NetCrunch vs USM Anywhere comparison

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NetCrunch

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100% willing to recommend

USM Anywhere

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

NetCrunch and USM Anywhere compete in the network monitoring and management category. NetCrunch appears to have an edge in pricing and support, while USM Anywhere is favored for its comprehensive features and overall value.

Features: NetCrunch offers robust monitoring capabilities, integration options, and built-in features that provide network insights. USM Anywhere provides advanced security features, an all-encompassing solution, and addresses diverse security challenges.

Room for Improvement: NetCrunch users suggest enhancing reporting, alerting functionalities, and aligning with industry standards. USM Anywhere users seek an improved setup process, smoother user experience, and minor refinements.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NetCrunch is noted for easy deployment and reliable customer service. USM Anywhere has a more complex deployment due to its feature set but maintains high-quality customer service.

Pricing and ROI: NetCrunch is recognized for competitive pricing and a good return on investment through its essential features. USM Anywhere has a potentially higher setup cost but is justified with expansive security features providing ROI through comprehensive protection.

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Categories and Ranking

NetCrunch

Ranking in Log Management

77th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (82nd), Server Monitoring (26th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (62nd)

USM Anywhere

Ranking in Log Management

42nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

115

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (31st), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (53rd), Compliance Management (12th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of NetCrunch is 0.0%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of USM Anywhere is 0.4%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Reginald Pierre

Senior Systems Administrator, Technical Lead at Connectivity Wireless

A network monitoring platform with a useful reporting feature, but permission-based options could be better

The initial setup is fairly easy. Most of it's wizard-based. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to set it up. But if you don't know certain things related to protocols and everything else, it might be difficult. If you know how SNMP works, it'll be fairly simple to set up.

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Kris Nawani

Co-Founder/Director at Bangkok MSP Company Limited

Offers complete coverage without the need to install additional software

USM Anywhere is used for threat detection and investigation. It provides a solution with built-in threat intelligence and various other investigation tools The solution offers complete coverage without the need to install additional software, as it is maintained by the vendor. It helps in saving…

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Pros

"Reporting on NetCrunch is pretty good. It's very similar to SolarWinds. It's just a different interface. The majority of everything there was beneficial."

"AlienVault's reporting is good. I like that vulnerability assessment is part of the solution, and the UI is intuitive. Also, the overhead is low, which is to say we don't need a dedicated SOC team to manage and analyze things constantly. We're a small company that doesn't have those resources."

"The most valuable feature is vulnerability management because it gives you insight into your environment to know what systems need to be updated or patched."

"Any unusual behaviour, we can monitor. We have alerts set up to be sent when we receive signs of any unusual behaviour."

"It allows for a lot of out-of-the-box features: vuln scanning, HIDS/HIPS, and IDS."

"The solution has all the features that we need, however they do not work correctly."

"Vulnerability scanning helped out shortcomings of what was not patched in the past and what needed to be patched. This assisted with fine tuning the environment for compliance."

"The setup is very easy and straightforward."

"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."

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Cons

"I didn't care for the role-based, permission-based options, which were not the best."

"The only room for improvement I can mention is the initial installation procedures. I found that the online installation instructions for the product were missing important details, they lacked necessary steps."

"It would be hard for any legitimate MSSP to use it."

"Plugins could be better utilized, as some of them do not recognize all logs."

"It was easy on PoC, but when we got to the product it was different story. We had to learn the product again and got feeling that the PoC was a different product."

"The AT&T AlienVault USM is okay, but the relational database is not very good for large amounts of data. For example, many logs cannot be processed. It has been very slow for the queries and some data which are large, it is not very good in this case."

"The one thing I continue to dislike about the USM is the limitation on reports."

"I've been told that AlienVault doesn't have a full version of NES running in there, but I'm not sure if that's accurate or if my engineer made it that way. I'm not sure he was completely honest either because we had NES in the environment before. Those tools could be improved because AlienVault is a SIEM, and it added all these other features."

"Their threat intelligence platform needs to be broadened. They should integrate it with more threat intelligence platforms. For the threat feed that they get from open intelligence, I would like them to add a few premium threat intelligence platforms. They can provide a bundle in which AlienVault has the threat intelligence background of other premium products."

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"We pay around $12,000 a year including storage."

"So far, it has been a good solution for a tight budget."

"The ROI is quite good."

"AlienVault is certainly not nearly as expensive as Splunk or QRadar. It's decently priced, but I don't have the exact figure."

"They are a little more expensive than Microsoft."

"The vulnerability management solution is worse than buying a Nessus Professional license."

"We checked out several competitors. For what it can do and the cost, it was the best option!"

"So far, I feel the product's pricing is a good value. The technology is decent. You get what you pay for. I think it's fair."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

13%

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What do you like most about AT&T AlienVault USM?

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.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AT&T AlienVault USM?

The pricing is amazing and really cheap.

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What needs improvement with AT&T AlienVault USM?

There are scalability issues due to a 60 TB limit, which restricts its use for large customers like banks. It is also limited when used with bigger products and has complex password requirements.

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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AT&T AlienVault USM, AlienVault, AlienVault USM, Alienvault Cybersecurity

Overview

NetCrunch is the complete network monitoring solution for monitoring traffic, topology, devices, systems, logs, and services. It's policy, and template-based configuration makes managing thousands of nodes a breeze. It automatically generates layer-2 maps and manages monitoring dependencies. NetCrunch supports major operating systems, virtualization platforms, and the Cloud. Complete SNMP support with 8,700+ MIBs included and a built-in MIB compiler.

AdRem Software

USM Anywhere centralizes security monitoring of networks and devices in the cloud, on premises, and in remote locations, helping you to detect threats virtually anywhere.

Discover

Network asset discovery
Software & services discovery
AWS asset discovery
Azure asset discovery
Google Cloud Platform asset discovery

Analyze

SIEM event correlation, auto-prioritized alarms
User activity monitoring
Up to 90-days of online, searchable events

Detect

Cloud intrusion detection (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Network intrusion detection (NIDS)
Host intrusion detection (HIDS)
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Respond

Forensics querying
Automate & orchestrate response
Notifications and ticketing

Assess

Vulnerability scanning
Cloud infrastructure assessment
User & asset configuration
Dark web monitoring

Report

Pre-built compliance reporting templates
Pre-built event reporting templates
Customizable views and dashboards
Log storage

LevelBlue

Sample Customers

AER Kooperation, AON Corpration, Advance Financial services, Airbus SAS, Bauer Net consult, Banco Soal, Bertelsmann, Burke County public, COF training services

Abel & Cole, Bank of Ireland, Bluegrass Cellular, CareerBuilder, Claire's, Hays Medical Center, Hope International, McCurrach, McKinsey & Company, Party Delights, Pepco Holdings, Richland School District, Ricoh, SaveMart, Shake Shack, Steelcase, TaxAct, Taylor Morrison, Vonage and Zoom

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