sysmon Alternatives

sysmon is described as 'System Monitor (Sysmon) is a Windows system service and device driver that, once installed on a system, remains resident across system reboots to monitor and log system activity to the Windows event log' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to sysmon for Windows. The best sysmon alternative is ESET SysInspector, which is free. Other great apps like sysmon are Event Log Explorer, LastActivityView, MyEventViewer and Event Viewer.

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    ESET SysInspector is a free, state of the art diagnostic tool for Windows systems. It is also an integral part of ESET Smart Security 4 and ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4. It peers into your operating system and captures details such as running processes, registry content, startup items...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • ESET SysInspector is the most popular Windows alternative to sysmon.

    • ESET SysInspector is the most popular free alternative to sysmon.

    • ESET SysInspector is Free and Proprietarysysmon is also Free and Proprietary
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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...

    26 Event Log Explorer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    LastActivityView is a tool for Windows operating system that collects information from various sources on a running system, and displays a log of actions made by the user and events occurred on this computer. The activity displayed by LastActivityView includes: Running .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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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
     
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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
     
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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 sysmon.

    • SolarWinds Security Event Manager is Paid and Proprietarysysmon is Free and Proprietary
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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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    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
     
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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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    Convenient window event log viewer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    EventReader 2 represents an improved way to view the Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP event logs.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Advanced Event Viewer allows you to view all event logs, from all your servers in a single consolidated list. This makes checking event logs fast, easy and effective. Advanced Event Viewer will become your central screen to view the Event Logs of your servers.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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