Rating
4.8
67 reviews
Starting price
$132
Categories
8
Corner Bowl Server Manager is a SIEM, a centralized log management solution, a network, server and application monitor, an IDS, an IPS and much more. Includes agent-based and agentless centralized management for Windows Event Logs, Linux Audit Logs, Syslogs, Azure AD Audit Logs, W3C logs such as Windows Firewall and IIS Logs and any text-based log. Includes over 100 different compliance reports and over 50 different monitors including FIM, Windows Services, SSL certificates and disk space.
(67 reviews)
It has really be helpful in dealing with compliance requirements.
Pros: It's a solid product that delivers as promised, and adds a whole new layer of security to my network. I would highly recommend it for people needing log management for compliance.
Cons: It is a little complex so configuring takes a bit of time, but even right out of the box it's useable.
Brendan T. · IT Director · Financial Services · February 12, 2025
We have used Cornerbowl for several years. Once configured it just works. It is great to see regular updates and the product continuing to improve. The FAQ information is well laid out, has relevant documentation and videos. It is a quality product.
Pros: Several things: 1. The product works as intended. 2.) Response from vendor/support. 3.) Quite flexible in its ability to work with many types of logs and workflow. 4.) Excellent documentation with video and screenshots.
Cons: Would like to see the ability to track/documents investigations. Link AD and M365 accounts, using SID.
Bob J. · Chief Data and Privacy Officer · Accounting · January 28, 2025
| Category | Page | Rank | Placement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Log Management | 2 | 3 | - |
| Server Monitoring | 2 | 14 |
Domain confidence 98%
The software does what it is supposed to do. Any time I need help with a configuration or just have something simple to tackle, support is there and happy to help.
Pros: This question should state, "What DO you like..." Corner Bowl Server Manager keeps getting better and better. What else is there to say?
Cons: I have absolutely no cons with this software.
Barry B. · Network Admin · Wholesale · December 2, 2024
Pros: While it is simple to navigate, it has a lot of features, though we use it mainly for Log Consolidation as it offers us a lot of options for reading the logs and what to extract and store, as well as the ability to use actions to basically do almost anything when a specific condition is met and filter conditions are very easy to set.
Cons: We faced a few minor issues but support has been great.
Giorgos S. · Senior Platform Software Engineer · Financial Services · November 29, 2024
Pros: Easy to install, has regular updates for any issues that need to be fixed. Their support is also top notch.
Cons: Can be somewhat complex to setup, but they have great documentation and youtube videos, and their support can usually answer any questions you have.
Preston H. · Systems Administrator · Insurance · October 11, 2024
I've had some issues in the past when deploying or updating the product and reached out to the support team for assistance and it really is a unique selling point of this product to be able to speak to [sensitive content hidden] (the developer) who not only knows the product back to front but is also dynamically adding in new features when he sees things that are worth improving. This gives me assurance about the product and future working with Cornerbowl.
Pros: The application is easy to setup and configure and does what it says on the tin. In comparison to other suppliers on the market the product is very competitive on pricing and the platform is regularly updated.
Cons: There are some product quirks like any software however these dont affect the general functionality of the product.
John H. · IT Director · Marketing and Advertising · July 11, 2024
Pros: This is a very easy program to use and manage. It fills a gap that some other more expensive software doesn't cover. The support I have received from [sensitive content hidden] is top notch!
Cons: None, the few problems that I have had, were resolved quickly.
Jeremy L. · Network Systems Administrator · Banking · June 7, 2024
Pros: Easy to use, reliable and great support,
Cons: Nothing bad about this product. Grat support so can't complain.
Mehul P. · Network Administrtor · Construction · June 6, 2024
It's a great tool! Mike is awesome to work with and very responsive to helping get things configured to exactly what you want.
Pros: Easy to get setup and running. Lots of options to make sure your environment is running well.
Cons: Still finding little bugs now and then, but they get resolved very quickly.
Steve T. · IT Director · Real Estate · April 22, 2024
Pros: It's an all-in-one solution! Cornerbowl provides supports us with Regulatory and Alerting.
Cons: Currently testing with SQLlite. There is a possibility that we may have to move to MS SQL, which we'll need a license for.
Karim R. · Senior Infrastructure Manager · Marketing and Advertising · March 5, 2024
CornerBowl is very simple and friendly tool for SIEM and FIM solution. Once you are familiar with tools very simple to use.
Pros: CornerBowl is very simple and friendly tool for SIEM and FIM solution
Cons: some tabs little confusing.But once get familiar with it. then easy to use.
Ansan A. · Sr.Network Specialist · Banking · March 4, 2024
Pros: Corner Bowl is a very powerful solution that manage the logs of our servers.
Cons: CBSM has been functional as expected. I can't think of any at the moment.
Ricky B. · IT Specialist · Marketing and Advertising · February 1, 2024
Pros: Seems to be almost unlimited possibilities for logging, monitoring, and reporting.
Cons: Too many possibilities to configure but I guess that could be a good thing.
David C. · Vice President of Information Technology · Banking · December 11, 2023
Pros: Preconfigured to meet JSIG and NIST compliance. Excellent customer service and support.
Cons: I would like to see more preconfigured items such as agent staying connected out the box however this is as simple as checking a box on each machine so not really a con
Marshall J. · Information Systems Security Manager · Defense & Space · September 6, 2023
Pros: I have been using Server Manager for over 5 years. Provides great support, pretty easy to use, new features added with no additional cost, low requirements. Great way to stay on top of your critical items like services.
