NetWitness Platform vs Trellix Network Detection and Response comparison

The compared NetWitness and Trellix solutions aren't in the same category. NetWitness is ranked #33 in Log Management , with an average rating of 8.3, and holds a 0.4% mindshare in the category. Trellix is ranked #13 in ATP , with an average rating of 7.6, and holds a 5.2% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of NetWitness users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of Trellix users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between NetWitness Platform and Trellix Network Detection and Response based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Log Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

NetWitness Platform

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (33rd), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (30th)

Trellix Network Detection a...

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (13th), Network Detection and Response (NDR) (10th)

Mindshare comparison

NetWitness Platform and Trellix Network Detection and Response aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. NetWitness Platform is designed for Log Management and holds a mindshare of 0.4%, up 0.3% compared to last year.
Trellix Network Detection and Response, on the other hand, focuses on Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), holds 5.2% mindshare, up 4.8% since last year.

Log Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
NetWitness Platform	0.4%
Wazuh	12.2%
Grafana Loki	7.9%
Other	79.5%

Log Management

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Trellix Network Detection and Response	5.2%
Palo Alto Networks WildFire	10.7%
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	9.0%
Other	75.1%

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

Featured Reviews

MOTASHIM Al Razi

CISO at One Bank Limited

It is a stable solution, but they should make the user interface easier to understand

The solution's initial setup takes work. We have to organize multiple paths and many features. The deployment process takes less than a week. But it takes a month to complete if we want to make the solution smarter by integrating it with various devices. I rate the process as a six out of ten.

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BiswabhanuPanda

Senior technical consultant at Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic

Offers in-depth investigation capabilities, integrates well and smoothly transitioned from a lower-capacity appliance to a higher one

The in-depth investigation capabilities are a major advantage. When the system flags something as malicious, it provides a packet capture of that activity within the environment. That helps my team quickly identify additional context that most other tools wouldn't offer – like source IP or base64 encoded data. We can also see DNS requests and other details that aren't readily available in solutions like Check Point or others that we've tried. The detection itself is solid, and their sandboxing is powerful. There's a learning curve – you need a strong grasp of OS-level changes, process forking, registry changes, and the potential impact of those. But with that knowledge, the level of information Trellix provides is far greater than what we've seen elsewhere. The real-time response capability of Trellix has been quite effective, although it's not very fast. The key is this solution's concept of 'preference zero.' They don't immediately act on a zero-day. For example, the solution has seen a piece of malware for the first time. It'll let it in, then do sandboxing. Maybe after four or five minutes, it identifies that specific file's DNX Secure Store as malicious. At that point, they update the static analysis engine, and it gets detected if anything else tries to download the same file. There is that initial 'preference zero' concept, like with Panda. You may not hold traffic in the network. That's standard in the industry; we don't do much about it. To address that, we also have endpoint solutions. We use SentinelOne in our environment, which helps us identify threats like Western Bureaus and others.

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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 development of use cases on the SSA console is quite user friendly. This means that the security analyst or the researcher does not have to learn another language."

"It's fully scalable. There is no limit. Of course, the license limits per day the number of terabytes. In my opinion, it's very flexible."

"The most valuable feature is the hunting ability to work in a CERT."

"The solution is really scalable for the high-end power, enterprise customer."

"Alerting Module: It provides real-time event processing language on all the logs/packets stream for advanced alerting, i.e., using SQL LIKE statements."

"What we are mainly using are the RSA concentrator, RSA Decoder, Archiver, Broker, and Log Decoder."

"It's quite economical compared to other solutions in the market."

"NetWitness can be highly beneficial for incident detection and response."

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"The sandbox feature of FireEye Network Security is very good. The operating system itself has many features and it supports our design."

"Trellix Network Detection and Response helps increase response to attacks. One benefit is increased visibility and simplicity in maintaining it. AI analyzes and relates data based on past performance over the last five days."

"Before FireEye, most of the times that an incident would happen nobody would be able to find out where or why the incident occurred and that the system is compromised. FireEye is a better product because if the incident already happened I know that the breach is there and that the system is compromised so we can take appropriate action to prevent anything from happening."

"The server appliance is good."

"The most valuable feature is the network security module."

"The product is very easy to configure."

"The solution can scale."

"We see ROI in the sense that we don't have to react because it stops anything from hurting the network. We can stop it before we have a bigger mess to clean up."

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Cons

"Its technical support could be better."

"The product's licensing models are complex to understand. This particular area needs improvement."

"The solution should have more integration capabilities with different platforms."

"The system looks like it is a mix of a bunch of different systems, and nothing looked like it was quite together."

"There are instances where you try to run the reports and then it does not give you the desired outcome."

"The implementation needs assistance."

"If we have the ability to run a dynamic analysis through malware in the same suite, it would be great to have a sandbox solution to analyze malware through dynamic analysis."

"The log system is a bit complex and has room for improvement."

