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IBM Managed Security Services vs LevelBlue vs Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR / MDR comparison

 

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Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP) category, the mindshare of IBM Managed Security Services is 2.5%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of LevelBlue is 2.0%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR / MDR is 6.1%, down from 6.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR / MDR6.1%
IBM Managed Security Services2.5%
LevelBlue2.0%
Other89.4%
Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP)
 

Featured Reviews

SL
Helps improve cybersecurity with comprehensive reporting and analytics
While IBM Managed Security Services have proven to be highly effective, one area that could be improved is the user interface and overall user experience. Although the software's functionality is robust, a more intuitive and user-friendly interface would enhance the efficiency of security operations and reduce the learning curve for new users. Additionally, in the next release, it would be beneficial to include more automated response capabilities. Integration with AI-driven automation and orchestration tools could help streamline incident response processes further, allowing for faster and more precise remediation actions. Moreover, incorporating enhanced threat intelligence feeds and machine learning algorithms to bolster the system's ability to detect emerging threats would be a valuable addition. These improvements would further solidify the software's position as a top-tier managed security service, providing organizations with even greater protection against ever-evolving cyber threats.
JA
Incident reporting, logging, and reports alarms and alerts
The product has already improved in the sense that they are continuously making the effort to make the product better. We are now starting to work with a new version over this past month. The product improvement is there and new features are coming out. Then they have just announced something to do with the EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response). In four months, feature-wise, a lot has been going on. They have concentrated their effort and their focus now is on USM Anywhere, which is the cloud-based system. But we already know that in our case, some of these clients will not want to send their information to the cloud. This is why we are focusing on USM on-premise and the appliance model. Otherwise, it would have been much easier for us to go into the USM Anywhere cloud-based product in terms of deployment and maintenance. So in all, I would say the core improvements are going on. What I have seen in the product itself right now, is adequate to meet the present requirements. But of course, the requirements will keep on changing.
MohammadJundiah - PeerSpot reviewer
Good for risk mitigation and offers good support
The integration would look better with other products, with other EDRs, with other firewalls, with other older versions of firewalls, and the versions of software and hardware. Then, basically, it's compatibility. For example, having an old infrastructure and deploying SecureWorks can sometimes be a hassle. So, that's an area of improvement.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Collaborating with IBM's experts has fine-tuned our security processes and incident response capabilities."
"The product is powerful and rapidly developing into an all-in-one solution."
"There are some patent pending detectors within the platform that provides a lot of value."
"It provides more visibility and more control over endpoints. It reduces the noise. It clears things and only shows things that are really important. It only shows those things that need to be looked at or need to be investigated further. Other similar solutions give you a lot of alerts and other things, but Secureworks gives you a defined or less noisy view so that you can work or focus on things that are important in terms of investigation, response, and remediation."
"The solution definitely made us way more aware of the possibilities out there."
"The most valuable feature is the fast alerting and response time."
"We don't have a full SOC, so it's helpful to have them sifting through our alerts and only bringing actionable items to us."
"The initial setup was very straight forward."
"The most valuable features are IDS and IPS."
"We can easily isolate affected machines in the network."
 

Cons

"While IBM Managed Security Services have proven to be highly effective, one area that could be improved is the user interface and overall user experience."
"The depth of the technical documentation needs to be improved."
"The integration would look better with other products, with other EDRs, with other firewalls, with other older versions of firewalls, and the versions of software and hardware."
"The deployment could definitely be improved."
"Dell Secureworks is for higher-end customers and it's not quite as straightforward to implement or to get up and running as some of the other solutions."
"It would be nice if the solution were a little more affordable."
"We did a PoC of their next-gen antivirus product, but it wasn't ready yet. It was underdeveloped and caused a lot of issues. We'd like to move away from Carbon Black, but they said that it's probably still not to a point where we'd be happy with it. Carbon Black and RedCloak seem to work fine for us."
"In terms of ROI, I'd be surprised if there is any investment return on the SIM."
"Tamper-proofing or tamper protection is still pending in Secureworks. Tamper protection will make it more secure. If I'm an admin of a device, I can uninstall an agent without the knowledge of the security or Secureworks admin. If someone gets hold of one endpoint with admin credentials, he can remove anything, and an organization will lose visibility. They need to work on providing more visibility across endpoints. A couple of times it has happened that the cloak agent is there, but it did not get activated, or there were some issues. The machine was restarted, but the cloak agent didn't run. In such cases, you have to troubleshoot. It is a big issue if a cyber attack is happening, and your machine is rebooted, but the events are not captured."
"This solution could be improved with a higher degree of automation such as automated emails, triggers and defining the severity of the cases."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The Red Cloak agent is free."
"The pricing for this solution is reasonable. One agent costs approximately 270 dirhams/70 USD for one year. There is a reduction in cost per licence as the number of licences used increases."
"The price is kind of on par. The licensing was comparable to other solutions. It's not particularly high or low."
"The pricing of Dell Secureworks is very reasonable."
"Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR is very expensive and could be more cost-effective."
"Initially, the cost was going to be something around $160 or $170. And eventually, I think they brought it down to $110 and they also threw in some endpoint protection platforms."
"It is expensive but there is no better product than this."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
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Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
7%
 

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Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise4
 

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What do you like most about Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR?
The most valuable feature is the support. The support chat. It's always connecting to people. And you open the chat, ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR?
It is worth the money. It is expensive but there is no better product than this.
What needs improvement with Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR?
I would not say there is a potential area of improvement. I am also waiting to see what Sophos will bring in terms of...
 

Also Known As

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AT&T Managed Security Services
Secureworks Red Cloak Managed Detection and Response, Dell Secureworks, SecureWorks Taegis Managed TDR
 

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Sample Customers

Carnegie Mellon University, Bridgevine, immixGroup, Apptimate AB, WeCloud AB, DSB Consulting, Zumidian, Australian Government Department of Defence, Factor-y S.r.l., Logicalis US, Refresco Gerber
Childrens Health System of Texas
RICOH, Owens and Minor
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