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Product	Elastic SIEM by Elastic View product	OSSEC by OSSEC View product
Overview
What it is	See what Elastic SIEM offers: timeline forensics. It is built for security log correlation, supports cloud or hybrid deployment and competes with other SIEM tools.	OSSEC: automated rootkit detection and centralized agent architecture. Built for host-based intrusion detection. Compare File Integrity Monitoring alternatives.
Product type	Cloud-Native SIEM Engine	Open-Source Host-Based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS)
Best for	Cross-industry, Enterprise SOC, IT Operations, FinTech	Enterprise IT, DevOps, Cybersecurity, Public Sector, Education, Financial Services
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloudHybrid	On-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud; Hybrid; Elastic Cloud SaaS; Self-managed Elastic Stack	Open Source; Self-hosted; Self-hosted Software Engine; Centralized Server Manager & Client Agents
Data residency	Global; AWS; Azure; GCP regions	Customer Infrastructure Dependent (Completely Self-Contained)
Key features
What it offers	Real-time security log ingestion Normalized ECS schema Automated detection engine Timeline forensics Security log correlation Compliance auditing Incident investigation	Host-based file integrity monitoring (FIM) Real-time log analysis and correlation Automated rootkit detection Active Response automated blocking Centralized agent architecture Host-based intrusion detection File integrity monitoring (FIM) Log analysis and correlation
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: no
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Enterprise ITCloudOn-premises	LinuxUnixWindowsmacOS Servers and WorkstationsCloud VMs
Compliance	SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSSHIPAAGDPR	GPLv2 LicensePCI-DSS Requirement 11.5CIS ControlsNIST 800-53
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Elastic AgentBeatsWindows Event LogsSyslogAWS CloudTrail	Linux SyslogWindows Event LogsSplunkElasticsearchGrafanaSlack
Industries	Cross-industryEnterprise SOCIT OperationsFinTech	Enterprise ITDevOpsCybersecurityPublic SectorEducationFinancial Services
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Elastic	OSSEC
Headquarters	Mountain View, California, USA	Open-source project; global community
Company size	3,000+	1-10
Founded	2012	2003

Elastic SIEM

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OSSEC

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Overview

What it is

Elastic SIEM

See what Elastic SIEM offers: timeline forensics. It is built for security log correlation, supports cloud or hybrid deployment and competes with other SIEM tools.

OSSEC

OSSEC: automated rootkit detection and centralized agent architecture. Built for host-based intrusion detection. Compare File Integrity Monitoring alternatives.

Product type

Elastic SIEM

Cloud-Native SIEM Engine

OSSEC

Open-Source Host-Based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS)

Best for

Elastic SIEM

Cross-industry, Enterprise SOC, IT Operations, FinTech

OSSEC

Enterprise IT, DevOps, Cybersecurity, Public Sector, Education, Financial Services

Pricing

Pricing model

Elastic SIEM

Contact Vendor

OSSEC

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Elastic SIEM

OSSEC

Deployment

Deployment options

Elastic SIEM

SaaSCloudHybrid

OSSEC

On-Premise

Deployment details

Elastic SIEM

Cloud; Hybrid; Elastic Cloud SaaS; Self-managed Elastic Stack

OSSEC

Open Source; Self-hosted; Self-hosted Software Engine; Centralized Server Manager & Client Agents

Data residency

Elastic SIEM

Global; AWS; Azure; GCP regions

OSSEC

Customer Infrastructure Dependent (Completely Self-Contained)

Key features

What it offers

Elastic SIEM

Real-time security log ingestion
Normalized ECS schema
Automated detection engine
Timeline forensics
Security log correlation
Compliance auditing
Incident investigation

OSSEC

Host-based file integrity monitoring (FIM)
Real-time log analysis and correlation
Automated rootkit detection
Active Response automated blocking
Centralized agent architecture
Host-based intrusion detection
File integrity monitoring (FIM)
Log analysis and correlation

Platform & access

API access

Elastic SIEM

OSSEC

Single sign-on (SSO)

Elastic SIEM

OSSEC

Role-based access (RBAC)

Elastic SIEM

OSSEC

Multi-tenant

Elastic SIEM

OSSEC

Mobile app

Elastic SIEM

OSSEC

Supported platforms

Elastic SIEM

Enterprise ITCloudOn-premises

OSSEC

LinuxUnixWindowsmacOS Servers and WorkstationsCloud VMs

Compliance

Elastic SIEM

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSSHIPAAGDPR

OSSEC

GPLv2 LicensePCI-DSS Requirement 11.5CIS ControlsNIST 800-53

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Elastic SIEM

Elastic AgentBeatsWindows Event LogsSyslogAWS CloudTrail

OSSEC

Linux SyslogWindows Event LogsSplunkElasticsearchGrafanaSlack

Industries

Elastic SIEM

Cross-industryEnterprise SOCIT OperationsFinTech

OSSEC

Enterprise ITDevOpsCybersecurityPublic SectorEducationFinancial Services

Regions

Elastic SIEM

Global

OSSEC

Global

Vendor

Company

Elastic SIEM

Elastic

OSSEC

Headquarters

Elastic SIEM

Mountain View, California, USA

OSSEC

Open-source project; global community

Company size

Elastic SIEM

3,000+

OSSEC

1-10

Founded

Elastic SIEM

2012

OSSEC

2003