AlienVault OSSIM vs Logpoint comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Logpoint and AlienVault OSSIM are both security information and event management solutions. Users generally find Logpoint has a better user experience, while AlienVault OSSIM offers more robust features.

Features: Logpoint is known for its comprehensive log management, intuitive analytics capabilities, and user-friendly interface. AlienVault OSSIM stands out with its advanced threat detection features, extensive security functionalities, and robust event correlation capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Logpoint can improve in areas of scalability, better integration with third-party tools, and enhancing its support for larger infrastructures. AlienVault OSSIM needs performance enhancements, a simplified setup process, and more intuitive user navigation to reduce complexity.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Logpoint is praised for straightforward deployment and responsive customer support. AlienVault OSSIM has a more complex deployment process and receives mixed reviews on customer service experiences. Users find Logpoint easier to implement and appreciate its supportive customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Logpoint users feel the pricing aligns with the features and support, offering positive ROI. Although AlienVault OSSIM has a higher initial setup cost, it is seen as a worthwhile investment due to its potent security capabilities. Users balance the cost against the advanced security outcomes, but Logpoint is recognized for better value concerning pricing.

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AlienVault OSSIM vs. Logpoint

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Categories and Ranking

AlienVault OSSIM

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

24th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Logpoint

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

30th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (28th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (15th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (36th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (18th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of AlienVault OSSIM is 1.2%, down from 3.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Logpoint is 1.2%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
AlienVault OSSIM	1.2%
Logpoint	1.2%
Other	97.6%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Featured Reviews

Brandon Pearce

Independent Contractor at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees

Enables cost-effective security management for small businesses

Scaling for USM is always challenging for any product unless it is purpose-built or overbuilt at the front end. They will use Palo Alto and its competitors, and LevelBlue will manage that implementation. The main area where the AlienVault product was lacking around the 2018 timeframe was in its ability to scale. By pushing it to a cloud-based system, they've largely alleviated scale issues. It's native in Amazon but will also run in Azure. They have worked with cloud service providers to offer enough throughput at a cost reasonable for a corporation. Scaling was their biggest problem, and they've largely conquered those issues.

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Rifat Hasan

System Engineer at Corporate Projukti Limited

Has lacked proper integration and consistent support communication

I selected Logpoint for the pricing as it is reasonable. I am located in Bangladesh, South Asia, Dhaka. I have tried to contact Exabeam by mail repeatedly, but there has been no response. My company, Corporate Projukti Limited, including my Bangladesh area head, technical director, and team manager, have sent emails to contact Exabeam solution, but there is no response. There is already a distributor in Bangladesh. The weakness with Logpoint is UEBA. UEBA is recommended, but not extra. Exabeam's UEBA is an extra feature. SOAR is extra, but Logpoint's product measurement is 40 or 50. There is a 10% difference with the UEBA and SOAR, so Logpoint is weak there. I would appreciate extra features in Logpoint such as SOAR. SOAR and UEBA are included features in Logpoint. Logpoint's UEBA is a weak point, while Exabeam's UEBA has extra AI through automation. Exabeam has a license included, and the extra license is an add-on. In Logpoint, it is included, which makes it a weak point.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Most of the SOC or SIEM enterprise class products are very expensive, whereas with OSSIM you can start out with a smaller setup and then expand as you wish."

"It is a perfectly nice and free tool for compliance testing, assessment, and some basic vulnerability."

"Better than other SIEM solutions because almost everything can be integrated."

"Inbuilt IDS, inbuilt integration with threat intelligence platform and with vulnerability assessment modules."

"The product is majorly used for threat detection of the agents on servers and endpoints."

"What I like about this product, is that it is a fully-fledged solution."

"Its user-friendliness is the most valuable. It is very easy to use and explore. The dashboard is very well packaged and integrated. You don't have to spend a lot of time in configuring it and checking out the RPM etc. It is also free and very powerful."

"The most valuable feature is the logging capability."

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"It is a very comprehensive solution for gathering data. It has got a lot of capabilities for collecting logs from different systems. Logs are notoriously difficult to collect because they come in all formats. LogPoint has a very sophisticated mechanism for you to be able to connect to or listen to a system, get the data, and parse it. Logs come in text formats that are not easily parseable because all logs are not the same, but with LogPoint, you can define a policy for collecting the data. You can create a parser very quickly to get the logs into a structured mechanism so that you can analyze them."

"What I like best about LogPoint is its cost-effectiveness compared to other solutions. LogPoint also has better dashboards which I find valuable. I also like that you can create use cases based on your assets."

