# EventSentry Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about EventSentry Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other SIEM products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/120070/EventSentry --- # EventSentry Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on March 16, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Integrations](#integrations)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) EventSentry ## What is EventSentry? Hybrid SIEM solution combining real-time (event) log monitoring with FIM, SW/HW inventory and more for an integrated approach to increase network security. Unique security event log normalization & correlation engine with descriptive email alerts provides additional context and presents cryptic Windows security events in easy to understand reports that offer insight beyond what's available from raw events. A dynamic release cycle constantly adds features for timely challenges like Ransomware. ## What is EventSentry used for? [SIEM](https://www.capterra.com/siem-software/)[Log Analysis](https://www.capterra.com/log-analysis-software/)[Network Monitoring](https://www.capterra.com/network-monitoring-software/) Overall rating Based on 22 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive 100% Neutral 0% Negative 0% Starting price $128 Other, One Time Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... ## EventSentry alternatives Highest Rated [5.0 (1)](https://www.capterra.com/p/212808/CloudJacketX/#reviews) Starting price $10.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 100% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.8 (5)](https://www.capterra.com/p/175558/EventLog-Analyzer/#reviews) Starting price $595.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 100% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.7 (343)](https://www.capterra.com/p/168192/Site24x7/reviews/) Starting price $10.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 97% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.5 (241)](https://www.capterra.com/p/172277/ManageEngine-Firewall-Analyzer/reviews/) Starting price $395.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 95% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/120070/EventSentry/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Access Controls/Permissions Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems Active Directory Integration Integrates with Active Directory Activity Dashboard Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities Activity Monitoring Track and report on everything that happens within the system or network Activity Tracking Track and document all activities across devices, networks, and other systems Alerts/Escalation System alerts about the need to escalate an issue or request EventSentry 66 features Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems Integrates with Active Directory Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities Track and report on everything that happens within the system or network Track and document all activities across devices, networks, and other systems System alerts about the need to escalate an issue or request Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges Tools for the systematic analysis of various types of data or statistics Automatically identify unusual behavior Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases Identify and respond to security threats to developed applications Moving and separately storing data that is not actively used or continuous storage of data for compliance purposes Plan, schedule, and execute organization's accounts and assets to ensure compliance with policies and laws A record of all activities within the system, including user access, changes made, etc. Verify the identity of users/devices to enable secure access Measure the actual bandwidth available on a local network (LAN or WiFi) Monitor service demand and performance to plan for adequate resources that meet business needs Manage patient documentation describing all clinical interactions, diagnoses, procedures, medications, etc. Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier Track and report regulatory data to either internal management or external stakeholders Alter the layout and content of reports Assembly of graphs and charts for visualizing and tracking statistics/metrics Creation and customization of dashboards Protect sensitive data for digital privacy Graphical representation of data Access client's system information, including hardware and software configuration, to perform diagnostics Receive and/or send email notifications for urgent updates, requests, or other information A chronological record of actions or occurrences within a network, software, or process Validating the integrity of an operating system, application, and files by monitoring for probable changes, tempering, or fraud. Compliant with HIPAA, which sets standards for sensitive patient data protection Identify and alert about security breaches by third parties Monitor the IP addresses of the incoming traffic Collects and aggregates data from various systems within the IT environment Collects and aggregates data from various systems within the IT environment Splits and groups log data automatically or according to user-defined rules Schedule predetermined or ad hoc maintenance services and labor requests Observe and track the demand, usage, progress or quality of a system, product, or user Run tests on a network to find the root cause of network issues Tracks and makes accessible data on the health of servers and other network components. Prevent and monitor unauthorized access, misuse, modification, or denial of a computer network and network-accessible resources Store, process, and transmit cardholder data in compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) A set of indicators that tracks the performance of networks, applications, systems, teams, etc. Create, manage, and track policies and procedures within an organization Receive notification of issues as soon as they occur Analyze and gain insights into data in real-time Receive data and information in real time Active monitoring of systems, applications, or networks Notifications that are delivered to users as soon as an event occurs Active reporting of data and metrics Identify and orchestrate execution of actions needed to restore systems to optimal conditions Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data Notifying as a warning or reminder of a potential or imminent hazard Search and filter data across systems to locate required information by entering keywords or certain criteria Systematic evaluation of the security of a company's overall security system and situation Log files automatically created for all