Corner Bowl Server Manager Reviews

Pros

Easy to get setup and running. Lots of options to make sure your environment is running well.

Cons

Still finding little bugs now and then, but they get resolved very quickly.

Pros

The application is easy to setup and configure and does what it says on the tin. In comparison to other suppliers on the market the product is very competitive on pricing and the platform is regularly updated.

Cons

There are some product quirks like any software however these dont affect the general functionality of the product.

Alternatives Considered

Splunk Enterprise

Reasons for Switching to Corner Bowl Server Manager

Price point, ease of setup and I like to avoid extending out our perimeter into the Cloud particularly on systems where it isnt necessary such as on premise monitoring.

Pros

While it is simple to navigate, it has a lot of features, though we use it mainly for Log Consolidation as it offers us a lot of options for reading the logs and what to extract and store, as well as the ability to use actions to basically do almost anything when a specific condition is met and filter conditions are very easy to set.

Cons

We faced a few minor issues but support has been great.

Alternatives Considered

Elastic Stack

Reasons for Switching to Corner Bowl Server Manager

Not just a specific solution like Elastic but offer many more features, it is simple to use and has a very low cost comparing to the other solutions

Pros

General log monitoring. Product pricing was good.

Cons

The interface is not intuitive. Searching is difficult. Support is non-existent.

Pros

This question should state, "What DO you like..." Corner Bowl Server Manager keeps getting better and better. What else is there to say?

Cons

I have absolutely no cons with this software.

Pros

It's an all-in-one solution! Cornerbowl provides supports us with Regulatory and Alerting.

Cons

Currently testing with SQLlite. There is a possibility that we may have to move to MS SQL, which we'll need a license for.

Alternatives Considered

Splunk Enterprise

Reasons for Switching to Corner Bowl Server Manager

Cornerbowl met our company requirements and was financially attractive in comparison to other solutions

Pros

CornerBowl is very simple and friendly tool for SIEM and FIM solution

Cons

some tabs little confusing.But once get familiar with it. then easy to use.

Alternatives Considered

Splunk Enterprise

Reasons for Switching to Corner Bowl Server Manager

CornerBowl is very simple and friendly tool for SIEM and FIM solution

Pros

The flexibility and extensibility of this software is amazing. The ability to easily monitor and receive alerts on so many diverse machines (basically anything that produces any type of a log - even text files in the filesystem) through one tool makes this a great fit for SMBs, but it's also evident that it can scale to enterprise infrastructure as well.

Cons

It takes a little time to get a firm understanding of how the software works. Although you can get it installed and monitoring/collecting logs from a single server in ~10 minutes, you will want to spend some time learning how to properly configure your database to suit your environment and how to customize your templates. The documentation and tutorials on the website cover all of this and more.

Alternatives Considered

Netwrix Auditor

Reasons for Choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager

A 30% cost increase for annual renewal had me looking for alternative solutions. I recalled Corner Bowl from one of my previous employers. The cost is a fraction of the competition, and it can do so much more.

Switched From

ManageEngine ADAudit Plus

Reasons for Switching to Corner Bowl Server Manager

Cost, ease of use, flexibility, support

Pros

Easy to use, reliable and great support,

Cons

Nothing bad about this product. Grat support so can't complain.

Pros

Easy to install, has regular updates for any issues that need to be fixed. Their support is also top notch.

Cons

Can be somewhat complex to setup, but they have great documentation and youtube videos, and their support can usually answer any questions you have.

Pros

This is a very easy program to use and manage. It fills a gap that some other more expensive software doesn't cover. The support I have received from [sensitive content hidden] is top notch!

Cons

None, the few problems that I have had, were resolved quickly.

Pros

Preconfigured to meet JSIG and NIST compliance. Excellent customer service and support.

Cons

I would like to see more preconfigured items such as agent staying connected out the box however this is as simple as checking a box on each machine so not really a con

Alternatives Considered

Splunk Enterprise

Reasons for Choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager

Cost, ease of use, customer support, and preconfigured auditing compliance.

Switched From

Splunk Enterprise

Reasons for Switching to Corner Bowl Server Manager

Cost, ease of use, customer support, and preconfigured auditing compliance.

Pros

I have been using Server Manager for over 5 years. Provides great support, pretty easy to use, new features added with no additional cost, low requirements. Great way to stay on top of your critical items like services.

Cons

Every time you ask, I wish it could do this, It seems that Corner Bowl adds that feature like Certificate Monitoring.

