--- title: "Corner Bowl Server Manager Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice" description: "Reviews of Corner Bowl Server Manager. Learn how real users rate this software's ease-of-use, functionality, overall quality and customer support. Talk to our advisors to see if Corner Bowl Server Manager is a good fit for you!" source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/network-security/corner-bowl-server-manager-profile/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" --- 1 million+ businesses helped. Get advice Get Free Advice [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [IT Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/it-management/) / [Corner Bowl Server Manager](https://www.softwareadvice.com/network-monitoring/corner-bowl-server-manager-profile/) / Corner Bowl Server Manager Reviews Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. [Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/network-monitoring/corner-bowl-server-manager-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/network-monitoring/corner-bowl-server-manager-profile/alternatives/) # Corner Bowl Server Manager User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.8/5 - Total reviews: 67 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.4/5 - Customer support: 4.9/5 - Value for money: 4.9/5 - Functionality: 4.7/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 54 reviews (81%) - 4 stars: 12 reviews (18%) - 3 stars: 1 reviews (1%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Most mentioned pros - It's a solid product that delivers as promised, and adds a whole new layer of security to my network. - Excellent documentation with video and screenshots. - Any time I need help with a configuration or just have something simple to tackle, support is there and happy to help. ### Most mentioned cons - The GUI to write log filters is not as intuitive as one would like. - Searching is difficult. ## Corner Bowl Server Manager customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 67 (page 1). ### Easy Windows Device Log monitoring solution - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Joseph P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Textiles - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: October 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered So far, good, one issue so far, but this was solved within a day with support. And so far, what data I needed to gather, I have been able to gather with minimal difficulty. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The software is easy to set up and manage. It is template based, so once you have a good template set up, group your devices, and then mass deploy templates to all the devices. Updating works the same; change something on the template, and it's replicated to all devices. The software makes it easy to centralize logs. Not just Windows logs but text logs, Syslog, etc as well. You can then create custom columns based on regex's to create custom columns to finally create that alert you are looking for or the right report to hand out. #### Cons There is a learning curve. Documentation is good, support is good, and the beginning templates were really helpful, but there is a learning curve, and there definitely needs to be an investment of time if you are looking for unique data. But if you are looking for basic data ( disk space, CPU utilization, security log consolidation), that is available out of the box. Lots of buttons, with customizability, you need lots of buttons, but still, lots of buttons to push. #### Vendor response Thanks for the great review! Replied October 2022 --- ### Simple software with a good amount of features, great price and gets the job done - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Paul N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Defense & Space - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I have been using this for the past 8-10 years (I don't remember when I first started using it) and it has been a lifesaver for me and my customers. No budget, no infrastructure, no technical experience then no problem. I didn't even read instructions when I started using it, just clicking around and looking at what the product does with the built in templates got me going. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The product is as close to plug and play as you can get for a log management software. Some built-in filters get you started and making your own is pretty simple. This software is made for small businesses and small environments. I use it for collecting logs from a few systems and applications then spit out a report for me weekly. It assist me with meeting compliance requirements without the big cost and infrastructure to make it happen. I like how it can help with other features, such as processor utilization, disk drive space and setting up a near-real-time monitor for functions (account lockout, services stopped) #### Cons If you are looking for something comparable to Splunk or Alienvault OSSIM, this is not it. This software will help you grab logs, parse through it (based on what you want it to look for) and generate a simple report for you. If you need to parse through large amounts of data (6-12 months) and correlate them with each other, it will be a little more work for you and it will take a bit more time. #### Reasons for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager Ease of use, functionality needed, within the budget, ease of deployment and limited infrastructure needed. #### Vendor response Thank you very much for the reiview! Replied July 2020 --- ### Everything is good with that software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Radosław D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I am working with that software from last 3 years and i dont have problem with that. Software were usefull for me. