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Devo pros and cons

Vendor: Devo
4.2 out of 5

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PROS

Devo effectively handles large data volumes, storing it in its original format with the ability to normalize data post-storage, improving both storage and retrieval efficiencies.
Devo significantly reduces onboarding time by 50% and saves hours in investigations, offering strong real-time analytics and log-retention capabilities.
Devo's alerting system is highly efficient, and it provides a scalable, cloud-native architecture that supports consolidated yet separate data management for global organizations.
Devo's ability to ingest virtually any log source simplifies log integrations, boosting efficiency and ensuring seamless operations across various data sources.
Devo enhances visibility and investigation capabilities with 400 days of hot, searchable data, vastly improving threat hunting and response times.

CONS

Users have reported costly return on investment with Devo due to the need for support and overtime for initial issues.
The security operations module requires enhancement particularly in broader alerting and content integration capabilities.
Devo's technical support has room for improvement in terms of service management and response times.
Users highlighted issues with data ingestion, parsing, and maintaining functionality stability.
Devo is considered expensive compared to competitors like DataDog or Elasticsearch.
 

Devo Pros review quotes

Usama Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead Soc at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jul 17, 2026
The features I find most valuable in Devo are that it works on unstructured data.
Leland Austin - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant and Technical Lead at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Oct 15, 2026
Devo has the best features for us because we store close to two terabytes a day of data, and it has come in handy for that as I don't find the system to really lag.
FR
Strategic Account Executive at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Oct 22, 2025
The drill-down reports capabilities allow analysts to click on any element in a widget. When they see a spike in a line chart for a failed login, which could be a true or false attempt, they can click that spike, and a table widget on the same active board instantly populates with raw logs of data for those specific failed logins.
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G Srivastava - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cloud Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Jun 24, 2026
Devo has positively impacted our organization because we have been using only one tool for our centralized logging systems.
Vikram Chakravarthy - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Engineer Ii (Vulnerability & Threat Management) at FICO
May 25, 2026
Devo has improved our visibility, log management efficiency, and investigation capabilities positively.
AZ
Principal Consultant at Syntx Sdn Bhd
Aug 18, 2026
When comparing Devo with Splunk and Carbon Black, I think Devo is the leader.
JB
Security Engineer at Kforce
Oct 7, 2022
The most useful feature for us, because of some of the issues we had previously, was the simplicity of log integrations. It's much easier with this platform to integrate log sources that might not have standard logging and things like that.
Michael Wenn - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO / Co-Founder at Aiops ltd
Aug 2, 2024
It centralizes security management within a business, functioning as a core system for a SOC.
reviewer1991436 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Risk Manager at a recreational facilities/services company with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 14, 2022
The alerting is much better than I anticipated. We don't get as many alerts as I thought we would, but that nobody's fault, it's just the way it is.
KG
Director of World Wide Security Services at Open Text
Dec 7, 2021
Devo helps us to unlock the full power of our data because they have more than 450 parsers, which means that we can ingest pretty much any type of log data.
 

Devo Cons review quotes

Usama Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead Soc at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jul 17, 2026
Both response time and support quality need attention.
Leland Austin - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant and Technical Lead at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Oct 15, 2026
In terms of return on investment with Devo, I'd say it has been costly due to the need for support and the overtime required for issues experienced at the beginning of the project.
FR
Strategic Account Executive at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Oct 22, 2025
The tools in Devo's active ports need enhancement in their investigative capabilities.
Learn what your peers think about Devo. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: October 2026.
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G Srivastava - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cloud Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Jun 24, 2026
The cost is a little higher compared to other tools such as DataDog or Elasticsearch, so they could work on reducing costs.
Vikram Chakravarthy - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Engineer Ii (Vulnerability & Threat Management) at FICO
May 25, 2026
One improvement area for Devo could be simplifying some configuration and improving the onboarding for new analysts because it is quite complex for fresher or new analysts who are handling Devo.
AZ
Principal Consultant at Syntx Sdn Bhd
Aug 18, 2026
The customer service is average. Technical support from Devo is helpful, but they can improve on the support model.
JB
Security Engineer at Kforce
Oct 7, 2022
Some of the documentation could be improved a little bit. A lot of times it doesn't go as deep into some of the critical issues you might run into. They've been really good to shore us up with support, but some of the documentation could be a little bit better.
Michael Wenn - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO / Co-Founder at Aiops ltd
Aug 2, 2024
They can improve their AI capabilities
reviewer1991436 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Risk Manager at a recreational facilities/services company with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 14, 2022
There are some issues from an availability and functionality standpoint, meaning the tool is somewhat slow. There were some slow response periods over the past six to nine months, though it has yet to impact us terribly as we are a relatively small shop. We've noticed it, however, so Devo could improve the responsiveness.
KG
Director of World Wide Security Services at Open Text
Dec 7, 2021
We only use the core functionality and one of the reasons for this is that their security operation center needs improvement.