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Cortex XSIAM vs Exabeam comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.7
Organizations using Cortex XSIAM saw significant ROI and improved incident management through automation, though results vary short-term.
Sentiment score
7.4
Exabeam Fusion SIEM offers financial institutions cost savings, enhanced security, and strong ROI, though specific pricing is unknown.
Exabeam offers more machine learning models that detect anomalies.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.1
Customer service differs for Cortex XSIAM: Premium support is favored; other tiers vary in efficiency and responsiveness.
Sentiment score
6.3
Exabeam's customer service garners mixed reviews, with varied responses on responsiveness, efficiency, and support quality across regions.
Premium support provides direct access, while distributor support quality can vary.
It is ineffective in terms of responding to basic queries and addressing future requirements.
The Palo Alto support team is fully responsive and helpful.
Even with TAM support from Exabeam, many issues go unresolved.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.8
Cortex XSIAM is praised for scalability and flexibility, though some desire improved on-premises options and integration capabilities.
Sentiment score
7.2
Exabeam scales well for enterprise use, despite some latency issues and slowdowns with increased filtering criteria.
Without proper integration, scaling up with more servers is meaningless.
Cortex XSIAM is highly scalable.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Cortex XSIAM is highly stable, despite occasional issues, praised for reliability, installation ease, and performance across environments.
Sentiment score
7.2
Exabeam is stable with high ratings, though some users face processing delays and downtime affecting SOC monitoring.
The product was easy to install and set up and worked right.
Overall, Cortex XSIAM is stable.
These problems were not frequent, and the last six to eight months have been stable.
 

Room For Improvement

Cortex XSIAM needs better integration, user interface, and performance, with improvements in vulnerability detection, support, and licensing options.
Exabeam needs better flexibility, integration, clearer documentation, enhanced dashboards, faster support, improved UI, and reduced false positives.
Obtaining validation for integrations from Palo Alto takes around eight months, which is quite long.
Cortex XSIAM needs improvements in terms of data onboarding, parsers, and third-party integration supports.
Improvements could be made to the dashboard and GUI, making it easier to deploy.
I have explored the SaaS version; it offers many new features.
Exabeam needs to improve its documentation and provide more customization for dashboards and case management.
 

Setup Cost

Cortex XSIAM's competitive pricing faces mixed reviews, with additional costs for add-ons and integration despite perceived value.
Exabeam offers reasonable pricing with flexible models, though not the cheapest, it's competitively priced compared to some competitors.
The first impression is that XSIAM would be more expensive than others we tried.
The product is very expensive.
Cortex XSIAM is pretty expensive, and the licensing process is not very comfortable.
 

Valuable Features

Cortex XSIAM offers advanced SOAR capabilities, enhancing security with machine learning, automation, and efficient threat detection without extensive logs.
Exabeam excels with advanced analytics, intuitive interface, seamless integration, automation, and machine learning for enhanced security and ease of use.
One of the valued aspects of the product is its use of artificial intelligence to detect security vulnerabilities.
Its signature-less subscriptions and robust detection power stand out in improving threat detection.
Cortex XSIAM allows us to onboard almost every device, whether they are on-prem or on SaaS.
Exabeam's AI capabilities, like the natural language mode, convert natural language into Exabeam queries, enhancing ease of use.
The product offers useful features like the dashboard, timeline, and session views, which enhance our security tools.
 

Categories and Ranking

Cortex XSIAM
Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
15th
Ranking in AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms
7th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) (5th)
Exabeam
Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
21st
Ranking in AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms
11th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (2nd), Security Incident Response (6th), Threat Intelligence Platforms (13th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of Cortex XSIAM is 2.9%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Exabeam is 1.5%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
 

Featured Reviews

AKASH MAJUMDER - PeerSpot reviewer
Incident response times have significantly reduced with efficient device integration and log parsing capabilities
Cortex XSIAM needs improvements in terms of data onboarding, parsers, and third-party integration supports. Additionally, a future update request is to enable tagging of endpoints in groups, similar to a feature available in Cortex XDR. The AI analytics need fine-tuning because some use cases are not working from my side.
Stephen-Armstrong - PeerSpot reviewer
The SIEM provides a user-friendly UI experience
When events come into the system, the dashboard categorizes them by the highest risk score, not when they appear on the system. When you've got multiple ongoing incidents you can only see the highest risk score at the top of the list rather than the most recent detection. Exabeam's reporting dashboard could have included a filtering option to filter by the most recent detection.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cortex XSIAM?
It is an effective solution in terms of performance and functionalities.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cortex XSIAM?
The licensing cost of Cortex XSIAM is more or less the same as Splunk, making it quite expensive compared to other tools. There are additional expenses for more functionalities.
What needs improvement with Cortex XSIAM?
Cortex XSIAM needs improvements in terms of data onboarding, parsers, and third-party integration supports. Additionally, a future update request is to enable tagging of endpoints in groups, simila...
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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Exabeam Fusion SIEM?
I do not have much information about the pricing. However, I am aware that Exabeam is cheaper than Palo Alto based on discussions in meetings.
What needs improvement with Exabeam Fusion SIEM?
We use the on-prem Exabeam product and face limitations using the web UI and administration of custom models and rules. I have explored the SaaS version; it offers many new features. We are conside...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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Hulu, ADP, Safeway, BBCN Bank
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