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 #50 with an average rating of 7.0, while Microsoft is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.5. Odyssey Cybersecurity holds a 0.2% mindshare in SIEM, compared to Microsoft’s 6.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Odyssey Cybersecurity users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% 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)

50th

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)

3rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Sentinel is 6.2%, down from 8.0% 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	6.2%
ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM	0.2%
Other	93.6%

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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Ivan Angelov

Project Executive at synergyc

Threat detection and response capabilities enhance investigation processes

My security team has been using Microsoft Sentinel for around two years. We also have Bastion and SolarWinds as part of our monitoring tools. We use a three-way tool, alongside Microsoft Sentinel, in our environment The most valuable features for us include threat collection, threat detection,…

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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 initial setup is very simple and straightforward."

"I believe one of the main advantages is Microsoft Sentinel's seamless integration with other Microsoft products."

"The scalability is great. You can put unlimited logs in, as long as you can pay for it. There are commitment tiers, up to six terabytes per day, which is nowhere close to what any one of our customers is running."

"The product can integrate with any device."

"Microsoft Sentinel's ability to correlate data from multiple sources has improved our capability significantly."

"The SOAR playbooks are Sentinel's most valuable feature. It gives you a unified toolset for detecting, investigating, and responding to incidents. That's what clearly differentiates Sentinels from its competitors. It's cloud-native, offering end-to-end coverage with more than 120 connectors. All types of data logs can be poured into the system so analysis can happen. That end-to-end visibility gives it the advantage."

"Sentinel uses Azure Logic Apps for automation, which is really powerful. This allows us to easily automate responses to incidents."

"Sentinel is a SIEM and SOAR tool, so its automation is the best feature; we can reduce human interaction, freeing up our human resources."

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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."

"At the network level, there is a limitation in integrating some of the switches or routers with Microsoft Sentinel. Currently, SPAN traffic monitoring is not available in Microsoft Sentinel. I have heard that it is available in Defender for Identity, which is a different product. It would be good if LAN traffic monitoring or SPAN traffic monitoring is available in Microsoft Sentinel. It would add a lot of value. It is available in some of the competitor products in the market."

"The playbook development environment is not as rich as it should be. There are multiple occasions when we face problems while creating the playbook."

"Azure Sentinel will be directly competing with tools such as Splunk or Qradar. These are very established kinds of a product that have been around for the last seven, eight years or more."

"If I see an alert and I want to drill down and get more details about the alert, it's not just one click. In other SIEM tools, you just have to click the IP address of the entity and they give you the complete picture. In Sentinel, you have to write queries or use saved queries to get details."

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

"I think the number one area of improvement for Sentinel would be the cost."

"We do see continuous improvement all the time, however, I haven't got a specific feature that is lacking or not well designed."

"It would be good to have some connectors for third-party SIEM solutions. Many customers are struggling with the integration of Azure Sentinel with their on-premise SIEM. Microsoft is changing the log structure many times a year, which can corrupt a custom integration. It would be good to have some connectors developed by Microsoft or supply vendors, but they are not providing such functionality or tools."

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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."

"I am not involved on the financial side, but from an enterprise-wide use perspective, I think the price is good enough."

"Microsoft Sentinel can be costly, particularly for data management."

"The are two native advantages for customers that use M365 Security and Sentinel. The first advantage is that the log or security-event ingestion into Sentinel is free. Cost-wise, they're saving a lot and that is a major advantage."

"There are no additional costs other than the initial costs of Sentinel."

"Microsoft Sentinel requires an E5 license."

"For us, it is not expensive at this time, but if we start to collect all logs from our on-premise SIEM solutions, it will cost more than QRadar. If we calculate its cost over the next five or ten years, it will cost more than what we paid for QRadar."

"Pricing is pay-as-you-go with Sentinel, which is good because it all depends on the number of users and the number of devices to which you connect."

"I have worked with a lot of SIEMs. We are using Sentinel three to four times more than other SIEMs that we have used. Azure Sentinel's only limitation is its price point. Sentinel costs a lot if your ingestion goes up to a certain point."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	37
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	41

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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