Comparison

Microsoft Sentinel vs Wazuh

On the evidence we track, Wazuh leads this comparison with a composite score of 46/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Microsoft Sentinel36
★Wazuh46
Score
vioscaleAI score
Microsoft Sentinel36 / 100medium · 63%
Wazuh46 / 100medium · 62%
Pricing
Free tier
Microsoft Sentinel✗
Wazuh✓
Model
Microsoft Sentinelquote
Price level
Microsoft Sentinelunknown
Wazuhfree
Transparent
Microsoft Sentinel✗
Wazuh✗
Integrations
Count
Microsoft Sentinel–
Wazuh3
Security
Gdpr
Microsoft Sentinel✓
Wazuh✓
Iso27001
Microsoft Sentinel✓
Wazuh–
Pci
Microsoft Sentinel–
Wazuh✓
Scorecard
Microsoft Sentinel–
Wazuh6.5
Reliability
Status page
Microsoft Sentinel✓
Wazuh–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Microsoft Sentinel–
Wazuh0
Github stars
Microsoft Sentinel–
Wazuh17,232
Activity
Commits last 30d
Microsoft Sentinel–
Wazuh100
Release
Cadence days
Microsoft Sentinel–
Wazuh18
History
Microsoft Sentinel–
Language
Primary
Microsoft Sentinel–
WazuhC++
Market
Content
Faq
Microsoft Sentinel6 items
Wazuh7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for siem & soar software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
SIEM (log correlation & detection)
Microsoft Sentinel✓
Wazuh✓
SOAR (playbooks / automated response)
Microsoft Sentinel-
Wazuh✓
Detection
UEBA (behavioural analytics)
Microsoft Sentinel-
Wazuh✓
Built-in threat intelligence
Microsoft Sentinel-
Wazuh✓
ML / anomaly detection
Microsoft Sentinel✓
Wazuh✓
MITRE ATT&CK detection mapping
Microsoft Sentinel-
Wazuh✓
Ops
Case / incident management
Microsoft Sentinel✓
Wazuh✓
Pricing
Pricing basis
Microsoft Sentinel-
Wazuh-
Deployment
Deployment
Microsoft SentinelCloud
WazuhHybrid
Integration
Connector / content-pack breadth
Microsoft Sentinel-
WazuhCloud and endpoint integrations including AWS services and threat intelligence f
Licensing
Open-core available
Microsoft Sentinel-
Wazuh✓

What each one is

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

Microsoft Sentinel

A security information and event management system that enables organizations to identify threats across their infrastructure, respond to security incidents quickly, and reduce operational costs through integrated data storage and AI-powered threat detection.

Independently observed

Wazuh

Leader

A unified security solution that monitors, detects, and responds to threats across endpoints, networks, cloud workloads, and infrastructure through integrated threat analysis and automated response capabilities.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Microsoft Sentinel

Quote-based
as of verify ↗

Wazuh

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Microsoft Sentinel✓
Wazuh✓
macOS
Microsoft Sentinel✗
Wazuh✓
Windows
Microsoft Sentinel✗
Wazuh✓
Linux
Microsoft Sentinel✗
Wazuh✓
CLI
Microsoft Sentinel✗
Wazuh✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Microsoft Sentinel✓
Wazuh✓
Self-hosted
Microsoft Sentinel✗
Wazuh✓
On-premise
Microsoft Sentinel✗
Wazuh✓
Hybrid
Microsoft Sentinel✗
Wazuh✓

Integrations

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

Microsoft Sentinel

Not documented yet.

Wazuh

Leader
7 total
  • Amazon Security Lake
  • AWS Inspector
  • AWS SQS
  • Slack
  • ESET PROTECT Hub
  • VirusTotal
  • Maltiverse
Independently observed
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