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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Check Point Quantum Smart-1

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ACheck Point offers security management architecture delivered from the Cloud designed to manage security across on-premise Firewalls, Networks, Cloud, Mobile and IoT. The Smart-1 security management solution is available in cloud and appliance-based editions.N/A

    SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ASolarwinds® Kiwi Syslog® Server is a syslog management tool for network and systems engineers. It receives syslog messages and SNMP traps from network devices (routers, switches, firewalls, etc.), and Linux®/Unix® hosts. Users can filter and view these messages based on time, hostname, severity, etc., and set up custom alerts. Kiwi Syslog Server has built-in actions to react appropriately to syslog messages. There are also log archival and clean-up features to help comply with security policies.

    $319

    Per Instance

    Splunk Enterprise

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASplunk is software for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated big data, via a web-style interface. It captures, indexes and correlates real-time data in a searchable repository from which it can generate graphs, reports, alerts, dashboards and visualizations.N/A
    Pricing
    Check Point Quantum Smart-1SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog ServerSplunk Enterprise
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    One Time Price
    $319.00
    Per Instance
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Check Point Quantum Smart-1SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog ServerSplunk Enterprise
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Check Point Quantum Smart-1SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog ServerSplunk Enterprise
    Considered Multiple Products
    Check Point Software Technologies
    No answer on this topic
    SolarWinds
    Chose SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
    SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog is a bare-bones Syslog Server. It doesn't have the advanced features of Splunk and SolarWinds Log Analyzer such as alerting, log analysis, event correlation, etc. However, if you're an SMB and just need a solution to fulfill a security requirement, then …
    Incentivized
    Cisco
    Chose Splunk Enterprise
    We reviewed a number of different platforms and found Splunk to be the more mature product across the board. Splunk is the market leader and the rest of the industry chances them. We needed a platform from a company with the resources to continue development and meet new …
    Incentivized
    Chose Splunk Enterprise
    We originally used Kiwi Syslog but this was not able to keep up with the level of logs that were being sent to it. Also Kiwi does not allow you to search through logs, create alerts, etc. or any of the other features Splunk has. It is purely just a web GUI for syslog.
    Incentivized
    Chose Splunk Enterprise
    The Solarwinds SIEM solutions are much more bare-bones and don't offer as many features as Splunk Enterprise. Still, they are also infinitely more affordable and provide precisely what's required for small to medium environments. Implementation is straight forward even for …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    Check Point Quantum Smart-1SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog ServerSplunk Enterprise
    Firewall Security Management
    Comparison of Firewall Security Management features of Check Point Quantum Smart-1 Security Management and SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server and Splunk Enterprise
    Feature
    Check Point Quantum Smart-1 Security Management
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
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    Splunk Enterprise
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    Policy planning and rule management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Policy Orchestration9.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device Discovery8.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy Compliance Auditing8.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Attack Path Simulation Testing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Anomalous Event or Behavior Deviation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Vulnerability Scans9.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Firewall Rule Cleanup9.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Check Point Quantum Smart-1 Security Management and SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server and Splunk Enterprise
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    SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
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    Splunk Enterprise
    8.2
    91 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Centralized event and log data collection00 Ratings00 Ratings9.085 Ratings
    Correlation00 Ratings00 Ratings8.487 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.488 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility00 Ratings00 Ratings8.081 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools00 Ratings00 Ratings8.282 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces00 Ratings00 Ratings8.887 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection00 Ratings00 Ratings7.865 Ratings
    Data integration/API management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.334 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining00 Ratings00 Ratings7.732 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds00 Ratings00 Ratings7.933 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation00 Ratings00 Ratings7.529 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.634 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching00 Ratings00 Ratings8.737 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Check Point Quantum Smart-1SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog ServerSplunk Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
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    8.0
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    8.7
    (112 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
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    8.5
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (45 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    Support Rating
    -
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    9.9
    (3 ratings)
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    Online Training
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    Implementation Rating
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    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    Check Point Quantum Smart-1SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog ServerSplunk Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Check Point Software Technologies
    It is very suitable to manage and monitor a large amount of network security information. It is not recommended to use the network information security management of a single firewall device in terms of cost.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    To monitor syslog events Kiwi syslog much helpful and needed .Its saving human efforts and cost.Easy to check on GUI panel flow and status of server ,start and stop services we can do them from GUI panel it self . Recent version also no need C++ libraries to install .We can store the ingested events and archive based on our threshold criteria .We can import and export INI file which contain everything what we have configured
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    Cisco
    I'm liking the newer products, and I'm looking forward to how they integrate with the overall product when they come together. Just log in and be able to query a large number of systems for similar issues or a unique one. That is a great fit for Splunk Enterprise, looking for a simple case or a simple String or something of that nature across multiple machines. It's a great fit for that to identify issues or particular software, whatever your scenario is, String, to find it across any particular server or group of servers, so that you can update or do a deployment or whatever it is you're looking to do.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Check Point Software Technologies
