Wazuh vs Exabeam
Wazuh
Wazuh is a free, open-source security platform that provides unified XDR and SIEM protection. It offers log analysis, intrusion detection, file integrity monitoring, vulnerability detection, and compliance monitoring across on-premises and cloud workloads.
Pros
- Completely free and open source
- Unified SIEM + XDR in one platform
- Active community with 20M+ annual downloads
- Agent-based with multi-platform support
- Strong compliance reporting (PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR)
Cons
- Requires significant infrastructure expertise to deploy
- UI less polished than commercial alternatives
- Community support only (paid support available)
- Can be resource-intensive at scale
Pricing: Free (Open Source)
Exabeam
Exabeam is a next-generation SIEM and security analytics platform that uses behavioral analytics and automation to help security teams detect, investigate, and respond to cyberattacks. Built around its Advanced Analytics user and entity behavior modeling, Exabeam automatically baselines normal behavior and surfaces anomalies, dramatically reducing the time to detect insider threats and compromised credentials.
Pros
- Strong behavioral analytics (UEBA)
- Automated investigation dramatically reduces analyst time
- Smart Timelines provide clear incident visualization
- Strong insider threat and credential abuse detection
- Modern cloud-native architecture (New-Scale)
Cons
- Smaller market presence than Splunk or Microsoft
- Advanced features require significant tuning
- Integration ecosystem still maturing
- Transition from legacy Exabeam to New-Scale still ongoing
Pricing: Custom enterprise pricing (subscription-based)