Cons: Every time you ask, I wish it could do this, It seems that Corner Bowl adds that feature like Certificate Monitoring.
Steve M. · IT Operations Manager · Retail · July 6, 2023
especially security problems
Pros: I love this product because is very easy to use and the pricing is really competitive.
Cons: I didn't like really much the querying system, sometimes it isn't easy to use.
Lorenzo Z. · ICT Specialist · Mechanical or Industrial Engineering · June 26, 2023
positive
Pros: Was easy to implement and cost was attractive
Cons: There were really no serious negatives with thew software
sam g. · ceo · Consumer Services · June 12, 2023
I have only scratched the surface of what I can do with this software. While initially looking for a low-cost replacement for our previous tool that was primarily used for AD user account monitoring (e.g., new accounts created, privilege escalation, etc.) and some basic auditing of activity on network shares, I found this tool that can do those things and so much more. It can do everything from basic alerts on server free disk space to helping discover & troubleshoot network issues using the syslog server and everything in-between and beyond. The documentation is thorough and accurate. There are also numerous YouTube videos available to help get things configured. The developer's passion for this software is evident, as he's eager to assist with any issues. I look forward to finding more ways to expand my company's usage of CBSM.
Pros: The flexibility and extensibility of this software is amazing. The ability to easily monitor and receive alerts on so many diverse machines (basically anything that produces any type of a log - even text files in the filesystem) through one tool makes this a great fit for SMBs, but it's also evident that it can scale to enterprise infrastructure as well.
Cons: It takes a little time to get a firm understanding of how the software works. Although you can get it installed and monitoring/collecting logs from a single server in ~10 minutes, you will want to spend some time learning how to properly configure your database to suit your environment and how to customize your templates. The documentation and tutorials on the website cover all of this and more.
Nathan R. · IT Manager · Farming · June 1, 2023
Pros: I would say about the email alerts integrated with multiple agents associated with various templates. Real-time alerts really help to manage business efficiently.
Cons: Sometimes, some features don't work after upgrades which is okay and the support is really awesome to get it resolved.
Syed A. · Senior Infrastructure Engineer · Information Technology and Services · April 17, 2023
I've been using this for about 10 years and have never regretted the decision.
Pros: Customer support is super. Very responsive always extra information.
Cons: Can't think of any downside to the product, they do their best to keep things up to date and running smooth.
Charles C. · Criminal Justice Systems Specialist · Government Administration · April 14, 2023
Support is great and they helped me with even the littlest problems.
Pros: Corner Bowl was brought to my attention by my IT consultant I use. I needed a logging server for compliance reasons and looking at the features it has, it went above my expectations. Real time alerts I setup to help keep my network up and running and lets me know of problems right away.
Cons: I haven't found anything I wrong with the program!
jd B. · CIO · Financial Services · March 20, 2023
We use this tool the the maximum. We had about let´s say 100 hours to understand completey the architecture and possibilities provided. This tool can be as complex as the questions you want to drill down with. It can analyse the most complex situations - but *then* you need the know-how (or just let you help). As we want to develop this tool ourselves, it was not a kind of "make it work for us and finish". It was like a "program these functions missing also into it", so that it gets even more capable. We are under permanent development as there are new alerts to be made visible with nearly every month. Different behaviour in NTLM, Kerberos, LDAPS, ... ... ... gives us the need to find legacy systems running into problems.
Pros: We were analysing the capabilities of a dozen other produts. Nearly none of them is as capable as this. One competitor we used the last 15 years was quite good. But they decided not to follow the path into the cloud. With corner bowl our Azure AD audit-logs, sign-ins and risk events are as easy to control as our on premises active directory events.
Cons: This software a completely modular. To an extent you would not have expected. This gives numerous options to achieve the goal. Some pathways are better, there is not a single way to built a solution. We had to find out what works best for us. And we had some redesign of the hierarchies of rules and so on we built. It is not totally easy to understand. (But that should be obvious because of the dramatic functional possibilities!)
Knut Kristan W. · Systemarchitekt Collaboration Solution Center · Publishing · December 22, 2022
Pros: What I like most about cbsmsrv2022 is that does what is says it will. The built in templates and reports require little to no customization to getting centralized logging of hosts on a network established. The next best thing is the vast amount of documentation and quick support offered by [SENSITIVE CONTENT] and team.
Cons: I would like to see more tutorials that cover set up options for air gapped systems. For example WMI versus Agent based connectivity along with benefits and drawbacks.
Michael A. · Senior Engineer · Information Technology and Services · December 7, 2022
Pros: Offers numerous set up and filter choices.
Cons: Help feature is inadequate. Online help/training presentations, information is baseline adequate, but too high level at times. Software is not user friendly if you are NOT well versed in IT/OIT activities.
Christina B. · QC Systems Validation Senior Lead · Biotechnology · December 6, 2022
Great
Pros: I like the ease of setting up the event log consolidation, directory size monitor, and many more I think I have to explore with this product that will be helpful in monitoring our network devices. Honestly, I am learning a lot, not just the features of this product but as a whole this product helps me improved my IT knowledge and skills.
Cons: Nothing right now. I believe the product is being developed for more features and I am looking forward to see more in the future.
Manny R. · IT Systems and Network Administrator · Printing · November 2, 2022
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