    • Centralized Database
    • Detailed and indexed logging
    • Securely connects to each device
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    SolarWinds
    • Collection of SNMP traps a reliable and stable collection server for these is crucial to troubleshooting and time to ROS. Kiwi excels at this.
    • Easy to install set up and train users on.
    • The free version is a good free tool and handy to use for personal labs and other smalle use cases.
    • SNMP traps to user readable format is great, sometimes syslog and smnp messages can be hard to interpret and read with out a knowledge of how to do this.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    • It is very useful in creating custom rules for analyzing system logs and display relevant information. The query language is very easy to learn.
    • We can create custom UI to visualize the output of our data. The interface is very flexible. It also allows the sharing of rules among users.
    • There is an open online community to help others. Stackoverflow also has a splunk community. These resources make it more convenient to learn.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Check Point Software Technologies
    • The user interface is very convenient to use. To say what is missing. It is only not supported in the language system that displays Chinese.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    • Minimalistic; If you're looking for something with analysis features look elsewhere.
    • Operating System support is Windows only.
    • Some management features cannot be configured via web interface.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    • Splunk light limits number of users to 5. Wish there was a flexible license, where one could add more users.
    • Splunk light does not let you add > few realtime alerts. Wish there was a flexible license, where one could add as many realtime alerts as wanted.
    • Better insight into daily ingestion values
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Check Point Software Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    We are using Splunk extensively in our projects and we have recently upgraded to Splunk version 6.0 which is quite efficient and giving expected results. We keep track of updates and new features Splunk introduces periodically and try to introduce those features in our day to day activities for improvement in our reporting system and other tasks.
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    Usability
    Check Point Software Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    Kiwi Syslog has the best usability of any syslog server. While not being able to offer the most features, the ones it does have are intuitive and easy to work with. Everything that it has is where you think it should be. If you can't find it in the menus, it doesn't exist.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    You can literally throw in a single word into Splunk and it will pull back all instances of that word across all of your logs for the time span you select (provided you have permission to see that data). We have several users who have taken a few of the free courses from Splunk that are able to pull data out of it everyday with little help at all.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Check Point Software Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    When properly setup and configured, Splunk is extremely reliable.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Check Point Software Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    Because the solution is so simple to use and implement, support wasn't very necessary. The one time I did call them to better understand where logs were stored, they were very helpful and friendly. Kiwi has been around for some time and not a lot has changed over the years, so support for it is pretty straightforward and quick.
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    Cisco
    Splunk maintains a well resourced support system that has been consistent since we purchased the product. They help out in a timely manner and provide expert level information as needed. We typically open cases online and communicate when possible via e-mail and are able to resolve most issues with that method.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Check Point Software Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    The online course was simple clear and described the main capabilities of the solution. There is also an initial module that can be done for free so anyone can familiarize themselves with the functionality of this solution. On the other hand, however, there could be more free online courses. Maybe even with a certificate, this would broaden the group of people who are familiar with the platform while increasing familiarity with the solution itself.
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    Implementation Rating
    Check Point Software Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Smooth without too many major issues.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Far exceeds any testing we were able to think of when testing.
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    SolarWinds
    PRTG is a great package and very useful, but the jump from the free 100 sensor price model to the first tier of the paid model is WAY too expensive. SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is very inexpensive and provides us with the results we needed for log monitoring.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    A lot of products have natively inside their own dashboards and or their own logging repositories. And each one is difficult to learn or they're too complex or they're not verbose in the sense that they're not easy to mine the data that you're looking for. So that could be anything from the native logging that you find in other Cisco products. It's easier to use Splunk to draw the data that you're looking for as opposed to going to the individual's products themselves to get the logs that you're looking for.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Check Point Software Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Splunk can scale in to the petabyte per day range which of course is awesome
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    Return on Investment
    Check Point Software Technologies
    • Reduce personnel management costs
    • The elastic expansion capability solves the rapidly changing environment that needs to be changed.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    • Its provides centralized console for Server and Network devices log collection, reducing need of two separate Log collectors.
    • It reduces cost
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    • Splunk has allowed developers to diagnose production issues when access of control was taken away from them to be allowed to view items in production environments and I believe that is invaluable.
    • At times some developers weren't super happy about using it, but it was more of the fact that they were used to having production access and not creating their splunk queries to get information.
    • Going one place to view logs was very beneficial to have.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server Screenshots

    Screenshot of Manage syslog messages and SNMP traps from network devices, including Linux, UNIX, and Windows systems from a single console.Screenshot of Trigger email alerts, run scripts, log to file or ODBC database, forward messages, and more.Screenshot of Schedule automated log archival and cleanup to help you comply with SOX, HIPAA, PCI DSS, etc.Screenshot of View graphs of syslog statistics over specific time periods.Screenshot of Filter and monitor log messages on an intuitive syslog viewer web console with multiple custom views.Screenshot of Perform advanced message filtering by host name, host IP address, priority, or time of day.