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Snort
Snort
4.4
(10)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Snort

Snort is an IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) which is configurable for both business and personal use. Matching rules and patterns trigger security alerts for users when detecting malicious network activity, Snort can be used for packet sniffing, packet logging (e.g network traffic debugging), and as a full-blown IPS. Snort is capable of real-time traffic analysis and protects users from bad traffic, spam, phishing documents and malicious software. With Snort, users have access to 200 plugins, shared configuration and attribute tables, support for multiple packet-processing threads, rule parser, syntax and remarks, performanc emonitors and more.

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Snort Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $29.99
Free Trial
Free Version

Basic

$29.99

per user

No plan information available

    Snort Features

    • Popular features found in Network Security
      Anomaly/Malware Detection
      Anti Virus
      Compliance Management
      Intrusion Prevention System
      Patch Management
      Policy Management
      Real-Time Monitoring
      Reporting/Analytics
      Risk Alerts
      VPN
      Vulnerability Scanning
    • More features of Snort
      Access Controls/Permissions
      Activity Monitoring
      Alerts/Notifications
      Anti Spam
      Data Visualization
      Secure Login
      Threat Response

    Snort User Reviews

    Overall Rating

    4.4

    Ratings Breakdown

    5

    50%

    4

    40%

    3

    10%

    2

    0%

    1

    0%

    Secondary Ratings

    Ease of Use

    4.1

    Value for money

    4.2

    Customer support

    4.3

    Functionality

    4.3

    Luisa Fernanda's profile

    Luisa Fernanda S.

    Verified reviewer

    Oil & Energy

    1001-5000 employees

    Used weekly for less than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed June 2019

    A good integration in a secured Network

    4

    I really liked how Snort works and the benefits that the software gave to me. I could recommend It to every people that needs to block internet traffic or avoid an attack because with the signatures of Snort the network will be secured.

    Ratings Breakdown

    4
    Ease of use
    3
    Value for money
    5
    Customer support
    4
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    i've been using this software in firepower appliances for more than 1 year and I really like how Snort works in pro of keep the network secured. I really like that you can send a feedback about an attack and in the next update they add a rule to prevent It. The support is very good and every time they helped me to solve my doubts. I can create a rules to be sure than the network is secured and I can dothis with a lot of parameters like IP, Port, secure zone, interface, URL and geolocation. This is a really good IDS and I like the integration with the firepower devices.
    Cons:
    The worst thing of Snort is the usage of the data bases. This DB is susceptible to a corruption, and when this happens you need to reimage the device. This is something that their support needs to have fixed because the DB should be more stable. When you re-image one device you will lost all configuration and if you don't have a buckup you'll be done.

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    VR

    Verified
    Reviewer

    Hospital & Health Care

    10000+ employees

    Used daily for more than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed April 2019

    Cisco buying Sourcefire (snort) was a great move

    5

    Love Snort! Thankful it lives on and is just getting better under cisco

    Ratings Breakdown

    4
    Ease of use
    5
    Value for money
    4
    Customer support
    5
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    Cisco's firepower services based off Snort are all the best things about Snort backed by a best in business solution provider like Cisco. Flexible and customizable to a fault and still, after all these years one of the best IDPS solutions on the market. What isn't to like?
    Cons:
    Largely remediated in their latest updates, combineing Snort + ASA on the FTD codebase was initially VERY buggy. The latest updates from Cisco within the last 6months have turned it into a much more stable beast.

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    GE

    Gilad E.

    Verified reviewer

    Computer Software

    5001-10000 employees

    Used weekly for less than 12 months

    Review source

    Reviewed April 2019

    IPS/IDS standardization

    3

    This product helped us implementing IPS/IDS faster.

    Ratings Breakdown

    4
    Ease of use
    3
    Value for money
    3
    Customer support
    5
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    This implementation works pretty good providing signatures updates (using Talos) and some great logging capabilities (using Syslog).
    Cons:
    This product is not exactly stable and requires some more maintenance from Cisco - we wouldn't be using it if we had more spare time.

