AlienVault OSSIM vs USM Anywhere comparison

AT&T and LevelBlue are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. AT&T is ranked #11 with an average rating of 7.3, while LevelBlue is ranked #32 with an average rating of 7.3. AT&T holds a 3.2% mindshare in SIEM, compared to LevelBlue’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of AT&T users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of LevelBlue users who would recommend it.

AlienVault OSSIM

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80% willing to recommend

USM Anywhere

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Both USM Anywhere and AlienVault OSSIM are network security management solutions with distinct strengths. Users are generally happier with USM Anywhere due to its advanced features and support compared to the cost-effective but less feature-rich AlienVault OSSIM.

Features: USM Anywhere offers comprehensive threat detection, user-friendly incident response, and superior integration capabilities. AlienVault OSSIM provides value through its open-source nature, basic security monitoring features, and cost-effectiveness. USM Anywhere also excels in advanced security analytics and customer support.

Room for Improvement: USM Anywhere can benefit from better customization options, enhanced detailed reporting, and more versatile functionality. AlienVault OSSIM needs improvements in integration, scalability, and more robust feature sets.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: USM Anywhere is known for its simpler deployment process and responsive customer service. In contrast, AlienVault OSSIM requires more manual configuration and has limited formal support.

Pricing and ROI: USM Anywhere has higher initial costs but offers a better ROI due to its reliable support and advanced features. AlienVault OSSIM is more budget-friendly but sacrifices some advanced functionalities and requires more manual oversight, impacting its long-term value.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

AlienVault OSSIM

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

11th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

USM Anywhere

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

32nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

115

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (45th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (51st), Compliance Management (13th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of AlienVault OSSIM is 3.2%, down from 4.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of USM Anywhere is 0.9%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

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HarshBhardiya

SOC Engineer at Just Dial Limited

An open-source solution that provide good detection and more visibility

The solution is not scalable. It impacts so hard. In the initial stages, AlienVault OSSIM can be suitable for small environments. There may be limitations if the customer expresses a desire to expand and add more devices. In such cases, we would need to either explore additional solutions or work within the constraints of the existing setup. We have set up alerts and configured everything in AlienVault OSSIM. It actively monitors for any security incidents. It provides us with regular updates and notifications about any ongoing activities. Only one person is using the solution. It is the perfect solution for small businesses. I rate the solution’s scalability a three out of ten.

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Kris Nawani

Co-Founder/Director at Bangkok MSP Company Limited

Offers complete coverage without the need to install additional software

USM Anywhere is used for threat detection and investigation. It provides a solution with built-in threat intelligence and various other investigation tools The solution offers complete coverage without the need to install additional software, as it is maintained by the vendor. It helps in saving…

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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

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

"The threat alerts it gives me from time to time on harmful code within the network, or if they are generating any network traffic, are very useful."

"The most valuable feature is the logging capability."

"The product is easy to use."

"You can customize the dashboards as well as the reporting."

"AlienVault OSSIM's GUI is very user-friendly."

"The initial setup was straightforward. I didn't have any problems."

"OSSIM is the only solution that includes the large number of modules that we need: a vulnerability scanner, a network IDS system, a host IDS system."

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"On any given day I could give you a different answer regarding the most valuable features of the product. The feature that is most important is the fact that it has a lot of features, that it's not just a log collection and correlation system, that it has a lot of other components built in. The bundle of features is really the killer feature."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is security management for PCI DSS."

"The solution also provides basic log storage options for periods of 15, 30, and 90 days."

"The dashboards are very descriptive and contain just the right amount of information. The activity alarms and events contain a plethora of data that is very descriptive and useful."

"The main menu: You can see everything there, what is happening on the servers, and in the logs, you can view more details of each event."

"The asset management of nodes has been a large help in terms of being able to track applications with more detail and have changes made being monitored into one source."

"Using the communication within the security device, it is easier to create plugins."

"The Event Correlation and vulnerability scans have been the most useful. As a 24/7 SOC, we use the incoming alarms to give an overview of suspicious traffic going through the network. It's easy to look at the correlated events and see the broad picture of traffic for that customer. Vulnerability scans are good for providing patch and remediation guidelines to keep customer systems secure."

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Cons

"AlienVault OSSIM failed to provide our company a full insight, while also giving out a lot of false positives."

"AlienVault OSSIM’s configuration and integration could be a little easier."

