🔥 Flat rate · Predictable billing
Flat Rate Log Management: No Per-GB, No Per-Agent
Save 70–90% vs Splunk / SolarWinds. One low license fee covers unlimited agents & unlimited data volume.
One low license fee of
$25,000
$0 Total Cost of Ownership
Unlimited Windows agents · Unlimited log volume — no surprise bills
✓ Zero training ✓ 13-month retention (NIST 800-92) ✓ Self-hosted or air-gap ready
💰 Hidden Costs of Other Log Tools
Most Other Log Management Tools don't prepare you for the costs after buying them. EventGuard has $0 TCO.
📊 Traditional SIEM (Splunk, etc.)
Per-GB ingestion fee
$4.00/GB
Daily log volume (GB)
100 GB/day
Number of agents/servers
100 agents
Per-agent annual fee
$150/agent/year
Monthly SaaS cost
$2,000/month
Hidden overages (est.)
$5,000/year
Deployment time (hours @ $80/hr)
160 hrs
Patching/maintenance (hours/week)
10 hrs/week
Training time per admin (hours)
80 hrs
Number of admins needing training
3 admins
Certification cost per admin
$3,500
Dedicated engineer salary (if needed)
$100,000/year
💰 Total Hidden Costs (First Year)$0
VS
$0
saved with EventGuard
($0 TCO)
($0 TCO)
🛡️ EventGuard
Per-GB ingestion fee✅ $0
Per-agent fees✅ $0 (unlimited)
Hidden overages✅ $0 (never)
Deployment time (@ $80/hr)✅ ~$80 (1 hour total)
Patching/maintenance✅ $0 (never)
Training time per admin✅ $0 (zero training)
Certification cost✅ $0 required
Dedicated engineer needed?✅ No — any Windows admin works
🛡️ EventGuard Additional Costs$0 (TCO)
* Traditional SIEM costs include: per-GB ingestion, per-agent fees, monthly SaaS fees, overages, deployment, weekly maintenance, training, certification, and dedicated engineer salary.
EventGuard eliminates ALL these hidden fees with flat rate pricing. No per-GB. No per-agent. No training. No certification. No dedicated engineer.
EventGuard eliminates ALL these hidden fees with flat rate pricing. No per-GB. No per-agent. No training. No certification. No dedicated engineer.
How EventGuard beats legacy SIEM pricing
| Hidden Cost | Traditional SIEM | EventGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Per-GB ingestion fees | $2–$5+ per GB | ✅ $0 |
| Per-agent fees | $100–$500 per agent/year | ✅ $0 (unlimited) |
| Hidden overages | Common surprise bills | ✅ Never |
| Training required | 40-80 hours + $3k–$8k per admin | ✅ Zero training, zero certs |
| Dedicated engineer | $80k–$150k/year | ✅ Any Windows admin |
| Deployment time | Days to weeks | ✅ Under 1 hour |
🗣️ What people are asking about SIEM pricing on Reddit & Quora
Real questions from IT teams struggling with log management costs — answered by EventGuard
📌 r/sysadmin · Reddit
“Why is Splunk so expensive? We're a 200-person company and they want $50k/year.”
✅ EventGuard answer: Splunk charges per-GB + per-host. EventGuard uses flat rate — one license covers unlimited agents and data. Save 80-90%.
❓ Quora · Cloud Costs
“Our per-GB logging bill doubled after we added more servers. How do you control log management costs?”
✅ EventGuard answer: With per-GB pricing, adding servers = higher bills. EventGuard decouples cost from volume with flat rate. Add 10 or 1000 servers — price stays the same.
📌 r/ITManagers · Reddit
“ELK Stack is 'free' but we ended up hiring a full-time Elastic engineer for $140k. Any cheaper alternative?”
✅ EventGuard answer: The hidden cost of "free" open source is expertise. EventGuard eliminates that — any Windows admin can manage it. Flat rate includes everything.
© EventGuard — Flat rate Windows log management. No per-GB. No per-agent. No hidden fees.