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Cortex XSIAM vs CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM comparison

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
4.3
Cortex XSIAM achieved savings over $500,000 by automating over half of detection and response, optimizing incident management.
Sentiment score
6.6
CrowdStrike Falcon's impact varied, showing clear ROI for some but unclear results for others, enhancing team cohesion and response speed.
The impact of this consolidation has resulted in greater team cohesion, greater team efficacy, and greater speed of response.
Security Operations at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
I have definitely seen a return on my investment with this solution.
IAM Senior Software Engineer at MGM Resorts International
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.1
Cortex XSIAM technical support experiences vary, with premium support praised for expertise, while distributor-based support quality fluctuates.
Sentiment score
8.3
CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM support is praised for rapid, skilled, empathetic service and effective issue resolution.
With premium support, core Palo Alto technical experts handle issues directly.
Team Lead, Security at seamlessinfotech.com
It is ineffective in terms of responding to basic queries and addressing future requirements.
Associate Director at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
I had a dedicated person allocated for supporting, and even with them, it was very good.
Cybersecurity Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
What makes the customer service great is that support is both technically sound and empathetic in their understanding of different situations.
Security Operations at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
We have never had an issue, and if we ask, somebody answers quickly, either our account rep or if we submit a ticket, they are very quick about getting back to us.
System Administrator at W. O. Grubb Steel Erection, Inc.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.6
Cortex XSIAM excels in scalability and cloud deployment, though integration affects performance and some prefer more on-premises functionality.
Sentiment score
8.2
CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM is highly scalable, user-friendly, and prepared for future growth beyond current organizational needs.
Without proper integration, scaling up with more servers is meaningless.
Associate Director at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
The SOC team is responsible for fully managing Cortex XSIAM.
Cybersecurity Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Cortex XSIAM is highly scalable.
SOC Analyst at OVELOSEC
CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM scales effectively with the growing needs of my organization.
Security Operations at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
I would say that CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM scales with the growing needs of my organization.
Avp Cyber Pen Test Master
CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM scales with the growing needs of my organization.
System Administrator at W. O. Grubb Steel Erection, Inc.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Cortex XSIAM is cloud-based, reliable, with minimal maintenance, and occasional update issues are quickly resolved, enhancing performance.
Sentiment score
8.2
CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM is reliable, with seamless integration, solid performance, minimal downtime, and excellent user ratings.
The product was easy to install and set up and worked right.
Owner at Xelere
With continuous integration that the colleagues probably are doing, it is becoming better and better.
Cybersecurity Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Overall, Cortex XSIAM is stable.
SOC Analyst at OVELOSEC
I have experienced very minimal downtime, crashes, or performance issues with CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM.
Security Operations at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
I would describe the stability and reliability of CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM as really good, as it is stable and reliable, triggering everything and figuring out everything, so it saves a lot of time.
Avp Cyber Pen Test Master
I assess the stability and reliability of CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM as 10 out of 10.
System Administrator at W. O. Grubb Steel Erection, Inc.
 

Room For Improvement

Cortex XSIAM needs better integration, usability, pricing, data management, and support for enhanced performance and flexibility.
CrowdStrike Falcon SIEM needs better dashboards, automation, storage, licensing flexibility, and more cat-themed threat actor integrations.
Obtaining validation for integrations from Palo Alto takes around eight months, which is quite long.
Associate Director at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Cortex XSIAM needs improvements in terms of data onboarding, parsers, and third-party integration supports.
SOC Analyst at OVELOSEC
Cortex XSIAM is on the expensive side and requires substantial improvement in pricing.
Solutions Architect at ostec
I would suggest including data normalization, specifically a way to easily normalize data from different sources, as currently you can do it, but it is a little bit more labor-intensive.
System Administrator at W. O. Grubb Steel Erection, Inc.
If we can get alerts based upon the CPU utilizations and the metrics over there, probably that would make this one tool used for everything.
IAM Senior Software Engineer at MGM Resorts International
I believe CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM can be improved by continuing on the path it is on.
Security Operations at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Cortex XSIAM is expensive with variable pricing, complexity in licensing, and additional costs for functionalities and resources.
The first impression is that XSIAM would be more expensive than others we tried.
Owner at Xelere
The product is very expensive.
Associate Director at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Cortex XSIAM is pretty expensive, and the licensing process is not very comfortable.
Director at MICROLOGIC NETWORKS PRIVATE LIMITED
 

