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Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform

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4.4
Market Presence: Security Information and Event Management, Endpoint Protection Platforms

Overview

Product Information on Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform?

Wazuh is an open source security software designed to facilitate threat detection, compliance management, and incident response. The software provides centralized security analytics, leveraging both host-based intrusion detection and file integrity monitoring to identify and analyze suspicious activities across endpoints, cloud environments, and containers. Wazuh offers real-time monitoring of system logs and configurations, automated alerting, and vulnerability detection features. It integrates with security information and event management platforms to deliver scalable reporting and analysis functionalities. The software aims to help organizations efficiently manage security operations and address regulatory requirements by providing a comprehensive view of security events and system posture.

Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform Pricing

Wazuh is a software that offers a pricing model based on different deployment options, including a free open-source version and paid packages for managed cloud services. The managed cloud service is structured as a subscription, with rates varying depending on the number of devices or agents and selected support tiers. The self-hosted software can be used without licensing fees but may require optional paid support.

Overall experience with Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform

It Associate
<50M USD, IT Services
FAVORABLE

“Monitor Your Hosts with Wazuh: Features, Compliance and Reports”

4.0
Mar 31, 2026
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IT MANAGER
Gov't/PS/ED <5,000 Employees, Education
CRITICAL

“Free SIEM Solution Offers Simple Administration with Straightforward Log Management”

3.0
Jun 27, 2025
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About Company

Company Description

Updated 7th December 2023

Wazuh is a security platform that aims to safeguard data assets across multiple environments including on-site, virtualized, containerized, and cloud-based. With both Extended Detection and Response (XDR) and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) capabilities, it is used by organizations globally to protect against various types of security threats. The platform integrates a large open-source security community who contribute towards its enhancements.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Private
Year Founded
2015
Head office location
Campbell, United States
Number of employees
201 - 500
Website
https://www.wazuh.com

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Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform Likes & Dislikes

Like

There is a huge Wazuh community, so updates are frequent and you can find many information on internet to improve your Wazuh installation. Even in the free versionyou can fully use the product

Like

There is a huge Wazuh community, so updates are frequent and you can find many information on internet to improve your Wazuh installation. Even in the free versionyou can fully use the product

Like

There is a huge Wazuh community, so updates are frequent and you can find many information on internet to improve your Wazuh installation. Even in the free versionyou can fully use the product

Dislike

There is a client that needs to be setup on each machine. When it crashes, it is hard to restore and just easier to rebuild a new machine. It is open source and does bring more potential vulnerabilities into your environment.

Dislike

There is a client that needs to be setup on each machine. When it crashes, it is hard to restore and just easier to rebuild a new machine. It is open source and does bring more potential vulnerabilities into your environment.

Dislike

There is a client that needs to be setup on each machine. When it crashes, it is hard to restore and just easier to rebuild a new machine. It is open source and does bring more potential vulnerabilities into your environment.

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Peer Discussions

Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform Reviews and Ratings

4.4

(43 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
56%
4 Star
37%
3 Star
7%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?
  • It Associate
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Monitor Your Hosts with Wazuh: Features, Compliance and Reports

    4.0
    Mar 31, 2026
    Wazuh has many features and helps you to monitor your hosts (but also e.g. your 365 tenant), windows and linux operating systems are supported. Just install an agent on every machine. The agent will check for vulnerabilities, for security compliance, for event logs and you will be able to generate reports about (you can customize logos and information about your Company), in PDF and Excel format. You can explore the details for every host. Installation is quite easy , there is a script that will do all the task. You can do queries while looking at your logs and create filters. A really good product, highly customizable. A little bit of technical knowledgment is required (you may need to access you wazuh server via ssh).
  • It Associate
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Monitor Your Hosts with Wazuh: Features, Compliance and Reports

    4.0
    Mar 31, 2026
    Wazuh has many features and helps you to monitor your hosts (but also e.g. your 365 tenant), windows and linux operating systems are supported. Just install an agent on every machine. The agent will check for vulnerabilities, for security compliance, for event logs and you will be able to generate reports about (you can customize logos and information about your Company), in PDF and Excel format. You can explore the details for every host. Installation is quite easy , there is a script that will do all the task. You can do queries while looking at your logs and create filters. A really good product, highly customizable. A little bit of technical knowledgment is required (you may need to access you wazuh server via ssh).
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