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Adlumin Security Operations vs IBM Security QRadar comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Net...
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Ranking in Extended Detection and Response (XDR)
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
112
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (4th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (6th), Ransomware Protection (2nd), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (1st)
Adlumin Security Operations
Ranking in Extended Detection and Response (XDR)
42nd
Average Rating
0.0
Reviews Sentiment
3.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (52nd), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (26th), Managed Detection and Response (MDR) (22nd), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (25th)
IBM Security QRadar
Ranking in Extended Detection and Response (XDR)
10th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
218
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (6th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (2nd), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (3rd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (10th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (5th), Managed Detection and Response (MDR) (7th)
 

Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk
Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration
Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.
NickShmakov - PeerSpot reviewer
Md at Res-Q
Strong security reporting has supported our consulting work and drives better integration choices
I rated Adlumin Security Operations probably the same as Huntress at eight. They are better at reporting and better integrations. The integrations in terms of the number of integrations you can run from them or connect to are not as many as available with Huntress, but they have easier implementation. Overall, I would say it is the same. I do not want to see any additional features in the next release of Adlumin Security Operations, but I would change the pricing a little bit for around SIEM integrations and SIEM data collection. That is probably the maximum I would do. I do not really have much to say because that is literally five percent of our deployments versus ninety-five percent being Huntress. My overall rating for this review is eight.
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

"Being a cloud solution it is very flexible in serving internal and external connections and a broad range of devices."
"I have found the solution to be very easy in respect of the integration and configurable."
"Cortex is the best solution for avoiding security breaches, malware attacks, and other kinds of security issues."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to rapidly detect certain hardware files."
"The integrations are out-of-the-box, as are the playbooks."
"The most valuable features of this product are the management capabilities, which allow an IT organization to get quite a good picture of attempted cyber attacks, and its out-of-the-box investigation capabilities."
"The protection offered by this product is good, as is the endpoint reporting."
"From a single pane of glass, you can easily manage all of your endpoints."
"We normally focus on Huntress."
"Improved our organization's TCO."
"This product helps us to find security incidents before they become a problem to the business."
"The visibility it gives you into your infrastructure has been great."
"One of the most valuable features of IBM Security QRadar is the ease of extracting information from raw logs/events, whether the log source sending the events is supported by IBM or not (for example, a custom in-house application) and use this information in creating searches, correlation rules, reports, and dashboards."
"The dashboard is easy to use and easy to understand what's going on and what the alerts mean."
"The most important and valuable feature of QRadar is how useful it is for preparing use cases."
"Paradigm shift, security intelligence 2.0 Contextual-based incident management Threat-based incident management A single management console to handle all the data Ease of use Existing integration capabilities Out-of-the-box reports Parser development"
"The most valuable feature is the machine learning module."
 

Cons

"Cortex XDR is trickier to configure than other Palo Alto products. This is one area where we are not so satisfied."
"There's room for improvement with Mac device installations, which can be challenging."
"The setup is quite easy. We had appropriate support from the manager. One thing that was missing was the integration part."
"I don't like that they have different types of licenses. For example, if users select a license, they think they will have all the platforms they need to improve their network or security. But after some time, Palo Alto Networks changed their licensing, and some of the features that, for example, were free at the beginning now have a cost. I think the integration can be improved. For example, a lot of tools are just integrated through APIs."
"If Palo Alto reduces the pricing slightly for their products, it would make them more scalable in markets such as India and globally for cybersecurity."
"It is not easy to sell Cortex XDR, not because it isn't a good tool. Its marketing needs to be improved."
"The GUI could be improved."
"Whenever the tool releases a new version when deploying the product across the organization, I feel like there are some disturbances in the CPU usage after upgrading the tool to the latest version."
"Adlumin Security Operations's functionality is probably slightly better, but implementation and integration with Office 365 was not as straightforward."
"IBM Security QRadar has many issues nowadays, particularly with WinCollect integrations and Windows-based WinCollect agent integrations. I was exhausted handling errors in WinCollect."
"I would suggest QRadar release any documentation or give an online demo, like videos on YouTube. It would increase publicity and public appeal."
"IBM is going through some problems with its resources currently making its support response time slow."
"Certain updates—especially when using Azure—don't apply directly. Our engineering team must invest additional effort to implement these updates. However, the tool's cloud-based version poses no issues. However, upgrading the product can sometimes be challenging for on-premises instances."
"The solution can be improved by lowering the cost and bettering their technical support."
"They should provide more integration with more devices."
"The solution is difficult to understand in the beginning and has complex management configurations that can be improved."
"It would probably be better to get more access to the APIs."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We didn't have to pay any additional fee for the cloud instance. It just came with the renewal, which was nice."
"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is an expensive solution."
"Our customers have expressed that the price is high."
"It is "expensive" and flexible."
"The solution is expensive. It's pricing is on a yearly-basis."
"The pricing seems fair, and I do like the licensing model. You use wherever they are, and it is elastic."
"It is cost-effective compared to similar solutions. It fits for the small businesses through to the big businesses."
"I feel it is fairly priced."
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"I feel that the price is reasonable but compared to other products that are on the market, such as an offering by Microsoft, it is more expensive."
"It is costlier as compared to the other alternatives available in the market."
"The maintenance costs are high."
"I would like for them to lower the price."
"Pricing (based on EPS) will be more accurate."
"In terms of additional costs, it depends on the subscription that you choose. There are plenty of options to choose from."
"I think my company pays for the license yearly."
"It is expensive. It is not a product that I can provide for SMBs. It is a program that I can only provide for really large enterprises."
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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

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Retailer
7%
Outsourcing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business46
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise52
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business92
Midsize Enterprise39
Large Enterprise107
 

Questions from the Community

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How is Cortex XDR compared with Microsoft Defender?
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a cloud-delivered endpoint security solution. The tool reduces the attack surface,...
What needs improvement with Adlumin Security Operations?
I see room for improvement. I would want to improve reporting.
What is your primary use case for Adlumin Security Operations?
I have hands-on experience with Huntress as a consultant and a reseller. I deal with some competitors as well, but I ...
What advice do you have for others considering Adlumin Security Operations?
I rated Adlumin Security Operations probably the same as Huntress at eight. They are better at reporting and better i...
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, friendli...
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 a...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Security QRadar?
Pricing and the license of EPS were managed by the governance team. I was not responsible for managing those. I was s...
 

Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps
Adlumin Cybersecurity Platform
IBM QRadar, QRadar SIEM, QRadar UBA, QRadar on Cloud, IBM QRadar Advisor with Watson
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank
Courthouse News Service, Maschoff Brennan, Sky Lakes Medical Center, Tooele County School District, Southern Oregon ESD, CNB Bank & Trust, Ogden City, Southeast Financial Credit Union (SEFCU), Utah State Bar, Financial Plus Credit Union, Kelly Community, United Southern Bank of Kentucky (USBKY)
Clients across multiple industries, such as energy, financial, retail, healthcare, government, communications, and education use QRadar.
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