NetWitness Platform vs USM Anywhere comparison

NetWitness and LevelBlue are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. NetWitness is ranked #33 with an average rating of 8.3, while LevelBlue is ranked #30 with an average rating of 8.0. NetWitness holds a 0.9% mindshare in SIEM, compared to LevelBlue’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of NetWitness users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of LevelBlue users who would recommend it.

NetWitness Platform

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75% willing to recommend

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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

34th

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

33rd

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

37th

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

30th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

115

Ranking in other categories

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (44th), Compliance Management (13th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of NetWitness Platform is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of USM Anywhere is 1.0%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
USM Anywhere	1.0%
NetWitness Platform	0.9%
Other	98.1%

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

"Offers a good wireless feature."

"The most valuable feature is that we can create our own connectors for any application, and NetWitness provides the training and tools to do it."

"Once it is deployed and you are used to it, you can do whatever you want."

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

"The most valuable feature is the ability to write rules and triggers for network communication and then being able to investigate based on that, where you can see the payload and deconstruct the packets."

"The most valuable features are the packet decoder, log decoder, and concentrator."

"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 of RSA NetWitness Logs and Packets are the alerts and correlations tools."

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"The UI is clean and easy to use."

"Vulnerability scanning helped out shortcomings of what was not patched in the past and what needed to be patched. This assisted with fine tuning the environment for compliance."

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

"Customer Service: The service was excellent and always showing excellent treatment and availability. Technical Support: The service is excellent the support requested really is quick and very efficient"

"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."

"Our main focus was intrusion detection, alerts, and correlation. It's easy to use AlienVault and integrate it with other alert tools because it includes lots of connectors. Either the tool is already there, or AlienVault will write an API for us if they don't have a connector for the solution that is providing the logs."

"We evaluated every single SIEM on the market, and the major difference that made AlienVault stand out is the unification, meaning the integration of technologies out-of-the-box, as opposed to having to do it on your own."

"The most valuable features of AT&T AlienVault USM are the ease of management and knowledge of what is on the network of my customers. It's easy to understand the problems, and management our alarms and events."

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Cons

"The implementation needs assistance."

"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."

"The initial setup was complex because it takes a lot of time to complete the implementation."

"The system architecture is complex and sometimes it’s hard to troubleshoot potential problems."

"I cannot say that the solution was stable because it tended to crash."

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

"An area for improvement would be better automation and more inbuilt use cases."

"The product continues to crash. Even with tech support help, it does not resolve itself."

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"I don't think the product's pricing is a good value because they try to raise the price 50 percent every year."

"The one thing I continue to dislike about the USM is the limitation on reports."

"The vulnerability reporting needs to have options to be able to sort or customize the output."

"The support could absolutely be better."

"I have found difficulties in searches within security events and configuring some areas looks complicated."

"We would love to be able to create custom rules based on a series of events, to create rule-sets where, for example, failed logins to the VPN Server are logged and then when a successful attempt follows soon after, it triggers an alarm for a Brute Force."

"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."

"Reporting and Windows log collection is the biggest drawback."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Compared to the competition, the is price is not that high."

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

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

"The NetWitness Platform may be affordable only for enterprise-level customers, as it may not be within the budget of small and medium-sized businesses."

"The product price was reasonable for my region and the market."

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

"Our license is for one year."

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

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"It's saved security costs."

"Pricing is very competitive with other products and you get much more functionality from AlienVault."

"It has good pricing."

"Its price is much lower than McAfee ESM."

"They are a little more expensive than Microsoft."

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

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

"I don't know exactly, but I know it is based on the number of logs and the retention duration, such as 30 days or something like that. So, the smallest package is about 500 a month for 30 days of logs. There is a virtual machine. You need resources for it. It is a log collecting VM. They provide the software, and you just have to load a virtual machine. So, you're going to incur some CPU RAM and storage for wherever this log collecting appliance is running, which typically is in our cloud and on our platform for the customer."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

11%

Performing Arts

Computer Software Company

Marketing Services Firm

Computer Software Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

10%

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Financial Services Firm

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
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 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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What is your primary use case for AT&T AlienVault USM?

USM Anywhere is used for threat detection and investigation. It provides a solution with built-in threat intelligence and various other investigation tools.

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Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 4% 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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