SolarWinds Security Event Manager vs Trellix ESM comparison

SolarWinds and Trellix are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. SolarWinds is ranked #34 with an average rating of 7.7, while Trellix is ranked #27 with an average rating of 8.0. SolarWinds holds a 0.9% mindshare in SIEM, compared to Trellix’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 82% of SolarWinds users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 76% of Trellix users who would recommend it.

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76% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

SolarWinds Security Event Manager and Trellix ESM are popular security solutions. Trellix generally has the upper hand due to its advanced features and user satisfaction, despite its higher price.

Features: SolarWinds offers robust log management, real-time monitoring, and seamless integration. Trellix provides comprehensive threat intelligence, extensive customization options, and advanced analytics, making its features more advanced and versatile compared to SolarWinds.

Room for Improvement: SolarWinds could improve its reporting capabilities, integration flexibility, and user interface. Trellix needs a simpler configuration process, enhanced dashboard analytics, and improved usability. Both could benefit from more intuitive enhancement.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SolarWinds is noted for its seamless deployment processes and prompt helpful support. Trellix, while more complex to deploy, compensates with extensive documentation and responsive customer service.

Pricing and ROI: SolarWinds is praised for its lower initial setup cost and quicker ROI. Trellix's higher initial investment is balanced by extensive capabilities, yielding long-term ROI, making SolarWinds cost-effective while Trellix is seen as a valuable investment for its comprehensive features.

To learn more, read our detailed SolarWinds Security Event Manager vs. Trellix ESM Report (Updated: February 2026).

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SolarWinds Security Event Manager vs. Trellix ESM

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

SolarWinds Security Event M...

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

34th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Trellix ESM

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

27th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of SolarWinds Security Event Manager is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trellix ESM is 1.2%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Trellix ESM	1.2%
SolarWinds Security Event Manager	0.9%
Other	97.9%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Featured Reviews

Yashokanth Partkunan

Managed Services Engineer at Loop1 Systems

Has supported client needs efficiently but requires deeper analysis features and faster support

The log analyzing capability of SolarWinds Security Event Manager should go into more depth than the current environment. More modification and enhancements are required on the dashboard side in order to make it closer to optimal performance. From observation and feedback from users, they need more functionality related to monitoring, and in-depth analyzing needs to be improved.

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Mohit Dhingra

Senior Vice President IT at AS IT Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

Offers comprehensive report generation while maintaining ease of integration

We need to improve Trellix ESM by making sure that most of the logging devices available in the global market should be covered, and if there is any device which is not covered, there should not be any additional charges for writing the custom parsers on that. We can add some new features regarding AI in the future for Trellix ESM, but the maturity will take a longer time. There are many false positives that happen in an environment during the first couple of months, or around six months, so the system analyst is not able to identify whether the event which has occurred is a true positive or a false positive.

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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

"It supports high availability, which is very helpful."

"Some of the rules are most valuable because you can be notified about various things, such as spyware or things that are going on in the internal network."

"SolarWinds is effective for server, network, and log monitoring. It's also good for IP address management. We also have a patch manager, but we're still working on getting that operational."

"User-friendly configuration is key, and the configurations are simple, not complex."

"SolarWinds is easy to configure, and it provides timely alerts."

"It's extremely easy to deploy."

"SolarWinds Security Event Manager has been generally working well."

"The most valuable feature is the reporting."

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"The tool's effectiveness depends on how you define your log sources. To build visibility of incoming and outgoing traffic, you need logs from perimeter defense, firewalls, web application firewalls, and endpoint protection. With good traffic visibility, incident response time is really quick."

"I rate the tool's deployment an eight out of ten. The deployment is completed in two days."

"It has performed well and delivered the results that I have been looking for."

"It is easy to use and deploy. It comes with user-friendly manuals."

"The most valuable feature is the capability to correlate different events from different platforms that we feed into it."

"The most valuable feature is the correlation rules."

"The most valuable feature is for the security operation center because it provides visibility of all traffic within the company infrastructure."

"The most valuable feature is that if the scanning does find something, it quarantines it. Then you can decide what you are going to do with it."

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Cons

"The only issue is the pricetag. SolarWinds is a costly solution."

"It won't tell you when your backups are failing, but it will give you hints when your database is running on full recovery."

"The company had to use a third party for the implementation of the solution."

"It can be difficult for users who are inexperienced with the solution."

"There is no correlation made between log entries, so no threat information is presented."

"One of the drawbacks of being so flexible is that it is also a fairly complicated software application to install, configure, and maintain."

"We have automated threat detection in the Alliance Security, Antoinette. However, if these features could be further enhanced, it would simplify my work, potentially allowing me to allocate more time to address complex issues."

"I don't think SolarWinds is scalable enough. It is somewhat limited when I need to deploy it across multiple environments in a distributed architecture."

