Wazuh Reviews

I use this product as an integrity marketing solution in the financial sector. We are users of Wazuh and I'm head of information security. 

The product is good for security-related features like monitoring, active response, and for vulnerabilities. I'm currently using the whole feature setup for Azure, from A to Z, everything. Wazuh enables me to monitor my whole infrastructure. I have Windows Linux and the firewalls are also integrated with Wazuh. 

The rules are very difficult because there are some limitations such as the inability to correlate two events. It should be easy to edit or change, but it can't be done. They are technical issues and I'm assuming they will be fixed over time.  

I've been using this solution for four years. 

The solution is stable. 

The solution is highly scalable but from a deployment perspective, it's quite difficult. We have five internal users and around 200 agents using the solution. 

I haven't used the customer support because I'm using the open source version. 

The initial setup can be complex. It's not a smooth process and I need an expert system engineer to deploy it in a clustered environment. 

There's no licensing fee because we're using the open-source version. 

I like this product and the fact that we're getting everything for free. However, it's a complex solution to deploy and manage and that's a pain point for us so I deduct two points and rate it eight out of 10. 

We're using it in our company as well as our customer's companies. 

It is usually used for SIM and log collection and licenses.

The vulnerability assessment and scoring of Wazuh is the most important feature that we have found. 

It also integrates well with Windows and different types of operating systems as well, so we found it very easy to deploy.

It is stable. 

The deployment is easy, and they provide very good documentation.

It can scale well.

Technical support is quite helpful.

We would like to see more improvements on the cloud. They need better cloud integration. We already have it on the latest version. However, we have yet to upgrade it. We'd like to see more overall integration support. That includes integration with cloud providers and more API-based integration, which would be helpful for lots of other integrations as well.

The active response needs to be better. I hope they create something on the front end. We have to do a lot of backend coding in Wazuh for active response. That's the major thing that we would like to see to improve it.

We've been using the solution for around one year.

The product is very stable. We have had it deployed for more than six months and we deployed that product on our premises and also on the customer's end. We haven't found any performance issues so far.

As far as I can see, it is scalable. 

We've deployed it in a Kubernetes cluster, and Wazuh works in a clustered environment. It is a cluster-aware product. We can scale it as much as we want to in the future.

Right now, our SOC Analyst team, which is around 11 to 15 people, as well as a few customers, are using the solution currently. 

Technical support is very extensive. We had a long conversation regarding some role-based access control with their team, and they were really helpful, and the support was really good, even though we were using the open-source version of that product.

We did previously use Alien Vault. There are some licensing obligations, so it's a bit difficult to maintain. We also preferred using an open-source option.

It is very easy to deploy and works well with different types of operating systems. 

They provide very good documentation, and they also have got it in containers, so it was very easy to set up.

The overall agent installation and the server installation took maybe half an hour.

We're using the open-source version, and their licensing is fairly straightforward. We do not have to worry about any other monitoring matters since we are using the pre-version.

We're customers. We're using multi-tenant and have companies that are mostly SMEs. We also have a few enterprises as well. 

My advice to new users is that you should do extensive research and need a system team in your company to deploy, configure, and set up everything. Other than that, it's a highly recommended product from our side, and we wish that this product had intel support. I hope that it improves in the future as well.

According to the use case scenario we have, I would rate it an eight out of ten.

Our company only has a small five-person team working with Wazuh. We wanted a log management solution that we could deploy onto our cloud, so we deployed Wazuh on Kubernetes and integrated different log sources into a centralized logging solution.

The second use case is log searching. We wanted a usable integrated search, and Wazuh a good search integrated usable. Wazuh has support for Elasticsearch, which provides searching capabilities. Cost-effectiveness was important for us, and Wazuh is a top open source solution. 

Wazuh's logging features integrate seamlessly with AWS cloud-native services. There are also Wazuh agent configurations for different use cases, like vulnerability scanning, host-based intrusion detection, and file integrity monitoring. 

Scalability is a constraint in the on-prem version of Wazuh in terms of the volume of logs we can manage. There are some minor glitches, but that's part of every tool, and they usually get addressed in subsequent updates.

I would like to see more Kubernetes security and log integrations. That will be one of the good things. Wazuh supports AWS or GCP cloud-native service integration, but it would be great if they added support for Kubernetes security and AWS or Azure-managed Kubernetes solutions. 

We've used Wazuh for two years.

Wazuh is pretty stable. There are no major issues, but sometimes we face minor glitches. It's open source, so we can't expect every bug to be documented. We discover some new issues from time to time, but that's part of using an open-source solution. You pay for a licensed product or you deal with minor problems in open source. 

