2018-06-03T09:17:00Z

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Security QRadar?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
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EG
Real User
Top 5
2024-02-14T15:19:56Z
Feb 14, 2024

The product is expensive. We have purchased the perpetual license, but we pay for the support.

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Ayoub Jaaouani - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2024-02-14T13:55:48Z
Feb 14, 2024

The tool's on-premise version is expensive. However, it is cheaper than Splunk. The hybrid model offers shared instances for customers, which is not expensive. Customers with a limited budget can opt for it. You can get premium support with licenses. However, if you need customized integration, you need to buy it.

DL
Real User
Top 10
2023-11-01T09:03:55Z
Nov 1, 2023

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. IBM Security QRadar is an expensive product. A customer gets discounts only when they ask for them from IBM. The challenge is that if someone submits a request or proposal and finds that the prices of the products our company deals with are too high, we may not even be shortlisted for negotiations. If my company gets shortlisted for the next round, then we get questioned over the high prices.

Frank Eargle - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2023-10-30T16:51:57Z
Oct 30, 2023

IBM Security QRadar is about 50% less expensive than Splunk. SIEM solutions charge by the amount of data, whether EPS or gigabytes. They directly incentivize you not to put things in it, which doesn't make sense since the goal is to put everything in it. They'd make it where you can't afford to do it. On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate IBM Security QRadar's pricing a five out of ten.

MG
Real User
Top 20
2023-10-24T14:16:11Z
Oct 24, 2023

IBM Security QRadar is a very expensive tool.

Anto Sebastin - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2023-07-17T10:46:06Z
Jul 17, 2023

In India, the solution is expensive. Only enterprise businesses can afford the tool. We need more than 3000 people in the organization to use it. We might have to pay for technical support separately.

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YS
Reseller
Top 20
2023-04-14T10:25:00Z
Apr 14, 2023

I give the price of the solution a four out of ten. The solution comes with a high price tag, while some of the competitors provide identical functionality in their offerings at no extra cost.

Khalid Majeed - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant
2023-03-21T11:30:24Z
Mar 21, 2023

The pricing is reasonable. It's not expensive compared to other solutions. If you get the console and other licenses, you can easily use it with other QRadar solutions.

Ashok Kumar Biswas - PeerSpot reviewer
MSP
Top 5
2023-01-13T14:39:35Z
Jan 13, 2023

The solution is expensive compared to other products, and I rate the pricing a five out of ten.

Bobby Sandeep - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2023-01-13T14:37:22Z
Jan 13, 2023

I rate the price a six out of ten, with ten being affordable and one being expensive. They recently changed their licensing model, and it's more complex.

Mohamed Elprince - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-12-13T09:33:47Z
Dec 13, 2022

The pricing is higher but cheaper than others and there are no additional costs.

YE
Real User
Top 20
2022-09-30T13:51:58Z
Sep 30, 2022

The solution has a licensing model that is based on events per second so it scales to need and budget. At the time of deployment, we were premium partners with IBM so received advantageous pricing. The on-premises solution and its license are not impacted by the number of users so it is easy to add staff.

Farid Lalayev - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-09-07T08:32:30Z
Sep 7, 2022

I have no information about the licensing costs of IBM QRadar, and whether or not it requires a license.

EM
Real User
Top 20
2022-07-27T20:23:37Z
Jul 27, 2022

I do not know the exact cost. It's a bit tricky as some of it is tied into pre-contracts that we have. Some parts of the company do prepaid funds for certain solutions. It's different. It varies.

willie.Na. - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-06-21T05:59:23Z
Jun 21, 2022

This is a free solution which is one of the main reasons we chose it. It's just a matter of getting a license for the curator as a platform.

KM
Real User
Top 5
2022-06-07T16:25:00Z
Jun 7, 2022

I have no idea what QRadar UBA costs as a standalone solution because it is bundled with the QRoC security operation center and several other modules that we pay for in a big lump sum. However, I don't think that part is too expensive. It's a plugin to the QRadar SIEM that feeds off the same data. We have X-Force Threat Exchange, so IBM is operating the SIEM for us. I say to them, "I want UBA," and there it is.

Lokesh Puthalapattu - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-05-01T05:38:22Z
May 1, 2022

We pay approximately $40,000 to use the solution annually. This solution is a lot less expensive than Splunk.

KB
Real User
2022-02-15T14:03:00Z
Feb 15, 2022

QRadar is reasonable compared to LogRhythm.

BS
Real User
2022-01-13T11:13:20Z
Jan 13, 2022

You have a one-time payment, and you also can purchase it for one year as a subscription. We have it on-premise, and we have a permanent license for it. We have to pay for the support on a yearly basis. If you compare its cost with Sentinel for one year, QRadar would seem more expensive, but if you compare its cost over five or ten years, Azure Sentinel will be more expensive than QRadar.

