Snort comparisons
Snort is compared head-to-head with Suricata, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention and Check Point Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and more: 7 head-to-heads in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Snort head-to-head
- Snort vs Suricata
- Snort vs Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention
- Snort vs Check Point Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
- Snort vs Trellix Intrusion Prevention System
- Snort vs AhnLab AIPS
- Snort vs Hillstone Network Intrusion Prevention System
- Snort vs SELKS
Snort vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment model | Network scope | Inline blocking | Encrypted traffic inspection | Cloud workload support | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Snort | Yes | $29.99/device/yr | Software | Network | Yes | Yes | 8.4 | |
| 1 | Suricata | Yes | Free | Software | Network | Yes | Yes | 9.3 | |
| 2 | Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention | No | $0.009/GB usage-based | Hybrid | Multi-scope | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.1 |
| 3 | Check Point Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) | Hybrid | Multi-scope | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.9 | ||
| 4 | Trellix Intrusion Prevention System | Hybrid | Multi-scope | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.8 | ||
| 5 | AhnLab AIPS | Appliance | Network | Yes | Yes | No | 8.6 | ||
| 6 | Hillstone Network Intrusion Prevention System | Appliance | Network | Yes | Yes | 8.5 | |||
| 8 | SELKS | Yes | Free | Software | Network | Yes | Yes | 8.3 |
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