Wazuh's scalability has room for improvement.

We paid for technical support, but they do have a robust community and Slack channels and all that stuff. You can find most of the answers you need in the community groups or forums. I rate Wazuh support eight out of 10. 

I worked with Splunk, Curator, ArcSight, and some legacy solutions that no longer exist. They became obsolete or transitioned to a different product. Cost-effectiveness was one reason we switched. We had to decide whether to spend $500,000 on a commercial product or rely on our skills to deploy an open-source solution. 

The big difference between Wazuh and other solutions is maturity and customization. Wazuh's scalability and out-of-the-box functionality are slightly lagging behind, but Wazuh has improved a lot since the first time we saw it. Others have more search capabilities, whereas Wazuh depends on Elasticsearch. Searching is a bit slower in Wazuh.

I rate the Wazuh setup experience nine out of 10. The basic setup was straightforward, but our deployment was slightly complex because we did a lot of customization. It took us a week to deploy and fine-tune the initial setups. After deployment, the only maintenance task is rotating particular logs. If we don't rotate it correctly, the log storage runs out and services stop.

Wazuh is open-source, so we didn't have a support person or any professional services to help us. Fortunately, the documentation is excellent, and they have good community support as well.

Wazuh is an open-source solution, so the only expenses are Elasticsearch and log storage costs. Log storage costs no more than $20,000 to $30,000 annually. It's around $3,000 a month. It's all money in the bank. We don't have to spend anything except for resources. 

I rate Wazuh nine out of 10. It's a powerful tool, and you can do lots of things with it. Wazuh is a good choice if you're on a tight budget, but you need to have an enterprise-level SIEM deployment.

If someone doesn't know how to manage large-scale log management solutions, you should start small and grow your experience. You can start with Wazuh and switch to an enterprise solution once you start scaling up. 

We are using Wazuh for security information and event management, PCI DSS compliance, auditing, real-time sensitive monitoring, and meeting regulatory requirements.

There were certain tasks we couldn't carry out before. However, with Wazuh, we found a solution within a single platform. It only required a one-time effort to set up and configure the version. After that, it's just about monitoring the alerts and making revisions. No additional efforts are needed.

The most valuable features include file integrity monitoring, Wazuh engines, Wazuh rulesets (including rulesets for Apache and firewall routers), and vulnerability detection.

There is room for improvement in Wazuh, but it's possible they are already working on it. The only challenge we faced with Wazuh was the lack of direct support. They charge for support, whether it's five days a week or seven days a week. We don't expect it to be free because revenue is generated through the support they provide. 

In future releases, I would like to see a feature. There is one feature we observed in a premium tool in the industry called Dynatrace. It provides automatic relations between different devices and components. For instance, if you receive a web login request, Dynatrace can trace and show you the path it takes from the firewall to the switch, then to the Apache server, the actual job application, and finally back to the client. It intelligently correlates all the components involved in a single event. 

If Wazuh could include this feature, where all the components are integrated, it would automatically relate them for any activity in your environment.

We have been working with Wazuh for the last year. We currently use the latest version.

Sometimes, it has disturbances, but at the end of the day, it's not Wazuh but, actually, the configurations that engineers do sometimes do not have compatibility. So at that time, we face issues, but as of now, Wazuh has not disappointed us in any way.

It is scalable. We can add a new machine or server, install the components, and inform the other components about its IP address. We add it to the cluster, and a restart of the cluster is all that's needed to integrate the new component.

While there are many people involved, only three or four security engineers manage and oversee the events collected and provided by Wazuh.

We used Splunk primarily for log management purposes. There were no extra security modules or playbooks involved. We indexed the logs, built dashboards, generated reports, and set up alerts. That was the extent of our usage, without any additional security features.

The initial setup was not complex. We had prior experience with Elastic and Elk, so the deployment of Wazuh was quite familiar to us. It wasn't a major challenge.

However, we do need maintenance as we need to upgrade the version periodically. During maintenance, we have to switch off all the endpoints, turn off all the components, and then power off one by one to upgrade them to the latest version. This is done during a maintenance window.

One or two engineers are usually enough to handle the maintenance tasks.

In terms of the deployment plan, if we exclude the endpoints (monitored servers), we have multiple nodes for each component: indexer, manager, and dashboard. We also implemented an NGINX-based load balancer, following the documentation provided by Wazuh on configuring NGINX as a load balancer. This helps in load disturbance and redundancy, so we don't have a single point of failure when any server goes down.

