ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM vs Microsoft Sentinel comparison

Odyssey Cybersecurity and Microsoft are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. Odyssey Cybersecurity is ranked #49 with an average rating of 7.0, while Microsoft is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.4. Odyssey Cybersecurity holds a 0.6% mindshare in SIEM, compared to Microsoft’s 5.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Odyssey Cybersecurity users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM and Microsoft Sentinel are both prominent products in the NG SIEM market. Microsoft Sentinel appears to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive features and superior integration with existing tools.

Features: ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM is valued for its advanced threat detection, real-time analytics, and competitive pricing. Microsoft Sentinel impresses with its integration capabilities, automation, and extensive security features.

Room for Improvement: ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM users desire better scalability options, more extensive integration capabilities, and additional user training. Microsoft Sentinel users note a need for enhanced user training, more straightforward configuration processes, and improved scalability features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM is praised for its straightforward setup and responsive customer service. Microsoft Sentinel offers a slightly more complex deployment but compensates with exceptional support resources.

Pricing and ROI: ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM offers an affordable initial setup with a strong return on investment for smaller organizations. Microsoft Sentinel demands a higher initial cost but offers extensive functionality and long-term benefits, delivering superior ROI due to its advanced features and reliable performance.

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Categories and Ranking

ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

49th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Microsoft Sentinel

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

104

Ranking in other categories

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (1st), Microsoft Security Suite (6th), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM is 0.6%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Sentinel is 5.0%, down from 7.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Microsoft Sentinel	5.0%
ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM	0.6%
Other	94.4%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

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Zuhair Hasan

Manager, Information Technology Security at Nesma

Has good integration capability and provides information and events but improvement is needed in information retrieval speed

The best features are the comprehensive event collection and analysis. Once set up properly, we receive all events and information. The team analyzes our data and presents incidents to us. We can communicate with their team to escalate and resolve incidents. It has a feature we use to search for information about our environment and past incidents. This is very valuable. The integration capability is very good - the ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM team is collaborative. We've integrated most of our systems, including EDR and NDR. They have agents to collect events from servers and assets.

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Kallamuddin Ansari

Cyber Security Consultant at ProTechmanize

Centralized monitoring has improved threat response but cost control still needs refinement

Based on real operations used in our corporate IT environment, the key features include log correlation and incident view. Microsoft Sentinel's biggest strength is how it correlates multiple related alerts into a single incident. This significantly reduces alert noise and helps the SOC focus on real threats instead of isolated events. Another valuable feature is KQL-based threat hunting with Kusto Query Language. The flexibility of this language allows us to build custom hunting queries based on our environment's behavior. This is extremely useful for detecting low and slow threats or hidden threats that default rules may miss. Cloud-native scalability and stability is another important feature. Being cloud-native, Microsoft Sentinel scales well for medium to large corporate environments without infrastructure management. Stability has been solid in day-to-day production. SOAR automation using playbooks is a feature we highly recommend. Microsoft Sentinel's SOAR functionality helps automate repetitive SOC tasks like alert enrichment and notification. This saves analyst time and improves response consistency.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The integration capability is very good - the ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM team is collaborative. We've integrated most of our systems, including EDR and NDR. They have agents to collect events from servers and assets."

"The correlation rules and the user platform are most valuable."

"The integration between them is good and straightforward, the documentation is excellent, and we do not have any problems."

"The most valuable features for us include threat collection, threat detection, response, and the knowledge base for investigation."

"The part that was very unexpected was Sentinel's ability to integrate with Azure Lighthouse, which, as a managed services solution provider, gives us the ability to also manage our customers' Sentinel environments or Sentinel workspaces. It is a big plus for us. With its integration with Lighthouse, we get the ability to monitor multiple workspaces from one portal. A lot of the Microsoft Sentinel workbooks already integrate with that capability, and we save countless amounts of money by simply being able to almost immediately realize multitenant capabilities. That alone is a big plus for us."

"Being able to dictate and train efficiently and in a streamlined way is probably the most value proposition we have for something in this category."

"Sentinel pricing is good"

"The log analysis is excellent; it can predict what can or will happen regarding use patterns and vulnerabilities."

"We have seen at least a 60% increase in efficiency with Microsoft Sentinel and the ability to reduce the MTTD down to under five minutes and MTTR down to under fifteen."

"We can use Sentinel's playbook to block threats. It covers all of the environment, giving us great visibility."

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Cons

"They can add behavior analytics and AI or machine learning technology. They also improve their correlation engine. In addition to collecting logs from devices, they can collect the traffic and then correlate these logs and the traffic information."

"The main issue for improvement is the platform's slowness in presenting information. Retrieving information can take a little time when clicking on something."

"The data connectors for third-party tools could be improved, as some aren't available in Sentinel. They need to be available in the data connector panel."

