# Corner Bowl Server Manager Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Corner Bowl Server Manager the right Server Monitoring solution for you? Explore 67 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/204338/Corner-Bowl-Server-Manager/reviews --- Corner Bowl Server Manager 4.8 (67) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/204338/Corner-Bowl-Server-Manager/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Corner Bowl Server Manager Ease of use 4.4 Customer Service 4.9 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews GS Giorgos S Senior Platform Software EngineerFinancial Services, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “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.“ November 29, 2024 LZ Lorenzo Z ICT SpecialistMechanical or Industrial Engineering, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “I didn't like really much the querying system, sometimes it isn't easy to use.“ June 26, 2023 BJ Bob J Chief Data and Privacy OfficerAccounting, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “The FAQ information is well laid out, has relevant documentation and videos.“ January 28, 2025 LZ Lorenzo Z ICT SpecialistMechanical or Industrial Engineering, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “especially security problems“ June 26, 2023 PH Preston H Systems AdministratorInsurance, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Easy to install, has regular updates for any issues that need to be fixed. “ October 11, 2024 MG Mario G OwnerInformation Technology and Services, Self-employedUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Sometimes there are bugs or things that don't work as expected.“ July 28, 2022 NR Nathan R IT ManagerFarming, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “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.“ June 1, 2023 TB Todd B I.T. ManagerRetail, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “I think the weakest link is me going to fast. “ July 6, 2022 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 67 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Asaf N. CIO Financial Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Reliable & Efficient" November 23, 2021 5.0 Excellent High Tier software. Does exactly what we need and more. Allows reliable log and SIEM monitoring for security and compliance with custom options including retention. Feature requests are taken into consideration most of the time. Support is outstanding. Pros Installation and setup was very fast. It's very reliable and runs smoothly on the server. Support team is super responsive, attentive and extremely professional. The first setup is easy with excellent guidance from the team over the phone and/or remote support. UI is very easy to navigate after a short period of time. Cons Missing custom range filtering by date for logs. Alternatives considered [ManageEngine ADAudit Plus](https://www.capterra.com/p/210774/ADAudit-Plus/) Reason for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager The previous product we tried was too heavy on our system and consumed high cpu and memory. Switched from [ManageEngine ADAudit Plus](https://www.capterra.com/p/210774/ADAudit-Plus/) The previous product we tried was too heavy on our system and consumed high cpu and memory. Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software November 29, 2021 Thanks so much for the great review. To view data in a custom range create a report then when configuring the report specify the custom date range to include in the report from the Date Range tab. BT Brendan T. IT Director Financial Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Corner Bowl Server Manager" February 12, 2025 5.0 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. Switched from [Wazoku](https://www.capterra.com/p/124902/Idea-Spotlight/) I did not switch from Wazoku, I switched from Wazuh, but it's not in the list of options. Wazuh Server is great, but it is really really unstable. I spent so much time debugging dashboard availability errors, it was just not worth it. Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software February 13, 2025 Brendan, thanks for the great review. We are actively working on adding some compliance wizards to better help new users meet their compliance requirements. RO Randy O. Network Architect Government Administration Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Fair product that needs refinement" January 18, 2022 3.0 It seems to provide some alerting, but setup is difficult. Pros General log monitoring. Product pricing was good. Cons The interface is not intuitive. Searching is difficult. Support is non-existent. Reason for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager Pricing with the expectation of minimal log management. Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software January 19, 2022 I am so sorry to hear you say support is non-existent. I just checked our support email history for the last two years and I do not have a single request from anyone at your organization for support. For others reading, the number on complement we receive is our excellent support. We offer email and phone support M-F 8-6 Mountain Time. We do not outsource our support. If you are using the latest version, searching has been greatly enhanced. If you are unable to search the logs please contact us and we can do a remote session to help resolve any issues you might have. GS Giorgos S. Senior Platform Software Engineer Financial Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A great value-for-money all-in-one solution" November 29, 2024 5.0 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. Alternatives considered [Elastic Stack](https://www.capterra.com/p/149304/Elasticsearch/) Reason for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager Not just a specific solution like Elastic but offer many more features, it is simple to use and has a very low cost comparing to the other solutions Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software December 8, 2024 Thanks for the great review! JH John H. IT Director Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Excellent Product with first class support" July 11, 2024 4.0 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. Alternatives considered [Splunk Enterprise](https://www.capterra.com/p/94317/Splunk/) Reason for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager Price point, ease of setup and I like to avoid extending out our perimeter into the Cloud particularly on systems where it isnt necessary such as on premise monitoring. Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software July 23, 2024 Thanks for the review John. We have video tutorials to help in most areas where there might be some confusion. Please check them out. NR Nathan R. IT Manager Farming Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Best Value in Monitoring & Log Managment" June 1, 2023 5.0 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. Alternatives considered [Netwrix Auditor](https://www.capterra.com/p/164872/Netwrix-Auditor/) Reason for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager Cost, ease of use, flexibility, support Switched from [ManageEngine ADAudit Plus](https://www.capterra.com/p/210774/ADAudit-Plus/) A 30% cost increase for annual renewal had me looking for alternative solutions. I recalled Corner Bowl from one of my previous employers. The cost is a fraction of the competition, and it can do so much more. Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software June 14, 2023 Thanks for the detailed review, Nathan. As always, please let us know if there is any functionality you would like to see added to the software. KR Karim R. Senior Infrastructure Manager Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great SIEM / Monitoring / Log collection / Alerting solution" March 5, 2024 5.0 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. Alternatives considered [Splunk Enterprise](https://www.capterra.com/p/94317/Splunk/) Reason for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager Cornerbowl met our company requirements and was financially attractive in comparison to other solutions Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software March 6, 2024 Karmin, thanks for the great review. We just discovered the issue with Sqlite throwing database lock issues and have released a fix! Sqlite cannot process multiple transactions from different threads. KKW Knut Kristan W. Systemarchitekt Collaboration Solution Center Publishing Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A \*perfect\* but not only real-time eventlog monitoring tool" December 22, 2022 5.0 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!) Reason for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager The \*only\* product which provides real-time monitoring (offloaded intelligence to the distributed agents) of about 150 different event IDs and their correlation in a landscape fo about > 50 million events a day and event log sizes of 100 GB native Windows events logs growth per DAY. Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software December 23, 2022 Knut, first, thank you for the great review. We are happy the software is monitoring your on-premise servers and Azure environment as required. Yes, you are correct there are many ways to accomplish the same task. This can be overwhelming and confusing at times. With powerful software comes complex implementation. We will be working diligently in 2023 to include more tutorials so users can better understand the best method to implement their monitoring and audit compliance requirements. AA Ansan A. Sr.Network Specialist Banking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "CornerBowl is very simple and friendly tool for SIEM and FIM solution.Highly recommended" March 4, 2024 5.0 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. Alternatives considered [Splunk Enterprise](https://www.capterra.com/p/94317/Splunk/) Reason for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager CornerBowl is very simple and friendly tool for SIEM and FIM solution Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software March 6, 2024 Ansan, thanks for the great review. If you have any idea's how to make some of the tabs less confusing, please let us know and we can look into making some usability changes. BJ Bob J. Chief Data and Privacy Officer Accounting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent Product " January 28, 2025 5.0 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. Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software January 29, 2025 Bob, thanks for the great review. We will take a look at linking the accounts to see what we can do. Thanks for the great idea. TH Timothy H. IT Director Legal Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great product for keeping the green lights on." January 17, 2022 5.0 I have used this software for years at several different organizations. It is great and allows me to be very efficient. Pros I really like the consolidated reports that show me network logon problems, disk space and consolidated event logs. They allow me to get out in front on problems before they become disasters. Cons Little bit of a learning curve getting reports tweaked, but overall, great software. Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software January 18, 2022 Thank you very much for the great review! TC Tiziano C. Network Manager Chemicals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Corner Bowl Server Manager , to have !" July 28, 2020 5.0 The main purpose of this product was initially to collect and store all the events of our servers in one place. Over time we have also implemented various features such as dedicated alerts for some people interested in the activities of a particular server, as well as all the fundamental security checks in a vast and distributed network Pros Server Manager is really simple to use. In a short time I managed to deploy and start monitoring the first servers. I use the software every day and the alerts help me keep track, especially via email, of all the events that are critical on my network such as activities on AD, new machines on the network, RDP sessions etc Cons The product receives continuous updates and implementations from the parent company, the latest releases have greatly lightened the software itself to the benefit of the whole process. It is possible to really customize it thoroughly and I have not yet found something that I cannot monitor with this product. Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software July 29, 2020 Thanks for the great review! RB Ricky B. IT Specialist Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "My Review " February 1, 2024 4.0 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. Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software March 6, 2024 Ricky, thank you for the review. DP David P. Lead Infrastructure Engineer Publishing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "CorenerBowl 2022 Review" January 18, 2022 5.0 Pros Ease of use - the speed of operation - and the responsiveness of the developer. Cons Nothing really bad to say. It's a bit confusing with templates and hosts/host groups - but once you get it down, it's pretty easy to make any sort of monitor that you might need Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software January 19, 2022 Wow that's a great review! Thanks so much. BG Brian G. Exec Director of IT Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great product!" July 30, 2020 5.0 Corner Bowl Server Manager has allowed us to maintain a constant pulse on our fairly large network and server environment to always know if there is an issue that needs to be addressed or looked into. Pros I love the endless customization's that are possible with Corner Bowl Server Manager. Essentially, if there is a will, there is a way with this product! Cons At first, some of the flexibility and customization's seem a little daunting, but the tech-support and help getting past some of the initial fear, was more than worth it for having so much ability to monitor my environment. Reason for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager The flexibility and great value. Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software July 31, 2020 Brian, Thank you very much for the excellent review! JY John Y. IT Manager Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best Log Aggregation software for the cost" July 27, 2020 5.0 Nice little gem of a tool to use for companies that don't want to spend more on logging software than the actual applications and systems that need to be monitored. Pros Can perform AD security auditing and alerting. Windows Update alerting. Syslog alerting Cons Can not increase syslog queue. Some log configurations are more difficult than it should be. Clean up of old items is needed. Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software September 18, 2020 Thank you for the review! We have made several changes to the syslog server and are now seeing more than 200% better throughput. You can now also increase the queue size although with the new updates we are seeing we can actually decrease the maximum queue size and get the same results. JL Jon L. Team Lead Industrial Automation Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Quick and Effective" July 30, 2020 4.0 Pros Ease of setup and configuration is smooth. User interface is simple to navigate and adjust settings as needed. Cons Software struggles when more than 200 end devices are added. Despite adding additional CPU/memory the software will lag when making configuration changes and sometimes enter a state of "not responding" Reason for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager Satisfy the need at the right price point. Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software August 2, 2020 Jon, thank you for your review. The new Event Log Manager product attempts to address the lag often seen in large implementations of Server Manager. BG Bassem G. IT Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Corner bowl review" October 13, 2022 5.0 Pros It contains a lot of features and templates of logs , Also it Simple, Light, and Easy to use Cons I didn;t face any issue yet ,It works fine with me Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software October 14, 2022 Thanks for the great review Bassem! AS Allen S. CTO Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Allen's Review of Corner Bowl" July 27, 2020 5.0 We have used Corner Bowl for the past decade and find it to be world class. Pros Ability to customize the output and notifications Cons The licensing can be complicated and when it expires we seem to always have down time. Reason for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager n/a Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software July 28, 2020 Thank you for the review! Sorry the licensing has been troublesome for you. We recently resolved several licensing issues which hopefully will resolve any future issues. TB Tony B. Associate Director Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Like having an extra IT person on staff" October 14, 2020 5.0 Feature packed, personalized and prompt customer support, value pricing, all adds up to a great product. Pros We probably only use a fraction of the functionality, but that speaks to the large feature set. It's a product composed of many feature groups. Each time we have new monitoring requirement for Windows servers, we've found a solution via Cornerbowl. We initially used it to monitor services, moved into event log monitoring, syslog files, website uptime monitoring, and now also use it for IISlogs and text log files. Cons For some functionality, there is a learning curve, but since the developer is readily available for assistance, we've been able to configure the desired functionality, or the developer has made changes to the product to accommodate our needs. Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software October 29, 2020 Tony, thanks so much for the great review! MP Manning P. Electronics Security Engineer Telecommunications Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great software with excellent customer support" April 14, 2022 5.0 \[SENSITIVE CONTENT\] from CornerBowl is awesome! He is extremely attentive and does everything in his power to help his users get the software set up the way they need it. Pros The ability to actively capture logs from multiple servers into one location makes backing up logs much simpler Cons There is some lag in loading the logs when you select a machine. Sometimes it makes it seem like its not working. Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software April 19, 2022 Thanks for the great review. To reduce lag from older machines try installing the Management Console on your desktop then remotely connect to the server. Typically this resolves any lag you might experience when the .Net WPF console loads on a virtual server. LZ Lorenzo Z. ICT Specialist Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Corner Bowl Review" June 26, 2023 4.0 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. Reason for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager The best rate by pricing and easy of use. Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software July 11, 2023 I'd like to better understand the querying issues you are having to we can better address the issue. Please reach out to us. SB Shane B. System Security Officer Government Administration Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Easy to use" September 2, 2020 5.0 Pros The reports of the audits are very straight to the point. The software unlike SPLUNK is extremely easy to setup and manage, which cuts time down while running audits. Cons Nothing so far. We love the software, if there were cons we would not have considered the software. Reason for choosing Corner Bowl Server Manager streamlined for usage. Switched from [Splunk Enterprise](https://www.capterra.com/p/94317/Splunk/) Splunk is hard to navigate and maintain. Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software September 18, 2020 Shane, thank you for the great review! BB Barry B. Network Admin Wholesale Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Corner Bowl Server Manager for the win" December 2, 2024 5.0 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. Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software January 29, 2025 Barry, thanks for the great review! PH Preston H. Systems Administrator Insurance Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Review of CornerBowl" October 11, 2024 5.0 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. Review Source Response from Corner Bowl Software October 27, 2024 Preston, thanks for the great review. 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