Comparison

Arkime vs Snort

No leader: the top candidate Arkime has only 0.32 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Arkime47
Snort37
Score
Vioscale score
Arkime47 / 100low · 32%updating
Snort37 / 100low · 25%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Arkime
Snort
Model
Price level
Arkimefree
Snortlow
Integrations
Count
Arkime6
Snort10
Adoption
Dependent repos
Arkime0
Snort
Github stars
Arkime7,459
Snort3,409
Activity
Commits last 30d
Arkime46
Snort0
Release
Cadence days
Arkime24
Snort20
History
Arkime20 items
License
Spdx
Snort
Language
Primary
ArkimeC
SnortC++

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for network security. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Deployment model
Arkime-
Snort-
Behavioral anomaly detection
Arkime-
Snort-
Full packet pcap retention
Arkime-
Snort-
Encrypted traffic metadata analysis
Arkime-
Snort-
Active endpoint containment response
Arkime-
Snort-
Host microsegmentation
Arkime-
Snort-
Network access control 802 1x
Arkime-
Snort-
EDR crowdstrike sentinelone integration
Arkime-
Snort-
Iot ot device discovery
Arkime-
Snort-
Fips 140 2 certification
Arkime-
Snort-
SOC2 type ii
Arkime-
Snort-
ISO 27001
Arkime-
Snort-
Pricing model
Arkime-
Snort-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Arkime

A network monitoring tool that passively captures and analyzes traffic, extracting detailed session information and providing searchable records with flexible retention policies for integration into existing security infrastructure.

Independently observed

Snort

A packet-based intrusion prevention and detection system that analyzes network traffic in real-time and logs packet data to identify and prevent network attacks.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Arkime

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Snort

HybridFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Deployment
Self-hosted
Arkime
Snort

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Arkime

6 total
  • PassiveTotal
  • VirusTotal
  • Censys
  • Shodan
  • Slack
  • Elasticsearch
Independently observed

Snort

10 total
  • Sguil
  • BASE
  • Snorby
  • Security Onion
  • Barnyard2
  • iBlock
  • Squert
  • ELSA
  • Xplico
  • NetworkMiner
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.