--- title: LevelBlue USM Anywhere Reviews meta\_title: 'LevelBlue USM Anywhere Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 114 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how LevelBlue USM Anywhere works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 114 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: System Security url: https://www.g2.com/categories/system-security --- # LevelBlue USM Anywhere Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by LevelBlue USM Anywhere but has limited features. Are you part of the LevelBlue USM Anywhere team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! LevelBlue USM Anywhere is a cloud-based security management solution that accelerates and centralizes threat detection, incident response, and compliance management for your cloud, hybrid cloud, and on-premises environments. USM Anywhere includes purpose-built cloud sensors that natively monitor your Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure cloud environments. On premises, lightweight virtual sensors run on Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware ESXi to monitor your virtual private cloud and physical IT infrastructure. With USM Anywhere, you can rapidly deploy sensors into your cloud and on-premises environments while centrally managing data collection, security analysis, and threat detection from the AlienVault Secure Cloud. Five Essential Security Capabilities in a Single SaaS Platform AlienVault USM Anywhere provides five essential security capabilities in a single SaaS solution, giving you everything you need for threat detection, incident response, and compliance management—all in a single pane of glass. With USM Anywhere, you can focus on finding and responding to threats, not managing software. An elastic, cloud-based security solution, USM Anywhere can readily scale to meet your threat detection needs as your hybrid cloud environment changes and grows. 1. Asset Discovery 2. Vulnerability Assessment 3. Intrusion Detection 4. Behavioral Monitoring 5. SIEM * * * Seller [LevelBlue](https://www.g2.com/sellers/levelblue-49a2e3c1-ca90-4308-b899-08973f657bae) Discussions [LevelBlue USM Anywhere Community](https://www.g2.com/products/levelblue-usm-anywhere/discuss) Languages Supported English Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Tami Andrews (Sr. Customer Advocacy Programs Manager at AT&T Cybersecurity) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 2 months ### Return on Investment 21 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/levelblue-usm-anywhere/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![IBM QRadar SIEM](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "IBM QRadar SIEM") IBM QRadar SIEM 4.4/5(338) ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-ibm-qradar-siem/reviews) [ ![Microsoft Sentinel](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Microsoft Sentinel") Microsoft Sentinel 4.4/5(297) ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-sentinel/reviews) [ ![Splunk Enterprise Security](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Splunk Enterprise Security") Splunk Enterprise Security 4.3/5(248) ](https://www.g2.com/products/splunk-enterprise-security/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/levelblue-usm-anywhere/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 114 real user reviews. Implementation Time 2 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Higher Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Higher Education") AH Verified User in Higher Education Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/12/2017 "AlienVault USM AIO" 5/5 What do you like best about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? The fact that it incorporates many different utilities into one product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? It is slightly difficult to navigate until you figure out where everything is located in the menus. You have to use it a good bit to get used to where things are. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering LevelBlue USM Anywhere: Get on a Webinar with Alien Vault and let them live demo it for you. Also, sign up for the many videos and webinars they offer on how to do certain things you are interested in doing. Download the free trial a play with it in your environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LevelBlue USM Anywhere solving and how is that benefiting you? IDS, vulnerability scanning, uptime monitoring, notification of when a server or device goes offline, network mapping, asset discover on the network, malware monitoring, network traffic monitoring, log consolidation, suspicious activity alerting, OTX, notification of threat risk around the world to watch out for, and many more things too numerous to list here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering") AM Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/2/2017 "Newbie that's very impressed so far" 4.5/5 What do you like best about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? I like the ease of deployment and the fact that everything is managed from a single pane Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? Nothing comes to mind so far as it's living up to it's hype Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering LevelBlue USM Anywhere: Give the trial a shot - you won't be disappointed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LevelBlue USM Anywhere solving and how is that benefiting you? Our company has now a real-time view of threats and can act upon these if/when they happen. Previously we may never have noticed or found out that we were being targeted Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Tami Andrews of LevelBlue USM Anywhere [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/levelblue-usm-anywhere-review-409702/official_response/edit) Thank you for taking time to provide your feedback! Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Aaron B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Aaron B.") AB Aaron B. Director Security Operations Higher Education Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/12/2017 "Best budget friendly commercial SIEM and all-in-one tool available" 4/5 What do you like best about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? The best part of this product is that even right out of the box, you get instant utility. With the NIDS feature, you get instant alerting and security insight. Adding syslog, vulnerability scans and asset tracking is icing on the cake. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? Coming from an open source background, the reporting and UI have that homegrown feel. Not the most intuitive or professional, but functional. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LevelBlue USM Anywhere solving and how is that benefiting you? This helps cover so many areas...compliance, security operations, vulnerability management. Biggest benefit is the IDS functionality and syslog correlation. This helps us with visibility and incident response. We can easily respond to the results of the correlation and alerting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/26/2017 "Can't Do Any Better for the Cost" 4/5 What do you like best about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? AlienVault is a full featured cost effective SIEM that provides quality threat intelligence for a lot less than the competition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? The learning curve compared to some of the competition and the lack of native user behavior analytics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering LevelBlue USM Anywhere: Like anything, run it through it's paces to make sure that it meets your business requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LevelBlue USM Anywhere solving and how is that benefiting you? It's a SIEM... It provides real-time analysis of security alerts generated by network hardware and applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") AF Verified User in Financial Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/4/2018 "Alien adult made us safer than ever" 4.5/5 What do you like best about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? Easy to setup and intuitive right out of the box. It’s not just a tagline Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? I’ve set this up a few times and I don’t have any major complaints with the software. However, I feel the training price could be a little more reasonable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering LevelBlue USM Anywhere: Just try it, you’ll like it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LevelBlue USM Anywhere solving and how is that benefiting you? Internal penetration testing and vulnerability scanning Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Tami Andrews of LevelBlue USM Anywhere [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/levelblue-usm-anywhere-review-541411/official_response/edit) Thank you for taking time to provide your feedback! Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Education Management](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Education Management") AE Verified User in Education Management Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/9/2017 "AlienVault USM is the guard dog you need" 4/5 What do you like best about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? The quick out of the box setup. The easy to figure out settings because their documentation is not very good. The customization ability for plugins, rules and alerts. The integration with OTX makes it feel being part of a world wide Infosec Operation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? Documentation and training are not good. The product itself is pretty solid and has never given me issues and i've implemented it at 2 different companies. Their support is very solid and responsive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LevelBlue USM Anywhere solving and how is that benefiting you? It has given both companies i have implemented this at the ability to get into the SEIM space at a nice price. My teams have been small so being able to implement, tune and train has been very important. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller KM Kevin M. IT Security Engineer Retail Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/8/2017 "AlienVault USM Single Pain of Glass" 5/5 What do you like best about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? All the monitoring is right at your finger tips. Easy to navigate with plenty of features to do the job, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? It does take a little while to learn where all the features are located. The appliance does so much right out of the box, maybe there could be different user levels. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering LevelBlue USM Anywhere: Defiantly is worth the investment, you won't be sorry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LevelBlue USM Anywhere solving and how is that benefiting you? Keeping our environment safe. Definitely helps with alerting the threats. Great device for log collection and reporting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Kevin C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kevin C.") KC Kevin C. Director of Technology Innovation UK Outsourcing/Offshoring Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/7/2017 "Simple and Powerful" 4.5/5 What do you like best about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? Interface and ease of use. I like the dashboard views Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? Maybe not simple enough - the back end set up can be bewildering! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering LevelBlue USM Anywhere: Best for money Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LevelBlue USM Anywhere solving and how is that benefiting you? PCI Compliance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Insurance](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Insurance") AI Verified User in Insurance Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/8/2017 "Network Administrator" 4.5/5 What do you like best about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? Great value for the price - given you get a SIEM, log management, asset discovery, vulnerability management, Intrusion Detection and behavioral monitoring. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? Like any SIEM it requires care and feeding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering LevelBlue USM Anywhere: Great product and value. Company is growing and very responsive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LevelBlue USM Anywhere solving and how is that benefiting you? Better insight into our security posture with log correlation, vulnerability assessments and network IDS. Ability to be notified of and prevent threats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite DD Dan D. Information Technology Security Administrator Mental Health Care Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/5/2017 "Great product with an awesome support staff behind it." 5/5 What do you like best about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? Very easy to setup and monitor new assets, Like the ability to setup policy t be alerted on. scheduling auto scans to meet compliance needs. It very easy to train staff to use and working with AlienVault. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? I dislike not having this AlienVault soon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering LevelBlue USM Anywhere: Great product with excellent support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LevelBlue USM Anywhere solving and how is that benefiting you? This solves compliance requirements such as pci, hipaa and Judicial court systems compliance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 6/8/2017 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ## Questions about LevelBlue USM Anywhere? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about LevelBlue USM Anywhere ](https://www.g2.com/products/levelblue-usm-anywhere/discussions/new) GU Guest User How has AlienVault USM supported your cybersecurity efforts, and what features do you rely on most? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-has-alienvault-usm-supported-your-cybersecurity-efforts-and-what-features-do-you-rely-on-most) RP Rob Pallucci • Last activity over 5 years ago How is AlienVault, Splunk and Vijilan compared in terms of pricing? 1 Upvote 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/33327-how-is-alienvault-splunk-and-vijilan-compared-in-terms-of-pricing) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/levelblue-usm-anywhere/discuss) ## Pricing Insights Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 2 months ### Return on Investment 21 months ### Average Discount 20% [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/levelblue-usm-anywhere/pricing) LevelBlue USM Anywhere Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_91bcb2c063fcfb0a82dfedcf1a6463d1/splunk-enterprise-security.jpg "Product Avatar Image") Splunk 4.3/5(248) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/levelblue-usm-anywhere-vs-splunk-enterprise-security) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_1616bb8054a8f27102d8ba094c99bab5/ibm-ibm-qradar-siem.png "Product Avatar Image") IBM QRadar SIEM 4.4/5(338) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/ibm-ibm-qradar-siem-vs-levelblue-usm-anywhere) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_cbd3fb3d7b519da99e67a6ef0172fadf/tenable-nessus.png "Product Avatar Image") Tenable Nessus 4.5/5(305) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/levelblue-usm-anywhere-vs-tenable-nessus) ##### ##### LevelBlue USM Anywhere Features Response Threat Intelligence Records Incident Logs Incident Reports Management Incident Alerts Network Management Activity Monitoring Asset Management Log Management [ View More Features ](https://www.g2.com/products/levelblue-usm-anywhere/features) ##### Categories on G2 [Cloud Compliance](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-compliance)[Vulnerability Scanner](https://www.g2.com/categories/vulnerability-scanner)[Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)](https://www.g2.com/categories/security-information-and-event-management-siem) [Cloud Compliance](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-compliance)[Vulnerability Scanner](https://www.g2.com/categories/vulnerability-scanner)[Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)](https://www.g2.com/categories/security-information-and-event-management-siem)[Incident Response](https://www.g2.com/categories/incident-response)[Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)](https://www.g2.com/categories/intrusion-detection-and-prevention-systems-idps) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);) ##### Explore More [What is the best analytics platform for improving app engagement?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-best-analytics-platform-for-improving-app-engagement)[Which bot platforms create natural conversations that handle customer inquiries without feeling robotic?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-bot-platforms-create-natural-conversations-that-handle-customer-inquiries-without-feeling-robotic)[Which owned media platforms simplify audience growth through built-in recommendation systems?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-owned-media-platforms-simplify-audience-growth-through-built-in-recommendation-systems) [Which healthcare provider directories enable real-time data syncing with EHR and claims systems?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-healthcare-provider-directories-enable-real-time-data-syncing-with-ehr-and-claims-systems)[What's the top-rated voice control app for office productivity](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-s-the-top-rated-voice-control-app-for-office-productivity)[Which operational risk app is best for small business use](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-operational-risk-app-is-best-for-small-business-use) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)