"Sometimes, we are observing large ingestion delays. We expect logs within 5 minutes, but it takes about 10 to 15 minutes."

"The three challenges we have are outside of the Microsoft ecosystem. In New Zealand, there are customers that run dual stack, running Microsoft but also competitor products, EDR software, cloud security software, and other tooling."

"I believe one of the challenges I encountered was the absence of live training sessions, even with the option to pay for them."

"Some of the data connectors are outdated, at least the ones that utilize Linux machines for log forwarding. I believe that Microsoft is already working on improving this."

"Our SIEM is only as good as the information we are ingesting. We are all human and we forget to ingest things."

"It would be nice to be able to leverage more AI to handle more data and recovery aspects in the future."

"We've seen delays in getting the logs from third-party solutions and sometimes Microsoft products as well. It would be helpful if Microsoft created a list of the delays. That would make things more transparent for customers."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"They have changed the pricing policy. Its price is competitive. Its price is less than half of the price of QRadar, LogRhythm, and Splunk."

"Regarding pricing, I'd say it's in the middle range. Pricing is very good compared to others."

"From a cost point of view, it is not a cheap product. It's, like, an enterprise-level application. So if you compare it with a low-level application, it's expensive, but if you compare it with the same-level application, it's pretty much cost-effective, I think."

"Microsoft Sentinel is expensive."

"Sentinel is fairly priced and pretty cost-effective."

"I don't know yet because they gave us a 30-day test window for free."

"In comparison to other security solutions, Microsoft Sentinel offers a reasonable price for the features included."

"Sentinel is expensive relative to other products of the class, so it often isn't affordable for small-scale businesses. However, considering the solution has more extensive capabilities than others, the price is not so high. Pricing is based on GBs of ingested daily data, either by a pay-as-you-go or subscription model."

"I am just paying for the log space with Azure Sentinel. It costs us about $2,000 a month. Most of the logs are free. We are only paying money for Azure Firewall logs because email logs or Azure AD logs are free to use for us."

"It is certainly the most expensive solution. The cost is very high. We need to do an assessment using the one-month trial so that we can study the cost side. Before implementing it, we must do a careful calculation."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	38
Midsize Enterprise	22
Large Enterprise	45

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM?

Regarding pricing, I'd say it's in the middle range. Pricing is very good compared to others.

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What needs improvement with ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM?

The main issue for improvement is the platform's slowness in presenting information. Retrieving information can take a little time when clicking on something.

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What is your primary use case for ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM?

I use the solution as a SIEM and managed SOC. It collects events and incidents from all our systems like, EDR, NDR, servers, and switches. The managed SOC team raises incidents for us to review and...

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Is there a common threat intelligence tool that aggregates multiple threat intelligence sources?

Yes, Azure Sentinel is a SIEM on the Cloud. Multiple data sources can be uploaded and analyzed with Azure Sentinel and its Threat Hunting functionality with AI available as templates or customized ...

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What is a better choice, Splunk or Azure Sentinel?

It would really depend on (1) which logs you need to ingest and (2) what are your use cases Splunk is easy for ingestion of anything, but the charge per GB/Day Indexed and it gets expensive as log ...

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Which is better - Azure Sentinel or AWS Security Hub?

We like that Azure Sentinel does not require as much maintenance as legacy SIEMs that are on-premises. Azure Sentinel is auto-scaling - you will not have to worry about performance impact, you will...

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Overview

ClearSkies™ Software-as-a-Service is a fast, robust, scalable and flexible Next Generation SIEM solution. It provides real-time correlation of log data combined with evidence-based knowledge of emerging threats and vulnerabilities, thus allowing the early detection of and response to targeted attacks and data breaches.

Odyssey Cybersecurity

Microsoft Sentinel is a scalable, cloud-native, security information event management (SIEM) and security orchestration automated response (SOAR) solution that lets you see and stop threats before they cause harm. Microsoft Sentinel delivers intelligent security analytics and threat intelligence across the enterprise, providing a single solution for alert detection, threat visibility, proactive hunting, and threat response. Eliminate security infrastructure setup and maintenance, and elastically scale to meet your security needs—while reducing IT costs. With Microsoft Sentinel, you can:

- Collect data at cloud scale—across all users, devices, applications, and infrastructure, both on-premises and in multiple clouds

- Detect previously uncovered threats and minimize false positives using analytics and unparalleled threat intelligence from Microsoft

- Investigate threats with AI and hunt suspicious activities at scale, tapping into decades of cybersecurity work at Microsoft

- Respond to incidents rapidly with built-in orchestration and automation of common tasks

To learn more about our solution, ask questions, and share feedback, join our Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity Community.

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Microsoft Sentinel is trusted by companies of all sizes including ABM, ASOS, Uniper, First West Credit Union, Avanade, and more.

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