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The software meets my requirements. I like that architecture of that product. Its easu to use and configure. Esepcially last version with new UX/UI. #### Cons The software meets my requirements. I like that architecture of that product. Its easu to use and configure. Esepcially last version with new UX/UI. #### Vendor response Thank you so much for the great review! Please let me know if there are any new features you would like to see. Replied May 2022 --- ### Corner Bowl Server Manager - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Marshall J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Defense & Space - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: September 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Preconfigured to meet JSIG and NIST compliance. Excellent customer service and support. #### Cons I would like to see more preconfigured items such as agent staying connected out the box however this is as simple as checking a box on each machine so not really a con #### Reasons for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager Cost, ease of use, customer support, and preconfigured auditing compliance. #### Reasons for switching to Corner Bowl Server Manager Cost, ease of use, customer support, and preconfigured auditing compliance. #### Vendor response Marshall, Thanks for the review. If you install our latest build, new hosts are now configured to automatically stay connected. Thanks for the option request. Replied September 2023 --- ### Great features for a reasonable price - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Marc D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Packaging and Containers - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We started using another tool many years ago, to collect eventlog information for SOX reporting. Although that system was supposed to have redundancy builtin, we experienced quite some downtime on several occasions so, we decided to install a second, different eventlog collection system for better redundancy and went for Cornerbowl server manager. It’s very stable and is quite low on system resources. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The rich feature set and the reporting are great at this price range. We use another product too that is much more expensive and has less features and with poor reporting. #### Cons The rich feature set is perhaps also its weakness as it makes it a bit difficult to find things from time to time. #### Reasons for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager We had already used Cornerbowl log manager many years ago, with great success so, the choice was easy. #### Reasons for switching to Corner Bowl Server Manager Application stability, poor reporting since v.5 and high system resource usage, high yearly maintenance costs #### Vendor response Thank for for the great review Marc. Please let me know if you have any suggestions on how to find things better. Replied August 2020 --- ### Great Product - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Manny R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Printing - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Great #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like the ease of setting up the event log consolidation, directory size monitor, and many more I think I have to explore with this product that will be helpful in monitoring our network devices. Honestly, I am learning a lot, not just the features of this product but as a whole this product helps me improved my IT knowledge and skills. #### Cons Nothing right now. I believe the product is being developed for more features and I am looking forward to see more in the future. #### Reasons for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager Inexpensive and perfectly fits to what we currently need. #### Vendor response Thanks for the great review. Please let me know what other features you would like to see. Replied November 2022 --- ### Server Manager Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Michael T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Amazing! Always picks up the phone when help is needed. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Server Manager is both a feature and budget friendly application based by a customer-focused support structure. I am able to add monitoring functionality in minutes -- not hours -- and you can literally have the product installed and working in less than 1 hour. #### Cons Based on the use case of the software for our organization I see no cons at this time. #### Reasons for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager Use of setup, use, and administration along with price #### Vendor response Michael, thanks for the excellent review. Replied July 2020 --- ### Corner Bowl in a Small Company - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Alan J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Insurance - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. With a very small IT department each member performs multiple tasks. Server Manager is great because it allows me to automate some things that I otherwise would have to manually check each day. The developer has always been very responsive to inquiries. I have used Server Manager for several years. At one point the software the was acquired by another company and I was delighted when ownership and development returned to Corner Bowl. This is a great product; definitely worth your time to try it out. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The breadth of features is great. I doubt I have scratched the surface of what can be done with Server Manager. The two main features I use are monitoring failed login attempts and monitoring Windows Service status. I use the service monitor to automatically start a service that has stopped for some reason. Server Manager will alert me to the stopped service and then also notify me when the service has been started again. #### Cons No real faults but I struggle at times with configuring different options. This is mainly due to the fact that it could be months between setting up a new monitor. By the time I think of another use for Server Manager it has been so long since I last configured something that it takes me a while to get a new monitor going. That is no fault of the software and the developer now posts how-to videos I believe so I should check those out. #### Vendor response Thanks so much for the great review! Replied July 2020 --- ### The "ONLY" Monitoring Solution - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: William S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Automotive - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. CornerBowl allows us to leave our eyes on other issues, and it tells us when we need to look at problems. Overall, this is the "ONLY" monitoring solution you need. We have 3 instances doing very different work for us and love it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros This software had a little learning curve for me, but with the help of the development team, we were up and going in no time flat, easy to add in devices, and it just plain works. Never any production down incidents as we have had with others. The support is fantastic #### Cons Missing a couple of reporting features we would like, but overall, nothing to complain about and no problem children with Corner Bowl. #### Reasons for switching to Corner Bowl Server Manager 6 months ago #### Vendor response William, thank you for the great review! If you could please let us know which features are missing from the reports we would love to add them for you. Replied August 2020 --- ### Corner Bowl Server Manager - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Steve T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Real Estate - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: April 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It's a great tool! Mike is awesome to work with and very responsive to helping get things configured to exactly what you want. