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."The threat protection network is the most valuable feature, because when you get an offense, you can actually trace it back to where it originated from, how it originated, and why."
"This is a distributed application, meaning that a customer can stack small and then scale it so that they can expand pretty effectively. You can use, basically, the same product in an SMB or a large enterprise."
"Log correlation is very useful for processing alerts. It serves to follow up alerts in real-time, building an entire workflow."
"Most of the features are good. It is an excellent solution."
"It has a powerful GUI where you can put together your use cases, and don't have to write your own scripts."
"The timeline and machine learning features are great."
"The best feature of IBM QRadar is visualization which shows you when there's a spike in the system, and this makes you realize that there's something wrong with the log."
"The best part of this solution is having a third-party SOC."
"The events are notably more descriptive, aiding in security and event analysis. We've also integrated Sky Collector, providing valuable insights and solutions for troubleshooting."
"The solution's simplicity, flexibility, and extensibility are valuable features as we can integrate everything in vRealize."
"The interface of the solution is good."
"I like the interface."
"We are using it because we have a VMware product. It has its own built in dashboards for VMware products, and that's a good thing."
"The solution is quite user-friendly."
"The virtualization solution supports data center virtualization, network and security."
"It is a very useful tool if you have a VMware environment."
"The API integration for AD is a problem when it comes to vulnerability management. If you want to incorporate multiple factor authentication it becomes a problem with the AD. It doesn't integrate well. That needs to be improved."
"There could be improvements made to the UI, the user interface. Though the newer version, 7.3.2, might already have this improvement in place."
"The interface is very old. IBM should remake it into a more modern interface."
"While the interface is easy to use, it could be a little more responsive."
"I would like to see more integration in place after the security lock."
"Technical support is good, but not great."
"The implementation and configuration are not easy."
"The usability of interfaces could be improved."
"The tool does not provide a centralized pane for monitoring."
"In the VMware environment, one area for improvement is the handling of VM failovers due to host failures, such as unexpected shutdowns from hardware issues. Currently, High Availability (HA) doesn't seem to recognize whether the VMs are online during failover, treating them as offline or unavailable."
"I would like to see more tutorials or at least an introduction video from the supplier, so you can become proficient and get the most out of the solution. You might not get the full benefit from a logging or reporting solution because you might not have a particular tool enabled. You could leave something out of your analysis because you aren't aware of it or you don't know how to set it up."
"They should improve their web interface to make it more user-friendly."
"The solution is a very good tool, but it has a lot of limitations. One of the main issues is around how you define your retention policy, for instance, in Log Insight. It doesn't have it. You can't define a log retention policy. You also can't define the destination or location for your logs. All of the logs are in one index or one bucket."
"It needs better integration with third-party analytics tools."
"Documentation is lacking, including some guide as to how to use the expressions. It is not clear how to look for a log, for example. Some examples in the documentation might be helpful. I think that VMware had good documentation, but it's no longer hosted. The documentation is not as easy to understand as it was before."
"The pricing of the solution could be improved."
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IBM Security QRadar is ranked 6th in Log Management with 198 reviews while VMware Aria Operations for Logs is ranked 9th 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 Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, 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 Datadog. See our IBM Security QRadar vs. VMware Aria Operations for Logs report.
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