Devo vs IBM Watson for Cyber Security comparison

Devo and IBM are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. Devo is ranked #27 with an average rating of 8.0, while IBM is ranked #51. Devo holds a 1.2% mindshare in SIEM, compared to IBM’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Devo users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

IBM Watson for Cyber Security and Devo are both prominent tools in the cybersecurity category. Devo generally appears to have the upper hand with users praising its features and stating it offers good value despite higher costs, while IBM Watson for Cyber Security receives favorable mentions for its support.

Features: IBM Watson for Cyber Security is valued for its AI-driven threat detection, comprehensive analytics, and data integration. Devo is noted for its real-time data analytics, scalability, and flexibility. Users seem to appreciate Devo's advanced features more, leading to more favorable reviews in this section.

Room for Improvement: Users indicate that IBM Watson for Cyber Security could improve in integrating with existing systems, reducing complexity, and enhancing user interface. Devo users suggest enhancements in documentation, user training, and interface customization. Despite these points, Devo’s required improvements seem less critical, making it more favorable here.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM Watson for Cyber Security is often described as complex to deploy, requiring significant resources. Its customer service, however, receives positive feedback. Devo, in contrast, has easier deployment but mixed reviews regarding customer support responsiveness. Users seem to prefer Devo’s straightforward deployment process.

Pricing and ROI: IBM Watson for Cyber Security is described as having high setup costs but also delivering significant ROI through its advanced capabilities. Devo's pricing is considered high but justified by the value it provides in features and scalability. Users seem more satisfied with the ROI Devo offers despite initial costs.

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Categories and Ranking

Devo

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

27th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (27th), IT Operations Analytics (7th), AIOps (19th)

IBM Watson for Cyber Security

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

51st

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of Devo is 1.2%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Watson for Cyber Security is 0.8%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Devo	1.2%
IBM Watson for Cyber Security	0.8%
Other	98.0%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

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Francisco JavierRomo

Strategic Account Executive at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Has improved investigative workflows with interactive dashboards and simplified data correlation

The data analytics cloud component focuses on real-time analytics, which is very impressive. The SIEM collects and correlates logs data from different sources and can integrate with ServiceNow, hardware asset management, and software asset management. The security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) is another valuable feature. The security data platform serves as the foundation of Devo. Regarding advanced query capabilities, Devo offers several models including query logs, visual query builder, language integrated query, and SQL, with SQL being the most frequently used querying data capability. The single pane of glass that Devo offers is the SOC. The tools in Devo's active ports are for investigating, not just viewing data. They are more interactive than other market solutions. The drill-down reports capabilities allow analysts to click on any element in a widget. When they see a spike in a line chart for a failed login, which could be a true or false attempt, they can click that spike, and a table widget on the same active board instantly populates with raw logs of data for those specific failed logins. This is particularly important for enterprise companies with numerous endpoints and users. The dynamic filtering of inputs significantly reduces the time cybersecurity analysts spend trying to figure out failed logins and identifying false positives.

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Elena Stefanovska

Sales Account Manager at InTec System

Knowledgeable support, reliable, and useful compliance policies

IBM Watson for Cyber Security can be deployed on-premise or in the cloud and it is used as a SIEM solution The most valuable features of IBM Watson for Cyber Security are ease of use and out-of-the-box reports and compliance policies. Additionally, if there are aspects that are missing IBM add…

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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

"In traditional BI solutions, you need to wait a lot of time to have the ability to create visualizations with the data and to do searches. With this kind of platform, you have that information in real-time."

"Scalability is one of Devo's strengths."

"The most powerful feature is the way the data is stored and extracted. The data is always stored in its original format and you can normalize the data after it has been stored."

"Being able to build and modify dashboards on the fly with Activeboards streamlines my analyst time because my analysts aren't doing it across spreadsheets or five different tools to try to build a timeline out themselves. They can just ingest it all, build a timeline out across all the logging, and all the different information sources in one dashboard. So, it's a huge time saver. It also has the accuracy of being able to look at all those data sources in one view. The log analysis, which would take 40 hours, we can probably get through it in about five to eight hours using Devo."

"The thing that Devo does better than other solutions is to give me the ability to write queries that look at multiple data sources and run fast. Most SIEMs don't do that. And I can do that by creating entity-based queries. Let's say I have a table which has Okta, a table which has G Suite, a table which has endpoint telemetry, and I have a table which has DNS telemetry. I can write a query that says, 'Join all these things together on IP, and where the IP matches in all these tables, return to me that subset of data, within these time windows.' I can break it down that way."

