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Product	LogRhythm Network Monitor by LogRhythm View product	Zeek by Zeek View product
Overview
What it is	LogRhythm Network Monitor offers deep packet inspection and layer 7 traffic identification. Use it for lateral movement detection. See Network Security alternatives.	What does Zeek do? It covers file hash extraction and high-speed packet capture. See typical use cases, self-hosted deployment and how it compares to rivals.
Product type	Deep Packet Analytics & Network Detection System	Open-Source Network Security Monitoring & Behavioral Analysis Engine
Best for	Enterprise, Government, Telecommunications, Financial Services	Cybersecurity, SOC Teams, Network Engineering, Defense, Research, Telecom
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	HybridOn-Premise	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	On-Premises; Virtual Appliance; Hybrid; Hardware appliance; VMware ESXi; KVM	Open Source; Self-hosted Software; Self-hosted Software Engine; Hardened Appliance; Cloud Virtual Sensor
Data residency	On-premises; Customer-hosted	Customer Infrastructure Dependent (Completely Self-Contained)
Key features
What it offers	Deep packet inspection Layer 7 traffic identification Full packet capture File extraction Anomalous flow alerting Lateral movement detection Unencrypted protocol analysis Packet-level forensics	Stateful network protocol analysis Structured transaction logging (HTTP/DNS/TLS) File hash extraction Event-driven domain scripting language High-speed packet capture Network security monitoring Network forensic investigation Protocol transaction logging
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: no	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Network infrastructureVirtual switches	Enterprise NetworksDatacenter FabricsMulti-Cloud VPCsMonitoring Taps
Compliance	ISO 27001SOC 2PCI DSSHIPAA	BSD LicenseCommon CriteriaNetwork Standards
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	LogRhythm SIEMPalo Alto NetworksCiscoGigamonIxia	ElasticsearchSplunkSuricataKafkaArkimeWiresharkCorelight
Industries	EnterpriseGovernmentTelecommunicationsFinancial Services	CybersecuritySOC TeamsNetwork EngineeringDefenseResearchTelecom
Regions	GlobalNorth AmericaEurope	Global
Vendor
Company	LogRhythm	Zeek
Headquarters	Boulder, Colorado, USA	Berkeley, California, USA
Company size	500+	1-10
Founded	2003	1994

LogRhythm Network Monitor

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Zeek

by Zeek

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Overview

What it is

LogRhythm Network Monitor

LogRhythm Network Monitor offers deep packet inspection and layer 7 traffic identification. Use it for lateral movement detection. See Network Security alternatives.

Zeek

What does Zeek do? It covers file hash extraction and high-speed packet capture. See typical use cases, self-hosted deployment and how it compares to rivals.

Product type

LogRhythm Network Monitor

Deep Packet Analytics & Network Detection System

Zeek

Open-Source Network Security Monitoring & Behavioral Analysis Engine

Best for

LogRhythm Network Monitor

Enterprise, Government, Telecommunications, Financial Services

Zeek

Cybersecurity, SOC Teams, Network Engineering, Defense, Research, Telecom

Pricing

Pricing model

LogRhythm Network Monitor

Contact Vendor

Zeek

Contact Vendor

Free trial

LogRhythm Network Monitor

Zeek

Deployment

Deployment options

LogRhythm Network Monitor

HybridOn-Premise

Zeek

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

LogRhythm Network Monitor

On-Premises; Virtual Appliance; Hybrid; Hardware appliance; VMware ESXi; KVM

Zeek

Open Source; Self-hosted Software; Self-hosted Software Engine; Hardened Appliance; Cloud Virtual Sensor

Data residency

LogRhythm Network Monitor

On-premises; Customer-hosted

Zeek

Customer Infrastructure Dependent (Completely Self-Contained)

Key features

What it offers

LogRhythm Network Monitor

Deep packet inspection
Layer 7 traffic identification
Full packet capture
File extraction
Anomalous flow alerting
Lateral movement detection
Unencrypted protocol analysis
Packet-level forensics

Zeek

Stateful network protocol analysis
Structured transaction logging (HTTP/DNS/TLS)
File hash extraction
Event-driven domain scripting language
High-speed packet capture
Network security monitoring
Network forensic investigation
Protocol transaction logging

Platform & access

API access

LogRhythm Network Monitor

Zeek

Single sign-on (SSO)

LogRhythm Network Monitor

Zeek

Role-based access (RBAC)

LogRhythm Network Monitor

Zeek

Multi-tenant

LogRhythm Network Monitor

Zeek

Mobile app

LogRhythm Network Monitor

Zeek

Supported platforms

LogRhythm Network Monitor

Network infrastructureVirtual switches

Zeek

Enterprise NetworksDatacenter FabricsMulti-Cloud VPCsMonitoring Taps

Compliance

LogRhythm Network Monitor

ISO 27001SOC 2PCI DSSHIPAA

Zeek

BSD LicenseCommon CriteriaNetwork Standards

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

LogRhythm Network Monitor

LogRhythm SIEMPalo Alto NetworksCiscoGigamonIxia

Zeek

ElasticsearchSplunkSuricataKafkaArkimeWiresharkCorelight

Industries

LogRhythm Network Monitor

EnterpriseGovernmentTelecommunicationsFinancial Services

Zeek

CybersecuritySOC TeamsNetwork EngineeringDefenseResearchTelecom

Regions

LogRhythm Network Monitor

GlobalNorth AmericaEurope

Zeek

Global

Vendor

Company

LogRhythm Network Monitor

LogRhythm

Zeek

Headquarters

LogRhythm Network Monitor

Boulder, Colorado, USA

Zeek

Berkeley, California, USA

Company size

LogRhythm Network Monitor

500+

Zeek

1-10

Founded

LogRhythm Network Monitor

2003

Zeek

1994