Devo vs SolarWinds Security Event Manager comparison

Devo and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. Devo is ranked #28 with an average rating of 8.0, while SolarWinds is ranked #33 with an average rating of 7.7. Devo holds a 1.2% mindshare in SIEM, compared to SolarWinds’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Devo users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

SolarWinds Security Event Manager and Devo are widely used in the security event management sector. Devo has the upper hand due to its advanced features and scalability.

Features: SolarWinds Security Event Manager is praised for its log management, real-time event correlation, and compliance reporting. Devo is valued for its scalability, advanced analytics, and integration capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Users of SolarWinds Security Event Manager indicate that its performance can be affected under heavy loads and often request more integration options. Devo users point to the need for a more intuitive navigation process and better initial setup support.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SolarWinds Security Event Manager is noted for its straightforward deployment but receives mixed feedback on customer service response times. Devo's deployment process is complex but benefits from responsive and efficient customer service.

Pricing and ROI: SolarWinds Security Event Manager is favored for its competitive pricing and good return on investment. Devo, despite its higher cost, is considered worth the price due to its comprehensive features and high ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Devo

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

28th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (26th), IT Operations Analytics (9th), AIOps (18th)

SolarWinds Security Event M...

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

33rd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of Devo is 1.2%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds Security Event Manager is 1.0%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Devo	1.2%
SolarWinds Security Event Manager	1.0%
Other	97.8%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Featured Reviews

Francisco JavierRomo

Strategic Account Executive at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Has improved investigative workflows with interactive dashboards and simplified data correlation

The data analytics cloud component focuses on real-time analytics, which is very impressive. The SIEM collects and correlates logs data from different sources and can integrate with ServiceNow, hardware asset management, and software asset management. The security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) is another valuable feature. The security data platform serves as the foundation of Devo. Regarding advanced query capabilities, Devo offers several models including query logs, visual query builder, language integrated query, and SQL, with SQL being the most frequently used querying data capability. The single pane of glass that Devo offers is the SOC. The tools in Devo's active ports are for investigating, not just viewing data. They are more interactive than other market solutions. The drill-down reports capabilities allow analysts to click on any element in a widget. When they see a spike in a line chart for a failed login, which could be a true or false attempt, they can click that spike, and a table widget on the same active board instantly populates with raw logs of data for those specific failed logins. This is particularly important for enterprise companies with numerous endpoints and users. The dynamic filtering of inputs significantly reduces the time cybersecurity analysts spend trying to figure out failed logins and identifying false positives.

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Yashokanth Partkunan

Managed Services Engineer at Loop1 Systems

Has supported client needs efficiently but requires deeper analysis features and faster support

The log analyzing capability of SolarWinds Security Event Manager should go into more depth than the current environment. More modification and enhancements are required on the dashboard side in order to make it closer to optimal performance. From observation and feedback from users, they need more functionality related to monitoring, and in-depth analyzing needs to be improved.

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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

"The drill-down reports capabilities allow analysts to click on any element in a widget. When they see a spike in a line chart for a failed login, which could be a true or false attempt, they can click that spike, and a table widget on the same active board instantly populates with raw logs of data for those specific failed logins."

"Those 400 days of hot data mean that people can look for trends and at what happened in the past. And they can not only do so from a security point of view, but even for operational use cases. In the past, our operational norm was to keep live data for only 30 days. Our users were constantly asking us for at least 90 days, and we really couldn't even do that. That's one reason that having 400 days of live data is pretty huge. As our users start to use it and adopt this system, we expect people to be able to do those long-term analytics."

"The most valuable feature is that it has native MSSP capabilities and maintains perfect data separation. It does all of that in a very easy-to-manage cloud-based solution."

"It centralizes security management within a business, functioning as a core system for a SOC."

"It's a core tool for us in looking at logs, because logs are the starting point in any investigation, so leveraging Devo from start to finish in any investigation is basically what we do."

"The real-time analytics of security-related data are super. There are a lot of data feeds going into it and it's very quick at pulling up and correlating the data and showing you what's going on in your infrastructure. It's fast. The way that their architecture and technology works, they've really focused on the speed of query results and making sure that we can do what we need to do quickly. Devo is pulling back information in a fast fashion, based on real-time events."

"Devo helps us to unlock the full power of our data because they have more than 450 parsers, which means that we can ingest pretty much any type of log data."

"The ROI has been great as we could launch it in a few months instead of a couple of years, and when you put all the costs together, it is less to have done it than with the open source approach."

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"User-friendly configuration is key, and the configurations are simple, not complex."

"The pricing was low, around 30K so ROI is less than one year."

"SolarWinds Security Event Manager has been generally working well."

