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Heavy.AI vs Security Onion comparison

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

Categories and Ranking

Heavy.AI
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (25th)
Security Onion
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (22nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Heavy.AI and Security Onion aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Heavy.AI is designed for Relational Databases Tools and holds a mindshare of 0.8%, up 0.3% compared to last year.
Security Onion, on the other hand, focuses on Log Management, holds 1.6% mindshare, down 4.5% since last year.
Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Heavy.AI0.8%
SQL Server10.3%
Oracle Database10.3%
Other78.6%
Relational Databases Tools
Log Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Security Onion1.6%
Splunk Enterprise Security7.1%
IBM Security QRadar4.5%
Other86.8%
Log Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2886843 - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Cloud Gb Strat High Technology Enterprise Account Executive at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Interactive analytics has revealed territory gaps and now needs simpler, more conversational guidance
I think whenever you're using these tools, you want it to be as conversational as possible, and I think more of that would be helpful for Heavy.AI. Allowing you to ask questions on how to do things inside of Heavy.AI and have it actually show you how to do it as you're doing it would be beneficial. That way you don't have to spend a lot of time trying things out through trial and error. Trial and error can be helpful because you're learning it that way, but at the same time, when you're just trying to do things quickly and you're not a professional or a user that uses it all the time, you might not have that. So you want to be able to get that information quickly and easily. Some aspects I didn't like, but some of it's just like, "of course not." I wish I could snap my fingers and have everything be perfect, but that's not realistic. The infrastructure is probably fairly expensive. I can't afford to do that. I would need my business, the company that I work for to do it for us. Otherwise I can't really do it. It's just expensive. I did feel that it was pretty easy to use, but I'm a little bit more experienced than the average person, so maybe someone less technical like my colleagues would struggle initially to figure it out. I think maybe enhancing the user-friendliness for people that are not coders, just kind of setting up the workflows and things so it's just easier would help. It seems to be more purpose-built for spatial stuff, for location plus time and things, but general purpose BI is kind of an important thing. I don't think people were actually taking advantage of that, and when they're not doing that, it creates a little bit of trouble.
BL
Network Engineer at Crisp System India Pvt Ltd
Centralized security toolkit has simplified network traffic analysis and customized threat detection
The biggest advantage I found when using Security Onion was that it has a combined set of tools, which is beneficial, as having one place with multiple tools is advantageous. I have used Elastic Stack for data visualization, last using it maybe a couple of months back. Elastic Stack was helpful for my security operations as it is an open-source tool, allowing me to use multiple tools in one place instead of using them all separately. I have also tried Zeek, but I do not use it multiple times. I did not have enough time to understand if Zeek was effective or not, and I did not see much benefit from it. I find the intrusion detection capabilities of Suricata beneficial. With Suricata, we can write different rules for different signatures, which allows for customized use cases. It was helpful to aggregate all the events and traffic in one place with Security Onion, so it is beneficial.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Heavy.AI being able to do these things without having that background was powerful for me."
"Heavy.AI has helped reduce handling times and improved agent performance significantly."
"We did see a saving of time and cost because we had a one-stop shop where we could access GPU utilization along with plotting of geographical data."
"Security Onion brings these tools together in one platform, making it easier to investigate security events and understand what's happening across the network."
"Security Onion is the most mature solution in the market."
"The most valuable feature of Security Onion for security monitoring is its ability to find infected ports."
"What I appreciate most about Security Onion is that it combines multiple security monitoring tools into one platform."
"We use Security Onion for internal vulnerability assessment."
"Security Onion is reliable and is a good product, having no glitches or latency problems."
"Security Onion has positively impacted my organization by enabling students to analyze logs, understand network traffic, comprehend intrusion detection, and utilize threat hunting and incident response skills in a practical environment, which are best practices we have implemented with the students."
"Security Onion is a completely open-source and free platform, making it a cost-effective solution that works smoothly and effectively for our organization."
 

Cons

"My experience with that was expensive to do for myself, so I had to get the company to sort of allow me to do it for Heavy.AI."
"Heavy.AI can be improved since it is a very large and comprehensive tool. For someone who does not have expertise in the tool, they will struggle somewhat, so I think it could be made easier for people."
"Heavy.AI can be improved in agility to connect with multiple verticals, which is the first area, and the second is to analyze the business processes to prepare solutions for many verticals, as we approach this on a vertical basis."
"One of the improvements for Security Onion could be to address the issue of many logs and false positive alerts by reducing the number of false positives, as storage management is very hard sometimes due to a lack of storage space for logs, and they could implement methods to expand storage."
"The product is not easy to learn."
"Security Onion can be made easier to set up initially, as it is somewhat difficult at the start, but once configured, it becomes a great tool to use."
"One way Security Onion could improve is by making the initial setup and configuration easier, especially for new users."
"The biggest challenges I have experienced with Security Onion are the learning curve and resource requirements, as it is not necessarily something you can install and immediately understand without networking and Linux knowledge."
"Security Onion also has an enterprise version and support available; sometimes the community version is not capable enough to solve the purpose, so the enterprise edition can help."
"The initial setup of the solution is a little bit difficult."
"Security Onion's user interface could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Security Onion is an open-source solution."
"It is an open-source solution."
"Security Onion is a free solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
28%
Insurance Company
16%
Healthcare Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Comms Service Provider
12%
University
11%
Government
10%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Heavy.AI?
I think whenever you're using these tools, you want it to be as conversational as possible, and I think more of that would be helpful for Heavy.AI. Allowing you to ask questions on how to do things...
What is your primary use case for Heavy.AI?
I was trying to get an idea of where some of the gaps were in my business specifically, where I should target my efforts using Heavy.AI for interactive analytics or graphics. I was trying to levera...
What advice do you have for others considering Heavy.AI?
I can compare Heavy.AI to some other things, and I was getting things that felt real. I was getting very good accuracy with it. It's hard to know exactly what is and what isn't accurate, but if som...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Security Onion?
Security Onion does not require any cost, as it is open-source and free.
What needs improvement with Security Onion?
Security Onion can be made easier to set up initially, as it is somewhat difficult at the start, but once configured, it becomes a great tool to use. I assigned a rating of eight out of ten because...
What advice do you have for others considering Security Onion?
Security Onion is a completely open-source and free platform, making it a cost-effective solution that works smoothly and effectively for our organization. Security Onion integrates well with our e...
 

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