IBM Security QRadar vs One Identity Safeguard comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM Security QRadar
Ranking in User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
198
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (6th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (4th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (20th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (4th), Managed Detection and Response (MDR) (10th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (11th)
One Identity Safeguard
Ranking in User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
Privileged Access Management (PAM) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) category, the mindshare of IBM Security QRadar is 13.5%, down from 15.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of One Identity Safeguard is 1.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
Unique Categories:
Log Management
9.5%
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
16.3%
Privileged Access Management (PAM)
6.8%
 

Featured Reviews

James Riffenburg - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 18, 2022
The solution uses AI to analyze different logged events, and network activity and create a correlation
I give the solution an eight out of ten. The solution is fairly easy to maintain and the learning curve is reasonable compared to other products to customize the workflow dashboards and get meaningful insight as far as what is happening within our organization. The solution is also fairly straightforward to integrate with different data log sources. The solution requires three to five people to maintain including one analyst, an engineer, and an architect. I suggest before using the solution you know what your process is, know what your logging sources are, and plan well because It's really a leadership challenge. The solution is better deployed than other models.
AA
Oct 24, 2023
Is unstable, slow, and not user-friendly
We use One Identity Safeguard to manage our privileged accounts. We use One Identity Safeguard on both physical and virtual appliances One Identity Safeguard uses a secure remote access feature that does not use a VPN. This is important because it is cheaper and more secure than implementing a…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is quite flexible."
"The threat hunting capabilities in general are great."
"Most of our clients are interested in automation. The automation part is good because they are able to detect threats and vulnerabilities in real time. It's very fast."
"QRadar has somewhat of a new structure recently from last gen. They have moved from the standard UI based infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with the GRD, for banking."
"Customer service is very good and very helpful."
"The solution is flexible and easy to use."
"I have used IBM QRadar User Behavior Analytics in a Cloud Pak on Amazon, and there it runs on top of it and is easy to assess. Additionally, I have installed processes and characters."
"All sessions are audited and they are indexed/searchable through the GUI."
"The transparent mode for privileged sessions is a very good solution."
"The solution transparently integrates into the infrastructure and users do not notice it. I would give this feature the highest rating."
"Safeguard has the ability to record and retrieve in the full-video format."
"It's a good solution for managing identities under OneFile for authorization."
"I like the discovery functionality and the change password feature through the check-in. I also like the bulk import with the help of templates that come with it out of the box. With the help of these few features, my tasks are made easier."
"The first feature I like about One Identity Safeguard is the live contact point for the VPNs. This has been working very well for us, as it's both highly available and reliable."
"The system is easy to manage, as it is not a system that you will change everything all of a sudden. It evolves most of the time with customer requests."
 

Cons

"It would be better if it were more stable and more secure. The price for maintenance could be better. It's too high. In the next release, I think they should focus on the price and the operation."
"The API integration for AD is a problem when it comes to vulnerability management. If you want to incorporate multiple factor authentication it becomes a problem with the AD. It doesn't integrate well. That needs to be improved."
"Some of the cloud apps need improvement."
"I would like to see the update process simplified."
"They need to improve their threat intelligence feed and they need to improve their user behavior analytics modules."
"Do your research before implementing it, because it is tough to implement."
"There is a lot of manual configuration required in order for the product to run smoothly, and I think that it could be made more automatic."
"We would like to see better instrumentation for debugging changes in the log flow."
"Our experience with technical support has been disappointing. We require more prompt and faster response times. We require answers to our questions right away but we haven't received that level of support."
"We sometimes face issues with configuration and things like that, but we manage to solve them."
"The high availability function of the box requires a long time to switch over from one appliance to another."
"We would like to be able to generate certificate signing requests (CSRs) from the interface for certificates."
"I would like to see an adjustment with more enterprise architecture. You can buy multiple appliances but you can not fully separate different functions, so scaling might be a bit more complicated."
"The multilanguage functionality does not support the Arabic language, even though this solution is deployed in an Arabic region."
"There is a lack of documentation and many problems with the plugins."
"From a usability perspective, what we are finding out is that our privileged domain admin users, in particular, want functionality for extending a checkout session. So we are working with One Identity support to see if there's an enhancement that can be made to the product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are different types of subscriptions available. We were on an annual subscription, but our customers typically choose the two years subscription option."
"The price of this solution is reasonable."
"It is cheaper than ArcSight."
"They can give us some scalability and flexibility on pricing. If its pricing can be reduced, it would help a lot of customers in bringing in a new SIEM environment and grow business in the market. If I start a license today and take around 10,000 EPS, and after a month, there is an increase in the number of clients on my platform, I can increase the number of licenses. I can add 5,000 EPS on a yearly basis."
"An X-Force feed is free with QRadar."
"Customers have to purchase a license based on the number of users, devices, and applications they want to protect. It allows you to take a license on a subscription basis for three years or five years."
"It's not expensive for the resources that it gives you."
"QRadar UBA's price is a little more than street price and could be reduced."
"It is a bit on the pricey side, but you get what you pay for. You don't want to get anything too cheap because then you get cheap stuff and cheap support. That really never helps anybody."
"Safeguard is cheaper than CyberArk."
"The pricing is about $80,000 per 100 servers. There are few elective costs."
"The pricing depends on our perspective, our budget, and, of course, the competitors we are taking into account."
"One Identity Safeguard is expensive and the cost goes up as we scale."
"They offer a fair price for a robust solution."
"Our licensing costs are on a yearly basis."
"The full license is expensive but if you plan to use it in a big organization then it is the best option because it is more flexible."
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Qradar vs. ArcSight
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
19%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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 do you like most about IBM QRadar?
The event collector, flow collector, PCAP and SOAR are valuable.
What do you like most about One Identity Safeguard?
The identity discovery is good, and the performance is pretty good value.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for One Identity Safeguard?
They have comparable pricing. All identity products are essentially priced in a similar way. It's a per-user base. Usually, they start at one price, and when you start pricing the competition, you ...
What needs improvement with One Identity Safeguard?
We sometimes face issues with configuration and things like that, but we manage to solve them. In general, it is a pretty good solution for the PSM features. There can be an improvement in terms of...
 

Also Known As

IBM QRadar, QRadar SIEM, QRadar UBA, QRadar on Cloud, QRadar, IBM QRadar User Behavior Analytics, IBM QRadar Advisor with Watson
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Clients across multiple industries, such as energy, financial, retail, healthcare, government, communications, and education use QRadar.
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