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"It cannot integrate with our Next-Generation Firewall and few applications such as Cisco ACI."

"McAfee ESM is not user-friendly and the log is not accurate. For instance, if I were assigned to generate a log for changes made today, I wouldn't be able to see all the modifications. While Palo Alto allows us to see all changes, McAfee ESM only captures one out of every ten changes. It's crucial to have visibility into all changes made."

"We cannot add new data sources to the most recent version."

"We acquired the IBM product because McAfee is slightly confusing to use, and it's broader."

"The product's stability is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"It seems McAfee does test its product before releasing. When we - not only us, other companies also - deploy McAfee, we face multiple issues from the customer side, after which, McAfee reacts and fixes the bugs."

"It is not a very advanced solution, and it is for very generic use cases. It cannot cope with the advanced requirements that we're going to have. For example, for multiple authentication failures, it is still based on Windows events for detecting multiple login failures, whereas other companies are going beyond and working on implementing two-factor authentication. It is time to correlate the two-factor authentication results with authentification failures, which is not happening with McAfee ESM. The performance of the tool should be improved because it is very slow. The data display on the console is very slow in McAfee ESM. Its data storage is still old-fashioned, and it should be improved and upgraded to the latest versions. They have to come up with some new ideas to match what other leaders in the same domain are doing. For example, in Splunk, when you search for information for the last 60 days or five months, it quickly shows the information, but that is not the case with McAfee. The results should be quicker and faster on the console. They should integrate some additional features such as User Behavior Analytics (UBA) and automation. The threat intelligence part should also be improved on McAfee."

"Customized reports and alerting functionality could be included in the dashboard."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Licenses can only be purchased in blocks of fifty at a time."

"The tool is available at a good price for customers compared to other solutions in the market. I rate the product's price as an eight out of ten."

"The price of SolarWinds Security Event Manager is reasonable."

"We do a yearly license renewal. For a year, the solution costs roughly $500,000 USD. There are no costs beyond this yearly fee."

"The pricing model would benefit from having package deals with other SolarWinds products."

"Licensing is on devices, so if you have many, then this may be high."

"It is in the appropriate mid-range. It is not as expensive as some of the other solutions. It is also not cheap."

"You should buy the distributed option instead of the all-in-one for environments with more than 1000 end points."

"We pay for our licensing fees on a yearly basis, and there are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."

"The pricing is good, and they are competitive compared to providers such as RSA and IBM QRadar."

"The licensing cost is based on EPS."

"When compared to IBM Security QRadar and other similar platforms, the pricing of McAfee ESM is reasonable and comparatively less expensive."

"The price of McAfee ESM is higher than some of the other solutions. There are additional features that can be added at an additional fee."

"It is an inexpensive product. We purchase its yearly license."

"We renew our license annually."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

11%

University

10%

Marketing Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

16%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	19
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	7

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	24

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolarWinds Security Event Manager ?

The tool is available at a good price for customers compared to other solutions in the market. I rate the product's price as an eight out of ten.

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What needs improvement with SolarWinds Security Event Manager ?

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What is your primary use case for SolarWinds Security Event Manager ?

I work with all SolarWinds products mostly, including Network Configuration Manager and NPM. I am a reseller. I usually recommend SolarWinds products for Loop1. It's for the bigger ones; we are the...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for McAfee ESM?

When discussing Trellix ESM pricing and licensing, if you consider some premium product, the pricing also has to be premium, however, enterprise customers who look for a premium product, alongside ...

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What needs improvement with McAfee ESM?

Areas of Trellix ESM that could be improved or enhanced include checking on the clients who are still on-prem, especially banks, as most are not moving everything to the cloud due to confidentialit...

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What is your primary use case for McAfee ESM?

My customer's usual use case for Trellix ESM involves one client, as most of the users have moved to ESM. Nowadays, they don't use IPS only, since McAfee IPS is standalone; they incorporate firewal...

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Also Known As

SolarWinds LEM, Solarwinds SIEM, TriGeo, Log and Event Manager

McAfee ESM, NitroSecurity, McAfee Enterprise Security Manager

Overview

When TriGeo was acquired by SolarWinds, TriGeo SIM became known as SolarWinds Log & Event Manager. This product is a leading Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) product and log management solution, which provides log collection, analysis, and real-time correlation.

SolarWinds

Make your organization more resilient and confident with Trellix Security Operations. Filter out the noise and cut complexity to deliver faster, more effective SecOps. Integrate your existing security tools and connect with over 650 Trellix solutions and third-party products.

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Sample Customers

NetSuite, EasyStreet, Legacy Texas Bank, and Energy Federal Credit Union, to name a few.

San Francisco Police Credit Union, Wªstenrot Gruppe, Volusion, California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation, Government of New Brunswick, State of Colorado, Macquarie Telecom, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Cologne Bonn Airport

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