"Overall, I have no issues with it and my guys love it."

"The strength of Devo is not only in that it is pretty intuitive, but it gives you the flexibility and creativity to merge feeds. The prime examples would be using the synthesis or union tables that give you phenomenal capabilities... The ability to use a synthesis or union table to combine all those feeds and make heads or tails of what's going on, and link it to go down a thread, is functionality that I hadn't seen before."

"More than anything, we have seen ROI in the amount of time saved during investigations."

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"The most valuable features of IBM Watson for Cyber Security are ease of use and out-of-the-box reports and compliance policies. Additionally, if there are aspects that are missing IBM add them in the next release."

"The customer support is very good."

"From what I have seen so far, this is an excellent product."

"The most valuable feature of this product is innovation, where the research and upgrading of technology never ends."

"IBM Watson for Cyber Security is very stable."

Cons

"One major area for improvement for Devo... is to provide more capabilities around pre-built monitoring. They're working on integrations with different types of systems, but that integration needs to go beyond just onboarding to the platform. It needs to include applications, out-of-the-box, that immediately help people to start monitoring their systems. Such applications would include dashboards and alerts, and then people could customize them for their own needs so that they aren't starting from a blank slate."

"An admin who is trying to audit user activity usually cannot go beyond a day in the UI. I would like to have access to pages and pages of that data, going back as far as the storage we have, so I could look at every command or search or deletion or anything that a user has run. As an admin, that would really help. Going back just a day in the UI is not going to help, and that means I have to find a different way to do that."

"The tools in Devo's active ports need enhancement in their investigative capabilities."

"The biggest area with room for improvement in Devo is the Security Operations module that just isn't there yet. That goes back to building out how they're going to do content and larger correlation and aggregation of data across multiple things, as well as natively ingesting CTI to create rule sets."

"Some third-parties don't have specific API connectors built, so we had to work with Devo to get the logs and parse the data using custom parsers, rather than an out-of-the-box solution."

"One major area for improvement for Devo... is to provide more capabilities around pre-built monitoring."

"My opinion on the solution's technical support is not as great as it could be because of the issues I have faced regarding the service management element."

"However, the incident and threat detection is not what we had hoped for."

More Devo cons

"They need to continue to build the AI capabilities."

"This is an expensive product, so making it more cost-effective would be an improvement."

"The dashboard could improve in IBM Watson for Cyber Security."

"In the future, I would like to see threat intelligence included."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"[Devo was] in the ballpark with at least a couple of the other front-runners that we were looking at. Devo is a good value and, given the quality of the product, I would expect to pay more."

"Devo is a hosted or subscription-based solution, whereas before, we purchased QRadar, so we owned it and just had to pay a maintenance fee. We've encountered this with some other products, too, where we went over to subscription-based. Our thought process is that with subscription based, the provider hosts and maintains the tool, and it's offsite. That comes with some additional fees, but we were able to convince our upper management it was worth the price. We used to pay under 10k a year for maintenance, and now we're paying ten times that. It was a relatively tough sell to our management, but I wonder if we have a choice anymore; this is where the market is."

"Be cautious of metadata inclusion for log types in pricing, as there are some "gotchas" with that."

"We have an OEM agreement with Devo. It is very similar to the standard licensing agreement because we are charged in the same way as any other customer, e.g., we use the backroom."

"It's a per gigabyte cost for ingestion of data. For every gigabyte that you ingest, it's whatever you negotiated your price for. Compared to other contracts that we've had for cloud providers, it's significantly less."

"It's very competitive. That was also a primary draw for us. Some of the licensing models with solutions like Splunk and Sentinel were attractive upfront, but there were so many micro-charges and services we would've had to add on to make them what we wanted. We had to include things like SOAR and extended capabilities, whereas all those capabilities are completely included with the Devo platform. I haven't seen any additional fee."

"Pricing is based on the number of gigabytes of ingestion by volume, and it's on a 30-day average. If you go over one day, that's not a big deal as long as the average is what you expected it to be."

"The way Devo prices things is based on the amount of data, and I wish the tiers had more granularity. Maybe at this point they do, but when we first negotiated with them, there were only three or four tiers."

More Devo pricing and cost advice

"The price of this solution should be lower, although I understand why IBM charges a premium price."

