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Exabeam Fusion vs. SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Exabeam Fusion

    Score4.1 out of 10
    N/AExabeam headquartered in San Mateo, Exabeam Fusion, a SIEM + XDR. The vendor states the modular Exabeam platform allows analysts to collect unlimited log data, use behavioral analytics to detect attacks, and automate incident response. The Exabeam platform can be deployed on-premise or from the cloud. Exabeam can also integrate information from the Exabeam Threat Intelligence Service, or into a third-party SIEM.N/A

    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds LEM is security information and event management (SIEM) software.N/A
    Pricing
    Exabeam FusionSolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Exabeam FusionSolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Exabeam FusionSolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Considered Both Products
    Exabeam
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    SolarWinds
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    88%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    31 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    25 Answers
    Features
    Exabeam FusionSolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Exabeam Fusion and SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Feature
    Exabeam Fusion
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    8.9
    18 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Centralized event and log data collection8.52 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Correlation8.02 Ratings8.015 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management9.02 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility8.02 Ratings10.018 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools8.52 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces7.02 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection8.02 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Data integration/API management8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    Score8 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Exabeam FusionSolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (46 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.5
    (17 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Exabeam FusionSolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Exabeam
    As a SIEM tool for investigations, Exabeam is the best in class. The AI assigns numeric values to observed logs them presents high scores to the analyst in a simple dashboard. We can see what is a real threat and ignore so many false positives. Exabeam is the best SIEM was used from an alert fatigue perspective. The simple interface allows other teams not just InfoSec to utilize the tool; helpdesk for asset diagnoses, HR for staffing questions, etc.
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    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).
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    Pros
    Exabeam
    • Fast search times, unlike other competing solutions.
    • The ability for engineers to obtain access to the command line interface for troubleshooting, at least for on-premise deployments.
    • License is suitable for organisations with lots of logs to ingest.
    • Hardware required for on premise deployments is well supported.
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    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.
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    Cons
    Exabeam
    • More and better drop-down menus, some items in threat hunter require you know subsets.
    • Less dashboards, combine AA and DL without having separate logins.
    • More complete playbooks are already built out. You have the structure set up for templates like malware and phishing, go further and completely build them out from start to finish, most companies would just use them and not personalize their configurations.
    • Quarterly health checkup diagnostics of systems sent out to users.
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    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.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Exabeam
    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
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    Usability
    Exabeam
    Exabeam is very good at processing lots of logs without excessive licensing costs. It has a professional support team that's very quick to resolve any issues and provides custom parsers quickly and enables our analysts to search vast data sets without having to wait long for results to be returned. The product is getting more mature with new features every major release.
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    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.
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    Support Rating
    Exabeam
    Exabeam Fusion has so many diffferent out reach meetings, webinars, community virtual coffees, and events that you can always stay abreast of what if happening and get new ideas for use cases. Their support actually answers their phones and can respond in chat instantly. With our cloud deployment Exabeam support teams can instantly see our systems and help us.
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    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.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Exabeam
    No answers on this topic
    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.
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    Return on Investment
    Exabeam
    • Reduced time to triage alerts.
    • Reduced number of alerts which need escalation to senior tiers.
    • The ability for analysts to quickly run playbooks for additional information and enrichment.
    • Ability to retain data for longer periods for forensics purposes.
    • Improved search performance compared with other SIEM solutions.
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    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.
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