Snare vs. SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Snare
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Snare is an IT security analytics suite of applications from Prophecy International headquartered in Adelaide, providing a complete log monitoring and management solution, as well as network threat intelligence.N/A
SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Solarwinds® 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
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SnareSolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
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One Time Price
$319.00
Per Instance
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SnareSolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
SnareSolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(6 ratings)
Usability
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User Testimonials
SnareSolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
Likelihood to Recommend
Prophecy International
Snare provides compliance products ranging from small footprint, highly effective device, and network logging and log management tools to ID advanced infrastructure threat protection solutions. It has many valued features like activity dashboard, real-time monitoring, data import/export, dashboard creation, and many more. They all help me to improve my working skills It has been a game-changer as it saves a lot of time and I can work freely with this, and whenever I have any doubt the customer support team communicates immediately.
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SolarWinds
The SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server does what it's supposed to do. It's a bare-bones Syslog Server. If your company is just trying to fulfill security requirements or doesn't need all the advanced features of a product such as Splunk, then Kiwi will work well and not break the bank. Using the tool is very straightforward as there aren't a lot of options outside of just viewing logs.
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Pros
Prophecy International
  • The tools were very easy to install and it integrates seamlessly with our secure system and prevents deployment.
  • Logging cooperates with our system perfectly.
  • Sending events to SIEM.
  • I have realised that the data collected is going to the centralised detection and prevent solution for analysis and monitoring.
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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.
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Cons
Prophecy International
  • Nothing really, it has been performing flawlessly.
  • I did not run into any problems.
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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.
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Usability
Prophecy International
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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.
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Support Rating
Prophecy International
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SolarWinds
SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is inexpensive and it works. It's easy to install and setup and is also very easy to learn how to administer. I recommend it to anyone needing log monitoring and reporting, especially if the price is a concern as it is with almost all businesses now.
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Alternatives Considered
Prophecy International
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SolarWinds
The price for Kiwi was acceptable and it checked off all the boxes of a product that we needed. I also considered Graylog but Kiwi was much easier to configure.
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Return on Investment
Prophecy International
  • It has made and positive effect on my work.
  • It has saved me a lot of time for my needs.
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SolarWinds
  • Centralized logging allows us to go to one place to see logs instead of each individual server.
  • Very easy setup compared to other solutions
  • No redundancy built-in
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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.