CloudShark vs Zui
CloudShark
qacafe.com
Zui
zui.brimdata.ioSide by side
| Figure | CloudShark | Zui |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $29/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Network Protocol Analyzers | 8.1 (#11) | 7.3 (#27) |
| Spec score · Network Packet Analyzer Software | 8.1 (#13) | 7.3 (#29) |
| Headquarters | Dover, New Hampshire, USA | South San Francisco, California, United States |
| Purpose | CloudShark Enterprise is a centrally deployed packet analysis platform for network and security teams. | Zui is a desktop application for querying and debugging Zed lakes. |
| Support | QA Cafe provides CloudShark installation, user, administration, and API guides, and directs customers to support by email. | The installation guide directs users who need help to troubleshooting documentation and the public Slack community. |
Plans
CloudShark
- CloudShark Personal$29 a month
- CloudShark EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Zui
Zui is a free desktop application for exploring, querying, and debugging data in Zed lakes. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, with drag-and-drop ingest, schema inference, named queries, filters, and pivots. Users can preview and shape data while loading it; imported data is stored locally under the Zui data directory, and the application can also connect to a remote Zed lake.
For packet capture analysis, bundled Brimcap creates Zeek and Suricata summary logs, and Zui can extract packet flows. Packet views can correlate Zeek events with Suricata alerts and offer right-click queries to VirusTotal or whois. Bundled Suricata uses Emerging Threats Open rules by default and updates them when Zui launches while connected to the internet. The maker says releases are signed with a code signing certificate to indicate the installer came from Brim Data and has not been changed since it was built. Brim Data continues to publish legacy Zed and Zui releases and documentation while developing SuperDB. Linux updates require manually uninstalling and reinstalling; the installation guide points users to troubleshooting documentation and a public Slack community.