"It is highly recommended. It is a solid SIEM tool. It is very dependable and well-recognized."

"The most beneficial was being able to prove, with proper reports, that from a compliance perspective, the company is in control. The service part of LogPoint did modifications or did some additional work to have the proper reports defined."

"It is an AI technology because it is using machine learning technology. So far, there is nothing better out there for UEBA in terms of monitoring endpoints and user activity. It is using machine learning language, so it is right at the top. It provides that capability and monitors all the activities. It devises a baseline and monitors if there is any deviation from the baseline."

"Technical support is responsive and very friendly."

"The integration is very user-friendly. There are not many CLI commands. Everything is directly accessible from the web interface."

"The technical support for Logpoint is very good, and I would rate it as nine out of ten."

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Cons

"The user interface needs to be friendlier across the board."

"There are somewhat more false positives with the user behavior analytics, which could benefit from an additional machine learning model to detect user patterns more rapidly."

"There needs to be more support or some kind of training program so users can self-learn the system more effectively."

"I don't like to work on OSSIM because it is unpredictable."

"AlienVault OSSIM gives unwanted notifications."

"The documentation could be improved."

"AlienVault OSSIM could improve by having better integration with some of the newer tools."

"From a management console perspective and the maturity of the dashboards, I would probably put it slightly behind some of the other players that have been in the market for ages."

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"It is complicated to collect daily logs from other systems."

"The thing that makes it a little bit challenging is when you run into a situation where you have logs that are not easily parsable."

"We were missing visuals and graphics. Recently, a new version seems to have come out, and it has a new graphical user interface. When I was integrating it, it was usable, but the GUI needed improvement."

"I know that they have user behavior analytics, but it's an extra cost for this feature. It would be nice if it was in with the standard products."

"Customer Service: This is a HUGE problem."

"One of the downsides is it is not a SaaS solution. It must be on-premises."

"Nowadays the trend is going towards the ransomware and the endpoint detection and response. So if they added something for that, that will be very, very good."

"What could be improved in LogPoint is its UI because it's less friendly to users than LogRhythm. The UI could be more aesthetically appealing to users. It's completely outdated."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I used the paid version of the tool and found it to be expensive. It has been a while since I changed to Securonix. I will have to check whether AlienVault charges per device, user, or log."

"We are using the community version, which can be used for free."

"AlienVault pricing is the best. Whatever cost you are paying, you are getting a return on every penny... It's not like your IBM, your QRadar, or Splunk, where the cost is too high."

"The tool's licensing costs are yearly."

"AlienVault OSSIM is an open-source solution."

"OSSIM is open source, and USM is the paid license. So, if you want, you can switch to USM. There you will have to buy a license, and they have a support team that helps you out on issues you face."

"We are using a free version of the solution. If you purchase a license there are more features available but the price is a little high. The solution should be cheaper to allow more customers to be able to afford it."

"The price of AlienVault OSSIM is too high sometimes for us to present to our customers. The price should be lower. We are on a three-year license to use the solution. We had to pay extra for the support."

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"It was on a yearly basis at about $100K. It was not a huge environment. We were running it on our own virtual server environment, which, of course, had a cost. There was hardware and some energy cost, and then there were Microsoft Windows licenses for servers. That's all, but there was nothing in comparison to the licensing costs."

"For a hundred user deployment the cost is about $10,000. The next year it would be the same because it's a subscription-based license. There are separate costs as well, for example, if a customer asks for training for their staff."

"Logpoint's pricing is mid-ranged and depends on the number of devices."

"It's getting more expensive, which is one of the reasons we're looking around just to see if there's anything better value."

"My company used to pay for LogPoint costs annually. It's a cost-effective solution. I'm not part of the Finance team, though, so I'm not sure exactly what the licensing fee is or what license my company had."

"It's less expensive than the competitors. The Logpoint marketing team is very accommodating and client-friendly. They offer very good reductions in price. They are pretty good in this aspect. They are transparent in their licensing and pricing."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I would rate LogPoint's pricing a seven. It is not very expensive compared to some of the more costly products, and it is not very cheap compared to some of the cheaper products in the SIEM market."