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Easy to get setup and running. Lots of options to make sure your environment is running well. #### Cons Still finding little bugs now and then, but they get resolved very quickly. #### Vendor response Thanks for the great review and your patience when you find bugs. Replied May 2024 --- ### Easy and affordable excellent reporting and retention. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Charles C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Government Administration - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I've been using this for about 10 years and have never regretted the decision. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Customer support is super. Very responsive always extra information. #### Cons Can't think of any downside to the product, they do their best to keep things up to date and running smooth. #### Reasons for switching to Corner Bowl Server Manager Went from a free "ads based" service that wasn't easy to use. #### Vendor response Thanks for the great review. Please let us know if there are any new features you would like to see added. Replied April 2023 --- ### Server Manager - Easy to deploy with a wide amount of functions - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: David H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Automotive - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. The software is easy to set up, use, and is helpful in reporting and alerting. Support has also been outstanding and new features are continually being added. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The built in templates make reporting and alerting easy to set up. Once you have your alerts in place, the software is very low maintenance. #### Cons There are so many ways this software can be used, and some of the advanced features are difficult to understand for usage. #### Vendor response Thank you for the great review! Replied January 2022 --- ### Corner Bowl Server Manager - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Steve C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Very easy to use at a great price with good support. Weekly reports give us a good idea of what is going on with the machines in the system and it hits all of the auditors check boxes. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Very easy to setup and use. Most products are overly complex and you don't use all/any of the features, but that is not the case with Corner Bowl. Price was also very good. Support response is excellent! #### Cons Tough to get WMI work with machines that are NAT'd, sometimes requiring a local administrator account for multiple machines can be difficult. #### Reasons for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager Price, ease of use, and support has all been great! #### Vendor response Steve, thank you for the great review! Yes WMI can be very difficult and slow at times. The new Event Log Manager product includes an agent based solution that enables you to filter then push Windows Event Logs to the server using a proprietary binary protocol. The new software is able to push large Security Event Logs 12 times faster than with WMI. Replied August 2020 --- ### Prosite Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Clinton U. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I've been very happy with the software and anytime I've needed help there support has quickly helped me out. It helps me meet the PCI Requirements I need to fulfill monitoring my servers. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Server Manager is an inexpensive, easy way to pull back the logs from my servers that are in multiple locations to store them for PCI compliance. Being able to filter and email certain information is a big help administering my servers. #### Cons About the only Con I have is that sometime it can be a little difficult to set up a filter, especially when you are only making changes every now and then. #### Vendor response Clinton thanks for the great review! Do you have any suggestions on how we can improve the filter configuration process? Replied August 2020 --- ### Great product and great support - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jeremy L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Banking - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This is a very easy program to use and manage. It fills a gap that some other more expensive software doesn't cover. The support I have received from [sensitive content hidden] is top notch! #### Cons None, the few problems that I have had, were resolved quickly. #### Vendor response Jeremy, Thanks for your great review. Replied June 2024 --- ### Corner Bowl Server Manager 2022 - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Todd C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall our experience using this product at various clients has been excellent. We have several clients that must comply with CMMC/NIST and we recommend Corner Bowl for their audit logging needs. All of the other features are just icing on the cake! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Well designed interface, collects logs from almost any source and SNMP. Simple installation, excellent support. And low cost. #### Cons We did experience a few bugs but there was always a new version available that addressed those issues. #### Reasons for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager The other products that performed all of our required functions had very high costs. Corner Bowl is an excellent product at a very attractive price. #### Vendor response Thank you for your great review! Replied January 2022 --- ### With best recommendations - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Frank H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: International Trade and Development - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Collecting, filtering and reporting event logs. Monitoring of security events. Quick and dedicated support #### Cons We have been using them for many years. I have not noticed anything really negative so far. #### Reasons for switching to Corner Bowl Server Manager Better reports. Better Support. #### Vendor response Thanks for the great review Frank. Replied March 2022 --- ### Easy daily snapshot of server health - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Thayer Y. