USM Anywhere vs VMware Aria Operations for Logs comparison

LevelBlue and VMware are both solutions in the Log Management category. LevelBlue is ranked #38 with an average rating of 7.3, while VMware is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.4. LevelBlue holds a 0.5% mindshare in Log Management, compared to VMware’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of LevelBlue 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

USM Anywhere and VMware Aria Operations for Logs both provide solutions in log management and security monitoring. VMware Aria Operations for Logs seems to have the upper hand due to its advanced features and scalability.

Features: USM Anywhere is known for comprehensive threat detection, incident response, and easy integration. VMware Aria Operations for Logs offers advanced log analytics, scalability, and predictive insights, making it suitable for large-scale operations.

Room for Improvement: USM Anywhere needs enhancements in scalability, third-party integrations, and alert precision. VMware Aria Operations for Logs could benefit from a more intuitive interface, reduced complexity, and streamlined operations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: USM Anywhere is praised for its easy deployment and responsive support. VMware Aria Operations for Logs, while robust in deployment, faces criticism for initial setup complexity, though its expert support team is highly valued.

Pricing and ROI: USM Anywhere is seen as cost-effective with strong ROI due to efficient threat management. VMware Aria Operations for Logs has a higher setup cost, but its enhanced management capabilities offer satisfactory ROI, especially for large enterprises.

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Categories and Ranking

USM Anywhere

Ranking in Log Management

38th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

115

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (30th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (52nd), Compliance Management (12th)

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 January 2025, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of USM Anywhere is 0.5%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Aria Operations for Logs is 1.2%, down from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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LarsChristensen

Advisory Solution Consultant at ServiceNow

Efficient troubleshooting with precise log filtering and an easy setup

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 beneficial to have a roadmap for these dashboards to ensure consistent functionality. It would also be advantageous if the tool could process even large amounts of data faster, though this may be more related to data movement challenges rather than the software itself.

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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

"AlientVault has helped us in improving our visualization and incident response during cybersecurity situations."

"The best feature of this product is the ease of use. It is extremely easy to set up and get going. This is a very useful tool for a small organization."

"It has streamlined log aggregation and analysis to meet organizational and regulatory needs."

"It brought our logs into one place for review and set up alarms based on changes we were missing due to lack of having one place for everything to go."

"The other big selling feature for us was its integration capabilities with all the other security-based products."

"AT&T AlienVault USM is good for ELK Stack, the user experience is great because of its architecture. The ELK has a great performance and it has very good speed in the search and Kibana. Additionally, the visuals and dashboards and very nice and customizable."

"The feature that I liked the most is that they have a vulnerability assessment package that comes along with the SIEM solution. So, whenever I find any threat or alert for any of the devices or servers, I could immediately initiate a vulnerability assessment scan on that machine. That is one of a kind. The price at which AlienVault operates is also valuable."

"The dashboards are very descriptive and contain just the right amount of information. The activity alarms and events contain a plethora of data that is very descriptive and useful."

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"The most valuable feature is server virtualization. It's been very useful."

"One of the things I like about it is its interface. When it comes to generating reports on VMs and stuff, it's very quick. This is very handy for the technical team, who need to generate reports quickly. So that's really good."

"The solution is quite user-friendly."

"The tool helps my company deal with security and log analysis, which are very important areas for us...It is a scalable solution."

"It allows us to gain a comprehensive overview of our infrastructure."

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

"The setup and installation are very easy."

"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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Cons

"There is room for improvement in Log parsing."

"Source material on the forums to be more up-to-date with the changes happening within the product. Forums being out-of-date with information due to the changes makes troubleshooting a little more difficult - specific to the HIDS agents."

"There could be some type of integration with our existing portal. We have our own customer portals, and it would be good if there was an integration so that our portal can provide reports. There could be some type of API into the AlienVault system with the USM system so that it is easy to show the customers high-level reports of the system through our portal."

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

"The only complex area of the setup was writing the custom scripts."

"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."

"Maybe logs are the problem, as the database query is too slow. If you want to search something, you need time to find it."

"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."

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"Documentation is lacking, including some guide as to how to use the expressions. It is not clear how to look for a log, for example. Some examples in the documentation might be helpful. I think that VMware had good documentation, but it's no longer hosted. The documentation is not as easy to understand as it was before."

"In vRealize login files, we have limitations regarding log partitions."

"It needs better integration with third-party analytics tools."

"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."

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

"The solution should be more user-friendly. The user interface and dashboard could be simplified."

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

"Technical support should be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I don't know exactly, but I know it is based on the number of logs and the retention duration, such as 30 days or something like that. So, the smallest package is about 500 a month for 30 days of logs. There is a virtual machine. You need resources for it. It is a log collecting VM. They provide the software, and you just have to load a virtual machine. So, you're going to incur some CPU RAM and storage for wherever this log collecting appliance is running, which typically is in our cloud and on our platform for the customer."

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

"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."

"The licensing fees are dependent on usage."

"The price point is good."

"It's very reasonably priced. It was one of the lowest among the ones I looked at. Licensing is pretty flexible. They can do a two-year or a three-year, even a one-year, perhaps."

"Use an MSSP instead. It is much cheaper."

"We ran a few PoCs. The price and feature set were the best with AlienVault."

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"I rate the product's price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

"The product's price is reasonable, but when it comes to SQL licensing, it's a bit expensive."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

19%

Educational Organization

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

16%

Government

15%

Financial Services Firm

12%

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Questions from the Community

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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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?

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Also Known As

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

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Overview

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

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

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

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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