ManageEngine Log360 vs Vigil

ManageEngine Log360 is a unified SIEM for collecting security data, identifying suspicious activity, and coordinating threat response. It combines log management with Active Directory auditing, cloud security, and user behavior analytics. Log360 collects, parses, analyzes, stores, and searches log data, using more than 750 prebuilt parsers as well as a custom parser. Detection and user and entity behavior analytics help identify anomalies and insider threats, while SOAR workflows and playbooks can automate incident assignment, enrichment, investigations, and response. It monitors Microsoft 365, AWS, Azure, GCP, and Salesforce, and provides compliance reporting for GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOX, NIS2, and DORA. Integrations include prebuilt and custom connections, REST APIs, and APIs and SDKs. Tamper-proof logs and detailed audit trails support investigation and accountability. Deployment choices include on-premises editions for Windows and Linux and Log360 Cloud. An annual subscription is listed at $795 a year, with pricing varying by licensed components and quantities. A fully functional 30-day trial is available. The vendor describes Log360 as an enterprise SIEM for security operations centers, with use cases in financial services, healthcare, government, and education.

Vigil is a self-hosted SIEM that collects endpoint events, evaluates Sigma detections in real time, and returns structured JSON for AI agents. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, or as a self-hosted service, without requiring a cloud account. Its single binary collects Windows Event Logs or Linux journald and sends batches every five seconds; short-lived enrollment tokens support secure agent onboarding. Vigil includes 41 Sigma rules covering 10 MITRE ATT&CK tactics. Its HQL query language searches event history with aggregations, timelines, endpoint filters, time ranges, and field values. The CLI pauses destructive actions until a person approves them. Vigil Connect extracts selected fields and the untouched raw alert from alerts; it supports Wazuh and Elastic, with Splunk and Microsoft Sentinel listed as coming soon. The Claude Code integration uses npx @vigil/skill and needs no MCP server or running process. The Apache 2.0 open-source plan is free and includes unlimited events. Enterprise support includes a dedicated Slack channel, custom integrations and SLAs, and a SOC 2 report.