OSSEC vs. SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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 OSSEC | N/A | N/A | OSSEC is a server intrusion detection for every platform. OSSEC is fully open source and free, and can be tailored to meet a business's security needs through its configuration options, adding custom alert rules and writing scripts to take action when alerts occur. The OSSEC+ edition, also free, provides additional capabilities to the basic OSSEC version such as the Machine Learning System for those that simply register. | N/A |
 SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) | Score8 out of 10 | N/A | SolarWinds LEM is security information and event management (SIEM) software. | N/A |
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| Entry-level Setup Fee | No setup fee | No setup fee | ||||||||||||||
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| Likelihood to Recommend | - | 8.0 |
| Likelihood to Renew | - | 7.3 |
| Usability | - | 8.0 |
| Support Rating | - | 7.5 |