"It has in-depth monitoring capabilities and an easy way for setting up dashboards."

"The product's most effective part in improving security stems from the fact that the solution is deployed for event management, log viewing, and information management."

"The solution helps you monitor database instances, application instances, other customer application things, Linux servers, IBM servers, and Oracle servers."

"This tool is simple to use."

"Technical support for this solution is good."

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Cons

"Some basic reporting mechanisms have room for improvement."

"I would like to have the ability to create more complex dashboards."

"An admin who is trying to audit user activity usually cannot go beyond a day in the UI. I would like to have access to pages and pages of that data, going back as far as the storage we have, so I could look at every command or search or deletion or anything that a user has run. As an admin, that would really help. Going back just a day in the UI is not going to help, and that means I have to find a different way to do that."

"Some basic reporting mechanisms have room for improvement. Customers can do analysis by building Activeboards, Devo’s name for interactive dashboards. This capability is quite nice, but it is not a reporting engine. Devo does provide mechanisms to allow third-party tools to query data via their API, which is great. However, a lot of folks like or want a reporting engine, per se, and Devo simply doesn't have that. This may or may not be by design."

"The biggest area with room for improvement in Devo is the Security Operations module that just isn't there yet. That goes back to building out how they're going to do content and larger correlation and aggregation of data across multiple things, as well as natively ingesting CTI to create rule sets."

"The cost is a little higher compared to other tools such as DataDog or Elasticsearch, so they could work on reducing costs."

"The biggest area with room for improvement in Devo is the Security Operations module that just isn't there yet."

"Technical support could be better."

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"We used the support from SolarWinds Security Event Manager and they are knowledgeable but challenging to get in contact with them."

"It takes a long time to perform a root cause analysis."

"Not very scalable in my opinion. That's why I'm investigating new SIEM replacement."

"SolarWinds should improve its correlation capabilities. The correlation does not automatically detect and reduce the events fast enough. You have to manually do a correlation report, which means the tool is not scalable in many ways."

"The query capability in this solution needs improvement."

"The product should improve the ease with which you can create event alerts. They are not as hard now but you need to have an easier way."

"There are no multiple dashboards which would allow you to see information side-by-side."

"The reporting could be more robust. It can be a lot more granular and that will make it a lot more useful in comparison to how it is incorporated at the moment."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's very competitive. That was also a primary draw for us. Some of the licensing models with solutions like Splunk and Sentinel were attractive upfront, but there were so many micro-charges and services we would've had to add on to make them what we wanted. We had to include things like SOAR and extended capabilities, whereas all those capabilities are completely included with the Devo platform. I haven't seen any additional fee."

"Be cautious of metadata inclusion for log types in pricing, as there are some "gotchas" with that."

"The way Devo prices things is based on the amount of data, and I wish the tiers had more granularity. Maybe at this point they do, but when we first negotiated with them, there were only three or four tiers."

"Devo is definitely cheaper than Splunk. There's no doubt about that. The value from Devo is good. It's definitely more valuable to me than QRadar or LogRhythm or any of the old, traditional SIEMs."

"We have an OEM agreement with Devo. It is very similar to the standard licensing agreement because we are charged in the same way as any other customer, e.g., we use the backroom."

"It's a per gigabyte cost for ingestion of data. For every gigabyte that you ingest, it's whatever you negotiated your price for. Compared to other contracts that we've had for cloud providers, it's significantly less."

"Devo was very cost-competitive... Devo did come with that 400 days of hot data, and that was not the case with other products."

"Pricing is based on the number of gigabytes of ingestion by volume, and it's on a 30-day average. If you go over one day, that's not a big deal as long as the average is what you expected it to be."

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"The pricing model would benefit from having package deals with other SolarWinds products."

"Licenses can only be purchased in blocks of fifty at a time."

"We do a yearly license renewal. For a year, the solution costs roughly $500,000 USD. There are no costs beyond this yearly fee."

"The price of SolarWinds Security Event Manager is reasonable."

"It is in the appropriate mid-range. It is not as expensive as some of the other solutions. It is also not cheap."

"Licensing is on devices, so if you have many, then this may be high."

"The tool is available at a good price for customers compared to other solutions in the market. I rate the product's price as an eight out of ten."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

14%

Construction Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	12

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	19
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	7

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Devo?

Pricing generally depends on the scale, data ingestion requirements, and integrations for what the enterprise monitoring needs. I have not been part of the procurement process, so I am not aware of...

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What needs improvement with Devo?

One improvement area for Devo could be simplifying some configuration and improving the onboarding for new analysts because it is quite complex for fresher or new analysts who are handling Devo.UI ...