"IBM Watson for Cyber Security is very simple to license and is priced well."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

13%

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Construction Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Educational Organization

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	12

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Devo?

Pricing generally depends on the scale, data ingestion requirements, and integrations for what the enterprise monitoring needs. I have not been part of the procurement process, so I am not aware of...

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What needs improvement with Devo?

One improvement area for Devo could be simplifying some configuration and improving the onboarding for new analysts because it is quite complex for fresher or new analysts who are handling Devo.UI ...

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What is your primary use case for Devo?

Devo serves as our centralized log monitoring, threat investigation, alert monitoring, and security analytics platform. We use it to collect logs from multiple systems so we can correlate the event...

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Overview

Devo offers powerful visual analytics, real-time data querying, and log integration capabilities within a cloud-native, multi-tenant architecture, supporting extended data retention ideal for long-term analysis and compliance.

Devo is recognized for its Activeboards, which facilitate visual analytics. High-speed search capabilities and real-time analytics enable efficient data manipulation and querying. Its multi-tenant architecture supports effective data segregation and customization tailored to distinct business needs, enhancing its value for handling complex log integrations. With extended data retention of 400 days and a cloud-native architecture, Devo is a robust platform for long-term analysis and compliance requirements. Though opportunities exist to improve browser stability on large searches, SOAR integrations, and its parser capabilities, Devo remains essential for incident response and security monitoring, offering centralized data storage and analysis.

What are Devo's most important features?

Activeboards: Facilitate visual analytics and data exploration.
High-Speed Search: Enables fast data querying and manipulation.
Real-Time Analytics: Supports instant insights and decision-making.
Multi-Tenant Architecture: Allows effective data segregation and customization.
Extended Data Retention: Offers 400-day log retention for compliance and analysis.
Complex Log Integration: Handles intricate data sources effortlessly.

What benefits and ROI should organizations look for in reviews?

Visual Insights: Enhance understanding through interactive dashboards.
Performance Efficiency: Saves time with high-speed data search and real-time results.
Customization Flexibility: Fits specific business requirements with multi-tenant architecture.
Long-Term Compliance: Ensures alignment with extended data retention needs.
Centralized Monitoring: Enables comprehensive incident response and security monitoring.

Devo is extensively used in industries focused on incident response and digital forensics, centralizing data for security monitoring across hybrid environments. Organizations benefit from its ability to store and analyze aggregated logs, creating alerts and dashboards to enhance visibility for network and endpoint activities in multi-domain settings.

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IBM Watson for Cyber Security is a cutting-edge tool renowned for its seamless integration with IBM products, innovative features, and user-friendly experience. With robust reporting and compliance offerings, it remains a key player in daily cybersecurity tasks, appealing to the telecommunications sector.

IBM Watson for Cyber Security stands out for its constant updates and the promise of new enhancements. While primarily utilized in telecommunications, the platform's application extends to various sectors with deployment options both on-premise and in the cloud. It can function proactively and reactively to meet customer budget requirements. The system is frequently employed by analysts and penetration testers in cybersecurity firms, who use it to assist clients in strengthening their security infrastructure, whether as a post-incident measure or as a preemptive guard against potential breaches.

What are the key features of IBM Watson for Cyber Security?

Seamless Integration: Easily works with other IBM products for enhanced synergy.
Comprehensive Reports: Delivers detailed analyses and compliance policies essential for incident evaluations.
Ease of Use: User-centered design makes it accessible for analysts and testers.
Constant Innovation: Regular updates and new features maintain its competitive edge.

What benefits and ROI can users expect?

Improved Threat Management: Integrated threat intelligence aids in identifying security risks efficiently.
Enhanced Flexibility: Offers deployment options tailored to specific demands.
Adaptability: Used either as a proactive or reactive security measure.

IBM Watson for Cyber Security's implementation is widespread in the telecom industry, providing organizations with the adaptability needed to deploy as a SIEM tool. Analysts, penetration testers, and cybersecurity firms leverage its capabilities both preemptively and after security incidents to bolster infrastructure, ensuring robust protection against threats organizations may face.

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Sample Customers

United States Air Force, Rubrik, SentinelOne, Critical Start, NHL, Panda Security, Telefonica, CaixaBank, OpenText, IGT, OneMain Financial, SurveyMonkey, FanDuel, H&R Block, Ulta Beauty, Manulife, Moneylion, Chime Bank, Magna International, American Express Global Business Travel

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