MH
Real User
2022-01-12T15:07:00Z
Jan 12, 2022

Licensing can be costly depending on your architecture.

GR
Real User
Top 10
2022-01-05T08:19:45Z
Jan 5, 2022

Pricing is good.

MI
Real User
2021-12-14T14:11:00Z
Dec 14, 2021

I pay for licensing yearly.

AI
Real User
2021-11-26T16:15:00Z
Nov 26, 2021

We pay an annual license fee. On top of that, every model adds to the cost. It's not just the license; the sales people want you to think you're only paying for certain things but we know how it works.

PD
Real User
2021-11-22T10:11:22Z
Nov 22, 2021

There are different types of subscriptions available. We were on an annual subscription, but our customers typically choose the two years subscription option.

Kamal Abdelrahman - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2021-11-17T19:36:07Z
Nov 17, 2021

There is a license to use this solution, which is paid annually. However, there are subscription options available.

JM
Reseller
2021-10-04T15:20:38Z
Oct 4, 2021

Licensing costs are reasonable.

JW
Real User
2021-09-24T02:06:16Z
Sep 24, 2021

SIEM is quite a pricey solution so we only offer it to enterprise companies that can pay the fees. For smaller companies, it's an extremely expensive product.

BT
Real User
2021-09-21T12:28:09Z
Sep 21, 2021

The price could be better. I bought a subscription for three years.

RR
Real User
2021-09-13T17:11:00Z
Sep 13, 2021

Implementation is over time and the maintenance price for QRadar is competitive.

PP
Real User
2021-09-07T12:23:57Z
Sep 7, 2021

On-premises is pretty expensive as opposed to the cloud. You do need to pay for a year subscription. You are charged at events per second as well.

HG
Real User
2021-08-20T09:07:49Z
Aug 20, 2021

The price of this solution is reasonable.

AM
Real User
2021-08-07T06:54:57Z
Aug 7, 2021

It could be cheaper, but the value itself is far more important for us than the price. Typically, our clients have yearly subscriptions.

ST
Real User
2021-08-06T10:41:11Z
Aug 6, 2021

It is overly expensive and overly complex in terms of licensing. They have many different appliances, which makes it extremely difficult to choose the technology. It is very difficult to choose the technology or QRadar components that you should be deploying. They have improved some of it in the last few years. They have made it slightly easy with the fact that you can now buy virtual versions of all the appliances, which is good, but it is still very fragmented. For instance, on some of the smaller appliances, there is no upgrade path. So, if you exceed the capacity of the appliance, you have to buy a bigger appliance, which is not helpful because it is quite a major cost. If you want to add more disks to the system, they'll say that you can't. If they ship a disk with 2 terabytes that the older appliances have, and you say to them that you can commercially get 10 terabyte disks, they will say this is not possible, even though there is no technical reason why it cannot be done. So, they're not very flexible from that point of view. For IBM, it is good because you basically have to buy new appliances, but from a customer's point of view, it is a very expensive investment.

OK
Real User
2021-07-29T01:30:00Z
Jul 29, 2021

The license is a yearly one.

OO
Real User
2021-07-17T03:01:11Z
Jul 17, 2021

There is a license required for this solution.

MK
Real User
2021-07-15T07:35:31Z
Jul 15, 2021

IBM QRadar is a little bit expensive compared to other products.

AK
Real User
2021-07-12T17:37:21Z
Jul 12, 2021

The pricing is always fine.

OO
Real User
2021-07-03T05:03:58Z
Jul 3, 2021

This price is a little high, so it's an expensive product. It is a good solution but not a cheap one.

HH
Real User
2021-06-24T13:07:45Z
Jun 24, 2021

IBM QRadar is pricey, and therefore, usually small enterprises are not able to afford it. Usually, probably most of the customers are usually large enterprises.

RB
Reseller
2021-06-22T12:40:15Z
Jun 22, 2021

When compared with other SIEM solutions, QRadar is considerably less expensive. I would like to compare it with Elasticsearch because they have different pricing strategies. QRadar is events per second, EPS-based, whereas Elasticsearch is resource-based. You have to estimate based on how many resources will be used in the infrastructure, irrespective of log resources and log volumes. They are charging based on the resources.

SP
Real User
2021-06-21T07:12:19Z
Jun 21, 2021

There is a license required for this solution. There are some limitations depending on what license you purchase.

MW
Real User
2021-06-18T10:07:18Z
Jun 18, 2021

The pricing of the solution is quite reasonable.

