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SIEM platforms · October 2026 Edition

Wazuh vs ManageEngine Log360

Zero of fourteen models named Wazuh first on the direct prompt; zero named ManageEngine Log360. Wazuh was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and ManageEngine Log360 by ten and Wazuh carries 21 labels and ManageEngine Log360 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Wazuh

accepted challenger

Named in fifteen categories this edition.

ManageEngine Log360

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

First-choice share21%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.

Negative rate24%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.

Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.

Labels2116A count; the two differ.

The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Wazuh reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Microsoft Sentinel was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Sentinel vs Wazuh · Microsoft Sentinel vs ManageEngine Log360 · Wazuh vs Rapid7 InsightIDR

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the SIEM platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.

WazuhFirst choices, of fourteen modelsManageEngine Log360

Direct00

Paraphrase01

Comparative00

Budget-constrained111

Scale-constrained00

Negative005 against Wazuh

Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Wazuh and ManageEngine Log360 were named in the same answer twenty-two times, of the 135 answers naming Wazuh and the 98 naming ManageEngine Log360. In those answers ManageEngine Log360 took the first choice four times and Wazuh four.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Wazuh and ManageEngine Log360 stood in it.

Model	Direct	Paraphrase	Comparative	Budget-constrained	Scale-constrained	Negative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B

Wazuh

ManageEngine Log360

first choice

named as an alternative

argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Wazuh on the left and ManageEngine Log360 on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Wazuh and ManageEngine Log360 stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.

Claude Haiku 4.5Rapid7 InsightIDR alternatives: LogRhythm, ManageEngine Log360, Microsoft Sentinel

Perplexity SonarRapid7 InsightIDR alternatives: LogRhythm, ManageEngine Log360, Stellar Cyber Next-Gen SIEM

Qwen 3.7 FlashLogRhythm alternatives: ManageEngine Log360, Microsoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightIDR, Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM

GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Sentinel alternatives: Elastic Security, FortiSIEM, ManageEngine Log360, Rapid7 InsightIDR, Splunk Enterprise Security, Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM

Muse Glimmer 30BRapid7 InsightIDR, Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM alternatives: Elastic Security, ManageEngine Log360, Securonix Unified Defense SIEM

Neither was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.

GPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Sentinel alternatives: Google Security Operations, Splunk Enterprise Security

Gemini 3.5 FlashBlumira alternatives: Huntress Managed SIEM, Microsoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightIDR

Grok 4.1 FastMicrosoft Sentinel alternatives: LogRhythm NextGen, Rapid7 InsightIDR

Mistral SmallMicrosoft Sentinel alternatives: Exabeam, LogRhythm, Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM

DeepSeek V4 FlashMicrosoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightIDR alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, Elastic Security, Google Security Operations, Stellar Cyber Next-Gen SIEM

Llama 4 Maverickno first choice

Kimi K2Microsoft Sentinel alternatives: LogRhythm, Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM

MiniMax M2.5Microsoft Sentinel alternatives: Exabeam, LogRhythm

GPT-6 LunaMicrosoft Sentinel alternatives: Google Security Operations, Rapid7 InsightIDR

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.

Small business

ManageEngine Log360 leads by three points.

ManageEngine Log360#3 of 11

Wazuh#4 of 11

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketThe figures above

The order flips: Wazuh leads at mid-market.

Wazuh#2 of 15

ManageEngine Log360#5 of 15

The full mid-market standing →

Enterprise

Level: the same share of first choices.

Wazuh#– of 12

ManageEngine Log360#– of 12

The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Wazuh

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of five in this category shown.

“Open-source self-build solutions (such as Wazuh or Graylog with custom rules) are generally not recommended unless you have at least two dedicated SIEM engineers” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative

“others advise skipping them depending on your needs, particularly for enterprise environments where robust support is critical” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative

“Platforms like Elastic, Wazuh, and Security Onion are incredibly capable but demand significant engineering hours.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative

“If you have in-house engineering capacity and <50 GB/day ingest, Wazuh / Security Onion self-hosted is the lowest cash outlay.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice

“Wazuh is the most complete open-source SIEM available, combining SIEM and XDR capabilities with lightweight agents” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about ManageEngine Log360

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“The best SIEM platform for a company with a limited budget is ManageEngine Log360, as it is budget-friendly” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice

“I would recommend ManageEngine Log360 as the default SIEM choice” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice

Also compared

Microsoft Sentinel vs Wazuh Microsoft Sentinel vs ManageEngine Log360 Wazuh vs Rapid7 InsightIDR Wazuh vs Elastic Security Wazuh vs Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM Wazuh vs LogRhythm Rapid7 InsightIDR vs ManageEngine Log360 Elastic Security vs ManageEngine Log360 ManageEngine Log360 vs Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM ManageEngine Log360 vs LogRhythm All twenty-one head-to-head pages and the full SIEM standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.