Ideal SolarWinds Security Event Manager For Small/Medium Companies At Easy-To-Get Pricing
December 17, 2024

Ideal SolarWinds Security Event Manager For Small/Medium Companies At Easy-To-Get Pricing

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

SolarWinds Security Event Manager checks a few different boxes: 1. Consolidated events from a huge variety of log sources. 2. A good presentation layer for #1. 3. Applies to more than a few GRC obligations. 4. And does 1-3 at an incredibly reasonable price.

Pros

  • Integrations (around 800?) is great
  • Provides the single pane-of-glass
  • Is part of the SW ecosystem

Cons

  • CAPACITY - 2500 EPS needs to be higher
  • Allow resizing of charts (i.e. drag-and-drop)
  • ROI is a no-brainer if the EPS issue is not an obstacle
  • GUI is easy to interpret & reports boil stuff down
  • The concept of SIEM that is part of a larger security ecosystem works
It is very good - but you get what you pay for. The intent is not for a Fortune 500 that needs more "heavy lifting" with SolarWinds Security Event Manager & for whom the price tag is not (much of) a consideration.
The compare well against the others - the pricing models for all but Splunk (free version) are based on EPS/TB consumed... the problem they pose is guesstimating the price tag per month. SolarWinds Security Event Manager gets around that.

Do you think SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)'s feature set?

Yes

Did SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) again?

Yes

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).

SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) Feature Ratings

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
8.7
Centralized event and log data collection
9
Correlation
8
Event and log normalization/management
8
Deployment flexibility
10
Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools
8
Custom dashboards and workspaces
9

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