The deployment process took approximately one to two weeks to fully test and deploy the system. We had to spend time on research and development to properly configure everything. The resources mainly involved Linux servers. There were not many additional resources involved beyond that.

We evaluated LogRhythm, which is an excellent intelligence-based tool. However, it comes with a high cost for the intelligence features. Wazuh lacks AI or machine learning capabilities, but otherwise, it has all the necessary capabilities for a similar solution.

I would advise you to carefully follow the documentation. It is straightforward and to the point. If any issues arise, the Wazuh Slack community is highly active and responsive. They can provide assistance within 24 hours or even less, helping with any deployment or management challenges.

Wazuh offers numerous features, such as the ability to define custom rules for detecting malicious activities and remembering behaviors. Unlike some paid tools, Wazuh is extensive and extendible and allows integration with open-source tools and scripts. It is flexible, reliable, and open-source, which is its biggest advantage. 

Overall, it is a good solution. I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. Considering that Wazuh is open source and free of cost while providing all the necessary features, I would rate it nine or ten. I lean towards ten because it offers a comprehensive solution without any financial burden. However, compared to industry leaders like LogRhythm and Splunk, which have machine learning modules, Wazuh lacks in that aspect. So, overall, I would rate it nine, but because of its cost-effectiveness, it deserves a ten.

We use Wazuh for PCI compliance monitoring. It can detect whether a server or PCA node is PCI compliant.

Wazuh is simple to use for PCI compliance.

Some features, like alerting, are complex with Wazuh. Setting up alerts and triggers can be difficult, and the interface could be better. Compared to other platforms, such as New Relic, Wazuh's UI could be improved. New Relic has a similar interface, but the UI updates have made it a better product.

We have certain requirements regarding monitoring and whether Wazuh is completely compliant with them. It would be helpful to know if Wazuh is a complete solution for log monitoring, including the requirements of PCA and other security aspects.

I have been using Wazuh for a couple of months. We are using the latest version of the solution.

While installing some agents, our team faced some issues. However, the stability is otherwise good. I rate the solution's stability a seven out of ten.

The solution is scalable. We've three to five users using this solution. I rate the solution's scalability a seven or eight out of ten.

Wazuh provided good support for whatever usage or issues we were facing. They were ready to support us at any point.

We have used ELK before, but it was not a complete solution for our needs. We needed to integrate it with other solutions. Wazuh seemed a more comprehensive solution, especially compared to other providers. We also tried products from a local company, but their service was not as good as Wazuh. It is also an established company. We decided to use Wazuh.

The initial setup of Wazuh is simple. The internal person sets up the application and installs the agents. They were able to do it in a day. Both setup and configuration are straightforward.

The solution's pricing is very competitive. I rate the solution's pricing a nine out of ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

It is used primarily for event management in our organization, which falls into the category of an edge Intrusion Detection System (IDS) or host Internet protection system. Our company is not very large, with around twenty to thirty servers and approximately one hundred fifty to two hundred endpoints. Wazuh serves as a centralized platform for collecting security events and managing vulnerabilities across your systems. Its main purpose is to analyze and improve the overall security posture of our organization.

Before the deployment of Wazuh, we faced challenges related to vulnerability management and version change history. Vulnerabilities often went unreported, and there was no organized system for managing vulnerabilities. Since we implemented it, there has been a notable improvement. Vulnerabilities have significantly decreased, with nearly fifty percent of servers now reporting zero vulnerabilities. This positive change is attributed to regular reporting, remediation efforts, and frequent system updates.

It offers built-in modules for file integrity and vulnerability management. This provides the convenience of having these features integrated into one platform rather than using separate dedicated tools. Wazuh's comprehensive compliance with various modules aligns well with our organization's needs, making it a highly suitable and efficient solution.

It is an open-source tool with a strong community. We had positive experiences with community support, having received solutions for most of your inquiries in the past. However, it would be beneficial if Wazuh could provide clearer guidance or tutorials on how to add components to the user interface (UI), especially when integrating tools that aren't inherently supported by Wazuh. A more structured approach, perhaps with modular UI components, to facilitate easier integration and navigation within the Wazuh platform for such custom integrations would be beneficial.

I have been working with it for the last three years.

The stability capabilities are almost perfect. I would rate it nine out of ten.

It offers excellent scalability features. I would rate it nine out of ten.

Their customer support services are excellent. I would rate it nine out of ten.

Positive

We use other tools like SpamTitan and Fortis for specific purposes. SpamTitan is employed for email spam filtering and Fortis for client-related tasks. These tools complement our overall cybersecurity and client management efforts.

