Corner Bowl Server Manager

RATING:

4.8

(60)

About Corner Bowl Server Manager

Corner Bowl Server Manager is a SIEM, compliance software, an Uptime Monitor and a Server Monitor software tool for IT professionals. Server Manager includes the following components: Event Log Manager - an on-premise log management software tool designed to help IT professionals monitor, save and analyze log files from a central location. Save log file entries to SQL Server, MySQL, SQLite and Corner Bowl’s own file format. Backup raw Windows EVTX files and Linux/Unix Audit Logs to a central file server. Generate reports to fulfill PCI/DSS, HIPAA, SOX, GDPR and other compliance requirements. Monitor Windows Account Lockouts in real-time. Disk Monitor - an enterprise Free Disk Space, Ransomware Monitoring and File Access Permissions Monitoring Software Tool for IT p...

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Corner Bowl Server Manager Pricing

1 Node: $20 10 Nodes: $120 100 Nodes: $640 500 Nodes: $2,120

Starting price: 

$132.00 one time

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Not Available

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Corner Bowl Server Manager Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

5

Value for money

5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Corner Bowl Server Manager

1 - 5 of 60 Reviews

User Profile

Asaf

Verified reviewer

Financial Services, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed November 2021

Reliable & Efficient

Excellent High Tier software. Does exactly what we need and more. Allows reliable log and SIEM monitoring for security and compliance with custom options including retention. Feature requests are taken into consideration most of the time. Support is outstanding.

PROS

Installation and setup was very fast. It's very reliable and runs smoothly on the server. Support team is super responsive, attentive and extremely professional. The first setup is easy with excellent guidance from the team over the phone and/or remote support. UI is very easy to navigate after a short period of time.

CONS

Missing custom range filtering by date for logs.

Reason for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager

The previous product we tried was too heavy on our system and consumed high cpu and memory.

Reasons for switching to Corner Bowl Server Manager

The previous product we tried was too heavy on our system and consumed high cpu and memory.

Vendor Response

Thanks so much for the great review. To view data in a custom range create a report then when configuring the report specify the custom date range to include in the report from the Date Range tab.

Replied November 2021

Nathan

Farming, 201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed June 2023

Best Value in Monitoring & Log Managment

I have only scratched the surface of what I can do with this software. While initially looking for a low-cost replacement for our previous tool that was primarily used for AD user account monitoring (e.g., new accounts created, privilege escalation, etc.) and some basic auditing of activity on network shares, I found this tool that can do those things and so much more. It can do everything from basic alerts on server free disk space to helping discover & troubleshoot network issues using the syslog server and everything in-between and beyond. The documentation is thorough and accurate. There are also numerous YouTube videos available to help get things configured. The developer's passion for this software is evident, as he's eager to assist with any issues. I look forward to finding more ways to expand my company's usage of CBSM.

PROS

The flexibility and extensibility of this software is amazing. The ability to easily monitor and receive alerts on so many diverse machines (basically anything that produces any type of a log - even text files in the filesystem) through one tool makes this a great fit for SMBs, but it's also evident that it can scale to enterprise infrastructure as well.

CONS

It takes a little time to get a firm understanding of how the software works. Although you can get it installed and monitoring/collecting logs from a single server in ~10 minutes, you will want to spend some time learning how to properly configure your database to suit your environment and how to customize your templates. The documentation and tutorials on the website cover all of this and more.

Reason for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager

Cost, ease of use, flexibility, support

Reasons for switching to Corner Bowl Server Manager

A 30% cost increase for annual renewal had me looking for alternative solutions. I recalled Corner Bowl from one of my previous employers. The cost is a fraction of the competition, and it can do so much more.

Vendor Response

Thanks for the detailed review, Nathan. As always, please let us know if there is any functionality you would like to see added to the software.

Replied June 2023

Karim

Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2024

Great SIEM / Monitoring / Log collection / Alerting solution

PROS

It's an all-in-one solution! Cornerbowl provides supports us with Regulatory and Alerting.

CONS

Currently testing with SQLlite. There is a possibility that we may have to move to MS SQL, which we'll need a license for.

Reason for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager

Cornerbowl met our company requirements and was financially attractive in comparison to other solutions

Vendor Response

Karmin, thanks for the great review. We just discovered the issue with Sqlite throwing database lock issues and have released a fix! Sqlite cannot process multiple transactions from different threads.

Replied March 2024

Randy

Government Administration, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

2

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

1

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed January 2022

Fair product that needs refinement

It seems to provide some alerting, but setup is difficult.

PROS

General log monitoring. Product pricing was good.

CONS

The interface is not intuitive. Searching is difficult. Support is non-existent.

Reason for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager

Pricing with the expectation of minimal log management.

Vendor Response

I am so sorry to hear you say support is non-existent. I just checked our support email history for the last two years and I do not have a single request from anyone at your organization for support. For others reading, the number on complement we receive is our excellent support. We offer email and phone support M-F 8-6 Mountain Time. We do not outsource our support. If you are using the latest version, searching has been greatly enhanced. If you are unable to search the logs please contact us and we can do a remote session to help resolve any issues you might have.

Replied January 2022

Ansan

Banking, 201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2024

CornerBowl is very simple and friendly tool for SIEM and FIM solution.Highly recommended

CornerBowl is very simple and friendly tool for SIEM and FIM solution. Once you are familiar with tools very simple to use.

PROS

CornerBowl is very simple and friendly tool for SIEM and FIM solution

CONS

some tabs little confusing.But once get familiar with it. then easy to use.

Reason for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager

CornerBowl is very simple and friendly tool for SIEM and FIM solution

Vendor Response

Ansan, thanks for the great review. If you have any idea's how to make some of the tabs less confusing, please let us know and we can look into making some usability changes.

Replied March 2024