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The best thing about this software is the daily reports that rollup warnings and errors from all of our Windows Servers into one, easy-to-scan email. #### Cons It's sometimes a little awkward to manage templates, reports, schedules, etc. in the user interface. #### Vendor response Thayer, thank you for the review. Do you have any suggestions on how we can do a better job managing templates, reports and schedules? Replied August 2020 --- ### Product reviews - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ryan G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Excellent Product #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Product easy to use and setup. It allows us to Monitor Event Logs #### Cons The ability to send alerts via SMS would also be useful for monitoring #### Vendor response Ryan, thank you for the great review! I thought I should let you know the software includes several SMS alerts. They are: Twilio, CDYNE and Clickatell. Please let me know if there is another provider you would like to see added. Replied August 2020 --- ### Corner Bowl Server Manager - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: jd B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Support is great and they helped me with even the littlest problems. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Corner Bowl was brought to my attention by my IT consultant I use. I needed a logging server for compliance reasons and looking at the features it has, it went above my expectations. Real time alerts I setup to help keep my network up and running and lets me know of problems right away. #### Cons I haven't found anything I wrong with the program! #### Vendor response Thanks for the great review! Replied March 2023 --- ### Corner Bowl Event Log Review - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Robert P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Banking - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Very solid software for an affordable price. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros We simply used Corner Bowl for server event log retention. #### Cons Sometimes it is hard to segregate the important logs. #### Reasons for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager Price #### Vendor response Thank you for your review. Can you please explain how you would like to segregate the import logs? Replied January 2022 --- ### Corner Bowl Event Log Manager Thumbs Up! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Sara A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I can collect data, logs and set in the way I need. Plus I can receive report/custom report/scheduled report via email. Support is quick and effective. Very good price! #### Cons Perhaps at first you have to become acquainted to the interface #### Vendor response Thank you for your review. It is much appreciated. Replied January 2022 --- ### Excellent Product - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Bob J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Accounting - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We have used Cornerbowl for several years. Once configured it just works. It is great to see regular updates and the product continuing to improve. The FAQ information is well laid out, has relevant documentation and videos. It is a quality product. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Several things: 1. The product works as intended. 2.) Response from vendor/support. 3.) Quite flexible in its ability to work with many types of logs and workflow. 4.) Excellent documentation with video and screenshots. #### Cons Would like to see the ability to track/documents investigations. Link AD and M365 accounts, using SID. #### Vendor response Bob, thanks for the great review. We will take a look at linking the accounts to see what we can do. Thanks for the great idea. Replied January 2025 --- ### Corner Bowl Server Manager - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Brendan T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: February 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It has really be helpful in dealing with compliance requirements. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It's a solid product that delivers as promised, and adds a whole new layer of security to my network. I would highly recommend it for people needing log management for compliance. #### Cons It is a little complex so configuring takes a bit of time, but even right out of the box it's useable. #### Reasons for switching to Corner Bowl Server Manager I did not switch from Wazoku, I switched from Wazuh, but it's not in the list of options. Wazuh Server is great, but it is really really unstable. I spent so much time debugging dashboard availability errors, it was just not worth it. #### Vendor response Brendan, thanks for the great review. We are actively working on adding some compliance wizards to better help new users meet their compliance requirements. Replied February 2025 --- ### A great value-for-money all-in-one solution - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Giorgos S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros While it is simple to navigate, it has a lot of features, though we use it mainly for Log Consolidation as it offers us a lot of options for reading the logs and what to extract and store, as well as the ability to use actions to basically do almost anything when a specific condition is met and filter conditions are very easy to set. #### Cons We faced a few minor issues but support has been great. #### Reasons for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager Not just a specific solution like Elastic but offer many more features, it is simple to use and has a very low cost comparing to the other solutions #### Vendor response Thanks for the great review! 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