Cisco Secure Malware Analytics vs. SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cisco Secure Malware Analytics	Score 9.9 out of 10	N/A	Cisco Secure Malware Analytics (formerly Threat Grid) combines advanced sandboxing with threat intelligence into one unified solution to protect organizations from malware. With a context-aware malware knowledge base, the user can understand what malware is doing or attempting to do, how large a threat it poses, and how to defend against it. On June 16 2014 Cisco completed the acquisition of ThreatGRID, a New York, NY based company that offers dynamic malware analysis and threat intelligence…	N/A
SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)	Score 7.8 out of 10	N/A	SolarWinds LEM is security information and event management (SIEM) software.	N/A

Pricing

Cisco Secure Malware Analytics

SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Cisco Secure Malware Analytics	SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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	Cisco Secure Malware Analytics	SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

Features

Cisco Secure Malware Analytics

SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Product A and Product B
	Cisco Secure Malware Analytics - Ratings	SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) 8.9 18 Ratings 12% above category average
Centralized event and log data collection	00 Ratings	9.018 Ratings
Correlation	00 Ratings	8.015 Ratings
Event and log normalization/management	00 Ratings	8.018 Ratings
Deployment flexibility	00 Ratings	10.018 Ratings
Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools	00 Ratings	8.013 Ratings
Custom dashboards and workspaces	00 Ratings	9.017 Ratings
Host and network-based intrusion detection	00 Ratings	10.03 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Cisco Secure Malware Analytics	SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
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Medium-sized Companies	Sumo Logic Score 8.8 out of 10	Sumo Logic Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprises	Sumo Logic Score 8.8 out of 10	Sumo Logic Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Cisco Secure Malware Analytics	SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
Likelihood to Recommend	8.2 (2 ratings)	8.0 (46 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	7.3 (2 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (6 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.5 (17 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cisco Secure Malware Analytics	SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
Likelihood to Recommend	Cisco Great for Endpoint Security. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	SolarWinds Optimal for SolarWinds Security Event Manager needs for smaller companies - it is a very cool product but has some limitations around EPS (which gets chewed up quickly if you're doing it the right way & adding servers/storage/FW & other network devices)... Also pricing model is GREAT (not consumption-based, which is the greatest grift the SIEM industry has created). Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Cisco Deep malware analysis You will get transparent integration Faster investigation and response Always prioritizes threats Scalable visibility and security analytics Extend your visibility Incentivized sitaram gurjar System Administrator Read full review	SolarWinds It does a great job of notifying us when accounts have been locked out. We can then find out the device on the network where the login attempt occurred. Searching for incidents is now a lot faster with the implementation of the HTML 5 interface. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Cisco More training on how to do things. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	SolarWinds All SolarWinds product suffer from slow response times in management portals. SolarWinds SEM is no exception. While it is much preferred over a "thick client" there is much room for improvement in speed. If you use the email alert features with SolarWinds make sure to prepare you staff and team for the large amount of emails they could receive. Make sure to reduce the number of alerts so your team does not ignore the alerts. Incentivized Adam Morrison Director of IT Engineering Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Cisco No answers on this topic	SolarWinds It is pretty likely that we will renew SEM when the time comes up. It is easy to use and maintain so there isn't much of a need to replace this product. It is also a pretty fair price for the capabilities provided by the SEM Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	Cisco No answers on this topic	SolarWinds If you are familiar with SolarWinds then you can use this product it's as easy as that. If you have never used a SolarWinds product then it will take a minute to get how they do reports and make dashboards but that being said the tool is great and can make things very easy once you get a feel for how it works and get everything setup how you like it. Incentivized Tim Short Infrastructure Administrator Read full review
Support Rating	Cisco No answers on this topic	SolarWinds The quality of support can vary depending on whom you end up speaking with. I was fortunate enough to work with a support representative who was very familiar with the product. He had even authored some of the support documentation on the website. On the flip side, I had two other experiences where I was simply directed to online training material. Incentivized Brandon Demko Systems Administrator Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Cisco We have never used any other products besides this Incentivized sitaram gurjar System Administrator Read full review	SolarWinds Fortianalzyer can only do logs from FortiGate so usefulness is limited. Elasticsearch was a lot slower than Solarwinds and the filters were a lot harder to set up and use. The connectors for SEM were far more stable. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Cisco Greater security posture. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	SolarWinds For the price, it produced a decent value. It did a lot of the easy stuff well. I can't give any specific data given the objective of the product was to monitor very basic events in the environment. There are free options that can do a better job. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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