activities performed by servers, such as a history of web page requests Continuously scan servers on a designated network to monitor health and search for any irregularities or failures Internet standard protocol for collecting information about managed devices on a network Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes Information to prevent, understand and identify cyber threats Identifying, analyzing, and mitigating security issues and taking appropriate action to protect systems and data from potential harm Alerts for when traffic utilization or network performance deviates from pre-defined threshold settings Track the availability time for a designated network or website over a given period of time Interact with data visualization elements, such as charts and graphs, to drill down into data Discover patch statuses and vulnerabilities Collect and analyze traffic data about website visitors Features 4.8 (16) 4.8 Based on 16 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.9 (16) Free Trial Free Version [View pricing plan details](https://www.capterra.com/p/120070/EventSentry/pricing/) Full licenses $128.00 Other,One Time It includes: - AD Monitor - Compliance - Consolidation - Environment - Event Log Monitoring - Health Monitoring - Log File Monitoring - No Data Limit - Notifications - On-Premise - Perpetual License - Reporting - Validation Scripts Network Device Licenses $128.00 Other,One Time It includes: - AD Monitor - Compliance - Consolidation - Environment - Event Log Monitoring - Health Monitoring - Log File Monitoring - No Data Limit - Notifications - On-Premise - Perpetual License - Reporting - Validation Scripts Value for money 4.9 (16) 4.9 Based on 16 reviews ## Integrations [ Slack](https://www.capterra.com/p/135003/Slack/)[ Trello](https://www.capterra.com/p/211559/Trello/)[ Telegram](https://www.capterra.com/p/180347/Telegram/)[ Freshdesk](https://www.capterra.com/p/124981/Freshdesk/)[ Discord](https://www.capterra.com/p/240238/Discord/)[ Datadog](https://www.capterra.com/p/135453/Datadog-Cloud-Monitoring/)[ Zendesk Sunshine](https://www.capterra.com/p/245796/Zendesk-Sunshine/) ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.8 (22) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.8 (22) 4.8 Based on 22 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 5.0 Based on 22 reviews Filter by rating 5(21) 4(1) 3(0) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent PD Paul D. Managing Director Information Technology and Services ### "Excellent Affordable SIEM product" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 May 28, 2021 Installing is very easy indeed from scratch, deploying the monitor to our endpoints again was done in a few clicks, select your computer group ( linked to AD) click deploy agent and go and thats it ! as with every system it takes a bit of getting used to how to exclude or include log filters and filter the notifications ( which were very easy to setup - outgoing smtp) down to alerting you to only important things playing with the settings and netsentry's help area and videos has got me doing things like detecting large amounts of file changes on a file server as possible ransomware and cutting the file shares i'm actually looking forward to seeing what else i can automate Pros Eventsentry is a great bit of software that covers us for our PCI DSS log retention as well as giving us an excellent insight into our network through netflow and anomaly alerting. We have our web reports screen up pretty much every day looking at network and endpoint trends And selling to smaller business this is one SIEM solution they can actually realistically afford Cons Not found one just yet, I have fed back an alerting mechanism on netflow to ID traffic spikes would be handy Alternatives considered [Elastic Stack](https://www.capterra.com/p/149304/Elasticsearch/) [Graylog](https://www.capterra.com/p/183539/Graylog/) [Splunk Enterprise](https://www.capterra.com/p/94317/Splunk/) Reasons for choosing EventSentry Initially, cost! Small businesses we work with, given a choice of mitigation/acceptance of risk, would just choose acceptance when offered a £2500 a month solution, and limited log retention. Once we started testing we realised despite being very affordable eventsentry was incredibly effective and feature rich, so beat all alternatives in our view. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. MD Mukul D. Catergory Manager Information Technology and Services ### ""BEst Tool for essential and for proficient arrangement" " 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 May 22, 2021 I utilized this apparatus for right around 2 years now. Its extraordinary for both, for the lethargic sysadmin that need to do a few ticks and have a screen devices working and for the one (like me) that need to screen nearly everything even things that are not typical or out of any standard rundown. Extraordinary device for little/medium ar very huge windows and promotion organizations. Pros I utilize the assistance community and the recordings that the organization has and begin working with it impeccably. They have AWESOME client care. They will answer your inquiries at their gathering genuine fast. BEST Cons I would cherish somewhat more help for observing linux cuts off, regardless of it as of now has a ton of checking for normal distros like pfsense Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. ED Eric D. Director Information Technology and Services ### "We use this tool for real-time monitoring and automation, and developed predictive monitoring" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 March 2, 2020 We built a monitoring console to accompany the dashboard and the console at is what we use 98% of the time. We have built dozens of plugins and applications to use with and manage EventSentry, and turned the result into state of the art predictive monitoring. Pros That all events can be monitored, not just the common ones. Cons It has a high learning curve, so you have to be committed professional that understands the underlying network and security principles. Reasons for choosing EventSentry EventSentry allows us to do what the other products can't do - it allows us to act on the indicators, not the incident. And with enhacements, it allows us to "see around corners" and predict the future. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. DG Daron G. Senior IT Executive Market Research ### "Great Customer Support!" