What are the differences between the NXLog Community Edition and the NXLog Enterprise Edition?
If you are new to NXLog, you might want to compare and contrast the two NXLog editions to determine whether the features and solutions that are important to you are available in the NXLog Community Edition or only in the NXLog Enterprise Edition. In order to aid you in this research, we have compiled a comprehensive side by side comparison and analysis of both products. Our Comparison Matrix, webinar, and short table of business values offered exclusively in the NXLog Enterprise Edition should provide all the information you might need to assist you in finding the right product for your specific requirements.
Comparison matrix
While the NXLog Community Edition provides all the flexibility and performance of the NXLog engine, the NXLog Enterprise Edition includes additional modules and core features along with timely hot-fixes and updates which are crucial to enterprise environments. For a comprehensive list of these additional features and enhancements, see the NXLog Comparison Matrix.
Webinar: Why, When and How? - Migrating from NXLog Community Edition to NXLog Enterprise Edition
The NXLog Community Edition is an open source log collection tool available at no cost. It is available for Windows and GNU/Linux, whereas the NXLog Enterprise Edition supports many more platforms, such as macOS, AIX, Solaris, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD. Its flexibility allows it to be deployed in a variety of architectures and can function both as a log collector agent as well as a log server.
In addition to the features that are popular with those who use our NXLog Community Edition, such as its flexibility, small memory footprint, and high performance, the NXLog Enterprise Edition contains dozens of enhancements and additional features which can be useful, especially in enterprise environments.
In this webinar you can see the exclusive features and benefits that the NXLog Enterprise Edition offers, such as:
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Batch-compressed network transport
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Centralized management and agent monitoring
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Language modules for Perl, Python scripting capabilities, Java, Go, and Ruby
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Tight integration with native Windows log collection facilities
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Passive network monitoring on Windows, macOS, and Linux
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Meeting compliance and regulatory requirements
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Industrial control systems supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) control system and ICS log collection.
Business benefits offered by the NXLog Enterprise Edition
The NXLog Enterprise Edition offers you enhanced solutions in three major areas compared to the NXLog Community Edition:
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Compliance
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Features
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Support
What benefits does the NXLog Enterprise Edition provide?
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IT security teams can reduce their overall maintenance and operational costs associated with log collection.
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Save SIEM license costs by filtering logs at the source to eliminate the cost of transferring high volume, low value data while increasing the overall quality of captured log data suitable for further analysis.
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Mitigate risks and reduce costs by collecting logs from all your devices with a single, centrally-managed tool which can ensure that logs are transferred securely and reliably.
These are some of the advantages you can have with an NXLog Enterprise Edition deployment:
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Your NXLog solution can be integrated with any SIEM tool.
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NXLog supports most operating systems.
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The NXLog Enterprise Edition offers the most extensive set of log collection functionality for Windows platforms.
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Reliable transfer with compression with protocol level acknowledgment and batching.
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You can collect log data using both agent-based and agentless log collection modes.
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File integrity monitoring can enhance your current security strategy.
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NXLog allows you to capture logs from multiple log sources which can be sent to multiple destinations using a single agent.
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NXLog Add-Ons can read logs from cloud-based applications.
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