"It's so hard to configure and explore something new on it."

"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."

"The documentation could be improved."

"AlienVault OSSIM is costly."

"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."

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"The reporting tools are a bit lacking for building reports to give directly to customers, but support has been helpful in giving our requests for new features to the development team and following up with us."

"AlienVault needs to continue to integrate with other third-party technologies that clients want to have monitored."

"This solution could be easier to use."

"The other thing is the agent is OSSEC. They needed to create its own agent to help to find threats on the devices that it happens to be installed."

"We've had some stability problems, not a lot, but a few. Updates seem to be the worst. That seems to be when the stability problems come up."

"AT&T AlienVault USM can improve searchable data. It should be available for more than 90 days. If you need more than 90 days of data, you have to put a request and they give you raw data, which is not easy to search. A good addition would be to allow users to search data older than 90 days."

"Plugins could be better utilized, as some of them do not recognize all logs."

"It was easy on PoC, but when we got to the product it was different story. We had to learn the product again and got feeling that the PoC was a different product."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing fees for the non-community edition are paid on an annual basis, and there are no costs in addition to this."

"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."

"The tool's licensing costs are yearly."

"AlienVault OSSIM is expensive compared to its competitors."

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

"OSSIM is free."

"When comparing AlienVault OSSIM to Microsoft Sentinel, AlienVault OSSIM incurs additional costs due to its licensing price structure. If you are using AlienVault for security purposes at a certain level it can have a higher price point than the current pricing of Microsoft Sentinel."

"The solution is open source, so it's free to use."

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"The ROI is quite good."

"I rate the price of AT&T AlienVault USM a four out of five."

"Use an MSSP instead. It is much cheaper."

"They are a little more expensive than Microsoft."

"Negotiate the best package for your environment."

"Its price is in the medium to upper range."

"We ran a few PoCs. The price and feature set were the best with AlienVault."

"The price of this solution is reasonable, which is one of the reasons why we selected it over other solutions."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Comms Service Provider

11%

University

Educational Organization

Computer Software Company

17%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Financial Services Firm

Educational Organization

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AlienVault OSSIM?

Asset discovery is good.

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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...

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What needs improvement with AlienVault OSSIM?

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 implement...

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What do you like most about AT&T AlienVault USM?

The most valuable feature of the solution is the ease of deployment that it provides to users. The integrations that the product has with third-party applications are useful.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AT&T AlienVault USM?

The pricing is amazing and really cheap.

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What needs improvement with AT&T AlienVault USM?

There are scalability issues due to a 60 TB limit, which restricts its use for large customers like banks. It is also limited when used with bigger products and has complex password requirements.

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Also Known As

OSSIM

AT&T AlienVault USM, AlienVault, AlienVault USM, Alienvault Cybersecurity

Overview

AlienVault OSSIM, Open Source Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), provides you with a feature-rich open source SIEM complete with event collection, normalization and correlation. Launched by security engineers because of the lack of available open source products, AlienVault OSSIM was created specifically to address the reality many security professionals face: A SIEM, whether it is open source or commercial, is virtually useless without the basic security controls necessary for security visibility.

AT&T

USM Anywhere centralizes security monitoring of networks and devices in the cloud, on premises, and in remote locations, helping you to detect threats virtually anywhere.

Discover

Network asset discovery
Software & services discovery
AWS asset discovery
Azure asset discovery
Google Cloud Platform asset discovery

Analyze

SIEM event correlation, auto-prioritized alarms
User activity monitoring
Up to 90-days of online, searchable events

Detect

Cloud intrusion detection (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Network intrusion detection (NIDS)
Host intrusion detection (HIDS)
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Respond

Forensics querying
Automate & orchestrate response
Notifications and ticketing

Assess

Vulnerability scanning
Cloud infrastructure assessment
User & asset configuration
Dark web monitoring

Report

Pre-built compliance reporting templates
Pre-built event reporting templates
Customizable views and dashboards
Log storage

LevelBlue

Sample Customers

Council Rock School District

Abel & Cole, Bank of Ireland, Bluegrass Cellular, CareerBuilder, Claire's, Hays Medical Center, Hope International, McCurrach, McKinsey & Company, Party Delights, Pepco Holdings, Richland School District, Ricoh, SaveMart, Shake Shack, Steelcase, TaxAct, Taylor Morrison, Vonage and Zoom

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