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Corner Bowl Server Manager

Corner Bowl Server Manager

What is Corner Bowl Server Manager?

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.

Who Uses Corner Bowl Server Manager?

Our customer base consists of IT Professionals that want to monitor and respond to network, server, application and user activity. Customers include managed IT service providers, defense and banking.

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Reviews of Corner Bowl Server Manager

Average score

Overall
4.8
Ease of Use
4.4
Customer Service
4.9
Features
4.7
Value for Money
4.9

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001

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5
81%
4
18%
3
1%
Steve
Steve
IT Director in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Real Estate, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Corner Bowl Server Manager

5.0 10 months ago

Comments: 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.

Corner Bowl Software Response

9 months ago

Thanks for the great review and your patience when you find bugs.

John
IT Director in UK
Marketing & Advertising, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Excellent Product with first class support

4.0 7 months ago

Comments: 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.

Corner Bowl Software Response

7 months ago

Thanks for the review John. We have video tutorials to help in most areas where there might be some confusion. Please check them out.

Bob
Chief Data and Privacy Officer in US
Accounting, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Excellent Product

5.0 2 weeks ago New

Comments: 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.

Corner Bowl Software Response

2 weeks ago

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.

Randy
Network Architect in US
Government Administration, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Fair product that needs refinement

3.0 3 years ago

Comments: 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.

Corner Bowl Software Response

3 years ago

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.

Giorgos
Senior Platform Software Engineer in Cyprus
Financial Services, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

A great value-for-money all-in-one solution

5.0 3 months ago

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.

Corner Bowl Software Response

2 months ago

Thanks for the great review!

Karim
Senior Infrastructure Manager in UK
Marketing & Advertising, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Great SIEM / Monitoring / Log collection / Alerting solution

5.0 11 months ago

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.

Corner Bowl Software Response

11 months ago

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.

Ansan
Sr.Network Specialist in Bahrain
Banking, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

CornerBowl is very simple and friendly tool for SIEM and FIM solution.Highly recommended

5.0 11 months ago

Comments: 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.

Corner Bowl Software Response

11 months ago

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.

Barry
Network Admin in US
Wholesale, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Corner Bowl Server Manager for the win

5.0 2 months ago

Comments: 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.

Corner Bowl Software Response

2 weeks ago

Barry, thanks for the great review!

Mehul
Network Administrtor in US
Construction, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

CornerBowl Software

5.0 8 months ago

Pros:

Easy to use, reliable and great support,

Cons:

Nothing bad about this product. Grat support so can't complain.

Corner Bowl Software Response

8 months ago

Mehul, thanks for the great review.

Preston
Systems Administrator in US
Insurance, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Review of CornerBowl

5.0 4 months ago

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.

Corner Bowl Software Response

4 months ago

Preston, thanks for the great review. We are working on some new compliance setup wizards which we plan on releasing by January 2025.

Brendan
IT Director in US
Financial Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Corner Bowl Server Manager

5.0 yesterday New

Comments: 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.

Corner Bowl Software Response

7 hours ago

Brendan, thanks for the great review. We are actively working on adding some compliance wizards to better help new users meet their compliance requirements.

Jeremy
Network Systems Administrator in US
Banking, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great product and great support

5.0 8 months ago

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.

Corner Bowl Software Response

8 months ago

Jeremy, Thanks for your great review.

Nathan
IT Manager in US
Farming, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Best Value in Monitoring & Log Managment

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: 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.

Corner Bowl Software Response

2 years ago

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.

Ricky
IT Specialist in Canada
Marketing & Advertising, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

My Review

4.0 last year

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.

Corner Bowl Software Response

11 months ago

Ricky, thank you for the review.

Steve
IT Operations Manager in US
Retail, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Server Manager Great Value

5.0 2 years ago

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.

Corner Bowl Software Response

2 years ago

Thank you for the great review!

Marshall
Information Systems Security Manager in US
Defense & Space, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Corner Bowl Server Manager

5.0 last year

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

Corner Bowl Software Response

last year

Marshall, Thanks for the review. If you install our latest build, new hosts are now configured to automatically stay connected. Thanks for the option request.

