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IBM Security QRadar vs Trustwave SIEM [EOL] comparison

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Security QRadar
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
218
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (5th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (2nd), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (2nd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (12th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (4th), Managed Detection and Response (MDR) (11th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (10th)
Trustwave SIEM [EOL]
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
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Featured Reviews

HarshBhardiya - PeerSpot reviewer
SOC Engineer at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
Have managed daily asset and alert monitoring effectively but have encountered limitations with manual processes and interface usability
It's still very manual and doesn't work on its own. It's still in an early stage and not on par where we can consider it a really successful detection system. The accuracy is not there. The UI could be better when compared to Sentinels where we can use flags and tagging. It could be much more user-friendly. IBM Security QRadar has all features and is fully competitive with other SIEM tools, but when it comes to user-friendliness, a new user takes time to get used to it. More intuitive, user-friendly interfaces and more helpful documentation would be beneficial. The query searching and data fetching could be faster. In large to very large organizations with around 5,000 or 6,000 assets or beyond, even with proper configurations and RAM and hardware backing up, the query is fairly slow.
it_user1012437 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security & Compliance Administrator at ITCBD
It's not very attractive when compared to other solutions but the pricing is comfortable.
Log collection, and correlation engine usage. It has some limitations in parser modules. Comfort in pricing.  It's not very attractive in comparison to other solutions.  It needs to improve in AI and automatic parsing. One to three years.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The "Network Activity" feature was really good, as an engineer can live monitor all the flow happening in real-time, which helped us a lot while investigating a case and even with preventive actions."
"One very useful feature is the plug-in offering that allows you to integrate it with other solutions, such as integrating it with plug-ins like Scout, Carbon Black, and the rest."
"Providing real-time visibility for threat detection and prioritization - QRadar SIEM provides contextual and actionable surveillance across the entire IT infrastructure, helping organizations detect and remediate threats often missed by other security solutions."
"QRadar was the best of the breed for our needs and for a big system like ours, it's less complex than Splunk or Outside."
"The way that the app has transformed over time is quite phenomenal."
"It integrates very easily with other solutions, the solution is flexible, and we can add anything to it, as it is a good companion to other tools."
"IBM QRadar Advisor with Watson is a stable solution."
"IBM Qradar has great data reduction, and we have several hundred million log records arrive on various of the platforms daily and have been able to tune them to alert on important things well, with very few false positives."
"Comfort in pricing."
 

Cons

"We have had problems with networking."
"They keep on adding products based on a simple feature set that they can do real well, but they can't integrate them into the rest of the security economy."
"The price is very high."
"It is good, but when a product doesn't behave in a good manner, it creates confusion. Its behavior isn't consistent."
"In terms of where it could be improved, this includes its forensics, incident response, and security operation center features."
"Their support is very slow, and it is very difficult to find knowledgeable people within IBM."
"For large organizations that want to integrate all of the log sources, the pricing will be too expensive."
"The reporting system could use some upgrading."
"It has some limitations in parser modules."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost of this product is expensive."
"I feel that the price is reasonable but compared to other products that are on the market, such as an offering by Microsoft, it is more expensive."
"It's free of charge."
"The license is not subscription-based."
"The licensing is also overly complex, as there is a need to buy the work load performance monitoring separately."
"Most of the time, it is easier and cheaper to buy a new product or the QRadar box."
"think the pricing is quite flexible."
"On a scale of one to ten, I rate the price a one, where one is an extremely expensive product, and ten is a cheap product."
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Comparison Review

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Manager, Enterprise Risk Consulting at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 28, 2015
Qradar vs. ArcSight
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Small Business93
Midsize Enterprise39
Large Enterprise107
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Questions from the Community

What are the biggest differences between Securonix UEBA, Exabeam, and IBM QRadar?
It mostly depends on your use-cases and environment. Exabeam and Securonix have a stronger UEBA feature set, friendlier GUI and are not licensed based on capacity (amount of logs and information in...
What SOC product do you recommend?
For tools I’d recommend: -SIEM- LogRhythm -SOAR- Palo Alto XSOAR Doing commercial w/o both (or at least an XDR) is asking to miss details that are critical, and ending up a statistic. Also, rememb...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Security QRadar?
I am overall satisfied with the licensing cost for IBM Security QRadar.
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Also Known As

IBM QRadar, QRadar SIEM, QRadar UBA, QRadar on Cloud, IBM QRadar Advisor with Watson
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