Manager, Customer Success at Coltek Business Soltuions
Real User
Top 5
Aug 20, 2025
I don't have too many comments overall about pricing as we're in South Africa, so it makes more sense if it's billed in rand. They nearly always bill it in dollars, so if it can be billed in our currency, that would be helpful and fixed in our currency.
Technology Specialist at a government with 51-200 employees
Real User
Jul 26, 2023
Sentinel's slightly on the expensive side. You're paying quite a bit if you enable it for your whole network. And then, it stores lots of data in the logs. It's suitable for large organizations but not very small organizations. However, there are no additional costs apart from the licensing fees.
Compliancy, Security & Identity consultant at TMD informatisering BV
Consultant
Dec 14, 2021
You need a support contract with NetIQ for maintenance. You can download the updates for the underlying operating system, which is a secured and drilled-down version of SUSE Linux. For the product itself, you basically upgrade it every time there is a new version coming out, which is usually once or twice a year.
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I don't have too many comments overall about pricing as we're in South Africa, so it makes more sense if it's billed in rand. They nearly always bill it in dollars, so if it can be billed in our currency, that would be helpful and fixed in our currency.
Sentinel is moderately priced.
I would rate the costliness of Sentinel as a seven out of ten.
The solution’s pricing is aligned with its competitors.
Sentinel's slightly on the expensive side. You're paying quite a bit if you enable it for your whole network. And then, it stores lots of data in the logs. It's suitable for large organizations but not very small organizations. However, there are no additional costs apart from the licensing fees.
We receive a pricing discount because of our ongoing partnership with Micro Focus.
You need a support contract with NetIQ for maintenance. You can download the updates for the underlying operating system, which is a secured and drilled-down version of SUSE Linux. For the product itself, you basically upgrade it every time there is a new version coming out, which is usually once or twice a year.
We inquired about getting support from the vendor, Micro Focus, but the cost was very high.