"It has a fixed price, which is what I like about LogPoint. I bought the system and paid for it, and I pay maintenance. It is not a consumption model. Most SIEMs or most of the log management systems are consumption-based, which means that you pay for how many logs you have in the system. That's a real problem because logs can grow very quickly in different circumstances, and when you have a variable price model, you never know what you're going to pay. Splunk is notoriously expensive for that reason. If you use Splunk or QRadar, it becomes expensive because there are not just the logs; you also have to parse the logs and create indexes. Those indexes can be very expensive in terms of space. Therefore, if they charge you by this space, you can end up paying a significant amount of money. It can be more than what you expect to pay. I like the fact that LogPoint has a fixed cost. I know what I'm going to pay on a yearly basis. I pay that, and I pay the maintenance, and I just make it work."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

14%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

15%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	18
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	8

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	18
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	4

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AlienVault OSSIM?

It depends. I would need to review their cost models, but generally, they are on a scaled basis based on throughput usage. Because it's a software as a service solution for their core product for U...

What needs improvement with AlienVault OSSIM?

What is your primary use case for AlienVault OSSIM?

This solution is very similar to most of the other MSSPs that you would find out there. When I look at use cases, AlienVault was initially aimed at small to medium businesses. It grew, and that was...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for LogPoint?

I rate the pricing at eight, suggesting it's relatively good or affordable.

What needs improvement with LogPoint?

What is your primary use case for LogPoint?

I had experience with Logpoint before, and I contacted the Exabeam solution, but there was no response; they did not contact me. Bangladesh already has a Logpoint distributor. In terms of complianc...

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Also Known As

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Overview

AlienVault OSSIM integrates threat alerts, asset discovery, and data correlation with vulnerability assessment, logging, and network configuration for enhanced usability and threat intelligence via OTX, appealing to those seeking an open-source SIEM solution with comprehensive features.

AlienVault OSSIM offers an open-source platform focused on monitoring and security event management. It enables users to conduct threat detection, vulnerability scanning, log collection, and maintain compliance with standards. Its capabilities in incident management, network visibility, and SOC functions offer a cost-effective approach to security information and event management. OSSIM helps analyze data from diverse sources and triggers alerts for malicious activities. The platform is praised for its integration capabilities, centralized dashboards, and ease of use, attracting those who wish to assess SIEM solutions without heavy investment. However, challenges exist with scalability and integration, especially in large enterprises and regulated environments, requiring interface improvements and configuration ease. Enhancements in log management and false positive reduction are priorities for users.

What features does AlienVault OSSIM offer?

Threat Alerts: Provides timely notifications of potential threats.
Asset Discovery: Identifies and catalogs devices on the network.
Data Correlation: Integrates information from multiple sources to detect complex threats.
Vulnerability Assessment: Scans systems for known vulnerabilities.
Integration Capabilities: Connects with external systems for improved data sharing.
Logging and Dashboards: Centralizes information for easier monitoring and analysis.

What benefits can users expect from AlienVault OSSIM?

Enhanced Security Detection: Comprehensive threat identification features.
Cost-Effectiveness: Delivers security capabilities at lower costs.
Network Traffic Analysis: Offers detailed insights into network activities.
Advanced Threat Policies: Supports sophisticated security policy configuration.

AlienVault OSSIM is deployed in industries requiring robust security event management. It assists in monitoring network traffic and identifying threats in sectors like finance, healthcare, and IT services. By leveraging open-source software, businesses enhance security without incurring excessive costs, making it suitable for small to medium enterprises.

AT&T

Logpoint offers a robust SIEM system tailored for compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and GDPR, enhancing security monitoring and enabling efficient incident response.

Logpoint strengthens cybersecurity by offering essential tools for log collection, security monitoring, and forensic analysis. Its features include an intuitive dashboard, a powerful correlation engine, and extensive third-party integrations, making it a versatile asset for security operations centers. Despite its advantages, areas for improvement include ransomware protection, cloud-native deployment, and more flexible pricing. Improvements in features like SOAR and UEBA functionality can boost its competitiveness.

What are the most important features of Logpoint?

Easy-to-use dashboard: Simplifies interaction with intuitive design.
Correlation engine: Connects data for in-depth security insights.
Comprehensive log collection: Facilitates extensive data gathering.
Third-party integrations: Connects seamlessly with other tools.
UEBA and SOAR components: Enhance threat response and automation.

What benefits and ROI should users consider?

Cost-effectiveness: Provides significant value for its pricing.
User-friendly interface: Enhances usability with straightforward design.
Compliance navigation: Eases PCI DSS and GDPR compliance.
Quick support service: Provides responsive customer assistance.

Many organizations utilize Logpoint across industries as part of their security infrastructure. It supports standard compliance, orchestrating incident responses and security threat monitoring. Logpoint empowers businesses by integrating and correlating security data, improving cybersecurity posture in varied environments.

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