EventLog Analyzer and Site24x7 are both powerful log management tools from ManageEngine, but they serve different purposes. EventLog Analyzer is focused on security and compliance, while Site24x7 offers a broader view of IT operations for your entire infrastructure, including monitoring for servers, databases, networks, applications, and logs.
This comparison page covers key differences in deployment model, data collection, monitoring scope, integration ease, and advanced insights between the two solutions, helping you choose the right tool based on your needs—whether for log security monitoring or overall IT performance management.
Why choose Site24x7?
Deployment model
Site24x7 is a cloud-based solution that offers scalability, ease of access from anywhere, and seamless integrations with cloud platforms and remote environments. In contrast, EventLog Analyzer is primarily an on-premises solution, providing organizations with full control over their log data and infrastructure.
Data collection
Site24x7 supports a wider range of logs, including application logs, server logs, syslogs, Windows Event Logs, and custom logs. It also facilitates log collection from cloud environments and other SaaS services—with support for log shipping tools like Fluentd and Logstash—for centralized log management across distributed systems. In comparison, EventLog Analyzer is typically designed to collect and analyze all types of logs, including security-related logs such as Windows Event Logs, syslogs, and audit logs from servers and devices.
Monitoring scope
Site24x7 helps DevOps teams troubleshoot operational issues by combining log management with infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring (APM), and user experience monitoring. In contrast, EventLog Analyzer primarily focuses on detecting and analyzing security incidents, user activities, and compliance-related events.
Ease of integration
Site24x7 offers pre-built integrations with over 100+ log types and provides seamless support for log ingestion from servers, applications, cloud platforms, and containers. In contrast, EventLog Analyzer may require manual setup or predefined configurations to ingest logs from different sources.
Advanced insights
Site24x7 enables operational insights by tracking application health, debugging issues, and identifying performance bottlenecks. It also offers IT automation to resolve issues automatically and provides custom dashboards for actionable insights across logs. In contrast, EventLog Analyzer is focused on providing insights for compliance reporting, detecting anomalies, and identifying security threats.
Licensing
Site24x7 follows a usage-based licensing model, offering flexibility for organizations with varied IT environments, including cloud and container-based infrastructures. In contrast, EventLog Analyzer typically offers a device-based licensing model, making it ideal for security-focused environments with a fixed number of endpoints.
| Service offered | ManageEngine Site24x7 | ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer |
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| Log management | ||
| Query-based Searching |  |
SQL-like query language search |
| Saved Searches | |
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| Alerts | |
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| Pre-defined Dashboards | |
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| Longer Retention | |
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| Cluster Messages based on Pattern Similarity | |
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| Link between Log Types | |
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| Regex-based Search | |
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| Default Application Log Discovery | |
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| AWS Logs | |
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| Azure Logs | |
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| GCP Logs | |
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| Remote File Monitoring | |
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| Custom Log Collection | |
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| Search and Visualizations | |
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| Compliance Reporting | |
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| Threat Intelligence Report | |
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| Data Export | |
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| Infrastructure monitoring | ||
| Multi-cloud Monitoring | |
(Achieved using ManageEngine Applications Manager) |
| Container Monitoring | |
(Achieved using ManageEngine Applications Manager) |
| Legacy Server Monitoring | |
(Achieved using ManageEngine OpManager Plus) |
| Virtualization Monitoring | |
(Achieved using ManageEngine OpManager) |
| Network Monitoring | ||
| Network Discovery via SNMP, ICMP, and CIDR | |
(Achieved using ManageEngine OpManager) |
| Network Traffic (NetFlow) Monitoring | |
(Achieved using ManageEngine OpManager) |
| Network Configuration Management | |
(Achieved using ManageEngine OpManager) |
| Internet Services and End User Experience Monitoring | ||
| Website Monitoring | |
(Achieved using ManageEngine Applications Manager) |
| Synthetic Monitoring | |
(Achieved using ManageEngine Applications Manager) |
| REST API Monitoring | |
(Achieved using ManageEngine Applications Manager) |
| Real User Monitoring | |
(Achieved using ManageEngine Applications Manager) |
| Application Performance Monitoring | ||
| Application monitoring | |
(Achieved using ManageEngine Applications Manager) |
| Platform features | ||
| Support for Monitor Grouping and Management | |
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| Free Tools | |
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| Health checks | |
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| Resource Organization using Tags | |
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| Threshold-based Alerting |  |
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| Email Reports | |
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| Out-of-the-box Reports | |
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| SLA Management and Reporting | |
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| IT Automation | |
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| Multi-user Login | |
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| Dashboards | |
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| MSP Support | |
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| Alerts | ||
| Voice Call, SMS, Email, and Mobile App | |
Email and SMS |
| Alarm Management | |
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| Third-party integrations | |
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| AI-powered monitoring | ||
| Anomaly Detection | |
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| Forecasting | |
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| Support options | ||
| Phone | |
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| Chat | |
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| Knowledge Base | |
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| Video Tutorials | |
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| Community page | |
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| Pricing | ||
| Starts from | $9/month along with a host of other monitoring capabilities | $595 per year |
| Free Trial | 30 days |
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| Subscription-based | |
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