OSSEC vs. Security Onion

OSSEC

Security Onion

5 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
OSSEC	N/A	N/A	OSSEC is a server intrusion detection for every platform. OSSEC is fully open source and free, and can be tailored to meet a business's security needs through its configuration options, adding custom alert rules and writing scripts to take action when alerts occur. The OSSEC+ edition, also free, provides additional capabilities to the basic OSSEC version such as the Machine Learning System for those that simply register.	N/A
Security Onion	Score9.6 out of 10	N/A	Security Onion is a free and open source Linux distribution for threat hunting, enterprise security monitoring, and log management, developed by the company of the same name in Evans. Their products include both the Security Onion software and specialized hardware appliances that are built and tested to run Security Onion. The company also offers paid support and training services.	N/A

Pricing

OSSEC

Security Onion

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Pricing Offerings
OSSEC	Security Onion
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

No setup fee

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Best Alternatives
	OSSEC	Security Onion
Small Businesses	No answers on this topic	No answers on this topic
Medium-sized Companies	Snort Score8.4 out of 10	Snort Score8.4 out of 10
Enterprises	Proofpoint Advanced Threat Protection Score8.9 out of 10	Proofpoint Advanced Threat Protection Score8.9 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	OSSEC	Security Onion
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	OSSEC	Security Onion
Likelihood to Recommend	Open Source No answers on this topic	Security Onion Solutions, LLC Security Onion works well for setting up within a Linux environment. This brings a new platform to run and maintain though. The application its self has helped to keep track of logs and vulnerabilities in the environment. Alert triage and case creation is simple to start and follow through to the end. Verified User Read full review
Pros	Open Source No answers on this topic	Security Onion Solutions, LLC GUI Support Easy of use Verified User Read full review
Cons	Open Source No answers on this topic	Security Onion Solutions, LLC Requires Linux Training Verified User Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Open Source No answers on this topic	Security Onion Solutions, LLC Other vendors may have a more robust solution but for our needs, Security Onion was the one to move forward with. We have tested some of the others but the cost of those platforms makes the ROI not as desirable. There is a learning curve with Security Onion but it is worth it for the value provided. Verified User Read full review
Return on Investment	Open Source No answers on this topic	Security Onion Solutions, LLC Makes Alert Triage easier to handle Analysis of threats simple Verified User Read full review
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