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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Graylog

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AGraylog, headquartered in Houston, offers their eponymous platform for centralized log management that helps users find meaning in data faster so as to take action immediately. Graylog is available via Enterprise and Cloud plans, but also has a Small Business Plan, and an Open (free) plan with limited features.N/A

    IFS Assyst

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AIFS Assyst (formerly Axios Assyst, acquired by IFS March, 2021) is an ITSM product in both SaaS and on-premise configurations - the SaaS version is called assystSaaS. This product competes with BMC Remedy, IBM SmartCloud, Cherwell Service Management, and FrontRange ITSM (now Heat Service Management).N/A
    Pricing
    GraylogIFS Assyst
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GraylogIFS Assyst
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    GraylogIFS Assyst
    Considered Both Products
    Graylog
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    IFS
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
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    Features
    GraylogIFS Assyst
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Graylog and IFS Assyst
    Feature
    Graylog
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Assyst
    8.9
    1 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Service restoration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Self-service tools00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Graylog and IFS Assyst
    Feature
    Graylog
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Assyst
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Configuration mangement00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Graylog and IFS Assyst
    Feature
    Graylog
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Assyst
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Change requests repository00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Change calendar00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Service-level management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    Score7.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GraylogIFS Assyst
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.6
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    GraylogIFS Assyst
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Graylog
    For small companies, Graylog is the best solution possible. It's easy to configure and "just works." Above everything else, it's free. The only thing I hold against it is the fact that it's Linux-based. [This] makes sense because Elasticsearch is Linux-based. But Linux adds a layer of complexity that we don't need for something basic as a logging server. I'm pretty sure that we would have had a logging server years earlier if I had to convince quite a few decision-making people to go ahead with it anyway.
    Incentivized
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    IFS
    I would suggest that in this product class, you get what you pay for. Although it is was sold as SAAS with a nearly 'plug and play' implementation, at least one full time highly trained admin is needed for ongoing support. I would advise a team implementation strategy.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Graylog
    • Graylog does a great job of its core function: log aggregation, retention, and searching.
    • Graylog has a very flexible configuration. The backend for storage is Elasticsearch and MongoDB is used to store the configuration. You have to option to make your configuration as simple as possible by storing everything on one box, or you can scale everything out horizontally by using a cluster of Elasticsearch nodes and MongoDB servers with several Graylog servers pointed to all the necessary nodes.
    • Graylog does a good job of abstracting away a fair portion of Elasticsearch index management (sharding, creation, deletion, rotation, etc).
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    IFS
    • IT Asset Management and IT Service Management in one product
    • ITIL framework
    • Highly customisable service catalogue and processes
    • Mature mobility product
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    Cons
    Graylog
    • Configuration can be hard to understand
    • More quickly and easy ways to search for data
    • Auto-categorization of log entries would be excellent
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    IFS
    • Service requests, incident, problem, and change management
    • Knowledge mgmt is not-existent - the product uses a WIKI for it's own knowledge base.
    • Axios help desk does is not knowledgable and does not follow up on reported incidents
    • Training is incomplete - no real resources available except billable by the hour.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Graylog
    No answers on this topic
    IFS
    At this point, we are stuck with it. We can't afford a change at this point.
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    Usability
    Graylog
    Graylog is easy to deploy. The tricky part is to configure all hosts that are going to send their log data to Graylog, considering the retention period of this data, it will need a lot of disk space to store it. Its rotation works fine. It is very simple to navigate and explore the data you send to it, and very easy to filter and export them too.
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    IFS
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Graylog
    Community support does not give simple straightforward answers; simply search up Graylog Issues and look at some of the responses on the forums. The documentation is your only hope if you are on the free version, as you can NOT purchase only support. The few times I have worked with Graylog Enterprise support they were great though.
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    IFS
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Graylog
    In terms of log aggregation, the free product fully stacks up with the competitors listed. Full control over the data ingests for flexible configuration. Graylog even better on that front than AlienVault USM because you cannot configure the variable mapping. We haven't used the threat exchange stuff or correlation. But with regex searches, we have created function dashboards that show threat theater pictures of our network based on logs from our firewall.
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    IFS
    Axios assyst outperforms JIRA in every aspect, JIRA is a good job system but when it comes to complex processes and configuration management then JIRA is simply not the right system.
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    Return on Investment
    Graylog
    • Able to offer monitoring services to new and existing clients to increase revenue
    • Staff have increased billing percentage
    • Potential to expand security services
    Incentivized
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    IFS
    • Replacement of 3 systems with Axios assyst
    • Integration with other enterprise systems
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