Elastic Security vs VMware Aria Operations for Logs comparison

Elastic and VMware are both solutions in the Log Management category. Elastic is ranked #5 with an average rating of 7.7, while VMware is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.4. Elastic holds a 4.8% mindshare in LM, compared to VMware’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Elastic users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of VMware users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

VMware Aria Operations for Logs and Elastic Security compete in the log management and security solutions category. VMware is favored for its integration capabilities, while Elastic is preferred for its security features.

Features: VMware Aria Operations for Logs is highly rated for integration with VMware products, correlating logs across platforms, and enhanced visualization. Elastic Security is known for advanced threat detection, an alerting system, and security insights that cater to security-specific needs.

Room for Improvement: VMware Aria Operations for Logs could enhance scalability, improve performance under heavy data loads, and address user performance issues. Elastic Security would benefit from easier configuration, a more approachable learning curve, and reducing complexity for new users.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: VMware Aria Operations for Logs is recognized for straightforward deployment within VMware environments and responsive customer service. Elastic Security has flexible deployment options but users find its support helpful yet occasionally inconsistent.

Pricing and ROI: VMware Aria Operations for Logs offers competitive initial setup costs with a positive ROI due to integration benefits. Elastic Security, though more expensive, justifies costs with a broad feature set and strong security outcomes, translating into substantial ROI over time.

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Categories and Ranking

Elastic Security

Ranking in Log Management

5th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (5th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (16th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (6th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (8th)

VMware Aria Operations for ...

Ranking in Log Management

16th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of Elastic Security is 4.8%, down from 7.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Aria Operations for Logs is 1.2%, down from 1.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Log Management

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Gajewski Marek

Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder at CS2

Provides good anomaly detection and connectivity reporting

We previously used Splunk but switched to Elastic Security because Splunk was more expensive. Feature-wise, both tools are pretty much the same. They have almost the same functions. Elastic Security has a much better AI assistant that allows you to ask questions like a normal person. With Elastic Security, I can also predict the price and how much it will cost. Splunks's pricing depends on how much data we use and the different add-ons I have to add. The pricing is much better with Elastic Security.

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DineshKumar3

Service Delivery Manager at DXC

Gives a clear forecast about existing machines, and has an automation feature that helps in reducing a lot of ambiguities and managing operational efficiencies

What I'd like to improve in vRealize Log Insight is the licensing model. VMware provides vRealize Log Insight along with the VMware Cloud Foundation, but customers who would like to go for the native VMware would have to procure vRealize Log Insight separately. Today, vRealize Log Insight is offered on two different licenses, one is based on the number of VMs, and the other is based on the number of physical codes on the machine. If VMware can provide a bundle offer for customers who procure more than ten licenses, where you can have an option to run, for example, three hundred machines on vRealize Log Insight with no extra cost, this would encourage more people to adopt the solution. What I'd like to see in the next release of vRealize Log Insight is for a cloud option to be available, which would be a pay-as-you-go licensing model that would allow me to pick and choose what I'll monitor. For example, I have one thousand and three hundred critical servers, and the seven hundred servers for basic development, I don't want to monitor on vRealize Log Insight today, so I should be able to pick what I need to monitor on the solution and only pay for that specific instance. If VMware can apply these changes, it would help VMware customers to procure more or adopt more of vRealize Log Insight even in smaller projects.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"We've found the initial setup to be quite straightforward."

"Just the ability to do a lot more than just up-down is nice, which a lot of people take for granted."

"The most valuable features of Elastic Security are it is open-source and provides a high level of security."

"It's open-source and free to use."

"Elastic provides the capability to index quickly due to the reverse indexes it offers. This data is crucial as it contains critical information. The reverse index allows fast data indexing because of Elastic's efficient search engine."

"The product has huge integration varieties available."

"I can look at events from more than one source across multiple different locations and find patterns or anomalies. The machine learning capabilities are helpful, and I can create rules for notifications to be more proactive rather than responding after something has gone wrong."

"The stability of the solution is good."

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"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."

"What I like is that you can have different storage locations for different applications."

"The interface of the solution is good."

"The root cause analysis feature is very valuable."

"The events are notably more descriptive, aiding in security and event analysis. We've also integrated Sky Collector, providing valuable insights and solutions for troubleshooting."

"It is a very useful tool if you have a VMware environment."

"vRealize Log Insight has been running without any issues."

"The solution's simplicity, flexibility, and extensibility are valuable features as we can integrate everything in vRealize."

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Cons

"We'd like to see some more artificial intelligence capabilities."

"There is room for improvement in the Kibana dashboard and in the asset management for the program."

"An area for improvement in Elastic Security is the pricing. It could be better. Right now, when you increase the volume of logs to be collected, the price also increases a lot."

"The solution's query building is not that intuitive compared to other solutions."

"Authentication is not a default in Kibana. We need to have another tool to have authentication and authorization. These two should be part of Kibana."

"This solution cannot do predictive maintenance, so we have to build our own modules for doing it."

"The solution's basic setup takes time, and a lot of effort is required from the beginning to make it actually work."

"The biggest challenge has been related to the implementation."

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"The solution isn't user-friendly for admins."

"The tool could benefit from improved filter settings and dashboarding."

"From an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made more user-friendly."

