Security Onion vs. Trend Micro TippingPoint

Security Onion

Security Onion

5 Reviews and Ratings

Trend Micro TippingPoint

Trend Micro TippingPoint

8 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Security Onion	Score 9.5 out of 10	N/A	Security Onion is a free and open source Linux distribution for threat hunting, enterprise security monitoring, and log management, developed by the company of the same name in Evans. Their products include both the Security Onion software and specialized hardware appliances that are built and tested to run Security Onion. The company also offers paid support and training services.	N/A
Trend Micro TippingPoint	Score 8.0 out of 10	N/A	Trend Micro TippingPoint is an intrusion detection and prevention system.	N/A

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Security Onion

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Pricing Offerings
Security Onion	Trend Micro TippingPoint
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Security Onion	Trend Micro TippingPoint
Considered Both Products	Security Onion Verified User Anonymous Chose Security Onion Other vendors may have a more robust solution but for our needs, Security Onion was the one to move forward with. We have tested some of the others but the cost of those platforms makes the ROI not as desirable. There is a learning curve with Security Onion but it is worth it … Incentivized Helpful?	Trend Micro TippingPoint Brian Hoadley Senior Engineering Chose Trend Micro TippingPoint Most other firewall UTM solutions, Cisco, Palo Alto, Fidelis, etc. Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	Security Onion	Trend Micro TippingPoint
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Security Onion	Trend Micro TippingPoint
Likelihood to Recommend	Security Onion works well for setting up within a Linux environment. This brings a new platform to run and maintain though. The application its self has helped to keep track of logs and vulnerabilities in the environment. Alert triage and case creation is simple to start and follow through to the end. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	The inspection of data packets before they enter the firewall is a really beneficial to our security team. It segments the data from the LAN and really adds a great layer of security on top of our firewall. The technical support is very responsive and knowledgeable in use case of the product Incentivized JS Jean StLeger Manager IT Read full review
Pros	GUI Support Easy of use Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Tipping point had a very nice GUI interface that sat on top of snort rules. It was easy to access, had nice customization of dashboards and output to syslog for SIEM solutions. It was easy to configure rule sets, allow groups or singular allow/blocks or white-listing. Security rule sets could be tweaked up or down and allow/drops signatures could be configured to help increase performance. Incentivized Brian Hoadley Senior Engineering Read full review
Cons	Requires Linux Training Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Biggest qualms I had with TippingPoint was that it was just a tad on the expensive side for what you get. Nowadays everything has gone UTM in firewalls and they do it all including IPS as part of the basic functionality so really, TP is losing a massive market share. Don't see a future in the roadmap with so many other vendors getting onto the "unified" wagon and adding IPS as part of their service and at a cheaper price. Incentivized Brian Hoadley Senior Engineering Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Other vendors may have a more robust solution but for our needs, Security Onion was the one to move forward with. We have tested some of the others but the cost of those platforms makes the ROI not as desirable. There is a learning curve with Security Onion but it is worth it for the value provided. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Most other firewall UTM solutions, Cisco, Palo Alto, Fidelis, etc. Incentivized Brian Hoadley Senior Engineering Read full review
Return on Investment	Makes Alert Triage easier to handle Analysis of threats simple Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Negative cash flow, positive addition to our defense in depth strategy at one of the largest healthcare organizations in Georgia (at that time). Incentivized Brian Hoadley Senior Engineering Read full review
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