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Wazuh vs Splunk

Wazuh

wazuh.com

Depends
Confidence: Medium

Buy it if you have security engineers to deploy, tune, and patch an open-source SIEM . nothing matches the $0 price.

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Pick Wazuh when

  • Teams with in-house security engineers
  • Cost-sensitive orgs avoiding $300K/yr SIEMs
  • MSPs building SOC offerings
  • AWS and cloud-heavy estates

When Wazuh is not a fit

  • Small teams with no dedicated security staff
  • Anyone wanting turnkey, out-of-the-box detection
  • Buyers needing vendor SLAs on the free tier
  • Orgs that cannot patch infrastructure quickly after CVEs

Sources

  1. Wazuh - Open Source XDR. Open Source SIEM.wazuh.com
    official
  2. Wazuh Cloud: Managed open source security platformwazuh.com
    official
  3. Wazuh Pricing 2026trustradius.com
    review
  4. Wazuh Reviews 2026 - G2g2.com
    review
  5. Thoughts on Wazuh - Reddit r/sysadminreddit.com
    review
  6. Wazuh product potential - Reddit r/mspreddit.com
    review
  7. Wazuh Pricing: Free + the Real TCOsiemcostcalculator.com
    review
  8. Groupon deploys Wazuh case studywazuh.com
    official
  9. Addressing CVE-2025-24016wazuh.com
    security
  10. CVE-2025-62786: Wazuh Heap-Based RCEsentinelone.com
    security
  11. CVE-2026-25769: Critical RCE in Wazuhresecurity.com
    security
  12. Wazuh vs Splunk: $0 vs $300K/yr SIEMshattered.io
    news
  13. Wazuh Funding: $39.0Mextruct.ai
    news