JM
Real User
Top 5
2021-06-10T19:34:00Z
Jun 10, 2021

The license is not subscription-based. We have been doing the same deployment for more than ten years. The pricing is alright.

SJ
Real User
Top 20
2021-06-08T18:53:00Z
Jun 8, 2021

As compared to LogRhythm, IBM QRadar's pricing is moderate.

SS
Real User
2021-06-03T10:06:00Z
Jun 3, 2021

There is a license required for this solution and it is an annual payment. I have found all solutions in the category to be expensive, including Splunk.

PK
Real User
2021-05-25T19:18:32Z
May 25, 2021

The price of this solution is a little high.

Real User
2021-05-22T21:05:45Z
May 22, 2021

IBM Qradar has an interesting scheme for payments. They have annual payments for customers who use subscriptions for some services. I can't see any problem with the current financial scheme for this product generally. It's okay.

Chetankumar Savalagimath - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2021-05-15T12:05:17Z
May 15, 2021

They can give us some scalability and flexibility on pricing. If its pricing can be reduced, it would help a lot of customers in bringing in a new SIEM environment and grow business in the market. If I start a license today and take around 10,000 EPS, and after a month, there is an increase in the number of clients on my platform, I can increase the number of licenses. I can add 5,000 EPS on a yearly basis.

CM
Real User
2021-03-19T19:57:21Z
Mar 19, 2021

The product is not a cheap solution. it's quite expensive. We do also pay more in order to use Watson.

JB
Real User
2021-03-05T20:13:36Z
Mar 5, 2021

When it comes to the initial pricing there can be a huge discount from there side and also I think they are open to competing with other products. Even though the price can be a little high sometimes there product is number one. They have a wide range of products.

RU
Real User
2021-03-05T17:23:52Z
Mar 5, 2021

Customers have to purchase a license based on the number of users, devices, and applications they want to protect. It allows you to take a license on a subscription basis for three years or five years.

DS
Real User
2021-03-04T08:07:20Z
Mar 4, 2021

The solution is priced fairly, there is a license for the solution, and we pay annually.

DD
Real User
2021-02-11T16:07:00Z
Feb 11, 2021

We use QRadar as a managed service and we pay licensing fees to the partner.

SW
Reseller
2021-02-10T18:53:33Z
Feb 10, 2021

The NEMA licensing structure is very easy. It's far better than the previous licensing structure they had. They charge you based on the number of events per second and flows per second, and that's the beauty of it. The rest of the components are complimentary. That's it. It's not a complex process of licensing anymore. It's very simple and straightforward.

AC
Real User
2021-01-24T15:38:21Z
Jan 24, 2021

It would be great if this product were cheaper.

JJ
Real User
2021-01-24T11:57:00Z
Jan 24, 2021

Our licensing is yearly. But it's based on Event Per Second, which is one of the models. Storage capacity for log management is also considered with the fees. Licensing is a bit complex in IBM, as well. Different aspects needs to be considered.

JN
Real User
2021-01-12T16:38:34Z
Jan 12, 2021

I think that the price is fair, but we can always say that the price could be cheaper.

Abbasi Poonawala - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2020-12-24T16:58:24Z
Dec 24, 2020

It is costlier as compared to the other alternatives available in the market.

FC
Real User
2020-12-19T07:31:11Z
Dec 19, 2020

The price can be expensive, however, it's all relative, as it helps speed up development, which can save money for the organization. The payments for the product are made on a yearly basis.

OO
Real User
2020-12-17T01:08:54Z
Dec 17, 2020

Its price is good in terms of efficiency and the number of people required for implementing various things. You might pay more in terms of money, but you might save on the number of people. For example, if you are using Kibana, you have to pay more for people or experts, which is not the case with IBM QRadar.

KJ
Real User
2020-12-04T14:16:02Z
Dec 4, 2020

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.

Kamal Abdelrahman - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2022-02-15T12:37:14Z
Feb 15, 2022

There is an annual license required for this solution.

it_user1369023 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2020-11-27T11:20:17Z
Nov 27, 2020

The IBM QRadar Licensing for the core Events(EPS) and Flows(FPS) is per second based. The licensing is perpetual and surely expensive but the output of the Product makes it worth your money.

Artur Marzano - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2020-11-13T11:30:59Z
Nov 13, 2020

It's very expensive but it fits our budget. Because it's very expensive, we had to come up with ways of filtering our logs before they get into QRadar because otherwise, we'd have to buy a much greater amount of events per second, and that would be very expensive. Splunk is virtually the same price.

GC
Reseller
2020-11-11T16:49:23Z
Nov 11, 2020

The pricing is okay, it's comparable to other vendors. It's not expensive for the resources that it gives you.

MM
Real User
2020-10-08T07:25:22Z
Oct 8, 2020

The price of this product is high.