"The dashboard needs to be improved because this is what I need to monitor my infrastructure."

"Integration with other vendors is something that could be improved, they could add more vendors."

"Log retention should have more options for user control."

"I don't use the solution on a day to day basis, so I'm not sure what specifically can be improved."

"In the VMware environment, one area for improvement is the handling of VM failovers due to host failures, such as unexpected shutdowns from hardware issues. Currently, High Availability (HA) doesn't seem to recognize whether the VMs are online during failover, treating them as offline or unavailable."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is in the middle. I think it is not an expensive experience if we compare it with big names, for example, QRadar, and also Oxide. I think Elastic Security is quite cheap. I would rate the pricing of this solution a five out of ten."

"Compared to other products such as Dynatrace, this is one of the cheaper options."

"Elastic Security is free to use."

"I find it better than Splunk in terms of cost-effectiveness. For cost-effectiveness, I would rate it a nine out of 10."

"The tool's pricing is flexible and comes at unit cost. You don't have to pay for everything."

"The licensing cost of Elastic Security is based on the daily ingestion rate. I can't recall the exact figure, but for 10GB of log action daily, it would cost around $20,000."

"The price is reasonable. It probably costs the same as ArcSight and LogRhythm SIEM. FortiSIEM might cost less than Elastic Security. There are no hidden or additional costs."

"Elastic Stack is an open-source tool. You don't have to pay anything for the components."

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"The licensing cost for vRealize Log Insight is a little higher, so in terms of cost, it all depends upon what kind of environment you have. If you have a complete virtualized environment, or at least you're using a ninety-five percent virtualized environment, then vRealize Log Insight will play a very good role because it is a VMware component, so it has very tight integration with other VMware components and systems. This means you don't have to procure any other monitoring and management tool, and you don't need a separate automation tool. vRealize Log Insight will have an upper hand if your environment is purely virtualized on VMware. If you're using a mix of physical and virtual components, for example, a 50:50 ratio, then you need to have a third-party component to manage overall monitoring."

"The license cost for any other monitoring tool is too high compared to this product."

"I am not sure what the exact cost is. However, I believe the vRealize suite costs $2,500.00 per year."

"Pricing could always be lower. If it were free, I would be more satisfied."

"The pricing has been updated recently."

"It is not cheap. But it is worth it."

"Pricing is good because it is part of the suite package. It comes in a bundle for us."

"I think it is a reasonably priced product."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Government

10%

University

Computer Software Company

15%

Government

14%

Financial Services Firm

12%

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Questions from the Community

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With Datadog, we have near-live visibility across our entire platform. We have seen APM metrics impacted several times lately using the dashboards we have created with Datadog; they are very good c...

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What do you like most about Elastic Security?

Elastic provides the capability to index quickly due to the reverse indexes it offers. This data is crucial as it contains critical information. The reverse index allows fast data indexing because ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Elastic Security?

Compared to other tools, Elastic Security is a cheaper solution.

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What do you like most about vRealize Log Insight?

The events are notably more descriptive, aiding in security and event analysis. We've also integrated Sky Collector, providing valuable insights and solutions for troubleshooting.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vRealize Log Insight?

One major advantage of VMware compared to Splunk is pricing. VMware is licensed based on hardware rather than the amount of data, making it much cheaper. Splunk, often paid by the terabytes, become...

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What needs improvement with vRealize Log Insight?

The tool could benefit from improved filter settings and dashboarding. While there are dashboards available, they are often created by community members and may not work after updates. It would be ...

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Also Known As

Elastic SIEM, ELK Logstash

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Overview

Elastic Security is a robust, open-source security solution designed to offer integrated threat prevention, detection, and response capabilities across an organization's entire digital estate. Part of the Elastic Stack (which includes Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana), Elastic Security leverages the power of search, analytics, and data aggregation to provide real-time insight into threats and vulnerabilities. It is a comprehensive platform that supports a wide range of security needs, from endpoint protection to cloud and network security, making it a versatile choice for organizations looking to enhance their cybersecurity posture.

Elastic Security combines the features of a security information and event management (SIEM) system with endpoint protection, allowing organizations to detect, investigate, and respond to threats in real time. This unified approach helps reduce complexity and improve the efficiency of security operations.

Additional offerings and benefits:

The platform utilizes advanced analytics, machine learning algorithms, and anomaly detection to identify threats and suspicious activities.
It offers extensive integration options with other tools and platforms, facilitating a more cohesive and comprehensive security ecosystem.
With Kibana, users gain access to powerful visualization tools and dashboards that provide real-time insight into security data.

Finally, Elastic Security benefits from a global community of users who contribute to its threat intelligence, helping to enhance its detection capabilities. This collaborative approach ensures that the solution remains on the cutting edge of cybersecurity, with up-to-date information on the latest threats and vulnerabilities.

Manage data at scale with centralized log management, deep operational visibility and intelligent analytics for troubleshooting and auditing across private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Sample Customers

Texas A&M, U.S. Air Force, NuScale Power, Martin's Point Health Care

Wildlands Adventure Zoo, Medic Mobile, IBM, Seventy Seven Energy, Baystate Health, Osis, Oxford University, Columbia University, Siemens, Cardinal Health, Ashdod Port, Vasakronan, Sydney Adventist Hospital, University of Derby

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