Valuable Features

Cortex XSIAM enhances incident response with automation, integration, and machine learning, providing comprehensive network security and threat identification.
CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM enhances speed, integrates data sources, scales efficiently, and improves detection accuracy, reducing workload.
The advanced visualization capabilities of the product are important for understanding security trends in an organization.
Solutions Architect at ostec
To have Cortex XSIAM available is to basically have integration of all log sources, all alerting, and so on and so forth from firewalls and different tools, to get everything in one place, and afterwards to be able to build on the information that is coming.
Cybersecurity Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
One of the valued aspects of the product is its use of artificial intelligence to detect security vulnerabilities.
Owner at Xelere
CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM has had a significant impact on alert volume, false positives, and analyst workload by using lookup tables to improve detection context.
Security Operations at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM has changed the speed at which my team searches, investigates, and responds to security events, with things going from days to minutes or hours.
System Administrator at W. O. Grubb Steel Erection, Inc.
CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM has changed the speed at which my team searches, investigates, and responds to security events significantly, as it triggers really fast, allowing us to capture the logs and determine the problem or the alerts.
Avp Cyber Pen Test Master
 

Categories and Ranking

Cortex XSIAM
Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
14th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) (6th), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (8th)
CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen...
Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
95th
Average Rating
9.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2541030 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Unified security monitoring has simplified incident response and improved automated threat handling
The firewall side can make some improvements. I know the firewall on Cortex XSIAM is based on Windows. From what I have experienced so far, I have seen that the policies you can create are actually very in-depth. I mean, you can do most of the things and a lot of integration that you actually want. So if I want to choose to send things to WildFire, for example, I can choose to send it, I can choose to not send it. This basically offers flexibility to implement Cortex XSIAM in more standardized places where you maybe have a certification. I would say that the thing that maybe needs a bit more improvement is the fact that the one with the firewall because I have seen some things there that are kind of hard to manage. You do not really have a very easy way to manage those, unless you actually know where you have put them. So it is very inflexible. In the rest, you have a lot of playbooks that you can do and you can do lots of automation, which is actually easy to manage from what I have seen from my colleagues.
KS
IAM Senior Software Engineer at MGM Resorts International
Centralized log onboarding has transformed root-cause analysis and streamlined alert-driven triage
I do not use automations within CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM at this point, but that is something that we want to do in the future. Maybe I did not experiment or did not investigate, but if we can get alerts based upon the CPU utilizations and the metrics over there, probably that would make this one tool used for everything. Actually, the circumstances that prompted my company to explore new SIEM solutions maybe include a point where the storage space or the license that we have, probably compared to other SIEM products, they have more, or the pricing and sales that go into the picture there. Again, that is above my pay grade to comment on, but it probably could be better if we can provide more storage of the data for the license that has been provided for organizations.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
6%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise5
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cortex XSIAM?
I did not participate in pricing discussions for Cortex XSIAM solutions, so I cannot provide a review regarding prices for this solution.
What needs improvement with Cortex XSIAM?
The firewall side can make some improvements. I know the firewall on Cortex XSIAM is based on Windows. From what I have experienced so far, I have seen that the policies you can create are actually...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM?
Pricing, setup costs, and licensing of CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM is not my area.
What needs improvement with CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM?
I do not use automations within CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM at this point, but that is something that we want to do in the future. Maybe I did not experiment or did not investigate, but if we ...
What is your primary use case for CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM?
I work on Identity Governance for this solution. We onboard the logs into the SIEM, into CrowdStrike Falcon, and we ensure that we get alerts on time and create dashboards using that data. Our work...
 

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