DP
Reseller
Top 5Leaderboard
2020-09-09T06:28:59Z
Sep 9, 2020

It's free of charge.

SO
Real User
2020-06-15T07:33:00Z
Jun 15, 2020

Regarding the price, it is a bit high for normal customers. It is better for enterprise-class customers where they get a licensing model for MSSP for enterprises.

VB
Real User
2020-05-12T05:43:00Z
May 12, 2020

There are more costs in addition to standard licensing; support, building.

NM
Reseller
2020-05-11T06:07:00Z
May 11, 2020

The price is very high. Some of our customers cannot afford it.

DS
Real User
2019-12-05T02:59:00Z
Dec 5, 2019

This is not a trivial undertaking. You will need at least one experienced user and considerable infrastructure to support this if you use the on-prem version which we did. The cloud version has less overhead but there are some limitations so choose carefully.

AF
Real User
2019-04-29T07:11:00Z
Apr 29, 2019

The licensing is every year. There are additional costs, such as the cost associated with the different hardware required for implementation and deployment. Along with the add-on apps, these are all additional costs, and they require licensing as well.

BK
Real User
2019-04-17T08:37:00Z
Apr 17, 2019

The solution is a subscription-based model. It is a yearly subscription from my understanding. In terms of additional costs, it depends on the subscription that you choose. There are plenty of options to choose from. There is the EPS licensing cost (Event per second licensing), which is a parameter that you choose. By adding countries to our solution, we have to increase the EPS.

it_user956985 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2019-04-17T08:37:00Z
Apr 17, 2019

Our licensing costs for this solution is on a yearly basis.

DS
Real User
2019-04-11T06:16:00Z
Apr 11, 2019

We do licensing on a yearly basis. It's for deployment. If the client wants more services, we support the license. There are no other costs for the product.

WP
Reseller
2019-03-31T09:41:00Z
Mar 31, 2019

QRadar is quite expensive. It wouldn't be worth it for a small business unless, through a third-party company, they used it in a software-as-a-service type of arrangement, rather than buying the licenses outright. There are additional costs beyond the standard licensing fees. For example, there are add-ons like the QRadar Vulnerability Manager.

it_user795519 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2019-03-28T08:19:00Z
Mar 28, 2019

IBM has subscriptions plans that run for one year.

it_user934623 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2019-03-28T08:19:00Z
Mar 28, 2019

We do licenses once a year.

TM
Real User
Top 10
2019-03-10T16:43:00Z
Mar 10, 2019

The licensing depends on the customer. The pricing is good.

it_user970365 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2019-03-06T07:40:00Z
Mar 6, 2019

It's too expensive. The licensing is also a little bit difficult to understand because you have to license it per event and per number of flows. So you have to understand the difference between a flow and an event, and then you have to forward that to the resellers, the distributors, and to IBM. That part took a long time for us. Now we're adjusted to the process.

YC
Consultant
2019-02-26T08:25:00Z
Feb 26, 2019

It's too expensive.

DA
Real User
2019-02-25T08:45:00Z
Feb 25, 2019

Licensing is very expensive, IBM QRadar is a very expensive solution. If you want to minimize costs then IBM QRadar is not for you.

AS
Real User
2019-02-07T12:28:00Z
Feb 7, 2019

It is cheaper than ArcSight.

VP
Real User
2018-10-29T15:46:00Z
Oct 29, 2018

The cost of this product is expensive.

OS
Consultant
2018-09-09T05:40:00Z
Sep 9, 2018

It is a pricey product. It is very expensive.

SS
Reseller
2018-07-22T08:31:00Z
Jul 22, 2018

I do not have control over pricing, though I do help customers with their sizing.

LY
Real User
2018-06-26T12:31:00Z
Jun 26, 2018

IBM is a Ferrari if you are beginning with a concept. If it will be a pilot project, take a look at Red Hat Process Automation Manager or jBPM. Be realistic about the users' quantity. A good approach would be to begin with an On Cloud subscription, then later on do a more exact sizing.

JK
Real User
2018-06-26T12:31:00Z
Jun 26, 2018

Pricing and licensing are competitive. Their new licensing options allow logs to bypass the correlation engine for a flat rate, which is also appealing for log data that is compliance-driven for a small amount of money.

MD
Consultant
2018-06-11T06:45:00Z
Jun 11, 2018

Think what you will integrate into QRadar. It is a SIEM. You need to send it logs, but not everything. Pricing (based on EPS) will be more accurate.

MH
Real User
2018-06-03T09:17:00Z
Jun 3, 2018

It is expensive. It is not a product that I can provide for SMBs. It is a program that I can only provide for really large enterprises. Also, the maintenance costs are high.

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