snort AlternativesNetwork Monitors and other similar apps like snort

snort is described as 'Snort® is an open source network intrusion prevention and detection system (IDS/IPS) developed by Sourcefire. Combining the benefits of signature, protocol, and anomaly-based inspection, Snort is the most widely deployed IDS/IPS technology worldwide' and is a Network Monitor in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to snort for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best snort alternative is Suricata, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like snort are LOKI Free IOC Scanner, Arkime, psad: Port Scan Attack Detector and Maltrail.

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Snort® is an open source network intrusion prevention and detection system (IDS/IPS) developed by Sourcefire. Combining the benefits of signature, protocol, and anomaly-based inspection, Snort is the most widely...

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snort alternatives page was last updated Mar 2, 2024
  1. Suricata icon
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    Suricata is a high performance Network IDS, IPS and Network Security Monitoring engine. Open Source and owned by a community run non-profit foundation, the Open Information Security Foundation (OISF). Suricata is developed by the OISF and its supporting vendors.

    7 Suricata alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD

    Suricata Features

    1.  Network Tools
    2.  Heuristic Detection
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    • Almost everyone thinks Suricata is a great snort alternative.

    • Suricata is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to snort.

    • Suricata is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to snort.

    • Suricata is Free and Open Sourcesnort is also Free and Open Source
  2. LOKI Free IOC Scanner icon
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    LOKI is a free and simple IOC - "Incidents of Compromise" scanner - that goes beyond AV and malware scans to detect evidence of hacking.

    14 LOKI Free IOC Scanner alternatives
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    License model

    • Free PersonalOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    LOKI Free IOC Scanner Features

    1.  Portable
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  3. Arkime icon
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    Moloch augments your current security infrastructure to store and index network traffic in standard PCAP format, providing fast, indexed access. An intuitive and simple web interface is provided for PCAP browsing, searching, and exporting.

    7 Arkime alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Arkime Features

    1.  Network Scanner
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    • Arkime is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to snort.

    • Arkime is Free and Open Sourcesnort is also Free and Open Source
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    psad is a collection of three lightweight system daemons (two main daemons and one helper daemon) that run on Linux machines and analyze iptables log messages to detect port scans and other suspicious traffic.

    3 psad: Port Scan Attack Detector alternatives
    psad: Port Scan Attack Detector screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    psad: Port Scan Attack Detector Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Network intrusion detection system
    4.  Honeypot
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  5. Maltrail icon
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    Maltrail is a malicious traffic detection system, utilizing publicly available (black)lists containing malicious and/or generally suspicious trails, along with static trails compiled from various AV reports and custom user defined lists, where trail can be anything from domain...

    8 Maltrail alternatives
    Maltrail screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Maltrail iconsnort Icon

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  6. Yang icon
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    Yang is yet another Nikto GUI; Software for analyzing and securing your servers. Yang establish diagnostics on :

    8 Yang alternatives
    Yang screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Yang Features

    1.  Server Monitoring
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    • Yang is the most popular commercial alternative to snort.

    • Yang is Paid and Proprietarysnort is Free and Open Source
  7. ntopng icon
     2 likes

    ntopng is the next generation version of the original ntop, a network traffic probe that monitors network usage. ntopng is based on libpcap and it has been written in a portable way in order to virtually run on every Unix platform, MacOSX and on Windows as well.

    3 ntopng alternatives

    License model

    • Free PersonalOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Network Hotfix Scanner icon
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    Network Hotfix Scanner is a free advanced hotfix check utility that scans network computers for missing hotfixes and patches, and helps you download and install them. NetHotfixScanner gives you a quick look at the hotfixes and patches installed or missed on any remote computer...

    13 Network Hotfix Scanner alternatives
    Free hotfix and patch check utility

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    The goal of cvechecker is to report about possible vulnerabilities on your system, by scanning the installed software and matching the results with the CVE database. Indeed, this is not a bullet-proof method and you will most likely have many false positives (vulnerability is...

    15 cvechecker alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. Zeek icon
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    Zeek is a powerful network analysis framework that is much different from the typical IDS you may know.

    7 Zeek alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  11. Redborder icon
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    redborder is an Open Source, Big Data cybersecurity and traffic analysis platform accompanied by a set of active probes managed in an integrated manner. Can be deployed on-premise or used as a cloud service. Managing SNORT events.

    6 Redborder alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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