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IBM Cloud Pak for Security vs IBM Security QRadar comparison

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Cloud Pak for Security
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Cloud and Data Center Security (24th)
IBM Security QRadar
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) (2nd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (12th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (4th), Managed Detection and Response (MDR) (11th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

IBM Cloud Pak for Security and IBM Security QRadar aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. IBM Cloud Pak for Security is designed for Cloud and Data Center Security and holds a mindshare of 0.7%, up 0.2% compared to last year.
IBM Security QRadar, on the other hand, focuses on Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), holds 5.6% mindshare, down 6.9% since last year.
Cloud and Data Center Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Cloud Pak for Security0.7%
Illumio Segmentation13.4%
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation11.4%
Other74.5%
Cloud and Data Center Security
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Security QRadar5.6%
Splunk Enterprise Security8.2%
Wazuh3.8%
Other82.4%
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1907040 - PeerSpot reviewer
IBM Security Product Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Great user-friendly interface; provides many functionalities and many free applications
The interface is good and very user-friendly, it's easy for our customers to use. Cloud Pak provides a lot of functionalities and many free applications available from the online shop which can be deployed to your system. It allows for an increase in functionalities even if you've bought the smallest installation.
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 interface is good and very user-friendly."
"Cloud Pak provides a lot of functionalities and many free applications available from the online shop which can be deployed to your system, allowing for an increase in functionalities even if you've bought the smallest installation."
"The QNI feature is the one I am very interested in, and I have also been interested in Watson, and from the log analysis and the security perspective, we are able to dive deep into any of the logs and anomalies."
"Improves visibility and has a great new dashboard."
"Technical support is good; my personal experience was fantastic, they are always good and we have never had any problems."
"I have found its network traffic log, network bit log, and QBI most valuable."
"The visibility it gives you into your infrastructure has been great."
"I would rate IBM Security QRadar nine out of ten."
"The query search and log fetching are really helpful in IBM Security QRadar when compared to other tools."
"What we like about QRadar and the models that IBM has, is it can go from a small-to-medium enterprise to a larger organization, and it gives you the same value."
 

Cons

"Lacks sufficient technical support."
"The customer support is generally quite good but sometimes there are problems with the vendor, tickets get lost, and the response time can be slow."
"The interface is very old. IBM should remake it into a more modern interface."
"For us, it's kind of wonky because we always try to be bleeding edge and always try to do updates."
"There could be better integration with the solution."
"There could be improvements made to the UI, the user interface. Though the newer version, 7.3.2, might already have this improvement in place."
"It is very expensive; very expensive."
"It is not a reporting tool. It is the worst possible tool to ever expect any reporting."
"Technical support is good. It's not great, it's good."
"The solution is clunky."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product is expensive. We have purchased the perpetual license, but we pay for the support."
"There are additional costs, such as the cost associated with the different hardware required for implementation and deployment. Along with the add-on apps, these are all additional costs, and they require licensing as well."
"The solution has a licensing model that is based on events per second so it scales to need and budget."
"Pricing is good."
"IBM QRadar User Behavior Analytics is an application framework and you can install many applications without any additional costs."
"The price could be better. I bought a subscription for three years."
"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."
"The licensing is also overly complex, as there is a need to buy the work load performance monitoring separately."
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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

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Outsourcing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business93
Midsize Enterprise39
Large Enterprise107
 

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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

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IBM QRadar, QRadar SIEM, QRadar UBA, QRadar on Cloud, IBM QRadar Advisor with Watson
 

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