# Snort Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about Snort Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Network Security products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/170923/OpCon --- # Snort Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on March 13, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Snort ## What is Snort? Network security system that helps businesses monitor networks, detect threats and manage responses. Snort is an open source IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) which uses a series of rules and patters to help detect threats and malicious activity on the network. These rules track down packets which are then matched against eachother, triggering alerts. Snort uses inline deployment and has three uses - packet sniffer, packet logger, and a network intrusion prevention system. Snort can be configured for business and personal use. ## What is Snort used for? [Network Security](https://www.capterra.com/network-security-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 10 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Starting price $29.99 Per User, Per Month Free trial not available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... 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[4.5 (241)](https://www.capterra.com/p/172277/ManageEngine-Firewall-Analyzer/reviews/) Starting Price $29.99 Per User Starting Price $395 Other, One Time Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 4.1 (10) Ease Of Use 4.5 (4,461) Value For Money 4.2 (9) Value For Money 4.6 (3,353) Customer Service 4.3 (9) Customer Service 4.7 (3,035) ## Snort alternatives [4.4 (89)](https://www.capterra.com/p/172324/NetFlow-Analyzer/reviews/) Starting price $245.00 Per User, Per Month [4.5 (280)](https://www.capterra.com/p/172274/Network-Configuration-Manager/reviews/) Starting price $238.00 Per User, Per Month [Norton AntiVirus](https://www.capterra.com/p/648/Norton-Security/) [4.4 (4,461)](https://www.capterra.com/p/648/Norton-Security/reviews/) Starting price $59.99 Per User, Per Month [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/648/Norton-Security/) Highest Rated [WatchGuard Firebox](https://www.capterra.com/p/154706/Unified-Threat-Management/) [4.8 (446)](https://www.capterra.com/p/154706/Unified-Threat-Management/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/154706/Unified-Threat-Management/) [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/170923/Snort/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Access Controls/Permissions Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems Activity Monitoring Track and report on everything that happens within the system or network Alerts/Notifications Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges Anti Spam Techniques to prevent and filter unwanted or unsolicited email spam from reaching a user's inbox Anti Virus Prevents, detects and removes malware Data Visualization Graphical representation of data Snort 11 features Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems Track and report on everything that happens within the system or network Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges Techniques to prevent and filter unwanted or unsolicited email spam from reaching a user's inbox Prevents, detects and removes malware Graphical representation of data System that monitors network traffic to prevent malicious activity. View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data Notifying as a warning or reminder of a potential or imminent hazard At least a username and password is required to access the system Identifying, analyzing, and mitigating security issues and taking appropriate action to protect systems and data from potential harm Features 4.3 (10) 4.3 Based on 10 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.2 (9) Basic $29.99 Per User, Value for money 4.2 (9) 4.2 Based on 9 reviews ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.3 (9) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.3 (9) 4.3 Based on 9 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.4 Based on 10 reviews Filter by rating 5(5) 4(4) 3(1) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent Luisa Fernanda S. Ingeniero de control Oil & Energy ### "A good integration in a secured Network" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 June 9, 2019 I really liked how Snort works and the benefits that the software gave to me. I could recommend It to every people that needs to block internet traffic or avoid an attack because with the signatures of Snort the network will be secured. Pros i've been using this software in firepower appliances for more than 1 year and I really like how Snort works in pro of keep the network secured. I really like that you can send a feedback about an attack and in the next update they add a rule to prevent It. The support is very good and every time they helped me to solve my doubts. I can create a rules to be sure than the network is secured and I can dothis with a lot of parameters like IP, Port, secure zone, interface, URL and geolocation. This is a really good IDS and I like the integration with the firepower devices. Cons The worst thing of Snort is the usage of the data bases. This DB is susceptible to a corruption, and when this happens you need to reimage the device. This is something that their support needs to have fixed because the DB should be more stable. When you re-image one device you will lost all configuration and if you don't have a buckup you'll be done. