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Osquery Reviews & Product Details

User Insights

Average based on 10 real user reviews.

JT
Jonathan T.
Patent Agent
Law Practice
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Security threats detection"
5/5
What do you like best about Osquery?

The fact that this application is open source and is sponsored by a sizable company that consistently gives support for maintenance is its strongest feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Osquery?

Rarely it might be challenging to read and manipulate SQL tables. The tools major flaw is the absence of a guide to launch deployment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Saiful  I.
SI
Saiful I.
Full Stack Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Osquery review."
4.5/5
What do you like best about Osquery?

Osquery takes a fresh look at security with its innovative platform. This single-agent solution creates rich application datasets using a universal query engine. It provides a high-performance relational database for quickly understanding infrastructure. Osquery makes querying easier. Our team can write queries based on SQL to explore data across all infrastructure and operating systems. Osquery uses SQL tables to represent processes, kernel modules, network connections, browser plugins, hardware events, and file hashes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Osquery?

Osquery's bellows-like drawbacks include:

Containers are not supported by it.

Real-time operation is impossible.

Demand for support exceeds supply.

Users validate features.

Extension-related issues

Linux and macOS are platform-limited.

Frequently asked questions and advice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rutvik S.
RS
Rutvik S.
Automation Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"G2 review for osquery"
5/5
What do you like best about Osquery?

I used Windows and Linux; osquery works on both, which is very helpful for me, and I like that particular feature. Osquery is open source, which is good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Osquery?

Sometimes the software does not work properly, and some errors occur. Please solve those errors. Provide a brief about the error so we can solve it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shakila K.
SK
Shakila K.
Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"High-performance relational database Osquery helps a lot!"
5/5
What do you like best about Osquery?

With osquery, I am able to use SQL tables represent abstract concepts such as running processes, loaded kernel modules, open network connections, browser plugins, hardware events, file hashes and more. SQL tables are implemented via a simple plugin and extensions API. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Osquery?

SQL tables can sometimes be difficult to manipulate and difficult to read. Lack of tutorial to initially kickstart deployment of the tool is its biggest disadvantage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MS
Muhammad S.
Ethical Hacker
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"malicious process"
5/5
What do you like best about Osquery?

It's fast and works for me and its very useful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Osquery?

response time is very high , all other things are perfect Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
UB
Verified User in Banking
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"It's Synonym of Amazing!!"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Osquery?

Its feature is to query any operating system as a database was too good. It is fairly fast enough, OS-agnostic, and licensed to open source apache. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Osquery?

In our organization, we use Zoho in some places. I feel this lacks in Zoho integration. From performance front, i don't find any short-comings Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JG
James G.
Support Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Excellent operating system instrumentation framework for managed devices"
5/5
What do you like best about Osquery?

osquery allows us the opportunity to expose an operating system as a high-performance relational databases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Osquery?

SQL tables can sometimes be difficult to manipulate and difficult to read. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Christina C.
CC
Christina C.
Site director
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Beat software I've used"
5/5
What do you like best about Osquery?

The fact it is fast and secure in such a little amount of time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Osquery?

Nothing but possibly the price could be a little less Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sudheer R.
SR
Sudheer R.
Big Data Developer
Computer Software
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best intrusion detection"
4/5
What do you like best about Osquery?

The best feature of this application is that it that, being open source it is supported by a large organization which provides consistent support for maintenance. Also, it has more than 100 contributors.

Best is, it is managed by Facebook and is supported on Windows, Linux and Mac OS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Osquery?

Lack of tutorial to initially kickstart deployment of the tool is its biggest disadvantage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Thank "
4/5
What do you like best about Osquery?

Thank all of the people for that I sent me to the meeting and thank them I have them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Osquery?

Yes please thank all you of all that have any questions and you will be Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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