While generally straightforward, there were some challenges during the initial setup process, particularly when dealing with certificate-related issues. I would rate it seven out of ten.

The deployment took a total of five days, involving three individuals. Once deployed, the solution is efficiently maintained by just one person.

Wazuh is an open-source tool, which means it is freely available for use.

I recommend it for its flexibility and adaptability to specific organizational needs. I would rate it eight out of ten.

We use it to find any aberration in our endpoint devices. For example, if someone installs a game on their company laptop, Wazuh will detect it and inform us of the unauthorized software or unintended use of the devices provided by the company. 

So it can detect more than just games. You can customize it to detect specific software. We have a whitelist of approved software, and Wazuh compares it with the software installed on the device. If there are any mismatches, it reports it to us. So, for instance, we can whitelist Facebook, Blackboard, and YouTube.

Since it's an open-source tool, scalability is the main issue. We haven't paid for it, so if we want to scale it, we would need to purchase the enterprise version, which can be quite expensive. So scalability and limited support are the main limitations of the free version.

We started in December, so it has been six months now. We are using the open-source version of Wazuh.

Eight of us in the security team are using Wazuh.

We are not allowed to contact the support team on a one-on-one basis in the free version. However, we can post our queries in the community forum, where other users share their experiences and provide assistance.

The initial setup was pretty straightforward. They provide documentation that guides us through the process.

We are using the cloud version. We have deployed it on GCP (Google Cloud Platform).

So if budget is not an issue, you should consider other options. And if you want to save costs, the open-source or Wazuh enterprise would be suitable.

Wazuh is a good tool, but the open-source version has scalability limitations.

If you have the budget, I would suggest looking into other options. However, if you want to secure your endpoints without significant investment, Wazuh is a good tool. Just keep in mind that it may not scale well beyond a few thousand devices.

I would rate the open-source version as five out of ten.

We use the solution for vulnerability metrics, auditing, and detecting SQL injection attacks.

The solution's most valuable feature is its SCA capabilities.

There could be a hardware monitoring tool for the solution. It helps reduce the cost of utilizing external resources for the same.

We have been using the solution for five to six months.

I rate the solution's scalability a ten out of ten. We have enterprise business clients.

We are currently evaluating the cost of the solution's support services.

We have multiple teams using the solution in the virtual environment. It was easy to deploy for a few teams while challenging for others.

I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten.

I rate the solution a seven out of ten. There needs to be monitoring for the hardware similar to Zabbix and Nagios solutions.

We use the solution for endpoint detection and response. It helps us detect malicious files.

The solution is easy to integrate with other SOC tools. Also, it has a lot of capabilities like active response, cloud security, etc.

The solution's configuration could be faster.

We have been using the solution for two months.

The solution is easy to install. However, it takes a long time to configure.

It is a stable solution.

It is an open-source solution.

I recommend the solution to others and rate it a seven. It has many features and integrates with other substitutes like QRadar, Hive, etc.

The solution can be used for monitoring changes on the endpoint of machines. It focuses mostly on endpoints and the dangers that may come through. 

They are very good for endpoint security monitoring. 

Windows machine monitoring is good. It's very easy to track threats. 

It's very capable of finding even low-level threats on endpoint machines.

If they support a solution, it is easy to do an integration.

The solution is stable and reliable.

It can scale.

There is lots of good documentation.

The setup is easy.

I don't have any notes for new features. 

When it comes to interfacing with some other applications, it could be better. It could have better integration capabilities. They need to go towards integrating with more cloud applications and not just OS like Windows and Linux. 

I've been using the solution for seven years. 

The solution is stable and reliable. There were no bugs or glitches when I used it. I haven't used it for a while. However, I never had trouble, and we had very minimal issues. 

The solution is very scalable. It can extend well. That said, it is not a solution for banks. There could be some limitations in different sectors. 

We primarily use the solution ourselves within our own teams. 

I've never contacted technical support. Most of the documentation is helpful, and that helps me avoid reaching out. 

I stopped using Wazuh for a while. I'm not a regular user, and I am changing companies. I may be using a new product.

The solution is pretty straightforward. All solutions of this nature have a very similar setup. The length of time depends on the number of endpoint machines. 

I can often do the setup by myself. However, I sometimes ask the network engineers for support. That said, doing the installation itself only really takes one person. 

I can do the initial setup by myself. 

It's a good solution for SMEs. It may not be ideal for enterprise-level companies. 

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.