We performed a comparison between IBM Security QRadar and VMware Aria Operations for Logs based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Log Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It has a powerful GUI where you can put together your use cases, and don't have to write your own scripts."
"It showed us where weaknesses were in our environment, so we could actively target those patches first."
"The UBA feature is the most valuable because you can see everything about users' activities."
"There are other third-party plugins that we can use."
"It is the core of our entire SOX."
"No doubt about it, the solution is extremely stable."
"It also has a graph that shows the traffic history. I can see what happened yesterday or today. If there's an incident, I can check the traffic behavior on QRadar."
"A nice benefit is when we go to the process of selecting our youth cases, they go by building blocks. QRadar links it to building blocks."
"The solution is quite user-friendly."
"The setup and installation are very easy."
"It is a very useful tool if you have a VMware environment."
"vRealize Log Insight has been running without any issues."
"The system's management and its alerts are the most valuable aspects of the solution."
"It allows us to gain a comprehensive overview of our infrastructure."
"We use the on-premises version of this solution for log analysis and to find details about certain issues."
"I like the interface."
"The technical support can be improved a little bit, and the price could be cheaper."
"It needs more resilience and functionality."
"Solution has too many menus that require going to two or three sub-monitors to enter the QRadar."
"This solution is on-premise and many customers are moving to the cloud base solution."
"I don't look at only the features and benefits; I also look at the price. It is a bit expensive when compared with other solutions. It is expensive for specific deployment topologies, and the decision-makers go for alternatives like ArcSight. It should also have more AI features or capabilities for better threat intelligence. The more it uses machine learning, the better would be the dashboard, analytics, and other things."
"The whole process for support is something that needs to be improved."
"In terms of what could be improved, I would say the script which we have to create for custom actions. QRadar needs to improve that feature. Additionally, QRadar has to provide the playbooks designing features."
"Ideally we would like a mobile version so that any alert that comes in will notify us in a mobile app, or by using SMS integration."
"The solution should be more user-friendly. The user interface and dashboard could be simplified."
"What I'd like to improve in vRealize Log Insight is the licensing model. VMware provides vRealize Log Insight along with the VMware Cloud Foundation, but customers who would like to go for the native VMware would have to procure vRealize Log Insight separately. Today, vRealize Log Insight is offered on two different licenses, one is based on the number of VMs, and the other is based on the number of physical codes on the machine. If VMware can provide a bundle offer for customers who procure more than ten licenses, where you can have an option to run, for example, three hundred machines on vRealize Log Insight with no extra cost, this would encourage more people to adopt the solution. What I'd like to see in the next release of vRealize Log Insight is for a cloud option to be available, which would be a pay-as-you-go licensing model that would allow me to pick and choose what I'll monitor. For example, I have one thousand and three hundred critical servers, and the seven hundred servers for basic development, I don't want to monitor on vRealize Log Insight today, so I should be able to pick what I need to monitor on the solution and only pay for that specific instance. If VMware can apply these changes, it would help VMware customers to procure more or adopt more of vRealize Log Insight even in smaller projects."
"Log retention should have more options for user control."
"The monitoring landscape is getting bigger. When it comes to infrastructure monitoring, we need more visibility. VMware needs to integrate more related applications and third-party products. That would make it more appealing to an audience beyond the VMware team."
"Paid or free does not matter, but it is complex to find good training material for vRealize Log Insight."
"Log Insight should be better at dealing with audits and security logs. We use another product called QRadar for that."
"I don't use the solution on a day to day basis, so I'm not sure what specifically can be improved."
"Integration with other vendors is something that could be improved, they could add more vendors."
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IBM Security QRadar is ranked 6th in Log Management with 198 reviews while VMware Aria Operations for Logs is ranked 10th in Log Management with 24 reviews. IBM Security QRadar is rated 8.0, while VMware Aria Operations for Logs is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM Security QRadar writes "A highly stable and scalable solution that provides good technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Aria Operations for Logs writes "Gives a clear forecast about existing machines, and has an automation feature that helps in reducing a lot of ambiguities and managing operational efficiencies". IBM Security QRadar is most compared with Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security, Wazuh, LogRhythm SIEM and Elastic Security, whereas VMware Aria Operations for Logs is most compared with Splunk Enterprise Security, Elastic Security, LogRhythm SIEM, Graylog and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. See our IBM Security QRadar vs. VMware Aria Operations for Logs report.
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