Microsoft Sentinel vs. NetWitness Cloud SIEM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Sentinel
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Sentinel (formerly Azure Sentinel) is designed as a birds-eye view across the enterprise. It is presented as a security information and event management (SIEM) solution for proactive threat detection, investigation, and response.
$2.46
per GB ingested
NetWitness Cloud SIEM
Score 6.1 out of 10
N/A
NetWitness Cloud SIEM delivers log management, retention, and analytics services in a simplified cloud form. It aims t o eliminate traditional deployment and administration requirements with a simple throughput-based licensing model, to make high-quality SIEM quick and easy to acquire without sacrificing capability or power.N/A
Pricing
Microsoft SentinelNetWitness Cloud SIEM
Editions & Modules
Azure Sentinel
$2.46
per GB ingested
100 GB per day
$123.00
per day
200 GB per day
$221.40
per day
300 GB per day
$319.80
per day
400 GB per day
$410.00
per day
500 GB per day
$492.00
per day
More than 500 GB per day
$492.00 + $98.40
per day/plus each additional 100 GB increment
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft SentinelNetWitness Cloud SIEM
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Microsoft SentinelNetWitness Cloud SIEM
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Sentinel
7.3
Ratings
6% below category average
NetWitness Cloud SIEM
7.6
Ratings
2% below category average
Centralized event and log data collection8.20 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Correlation7.10 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Event and log normalization/management6.90 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Deployment flexibility7.40 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools6.50 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Custom dashboards and workspaces7.50 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Host and network-based intrusion detection5.00 Ratings4.00 Ratings
Data integration/API management6.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Behavioral analytics and baselining6.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Response orchestration and automation7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting and compliance management9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Incident indexing/searching8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Microsoft SentinelNetWitness Cloud SIEM
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
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7.0
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Likelihood to Renew
8.2
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Usability
7.3
(0 ratings)
-
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Support Rating
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft SentinelNetWitness Cloud SIEM
Likelihood to Recommend
We use it because when a user sees the suspicious activity on his account, Microsoft Sentinel gives alerts to the user's system and the admin system as well. When a user of one of our systems clicked a spam email, that email was trying to install a virus on our server, but Microsoft Sentinel gave an alert to the user and admin both, so that is why our team was able to fix that issue with Microsoft Sentinel very fast. However, it will not be the best option for you if your team is utilizing every feature but you are on a tight budget.
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It is really a robust platform that can be heavily customized to suit requirements. Good for advanced hunting and forensics. Robust automation features.
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Pros
  • It is a good tool for threat detection and analysis of the threats. We are using this tool for real time threat detection on our employee machines as well as some servers.
  • It provides various options for collecting data sources by leveraging multiple sources using data connectors. This helps us in gathering data from multiple sources such as our servers as well as our employee machines.
  • One good thing about this tool is automated incident response thereby increasing the security of servers.
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  • Log collection and parsing.
  • Packet collection and parsing.
  • Enhanched analytics and alerting.
  • Robust integration.
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Cons
  • It takes some time to learn how to use and install it properly, and it does not connect effectively with external PaaS systems such as Salesforce CRM, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, and so on.
  • Microsoft can simplify the display of the logs to make them easier to study, and the user interface occasionally delays, which can also be enhanced.
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  • Lacking out of the box best practice templates etc. It relies heavily on customization.
  • Lack of up to date threat feeds.
  • Difficult to learn and use initially.
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Likelihood to Renew
it does the job reasonably well
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Usability
The Microsoft Azure Sentinel solution is very good and even better if you use Azure. It's easy to implement and learn how to use the tool with an intuitive and simple interface. New updates are happening to always bring new news and improve the experience and usability. The solution brings reliability as it is from a very reliable manufacturer.
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Support Rating
Azure Sentinel is very easy to use and configure. If you are stuck somewhere, Microsoft support is excellent in assisting and solving your issue.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Sentinel excels in cloud-native scalability, Microsoft ecosystem integration, and AI-driven threat detection with UEBA and Fusion rules, offering faster deployment and lower costs (48% cheaper per Forrester) than Splunk, QRadar, Exabeam, SentinelOne, Securonix, and Wazuh. It lags in third-party integrations and syslog parsing. Organizations choose Microsoft Sentinel for its cost-effectiveness, automation, and Microsoft synergy, especially in Azure-heavy environments, though Splunk and Exabeam lead in flexibility and UEBA, respectively.
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Best in Class for us, and was a good choice since we already are using a lot of other RSA products(DLP, Archer etc.)
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Return on Investment
  • As any cybersecurity product, this has to be more with risk to avoid loss in case of a ransomware that more than relate to a productivity increase. Maybe the impact could be that instead of having people that are checking 24/7 the dashboard, you could implement Sentinel and have less people checking that or people with less expertise. So the saving will be a minor but will be a saving in the cost of your team.
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  • Hard to calculate ROI since it is not revenue based.
  • It is a expensive solution, bit very capable.
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