18.4
Wazuh combines XDR and SIEM to analyze security data from endpoints, clouds, and networks for threat detection, incident response, and compliance work.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinux
Best Security Monitoring in 2026
On Android, check the product page for an app. Use the chart to compare free plans, paid starting prices, deployment options, data source coverage, data retention, alerting channels, automated response and log search. Check which of these match your security workflow.
27.6
Amazon GuardDuty monitors AWS accounts, workloads, and data for malicious activity, then produces security findings for response.
Free planWebAPILinux
37.6
Free planWebAPILinux
- 4
Microsoft Defender for Business
AndroidiOSAPImacOS7.5 - 5
Elastic Security
Elastic Security combines SIEM, XDR, endpoint security, and cloud security for detecting, preventing, and responding to cyber threats.
Free planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted7.1From $0.09 a month - 6
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management stores, retrieves, rotates and manages credentials used by applications and cloud environments.
Free planWebAPI7.0Free plan - 7
ManageEngine Log360
ManageEngine Log360 is a security information and event management (SIEM) platform that brings log management together with Active Directory…
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.8From $245 a year - 8
Google Cloud Secret Manager
Free planWeb6.5From $0.02 a month - 9
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise is a self-hosted platform for collecting, searching, monitoring and analyzing data from across a data ecosystem.
Self-hosted6.2 - 10
ExtraHop RevealX
ExtraHop RevealX combines network detection and response, network performance management, intrusion detection and packet forensics.
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted5.9 - 11
Vectra AI Identity Threat Detection and Response
Vectra AI Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) is designed to detect, investigate, and respond to identity threats across an organization.
WebAPI5.8 - 12
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security
WebLinuxmacOSWindows5.7 - 135.5From $179.99 a year
- 14
Wiz Defend
Wiz Defend is a cloud security product for detecting, investigating, and responding to threats, including threats targeting AI applications.
Web5.4 - 15
IBM QRadar SIEM
LinuxSelf-hosted5.3 - 16
5.2From $18,000 a year - 17
5.2 - 185.1
- 195.1
- 20
FortiSIEM
Web5.0 - 214.9
- 22
Security Onion
WebLinux4.9 - 23
LogRhythm SIEM
LinuxWindows4.6
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A free plan is available from tools in this category, while other products use paid pricing. Compare the paid-from price and check whether a trial is offered before committing.
Examples include Elastic Security with a free plan, a paid-from price of $0.09 and a 14-day trial; Google Cloud Secret Manager lists a free plan, paid from $0.03 and a 90-day trial.
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