In cybersecurity, speed is everything. When something goes wrong, the ability to immediately search, analyze, and investigate historical logs can be the difference between rapid containment and widespread damage.
But many organizations are facing a hidden challenge: their log data isn’t truly available when it matters most.
Why? Because many traditional SIEM vendors use a cold storage archive model for long-term log retention. This creates serious visibility and cost issues—and Snare is here to solve them.
The Cold Truth Behind Cold Storage
Most leading SIEM platforms—such as Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, QRadar, and others—are designed for powerful real-time threat detection and correlation. However, as log volumes grow and regulatory requirements extend retention periods, these platforms often rely on cold storage or external archives to manage costs.
That’s where Snare comes in. Rather than replace your SIEM, Snare works alongside it—offloading logs into highly compressed, long-term storage while keeping them fully searchable, visible, and accessible at all times. This means you can still leverage the full capabilities of your SIEM without incurring costly ingestion or rehydration fees when accessing historical logs.
Whether you’re using Sentinel’s hired storage model or a Splunk archive tier, integrating with Snare gives you:
- A cost-effective, high-performance retention layer
- Seamless log delivery into and out of your SIEM
- The ability to meet compliance and investigative needs without disruption
Together, your SIEM and Snare form a complete solution—real-time analytics powered by your SIEM, and long-term, always-on visibility and storage powered by Snare.
Snare’s Approach: Always-On Visibility, Always-On Value
At Snare, we believe you shouldn’t have to choose between affordability and access. That’s why we’ve built a different model—one designed for complete log visibility at all times, without any hidden rehydration costs.
With Snare, you get:
Always-visible logs
Even when logs are archived and compressed, they remain fully accessible for search, audit, and analysis—no reloading required.
Zero ingestion or retention charges
There’s no penalty for accessing archived logs. No surprise storage fees. No vendor lock-in.
Compressed storage—without compromise
Snare can reduce storage footprint by up to 90% using efficient compression, helping you scale long-term retention without blowing out your budget.
Seamless compatibility
Snare works alongside your existing SIEM, providing affordable long-term storage and direct delivery to platforms like Sentinel, QRadar, Splunk, Taegis, and many more—without locking you into costly native pricing models.
Competitive Snapshot: Snare vs Traditional SIEMs
- Feature/Capability
- Archived Log Search
- Rehydration/Ingestion Fees
- Storage Cost Predictability
- Long-term Retention Flexibility
- SIEM Lock-In
- Traditional SIEMs
- ✕ Not visible; must reload
- ✕ Yes, charged per GB
- ✕ Prone to overages
- ✕ Limited by cost
- ✕ Often proprietary storage
- Snare
- ✓ Fully searchable at all times
- ✓ None
- ✓ Transparent, flat cost
- ✓ Store years of logs affordably
- ✓ Open, vendor-neutral
Why It Matters: Visibility = Security
When a breach happens, the ability to immediately access historical logs is essential for identifying the root cause, closing security gaps, and demonstrating compliance. If your SIEM vendor’s cold storage approach delays or restricts that access, your response time suffers—and so does your risk posture.
With Snare, your logs are:
- Retained longer
- Accessible faster
- Stored cheaper
- Searchable always
You gain full situational awareness, without compromising performance or blowing your budget.
