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Carbon Black Managed Detection and Response vs IBM Security QRadar comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Carbon Black Managed Detect...
Ranking in Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
29th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Security QRadar
Ranking in Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
218
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (5th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (2nd), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (3rd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (12th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (5th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) category, the mindshare of Carbon Black Managed Detection and Response is 1.2%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Security QRadar is 1.4%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Security QRadar1.4%
Carbon Black Managed Detection and Response1.2%
Other97.4%
Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
 

Featured Reviews

JS
IT Security & Audit Compliance Analyst at Milwaukee City and County
It provides an overview of all our assets and their status.
We use Carbon Black for monitoring.  We haven't experienced any significant incidents, yet. So far, we've mostly been weeding out all the false positives.  Carbon Black provides an overview of all our assets and their status.  Carbon Black's support could be better.  I have used Carbon Black…
HarshBhardiya - PeerSpot reviewer
SOC Engineer at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
Have managed daily asset and alert monitoring effectively but have encountered limitations with manual processes and interface usability
It's still very manual and doesn't work on its own. It's still in an early stage and not on par where we can consider it a really successful detection system. The accuracy is not there. The UI could be better when compared to Sentinels where we can use flags and tagging. It could be much more user-friendly. IBM Security QRadar has all features and is fully competitive with other SIEM tools, but when it comes to user-friendliness, a new user takes time to get used to it. More intuitive, user-friendly interfaces and more helpful documentation would be beneficial. The query searching and data fetching could be faster. In large to very large organizations with around 5,000 or 6,000 assets or beyond, even with proper configurations and RAM and hardware backing up, the query is fairly slow.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The greatest value of MDR involves the tests, reporting and alerts, so that we may respond immediately."
"This is where Carbon Black has been phenomenal for us, it has detected many security concerns."
"Carbon Black provides an overview of all our assets and their status."
"I don't have to take care of this product; it's just working and that's it, and I don't have to think about anything."
"The installation process is quick and easy."
"The valuable features are threat hunting, threat intelligence feeds, and it culls all the activities of the endpoint. Additionally, the ML and AI engines are really good."
"It pretty much does the monitoring of our network, so just having the tool secures the environment itself."
"I think it's a very stable product that provides much more visibility than the other product."
"The scalability is good."
"QRadar has significantly improved our security, reduced threats considerably, and provides increased visibility along with actionable intelligence."
"It's a state-of-the-art product for security information and event management (SIEM)."
"This solution has allowed us to correlate logs from multiple sources."
"It is very stable. We have not faced interruptions in the past four and a half years."
"This console gives you the entire view, which makes life easier and allows you to take precautionary measures."
 

Cons

"In the future, it would be great if they could provide endpoint management and the ADR solution together in this package."
"As the solution has changed hands, I expect some changes in licensing and in support. It remains to be seen if that will be good or bad."
"Carbon Black's support could be better."
"It is a bit more expensive than some others, SIEM, but it is more efficient."
"However, when it comes to IBM, they consider each module as a separate license with a separate cost."
"QRadar needs to be improved on the storage side, particularly when the disc exceeded the maximum threshold."
"Sometimes, we have a problem with support. We are also using QVM (IBM Security QRadar Vulnerability Manager) and I think it is a little bit buggy for now."
"It is very expensive; very expensive."
"I'd like to see it being able to be integrated with more security products."
"The solution should enhance its capabilities of UEBA and AI/ML tech modeling."
"Sometimes it takes time to load queries, but other than that, it performs excellently."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of this solution is inexpensive compare with others. The company went out of its way to provide us with a favorable discount. However, there is room for improving the current licensing model and the price of some of the fees. The model is complex and could be streamlined."
"IBM Security QRadar is a very expensive tool."
"The solution comes with a high price tag, while some of the competitors provide identical functionality in their offerings at no extra cost."
"In terms of additional costs, it depends on the subscription that you choose. There are plenty of options to choose from."
"It's too expensive. The licensing is also a little bit difficult to understand because you have to license it per event and per number of flows."
"There is a license required for this solution and it is an annual payment. I have found all solutions in the category to be expensive, including Splunk."
"It would be great if this product were cheaper."
"When compared with other SIM solutions, QRadar is considerably less expensive."
"I think that the price is fair, but we can always say that the price could be cheaper."
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Comparison Review

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Manager, Enterprise Risk Consulting at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 28, 2015
Qradar vs. ArcSight
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
16%
Construction Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business92
Midsize Enterprise39
Large Enterprise107
 

Questions from the Community

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What are the biggest differences between Securonix UEBA, Exabeam, and IBM QRadar?
It mostly depends on your use-cases and environment. Exabeam and Securonix have a stronger UEBA feature set, friendlier GUI and are not licensed based on capacity (amount of logs and information in...
What SOC product do you recommend?
For tools I’d recommend: -SIEM- LogRhythm -SOAR- Palo Alto XSOAR Doing commercial w/o both (or at least an XDR) is asking to miss details that are critical, and ending up a statistic. Also, rememb...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Security QRadar?
I am overall satisfied with the licensing cost for IBM Security QRadar.
 

Also Known As

Carbon Black Cloud Managed Detection Deliver
IBM QRadar, QRadar SIEM, QRadar UBA, QRadar on Cloud, IBM QRadar Advisor with Watson
 

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Sample Customers

Coincheck, Mednax, Charles River, Chick-fil-A, Netflix, Domino's Pizza
Clients across multiple industries, such as energy, financial, retail, healthcare, government, communications, and education use QRadar.
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