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Gustavo Adolfo G. Networking engineer Computer Networking ### "Great software detection for intrusions" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 May 26, 2019 I really enjoy the time that I've using Snort because the support and the purpose of It was accomplished. This is a great tool for every people that need to keep their network protected Pros Snort is a really powerfull software to detect intrusions in your network. With the rules you can easy keep your network protected and you can monitor all traffic in order to know when an intrusion was blocked. The customer support of Snort is really good and they always help customers to find a rules updates or repot a vulnerability. It is really easy to use. Cons The main con that I could found is that they need more time to publish the fixed for the vulnerabilities than another competitors in the market. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. TR Thomas R. Web administrator Computer Games ### "Snort is great detection tool" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 April 30, 2019 We choose Snort because it suite to our needs and can be used free with community rules updates. Pros Snort is great detection tool for your infrastructure and basically it can analyse your network traffic and detect suspicious behavior. This software can save your money at the end, because you find out very quickly what is happenning in your network stack. Cons If you want update Snort rules definition, you have to do manually or via your script. As I know, there is no way how to do it via RPM/DEB packages or with BIN :-/ There are community rules (free) and also non-free rules. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. GE Gilad E. Certification Engineer Computer Software ### "IPS/IDS standardization" 3.0 Overall Rating 3.0 3.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 3.0 3.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 April 19, 2019 This product helped us implementing IPS/IDS faster. Pros This implementation works pretty good providing signatures updates (using Talos) and some great logging capabilities (using Syslog). Cons This product is not exactly stable and requires some more maintenance from Cisco - we wouldn't be using it if we had more spare time. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Manager Systems Security Hospital & Health Care ### "Cisco buying Sourcefire (snort) was a great move" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 April 5, 2019 Love Snort! Thankful it lives on and is just getting better under cisco Pros Cisco's firepower services based off Snort are all the best things about Snort backed by a best in business solution provider like Cisco. Flexible and customizable to a fault and still, after all these years one of the best IDPS solutions on the market. What isn't to like? Cons Largely remediated in their latest updates, combineing Snort + ASA on the FTD codebase was initially VERY buggy. The latest updates from Cisco within the last 6months have turned it into a much more stable beast. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Support and Implementation Engineer Telecommunications ### "Awesome Engine" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 March 20, 2019 I use it as an engine on Firepower NGFW. Pros Their database about every single virus, malware or even any kind of path for security breaches are up to date. I love it ! Cons Support is not good, to much time by phone, deficient responsive team. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Senior IT Analyst Utilities ### "Snort- a great network tool" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 November 27, 2018 Pros A great IDS tool on your network. It's decently user friendly if your used to code and analysis. Linux and Windows friendly. Cons Nothing really, Cisco hasn't changed much since it bought it Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User chief software developer Computer Software ### "Snort the best IDS " 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 September 17, 2018 I have been using this product for the last 1 year.And I like the way it is being integrated. I already recommended this product to my colleagues.Thank you for the team who are behind this product. Pros Snort is the best IDS I have used.It provides data protection and prevent intrusion very effectively.The main thing I felt is the easiness of this product.It is very easy to install and use.And also it is secure and cost effective.Customized rules make it easy to use. Cons Even if installation and basic set up is easy, things become difficult when we go depth. To include threats specific to our environment is little difficult. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. ME Matthew E. Engineer ### "A great IDS / IPS solution" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 0/10 June 6, 2018 Pros Snort is a staple in the security field. It is very aggressive in intrusion prevention and detection. This is a must have for compliance. Cons Since snort is open source and free, it isn't as clean as it could be. There are other solutions out there that look better. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. TM Tina M. Sales ### "Reliable IPS" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 0/10 January 29, 2018 Pros I'm a huge fan of Cisco and their solutions. Snort is another great add-on to monitor traffic analysis. I always suggest training or working alongside your Cisco partner to ensure you're getting the full benefit of your solution. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. [View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/170923/Snort/reviews/) Independent research methodology Capterra's researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. 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