Crescendo Alternatives

Crescendo is described as 'Real time event viewer for macOS that uses the ESF to show process executions and forks, file events, share mounting events, kernel extension loads, and IPC event data. ESF provides a vast amount of data, but the goal was to just pick out the things that analysts' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Crescendo for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Self-Hosted, Web-based and SaaS apps. The best Crescendo alternative is Sigma, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Crescendo are Event Log Explorer, MyEventViewer, Event Viewer and Logs.

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  1. Sigma icon
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    Sigma is a generic and open signature format that allows you to describe relevant log events in a straightforward manner. The rule format is very flexible, easy to write and applicable to any type of log file.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Sigma is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Crescendo.

    • Sigma is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Crescendo.

    • Sigma is Free and Open SourceCrescendo is also Free and Open Source
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    Event Log Explorer is an effective software solution for viewing, monitoring and analyzing events recorded in Security, System, Application and other logs of Microsoft Windows operating systems. Event Log Explorer greatly extends standard Windows Event Viewer monitoring...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Event Log Explorer is the most popular Windows alternative to Crescendo.

    • Event Log Explorer is Freemium and ProprietaryCrescendo is Free and Open Source
  3. MyEventViewer icon
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    MyEventViewer is a simple alternative to the standard event viewer of Windows. As opposed to Windows event viewer, MyEventViewer allows you to watch multiple event logs in one list, as well as the event description and data are displayed in the main window, instead of opening a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Event Viewer icon
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    Event Viewer is an advanced tool that displays detailed information about significant events on your computer. It can be helpful when troubleshooting problems and errors with Windows and other programs.

    27 Event Viewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Logs icon
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    Logs is a viewer for the systemd journal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
    • Logs is the most popular Linux alternative to Crescendo.

    • Logs is Free and Open SourceCrescendo is also Free and Open Source
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    Security Event Manager (formerly Log & Event Manager) is an affordable and easy-to-use SIEM tool, a hardened virtual appliance with encryption capabilities for data in transit and at rest, SSO/smart card integration, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • SolarWinds Security Event Manager is the most popular commercial alternative to Crescendo.

    • SolarWinds Security Event Manager is Paid and ProprietaryCrescendo is Free and Open Source
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    Nagios Log Server is a powerful enterprise-class log monitoring and management application that allows organizations to quickly and easily view, sort, and configure logs from any source on any given network.

    68 Nagios Log Server alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Nagios Log Server is the most popular Web-based alternative to Crescendo.

    • Nagios Log Server is Paid and ProprietaryCrescendo is Free and Open Source
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    Windows Event Viewer Plus, a portable freeware app that lets you view Event Logs faster than the default in-built Windows Event Viewer and do more with them!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    An application to view live log files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • macOS Console is the most popular Mac alternative to Crescendo.

    • macOS Console is Free and ProprietaryCrescendo is Free and Open Source
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    View, analyze and monitor events recorded in Microsoft Windows event logs with Event Log Observer, a powerful software tool that helps you find and analyze security warnings, problems and any other events that occur within Windows operating system.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Motadata icon
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    To provide uninterrupted services to the users, an operational team needs correlated data, integrations across the board to collect & automate and analytics capabilities to monitor & visualize critical KPIs to make more informed decisions.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    A simple tool for Windows 10/8/7/Vista that displays in a table the details of all events from the event logs of Windows, including the event description.

    12 FullEventLogView alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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