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    VR

    Verified
    Reviewer

    Computer Software

    11-50 employees

    Used daily for less than 12 months

    Review source

    Reviewed September 2018

    Snort the best IDS

    5

    I have been using this product for the last 1 year.And I like the way it is being integrated. I already recommended this product to my colleagues.Thank you for the team who are behind this product.

    Ratings Breakdown

    4
    Ease of use
    4
    Value for money
    4
    Customer support
    4
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    Snort is the best IDS I have used.It provides data protection and prevent intrusion very effectively.The main thing I felt is the easiness of this product.It is very easy to install and use.And also it is secure and cost effective.Customized rules make it easy to use.
    Cons:
    Even if installation and basic set up is easy, things become difficult when we go depth. To include threats specific to our environment is little difficult.

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    Gustavo Adolfo's profile

    Gustavo Adolfo G.

    Verified reviewer

    Computer Networking

    501-1000 employees

    Used weekly for less than 12 months

    Review source

    Reviewed May 2019

    Great software detection for intrusions

    5

    I really enjoy the time that I've using Snort because the support and the purpose of It was accomplished. This is a great tool for every people that need to keep their network protected

    Ratings Breakdown

    4
    Ease of use
    4
    Value for money
    5
    Customer support
    4
    Functionality
    icon
    Pros:
    Snort is a really powerfull software to detect intrusions in your network. With the rules you can easy keep your network protected and you can monitor all traffic in order to know when an intrusion was blocked. The customer support of Snort is really good and they always help customers to find a rules updates or repot a vulnerability. It is really easy to use.
    Cons:
    The main con that I could found is that they need more time to publish the fixed for the vulnerabilities than another competitors in the market.

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    TR

    Thomas R.

    Verified reviewer

    Computer Games

    2-10 employees

    Used daily for less than 6 months

    Review source

    Reviewed April 2019

    Snort is great detection tool

    4

    We choose Snort because it suite to our needs and can be used free with community rules updates.

    Ratings Breakdown

    4
    Ease of use
    4
    Value for money
    4
    Customer support
    3
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    Snort is great detection tool for your infrastructure and basically it can analyse your network traffic and detect suspicious behavior. This software can save your money at the end, because you find out very quickly what is happenning in your network stack.
    Cons:
    If you want update Snort rules definition, you have to do manually or via your script. As I know, there is no way how to do it via RPM/DEB packages or with BIN :-/ There are community rules (free) and also non-free rules.

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    TM

    Tina M.

    Verified reviewer

    Used other for less than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed January 2018

    Reliable IPS

    5

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    5
    Value for money
    5
    Customer support
    5
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    I'm a huge fan of Cisco and their solutions. Snort is another great add-on to monitor traffic analysis. I always suggest training or working alongside your Cisco partner to ensure you're getting the full benefit of your solution.

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    VR

    Verified
    Reviewer

    Telecommunications

    51-200 employees

    Used monthly for less than 12 months

    Review source

    Reviewed March 2019

    Awesome Engine

    4

    I use it as an engine on Firepower NGFW.

    Ratings Breakdown

    3
    Ease of use
    5
    Value for money
    4
    Customer support
    3
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    Their database about every single virus, malware or even any kind of path for security breaches are up to date. I love it !
    Cons:
    Support is not good, to much time by phone, deficient responsive team.

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    ME

    Matthew E.

    Verified reviewer

    Used monthly for more than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed June 2018

    A great IDS / IPS solution

    5

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    5
    Value for money
    5
    Customer support
    5
    Functionality
    icon
    Pros:
    Snort is a staple in the security field. It is very aggressive in intrusion prevention and detection. This is a must have for compliance.
    Cons:
    Since snort is open source and free, it isn't as clean as it could be. There are other solutions out there that look better.

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    VR

    Verified
    Reviewer

    Utilities

    10000+ employees

    Used other for less than 6 months

    Review source

    Reviewed November 2018

    Snort- a great network tool

    4

    Ratings Breakdown

    4
    Ease of use
    5
    Functionality
    icon
    Pros:
    A great IDS tool on your network. It's decently user friendly if your used to code and analysis. Linux and Windows friendly.
    Cons:
    Nothing really, Cisco hasn't changed much since it bought it

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