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"Certain features in Trellix Network Detection and Response, such as using AL-type commands, may initially pose a challenge for those unfamiliar with such commands. However, once users become accustomed to the system, it becomes easier to use."

"It would be a good idea if we could get an option to block based upon the content of an email, or the content of a file attachment."

"Technical packaging could be improved."

"If you want to search the hashes in the environment, you need to put in IOCs one by one, making it a very hectic job."

"The solution's support needs to improve their support."

"The problem with FireEye is that they don't allow VM or sandbox customization. The user doesn't have control of the VMs that are inside the box. It comes from the vendor as-is. Some users like to have control of it. Like what type of Windows and what type of applications and they have zero control over this."

"The analytics could be better. It seems heavily influenced by the McAfee and FireEye integration, and that integration still isn't seamless."

"There is a lot of room for Improvement in the offering, from cost to functionality. It is pretty straightforward to implement which is an advantage. However, it falls short in pricing, detection capabilities, and, most importantly, reporting and policy management."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"In comparison to other SIEM solutions such as Splunk, NetWitness is less costly."

"There is a licensing fee and the customer can choose whether he wishes this to be subscription-based or perpetual."

"The new pricing and licensing mechanisms are fair. I would advise always to get the full solution (i.e., not only Logs)."

"RSA NetWitness Logs and Packets do not have a subscription model, it's a one-time purchase. There is only a perpetual license."

"Many clients are not able to purchase the packet capability because there is a huge amount of data, and the cost depends on the number of EPS (Events per second), as well as the number of gigabytes of data per day."

"It’s cheaper to run virtual machines in a VMware environment."

"We are on an annual license for the use of the solution."

"We have yearly licensing costs. The license fee can be based on the volume of EPS. Some organizations may have, as a gentlemanly gesture, 10,000 EPS and get a 3,000 EPS license but actually use 5,000 EPS."

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"Its price is a bit high. A small customer cannot buy it. Its licensing is on a yearly basis."

"The pricing is fair, a little expensive, but fair. We've evaluated other products, and they're similarly priced."

"The user fee is not as high but the maintenance fee is expensive."

"FireEye is comparable to other products, such as HX, but seems expensive. It may cause us to look at other products in the market."

"The tool is a bit pricey."

"There are some additional services that I understand the vendor provides, but our approach was to package all of the features that we were looking to use into the product."

"The pricing is a little high."

"It's an expensive solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

Performing Arts

Financial Services Firm

12%

Comms Service Provider

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	20

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	19
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	19

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about NetWitness Platform?

The product's initial setup phase was not at all difficult.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetWitness Platform?

The pricing is comparable to others, and I consider the cost to be intermediate. Specific cost details are unknown to me.

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What needs improvement with NetWitness Platform?

There is currently no need for improvement in the SIEM ( /categories/security-information-and-event-management-siem ), though there could be potential enhancements by integrating with AI.

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What do you like most about FireEye Network Security?

We wanted to cross-reference that activity with the network traffic just to be sure there was no lateral movement. With Trellix, we easily confirmed that there was no lateral network involvement an...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FireEye Network Security?

While I do not handle pricing directly, it is known that there is a variety of customers with different licensing needs, which depends on the organization's size and policy.

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What needs improvement with FireEye Network Security?

The Trellix solution could be improved by enhancing the Central Management Console for faster visibility, which would help in network detection response. Networking often involves complexity that c...

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Comparisons

IBM Security QRadar vs NetWitness Platform

Compared 24% of the time

Splunk Enterprise Security vs NetWitness Platform

Compared 18% of the time

Elastic Security vs NetWitness Platform

Compared 14% of the time

USM Anywhere vs NetWitness Platform

Compared 11% of the time

RSA enVision vs NetWitness Platform

Compared 9% of the time

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Palo Alto Networks WildFire vs Trellix Network Detection and Response

Compared 13% of the time

Fortinet FortiSandbox vs Trellix Network Detection and Response

Compared 10% of the time

Trend Micro Deep Discovery vs Trellix Network Detection and Response

Compared 8% of the time

Darktrace vs Trellix Network Detection and Response

Compared 6% of the time

Symantec Advanced Threat Protection vs Trellix Network Detection and Response

Compared 3% of the time

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Also Known As

RSA Security Analytics

FireEye Network Security, FireEye

Overview

NetWitness Platform is an evolved SIEM and threat detection and response solution that functions as a single, unified platform for ALL your security data. It features an advanced analyst workbench for triaging alerts and incidents, and it orchestrates security operations programs end to end. In short: NetWitness Platform is all you need to run an intelligent SOC.

NetWitness

Detect the undetectable and stop evasive attacks. Trellix Network Detection and Response (NDR) helps your team focus on real attacks, contain intrusions with speed and intelligence, and eliminate your cybersecurity weak points.

Trellix

Sample Customers

Los Angeles World Airports, Reply

FFRDC, Finansbank, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Investis, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Bank of Thailand, City of Miramar, Citizens National Bank, D-Wave Systems

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