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What is your primary use case for Devo?

Devo serves as our centralized log monitoring, threat investigation, alert monitoring, and security analytics platform. We use it to collect logs from multiple systems so we can correlate the event...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolarWinds Security Event Manager ?

The tool is available at a good price for customers compared to other solutions in the market. I rate the product's price as an eight out of ten.

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What needs improvement with SolarWinds Security Event Manager ?

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What is your primary use case for SolarWinds Security Event Manager ?

I work with all SolarWinds products mostly, including Network Configuration Manager and NPM. I am a reseller. I usually recommend SolarWinds products for Loop1. It's for the bigger ones; we are the...

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SolarWinds LEM, Solarwinds SIEM, TriGeo, Log and Event Manager

Overview

Devo offers powerful visual analytics, real-time data querying, and log integration capabilities within a cloud-native, multi-tenant architecture, supporting extended data retention ideal for long-term analysis and compliance.

Devo is recognized for its Activeboards, which facilitate visual analytics. High-speed search capabilities and real-time analytics enable efficient data manipulation and querying. Its multi-tenant architecture supports effective data segregation and customization tailored to distinct business needs, enhancing its value for handling complex log integrations. With extended data retention of 400 days and a cloud-native architecture, Devo is a robust platform for long-term analysis and compliance requirements. Though opportunities exist to improve browser stability on large searches, SOAR integrations, and its parser capabilities, Devo remains essential for incident response and security monitoring, offering centralized data storage and analysis.

What are Devo's most important features?

Activeboards: Facilitate visual analytics and data exploration.
High-Speed Search: Enables fast data querying and manipulation.
Real-Time Analytics: Supports instant insights and decision-making.
Multi-Tenant Architecture: Allows effective data segregation and customization.
Extended Data Retention: Offers 400-day log retention for compliance and analysis.
Complex Log Integration: Handles intricate data sources effortlessly.

What benefits and ROI should organizations look for in reviews?

Visual Insights: Enhance understanding through interactive dashboards.
Performance Efficiency: Saves time with high-speed data search and real-time results.
Customization Flexibility: Fits specific business requirements with multi-tenant architecture.
Long-Term Compliance: Ensures alignment with extended data retention needs.
Centralized Monitoring: Enables comprehensive incident response and security monitoring.

Devo is extensively used in industries focused on incident response and digital forensics, centralizing data for security monitoring across hybrid environments. Organizations benefit from its ability to store and analyze aggregated logs, creating alerts and dashboards to enhance visibility for network and endpoint activities in multi-domain settings.

Devo

SolarWinds Security Event Manager is recognized for its ease of use, offering efficient log monitoring and a user-friendly interface. The tool supports a range of monitoring functions and provides strong security capabilities across platform configurations.

Designed for comprehensive log analysis and security event monitoring, SolarWinds Security Event Manager provides robust reporting, timely alerts, and supports file integrity monitoring. Entities use it to ensure compliance, monitor network activities, and prevent threats such as ransomware. Integration and setup are straightforward, enhancing its flexibility for centralized log collection and analysis. While the tool is effective, improvements are needed in performance scaling, interface updates from Flash, and enhanced customization and reporting options.

What are the key features of SolarWinds Security Event Manager?

Log Monitoring: Tracks and analyzes log files for security events.
File Integrity Monitoring: Detects unauthorized changes in files.
Reporting and Alerts: Provides extensive reporting with timely security alerts.
Compliance Maintenance: Assists in maintaining compliance with audit standards.
User-Friendly Interface: Features intuitive navigation and versatile integration capabilities.

What benefits should users consider when evaluating SolarWinds Security Event Manager?

Ease of Use: Intuitive setup and navigation simplify user experience.
Security Enhancements: Strong monitoring helps detect and prevent ransomware threats.
Compliance Support: Ensures compliance with audit requirements, facilitating regulatory adherence.
Integration: Seamlessly connects with other tools for centralized data management.

Industries such as financial services, healthcare, and government often implement SolarWinds Security Event Manager to monitor sensitive information, ensure adherence to regulatory compliance, and manage network security efficiently. The tool's ability to analyze logs and prevent threats makes it valuable for businesses needing robust security event management.

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Sample Customers

United States Air Force, Rubrik, SentinelOne, Critical Start, NHL, Panda Security, Telefonica, CaixaBank, OpenText, IGT, OneMain Financial, SurveyMonkey, FanDuel, H&R Block, Ulta Beauty, Manulife, Moneylion, Chime Bank, Magna International, American Express Global Business Travel

NetSuite, EasyStreet, Legacy Texas Bank, and Energy Federal Credit Union, to name a few.

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