Pros

Corner Bowl is a very powerful solution that manage the logs of our servers.

Cons

CBSM has been functional as expected. I can't think of any at the moment.

Pros

Seems to be almost unlimited possibilities for logging, monitoring, and reporting.

Cons

Too many possibilities to configure but I guess that could be a good thing.

Pros

I would say about the email alerts integrated with multiple agents associated with various templates. Real-time alerts really help to manage business efficiently.

Cons

Sometimes, some features don't work after upgrades which is okay and the support is really awesome to get it resolved.

Pros

Customer support is super. Very responsive always extra information.

Cons

Can't think of any downside to the product, they do their best to keep things up to date and running smooth.

Pros

Was easy to implement and cost was attractive

Cons

There were really no serious negatives with thew software

Pros

I love this product because is very easy to use and the pricing is really competitive.

Cons

I didn't like really much the querying system, sometimes it isn't easy to use.

Pros

Corner Bowl was brought to my attention by my IT consultant I use. I needed a logging server for compliance reasons and looking at the features it has, it went above my expectations. Real time alerts I setup to help keep my network up and running and lets me know of problems right away.

Cons

I haven't found anything I wrong with the program!

Pros

We were analysing the capabilities of a dozen other produts. Nearly none of them is as capable as this. One competitor we used the last 15 years was quite good. But they decided not to follow the path into the cloud. With corner bowl our Azure AD audit-logs, sign-ins and risk events are as easy to control as our on premises active directory events.

Cons

This software a completely modular. To an extent you would not have expected. This gives numerous options to achieve the goal. Some pathways are better, there is not a single way to built a solution. We had to find out what works best for us. And we had some redesign of the hierarchies of rules and so on we built. It is not totally easy to understand. (But that should be obvious because of the dramatic functional possibilities!)

Pros

The software is easy to set up and manage. It is template based, so once you have a good template set up, group your devices, and then mass deploy templates to all the devices. Updating works the same; change something on the template, and it's replicated to all devices.
The software makes it easy to centralize logs. Not just Windows logs but text logs, Syslog, etc as well. You can then create custom columns based on regex's to create custom columns to finally create that alert you are looking for or the right report to hand out.

Cons

There is a learning curve. Documentation is good, support is good, and the beginning templates were really helpful, but there is a learning curve, and there definitely needs to be an investment of time if you are looking for unique data. But if you are looking for basic data ( disk space, CPU utilization, security log consolidation), that is available out of the box.
Lots of buttons, with customizability, you need lots of buttons, but still, lots of buttons to push.

Pros

The product is as close to plug and play as you can get for a log management software. Some built-in filters get you started and making your own is pretty simple. This software is made for small businesses and small environments. I use it for collecting logs from a few systems and applications then spit out a report for me weekly. It assist me with meeting compliance requirements without the big cost and infrastructure to make it happen. I like how it can help with other features, such as processor utilization, disk drive space and setting up a near-real-time monitor for functions (account lockout, services stopped)

Cons

If you are looking for something comparable to Splunk or Alienvault OSSIM, this is not it. This software will help you grab logs, parse through it (based on what you want it to look for) and generate a simple report for you. If you need to parse through large amounts of data (6-12 months) and correlate them with each other, it will be a little more work for you and it will take a bit more time.

Alternatives Considered

Splunk Enterprise and USM Anywhere

Reasons for Switching to Corner Bowl Server Manager

Ease of use, functionality needed, within the budget, ease of deployment and limited infrastructure needed.

Pros

The breadth of features is great. I doubt I have scratched the surface of what can be done with Server Manager. The two main features I use are monitoring failed login attempts and monitoring Windows Service status. I use the service monitor to automatically start a service that has stopped for some reason. Server Manager will alert me to the stopped service and then also notify me when the service has been started again.

Cons

No real faults but I struggle at times with configuring different options. This is mainly due to the fact that it could be months between setting up a new monitor. By the time I think of another use for Server Manager it has been so long since I last configured something that it takes me a while to get a new monitor going. That is no fault of the software and the developer now posts how-to videos I believe so I should check those out.

Pros

-Easy deployment that don't create a backlog on servers
-Easy to modify templates to define specific goals on monitoring parameters
-Fast notification responses
-Precise umbral to trigger real time notifications
-Easy way to integrate Databases for logging
-Group creation by test or asset type (By CPU, Hard disk, )
-Reporting and triggers actions

Cons

Nothing in particular, I don't use all features and I believe I use less than 50% of capabilities and functions.