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ActivTrack vs IBM Security QRadar comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

ActivTrack
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Workforce Engagement Management (20th)
IBM Security QRadar
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
216
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (7th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (4th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (1st), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (17th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (4th), Managed Detection and Response (MDR) (8th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

ActivTrack and IBM Security QRadar aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. ActivTrack is designed for Workforce Engagement Management and holds a mindshare of 0.9%.
IBM Security QRadar, on the other hand, focuses on Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), holds 6.0% mindshare, down 9.1% since last year.
Workforce Engagement Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
ActivTrack0.9%
Genesys Cloud CX18.2%
NICE CXone12.7%
Other68.2%
Workforce Engagement Management
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
IBM Security QRadar6.0%
Wazuh8.3%
Splunk Enterprise Security8.0%
Other77.7%
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
 

Featured Reviews

OLUWATOBI ADETUNJI ADETORO - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure Technician at a non-profit with 1,001-5,000 employees
It makes employees more conscious of what they're do on the clock, helping us to deliver better services to our clients
ActivTrack has a range of features, including a detailed dashboard, alert monitoring, screenshots, and report generation. Overall, ActivTrak has worked as advertised, and we're happy. Our favorite feature is probably the alerts. ActivTrack warns employees when they break the rules, which helps us keep staff in check. The daily report is comprehensive and easy to read. It's an excellent feature to explore.
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

"ActivTrack has a range of features, including a detailed dashboard, alert monitoring, screenshots, and report generation. Overall, ActivTrak has worked as advertised, and we're happy. Our favorite feature is probably the alerts. ActivTrack warns employees when they break the rules, which helps us keep staff in check."
"It has a good integration with the artificial intelligence engine of Watson."
"We run 65 servers globally with just two people: an engineering person and me."
"Customer service is very good and very helpful."
"The best feature of IBM QRadar is visualization which shows you when there's a spike in the system, and this makes you realize that there's something wrong with the log."
"The threat hunting capabilities in general are great."
"The monitoring and dashboards are great."
"Regarding the tool's ability to maintain high-security standards, I rate it ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature currently is security behaviors and the pdf files."
 

Cons

"I prefer an on-prem deployment, but ActivTrak currently doesn't offer this. It would address privacy concerns that come up for end-users. I would also love it if monitoring could be expanded to company mobile phones. This will enable us to track and maintain productivity on devices like that."
"We have had problems with networking."
"Right now, if you look at the compatibility, if you need to deploy QRadar in a physical appliance you have only two choices of server, their own or a Lenovo server. In today's world, you cannot keep something tied to such a big brand. Clients want to be able to use whatever type of server they want."
"It would be good if the program allowed certain profiles to only see certain customer information."
"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."
"Technical support could be improved by a bit."
"The dashboard is pathetic and it takes a long time to perform a search."
"Their technical support is not good. We opened a lot of cases and from my experience, they are not complicated issues but it takes forever to get an answer."
"For the common needs of clients to fulfill requirements, a real integration with Blueworks Live (BPA modeling tool also from IBM) and a more suitable BPM on cloud solution for midsize customers."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"IBM QRadar is a little bit expensive compared to other products."
"It could be cheaper, but the value itself is far more important for us than the price. Typically, our clients have yearly subscriptions."
"The product is expensive. We have purchased the perpetual license, but we pay for the support."
"Pricing and licensing are competitive. Their new licensing options allow logs to bypass the correlation engine for a flat rate, which is also appealing for log data that is compliance-driven for a small amount of money."
"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 pricing is higher but cheaper than others and there are no additional costs."
"QRadar is quite expensive. It wouldn't be worth it for a small business..."
"The price of this solution is a little high."
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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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Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business89
Midsize Enterprise38
Large Enterprise105
 

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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?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is great compared to the other vendor.
 

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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Sample Customers

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