Top 10 Snort Alternatives & Competitors

Top 10 Alternatives to Snort Recently Reviewed By G2 Community

#1

Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls
By Palo Alto Networks
(131)4.5 out of 5
Our next-generation firewall classifies all traffic, including encrypted traffic, based on application, application function, user and content. You can create comprehensive, precise security policies, resulting in safe enablement of applications. This lets only authorized users run sanctioned applications, greatly reducing the surface area of cyber attacks across the organization.
Categories in common with Snort:
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)
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Reviewers say compared to Snort, Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls is:
Better at meeting requirements
More expensive
Better at support
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#2

CrowdSec
By CrowdSec
(87)4.7 out of 5
CrowdSec is a collaborative, free and open source security automation platform relying on both IP behavior analysis and IP reputation. CrowdSec identifies threats and shares IP addresses behind malevolent behaviors across its community, to allow everyone to block them preventively. Used in 90 countries across 6 continents, the solution builds a real-time IP reputation database that keeps growing every day and benefits all community members who have each other's backs while forming a global defense shield.
Categories in common with Snort:
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)
Reviewers say compared to Snort, CrowdSec is:
Better at meeting requirements
Better at support
More usable
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#3

Ossec
By Ossec
(10)4.6 out of 5
Ossec is an open source host-based intrusion detection system that performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection and process monitoring.
Categories in common with Snort:
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)
Reviewers say compared to Snort, Ossec is:
Better at meeting requirements
Better at support
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#4

FortiGate IPS
By Fortinet
(14)4.7 out of 5
Whether part of a firewall solution or a separate standalone appliance, Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) technology is becoming an increasingly ubiquitous part of network security defenses.
Categories in common with Snort:
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)
Reviewers say compared to Snort, FortiGate IPS is:
Better at meeting requirements
Better at support
More usable
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#5

AlienVault USM (from AT&T Cybersecurity)
By AT&T
(113)4.4 out of 5
AlienVault USM (from AT&T Cybersecurity) is a platform that provides five essential security capabilities in a single console to manage both compliance and threats, understanding the sensitive nature of IT environments, include active, passive and host-based technologies to match the requirements of each particular environment.
Categories in common with Snort:
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)
Reviewers say compared to Snort, AlienVault USM (from AT&T Cybersecurity) is:
Better at meeting requirements
More expensive
Better at support
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#6

McAfee Network Security Platform
By McAfee
(21)4.0 out of 5
McAfee Network Security Platform is a next-generation intrusion prevention system (IPS) that redefines how organizations block advanced threats.
Categories in common with Snort:
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)
Reviewers say compared to Snort, McAfee Network Security Platform is:
More expensive
Better at meeting requirements
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#7

Cisco Secure IPS (NGIPS)
By Cisco
(17)4.1 out of 5
High performance. Resiliency. Security operations empowerment. NGIPS receives new policy rules and signatures every two hours, so your security is always up to date.
Categories in common with Snort:
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)
Reviewers say compared to Snort, Cisco Secure IPS (NGIPS) is:
More expensive
Better at meeting requirements
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#8

ExtraHop
By ExtraHop Networks
(67)4.6 out of 5
ExtraHop Reveal(x) provides cloud-native visibility, detection, and response for the hybrid enterprise.
Categories in common with Snort:
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)
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Reviewers say compared to Snort, ExtraHop is:
Better at meeting requirements
More expensive
Better at support
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#9

Hybrid Cloud Security
By Trend Micro
(175)4.5 out of 5
Hybrid Cloud Security solution, powered by XGen security, delivers a blend of cross-generational threat defense techniques that have been optimized to protect physical, virtual, and cloud workloads.
Categories in common with Snort:
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)
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Reviewers say compared to Snort, Hybrid Cloud Security is:
Better at meeting requirements
More expensive
Better at support
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#10

Blumira Automated Detection & Response
By Blumira
(107)4.6 out of 5
Blumira's Automated SIEM enables organizations to detect and respond effectively to cybersecurity threats without having a dedicated in-house security operations center or security expertise.
Categories in common with Snort:
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)
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Reviewers say compared to Snort, Blumira Automated Detection & Response is:
Better at meeting requirements
More expensive
Better at support
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