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 February 6, 2020 EventSentry is used here to collate event logs, spot errors and trends in our network and security issues that need to be re-mediated. we've found it to be very useful in root cause analysis and troubleshooting network issues. the support staff are amazing and cannot be recommended enough! Pros The software itself is very granular and provides numerous customization and optimization options, the limits are endless! Cons the only drawback is a big learning curve but this is mainly due to the level of technical capabilities the software has, this is also not a big issue as their support staff are some of the most knowledgeable i have ever personally experienced. Alternatives considered [Weeztix](https://www.capterra.com/p/151595/Eventix/) [PRTG](https://www.capterra.com/p/21581/PRTG-Network-Monitor/) Reasons for choosing EventSentry better granularity and an easier setup and administration of the product. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. PH Peyton H. Systems Admin Computer & Network Security ### "WARNING - Your tedious event logs will be transformed into situational awareness data." 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 June 20, 2019 Did a WebEx with my supervisor to demo EventSentry and show how I’m using it here in our East Coast office. Whenever my boss asked a question, I could display info and immediately provide an answer with just a few mouse clicks. Simple, fast, and on-point. He was very impressed. Installation of upgrades has been smooth and easy. I don't worry that an upgrade will cause loss of my event log data. Excellent documentation of EventSentry installation procedures, use of features, and troubleshooing methods. My company is starting to purchase more licenses and expand use of EventSentry to more of our systems. It's exactly what we need for event log consolidation, auditing, and system management. Pros I use several tools for management of computers and networks. EventSentry stands out with its clean, colorful, easy-to-use interface. Set up a web report/data view you need and bookmark it. Quickly surf through browser tabs to view exactly what you're looking for. Identify a problem, assess the situation, then click on the data/graph to drill down for more detail. EventSentry Tech Support staff is outstanding. I've contacted them several times by phone and email. Prompt response and friendly customer service. Most important - they quickly grasped the problem and clearly communicated how to troubleshoot and fix. Stayed with me until problem solved. Cons So far I haven't found anything that merits concern or criticism. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Javier Victor Marian B. Network Security Auditor Government Administration ### "Complete Tool for basic and for professional setup" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 October 23, 2018 First days of you I felt a little lost, then I use the help center and the videos that the company has and start working with it perfectly. They have an AWESOME customer care. They will reply your questions at their forum real quick. Pros I used this tool for almost 2 years now. Its great for both, for the lazy sysadmin that want to do some clicks and have a monitor tools working and for the one (like me) that want to monitor almost everything even things that are not normal or out of any standard list. Great tool for small/medium ar super big windows and ad networks. Cons I would love a little more support for monitoring linux severs, despite it already has a lot of monitoring for common distros like pfsense Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. JW Jeff W. CIO ### "Great! This is what you were looking for. You will be delight AND relieved." 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 May 23, 2018 Pros Manage your deltas? This is it. Why are you looking at all of those log files? Short answer is you probably aren't. That's not good. Get smart. Use ES and just look at the deltas. All seriousness aside, this tool will organize your log events life. Cons Be realistic, once you introduce this software into your routine you would honestly have a hard time complaining about what it might NOT do. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Kasey B. Adjunct Professor of Political Science Higher Education ### "Really interesting features" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 February 22, 2018 Pros This is a different type of network security software than you might be used to, it really offers a lot of interesting tools. SNMP/logs are a huge plus for monitoring as most software packages skim right over these. Cons It's hard to say on the price. The one time fee is clearly a little high, but it is extremely competitive in comparison to the monthly fee model. Really depends on what you are trying to get out of it. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. MB Misty B. IT Systems Administrator ### "This company is by far the best I've ever dealt with, both personally and professionally." 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 0/10 December 12, 2017 Pros This product is feature rich. You can customize email alerts to keep you informed in real time about various issues, i.e. a hard drive going bad, and set it up to send to appropriate parties. Along with event monitoring, it provides heartbeat monitoring, syslog monitoring, SNMP, and much more. We're an organization that has to be HIPAA compliant and the predefined HIPAA reports help us. The price is great. The staff have all been very friendly and helpful. They are very quick to respond through email and I've always been able to get someone on the phone. They are great at communicating and resolution should you need assistance. We tried another SIEM system in the past, but it was difficult to get it functioning properly for our needs and didn't provide anywhere near the features EventSentry does. They also didn't provide the level of customer support we receive with EventSentry, but to be fair not many other businesses offer such stellar support. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. DT Daniel T. CTO Automotive ### "Really pleased, and still improving." 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 November 24, 2017 Pros It's providing more straightforward reporting and alerting than Solarwinds managed, and for significantly less money. The scheduled reporting is a treat, and we're getting really useful analytics on uptime which we are using to hold the ISP, web hosting providers and others accountable to their SLAs. We're also using it for compliance, and I'm able to see every day any patterns that would indicate an attack from within. The AD auditing is also useful for accountability and as I start to bring a culture of change management here. I'm really pleased with the product, it's been a great fit. Cons Administration of the software (deploying agents etc.) must be done from the EventSentry server rather than via the web interface. 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