SIEM platforms · November 2026 Edition
Wazuh vs Elastic Security
Zero of fourteen models named Wazuh first on the direct prompt; zero named Elastic Security. Both were named by all fourteen models and Wazuh carries 24 labels and Elastic Security 39, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in twelve categories this edition.
Named in seven categories this edition.
First-choice share15%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate12%3%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#6A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels2439A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Wazuh reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Microsoft Sentinel was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Sentinel vs Wazuh · Microsoft Sentinel vs Elastic Security · Wazuh vs Rapid7 InsightIDR
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the SIEM platforms page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
WazuhFirst choices, of fourteen modelsElastic Security
Direct00
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained82
Scale-constrained00
Negative003 against Wazuh · 1 against Elastic Security
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Wazuh and Elastic Security were named in the same answer fifty-six times, of the 147 answers naming Wazuh and the 143 naming Elastic Security. In those answers Elastic Security took the first choice one time and Wazuh seven.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Wazuh and Elastic Security stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | |||
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | |||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | ||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | |||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Wazuh Elastic Security first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Wazuh on the left and Elastic Security on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Wazuh and Elastic Security stood in it.
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Perplexity SonarMicrosoft Sentinel alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, Elastic Security, ManageEngine Log360, Rapid7 InsightIDR
Kimi K2Microsoft Sentinel alternatives: Datadog Cloud SIEM, Elastic Security, Rapid7 InsightIDR
GPT-6 LunaRapid7 InsightIDR alternatives: Elastic Security, Microsoft Sentinel
Muse Glimmer 30BMicrosoft Sentinel alternatives: Elastic Security, ManageEngine Log360, Rapid7 InsightIDR, Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM
Neither was named
10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5Rapid7 InsightIDR alternatives: FortiSIEM, ManageEngine Log360, Microsoft Sentinel
GPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Sentinel alternatives: Google Security Operations, Splunk Enterprise Security
Gemini 3.5 FlashRapid7 InsightIDR alternatives: Arctic Wolf, Blumira, CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, Expel, Huntress Managed SIEM, Microsoft Sentinel, Red Canary, Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM
Grok 4.20Microsoft Sentinel alternatives: Exabeam, ManageEngine Log360, Rapid7 InsightIDR
Mistral SmallExabeam, IBM QRadar alternatives: AlienVault USM Anywhere, SolarWinds Security Event Manager
DeepSeek V4 FlashExabeam, LogRhythm, Microsoft Sentinel alternatives: ManageEngine Log360, Rapid7 InsightIDR
Llama 4 MaverickMicrosoft Sentinel alternatives: EventSentry, ManageEngine Log360, Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM
Qwen 3.7 FlashManageEngine Log360 alternatives: LogRhythm, Microsoft Sentinel
GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security alternatives: Cybriant, Exabeam, Huntress Managed SIEM, ManageEngine Log360, Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM
MiniMax M2.5Microsoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightIDR alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, ManageEngine Log360, Splunk Enterprise Security
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Wazuh leads by seventeen points.
Wazuh21%#3 of 14Elastic Security4%#7 of 14Mid-marketThe figures above
Wazuh leads by twelve points.
Wazuh15%#2 of 15Elastic Security4%#6 of 15Enterprise
The order flips: Elastic Security leads at enterprise.
Elastic Security2%#9 of 13Wazuh0%#– of 13What the models said about Wazuh
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of five in this category shown.
“Avoid if you do not have dedicated staff to maintain the platform infrastructure.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Wazuh when no one can operate Linux and detection content. ... its technical and administrative investment is comparatively high.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Start with Wazuh if you have the technical capability — it provides enterprise-grade security monitoring at zero software cost.” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“Best Free/Open-Source Option: Wazuh or Elastic Security ... Completely free software; you only pay for servers.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Wazuh (Top Overall Open-Source Pick) ... Best feature-rich, free open-source SIEM/XDR on the market.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Elastic Security
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“can demand substantial administration, tuning, infrastructure, or engineering expertise” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Best Free/Open-Source Option: Wazuh or Elastic Security ... Great free tier and very scalable, but requires more technical setup.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Microsoft Sentinel or Elastic Security are the best budget-friendly SIEM platforms” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“a strong mid-market choice when you want flexibility and usage-based pricing, but it's not usually the cheapest route” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · alternative
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.