most of our clients are far away, so it's often challenging to handle alerts when they come up on our dashboard."
"It should be able to communicate with other security solutions to stop threats."
"They should improve their web interface to make it more user-friendly."
"The tool is expensive."
"The dashboard needs to be improved because this is what I need to monitor my infrastructure."
"Technical support should be improved."
"I would like to see more tutorials or at least an introduction video from the supplier, so you can become proficient and get the most out of the solution. You might not get the full benefit from a logging or reporting solution because you might not have a particular tool enabled. You could leave something out of your analysis because you aren't aware of it or you don't know how to set it up."
"The solution should be more user-friendly. The user interface and dashboard could be simplified."
"The solution isn't user-friendly for admins."
"In vRealize login files, we have limitations regarding log partitions."
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USM Anywhere is ranked 15th in Log Management with 113 reviews while VMware Aria Operations for Logs is ranked 10th in Log Management with 24 reviews. USM Anywhere is rated 8.4, while VMware Aria Operations for Logs is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of USM Anywhere writes "Easy to use and affordable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Aria Operations for Logs writes "Gives a clear forecast about existing machines, and has an automation feature that helps in reducing a lot of ambiguities and managing operational efficiencies". USM Anywhere is most compared with Wazuh, AlienVault OSSIM, IBM Security QRadar, Splunk Enterprise Security and Microsoft Sentinel, whereas VMware Aria Operations for Logs is most compared with Splunk Enterprise Security, Elastic Security, LogRhythm SIEM, Graylog and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. See our USM Anywhere vs. VMware Aria Operations for Logs report.
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