NetWitness Platform vs USM Anywhere comparison

NetWitness and LevelBlue are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. NetWitness is ranked #30 with an average rating of 8.3, while LevelBlue is ranked #29 with an average rating of 7.5. NetWitness holds a 0.6% mindshare in SIEM, compared to LevelBlue’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of NetWitness users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of LevelBlue users who would recommend it.

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

NetWitness Platform and USM Anywhere are both strong options in the cybersecurity market, each with particular advantages. Users prefer the advanced features and customization options of NetWitness Platform, while USM Anywhere is favored for its more intuitive management.

Features: NetWitness Platform offers deep packet inspection, extensive analytics capabilities, and advanced customization options. USM Anywhere features integrated threat intelligence, easy-to-navigate dashboards, and user-friendly functions.

Room for Improvement: NetWitness Platform users note complex deployment, challenging configuration, and a steep learning curve as areas for improvement. USM Anywhere users suggest enhancements in reporting capabilities, third-party tool integration, and customer service response time.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NetWitness Platform has a steep learning curve and requires significant expertise for effective deployment but features specialized, well-regarded support. USM Anywhere provides simpler deployment with quick setup guides and adequate customer service.

Pricing and ROI: NetWitness Platform has higher initial setup costs but delivers strong ROI due to comprehensive security measures. USM Anywhere offers a more affordable entry point with users reporting satisfactory ROI considering its price.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

NetWitness Platform

Ranking in Log Management

33rd

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

30th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

USM Anywhere

Ranking in Log Management

40th

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

29th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

115

Ranking in other categories

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (53rd), Compliance Management (14th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of NetWitness Platform is 0.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of USM Anywhere is 0.9%, down from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
USM Anywhere	0.9%
NetWitness Platform	0.6%
Other	98.5%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

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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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

"Their technical support responds quickly and are knowledgable."

"Incident management is its most valuable feature."

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

"Possibility to investigate incidents based on logs and raw packets, such as extracting files sent over the network"

"The most valuable feature is the ability to write rules and triggers for network communication, and then being able to investigate based on that."

"The most valuable feature is the security that it provides."

"The most valuable features are the packet inspection and the automated incident response."

"The most valuable feature is the correlation. It can report in real-time and monitor the management."

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"Having everything in a central place has been helpful."

"Easy to use, scalable, stable, and very intuitive platform that provides protection against security threats."

"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."

"OTX is a great module that lets staff maintain and monitor updates regarding events in the infrastructure and takes decision to improve the security perimeter."

"The IDS and the threat intelligence are very useful. They are very intuitive and data-rich."

"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."

"The new cloud-based panel is excellent both for client review as well as for our SOC to review and respond to threats. It is much easier to configure and use than the previous solution from AlienVault."

"AlienVault has an advanced component within one package. With this, we can cover more area with one solution."

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Cons

"The implementation needs assistance."

"Nowadays, their support is a little subpar compared to other solutions. I rate RSA support six out of 10."

"RSA NetWitness Logs and Packets can improve the threat level aspect, it is lacking compared to other solutions. Whenever any hacking activity or any other threat factor occurred they used to provide the coverages very fast when comparing RSA NetWitness Logs and Packets. I heard the other three solutions, from a discussion with my team members who had experience in other solutions, they used to say that. Whenever any issues happened across the globe RSA NetWitness Logs and Packets are a little bit slow improving those detection mechanisms."

"It should have a monitoring feature. It would help us analyze the current state of attacks faster from a single platform."

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

"Lots of competing products have vulnerability protection built into their products, and this solution would be improved by including that support."

"Log aggregation is an issue with this solution because there are a huge number of alerts in a single instance."

"The initial setup is complex. There are other solutions that are easier to implement."

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"The reporting is mediocre and is something that needs to be improved."

"More complimentary training needs to be done for use with this tool. If you get into a bind, then it will cost you."

"they seem to have bugs from time to time that go unfixed for a while and that is frustrating. I'm not saying the product needs to be bug-free, but they need to be responsive to bugs."

"We would like more plugins. This being the main point of improvement which would benefit the users."

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

"I've been using it just for my own personal upskilling in terms of how the product works. At the moment, it is pretty straightforward and simple, and it is working how it is supposed to. The feedback would come once it is deployed to customer sites. They'll be using it on a more frequent basis, and that's when the feedback would come in terms of the areas in which they're facing issues or are looking for simplicity."

"Sometimes the log is unclear, and the report is a bit ambiguous."

"The only room for improvement I can mention is the initial installation procedures. I found that the online installation instructions for the product were missing important details, they lacked necessary steps."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"This is a pricey solution; it's not cheap."

"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."

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

"It is cheap."

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

"The licenses are good but the cost is very expensive."

"Our license is for one year."

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"It's very reasonably priced. It was one of the lowest among the ones I looked at. Licensing is pretty flexible. They can do a two-year or a three-year, even a one-year, perhaps."

"AT&T AlienVault USM is an expensive solution and we pay for the license and the support separately. We paid for the license and support for three years."

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

"I don't think the product's pricing is a good value because they try to raise the price 50 percent every year... AlienVault needs to understand that not all customers are huge enterprises... Their sales team is way too aggressive. The price they advertise is not always the price you get."

"So far, it has been a good solution for a tight budget."

"The vulnerability management solution is worse than buying a Nessus Professional license."

"Negotiate the best package for your environment."

"QRadar, ArcSight and Splunk are some of the most expensive SIEM products out there in the market and not everyone has the budget to buy them. In such cases, AV USM is a very cost effective alternative."

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Feb 26, 2015

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

Performing Arts

Computer Software Company

17%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Educational Organization

Financial Services Firm

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	64
Midsize Enterprise	29
Large Enterprise	25

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 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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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

Trellix Network Detection and Response vs NetWitness Platform

Compared 9% of the time

RSA enVision vs NetWitness Platform

Compared 9% of the time

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AlienVault OSSIM vs USM Anywhere

Compared 24% of the time

LogRhythm SIEM vs USM Anywhere

Compared 16% of the time

Splunk Enterprise Security vs USM Anywhere

Compared 10% of the time

IBM Security QRadar vs USM Anywhere

Compared 8% of the time

Trellix Helix Connect vs USM Anywhere

Compared 6% of the time

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Also Known As

RSA Security Analytics

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

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

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

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Sample Customers

Los Angeles World Airports, Reply

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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