David
Vice President of Information Technology in US
Banking, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Lots of functionality for the price!

5.0 last year

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.

Corner Bowl Software Response

last year

Thanks for the great review. Look out for new tutorials to help with all the logging options.

Syed
Senior Infrastructure Engineer in US
Information Technology & Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

A great product to manage business needs

5.0 2 years ago

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.

Corner Bowl Software Response

2 years ago

Syed, thanks for the great review. Sorry you have experienced some update issues. We have updated our release process to address the issues you have experienced in the past. Please let us know if there are any new features you would like to see added.

Charles
Criminal Justice Systems Specialist in US
Government Administration, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Easy and affordable excellent reporting and retention.

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: 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.

Corner Bowl Software Response

2 years ago

Thanks for the great review. Please let us know if there are any new features you would like to see added.

sam
ceo in US
Consumer Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Good value for the money

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: positive

Pros:

Was easy to implement and cost was attractive

Cons:

There were really no serious negatives with thew software

Corner Bowl Software Response

2 years ago

Thanks for the great review, Sam!

Lorenzo
ICT Specialist in Italy
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Corner Bowl Review

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: 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.

Corner Bowl Software Response

2 years ago

I'd like to better understand the querying issues you are having to we can better address the issue. Please reach out to us.

jd
CIO in US
Financial Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Corner Bowl Server Manager

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: 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!

Corner Bowl Software Response

2 years ago

Thanks for the great review!

Knut Kristan
Systemarchitekt Collaboration Solution Center in Germany
Publishing, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

A *perfect* but not only real-time eventlog monitoring tool

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: 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!)

Corner Bowl Software Response

2 years ago

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.

Joseph
Joseph
Security Analyst II in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Textiles, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Easy Windows Device Log monitoring solution

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: So far, good, one issue so far, but this was solved within a day with support. And so far, what data I needed to gather, I have been able to gather with minimal difficulty.

Pros:

The software is easy to set up and manage. It is template based, so once you have a good template set up, group your devices, and then mass deploy templates to all the devices. Updating works the same; change something on the template, and it's replicated to all devices. The software makes it easy to centralize logs. Not just Windows logs but text logs, Syslog, etc as well. You can then create custom columns based on regex's to create custom columns to finally create that alert you are looking for or the right report to hand out.

Cons:

There is a learning curve. Documentation is good, support is good, and the beginning templates were really helpful, but there is a learning curve, and there definitely needs to be an investment of time if you are looking for unique data. But if you are looking for basic data ( disk space, CPU utilization, security log consolidation), that is available out of the box. Lots of buttons, with customizability, you need lots of buttons, but still, lots of buttons to push.

Corner Bowl Software Response

2 years ago

Thanks for the great review!

Paul
Consultant in US
Defense & Space, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Simple software with a good amount of features, great price and gets the job done

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: I have been using this for the past 8-10 years (I don't remember when I first started using it) and it has been a lifesaver for me and my customers. No budget, no infrastructure, no technical experience then no problem. I didn't even read instructions when I started using it, just clicking around and looking at what the product does with the built in templates got me going.

Pros:

The product is as close to plug and play as you can get for a log management software. Some built-in filters get you started and making your own is pretty simple. This software is made for small businesses and small environments. I use it for collecting logs from a few systems and applications then spit out a report for me weekly. It assist me with meeting compliance requirements without the big cost and infrastructure to make it happen. I like how it can help with other features, such as processor utilization, disk drive space and setting up a near-real-time monitor for functions (account lockout, services stopped)

Cons:

If you are looking for something comparable to Splunk or Alienvault OSSIM, this is not it. This software will help you grab logs, parse through it (based on what you want it to look for) and generate a simple report for you. If you need to parse through large amounts of data (6-12 months) and correlate them with each other, it will be a little more work for you and it will take a bit more time.

Corner Bowl Software Response

5 years ago

Thank you very much for the reiview!