We performed a comparison between IBM Security QRadar and SolarWinds Security Event Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is a very optimized engine."
"It has very rich functionality."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with the GRD, for banking."
"On the back-end, Watson helps me figure out an exact problem, sometimes giving me the result."
"One of the most valuable features of this solution is it has very good data correlation."
"I have found its network traffic log, network bit log, and QBI most valuable."
"There are other third-party plugins that we can use."
"The product provides a complete platform for ingesting the log, doing the correlations and handling the runtime."
"The graphical user interface is very user-friendly. SolarWinds is a hybrid solution so you can use it across many platforms."
"It performs network behavior monitoring, log monitoring, and disaster recovery monitoring."
"SolarWinds Security Event Manager has been generally working well."
"It's extremely easy to deploy."
"It supports high availability, which is very helpful."
"The solution helps me to go back in time and search for different events. For example, if you wanted to know who activated an account; you could go back in time and find out."
"The most valuable feature is the reporting."
"SolarWinds' stability is fine. I don't think we've had any software issues."
"Pricing model could be more cost-effective."
"The architecture could be improved. I got stuck for a long time trying to understand the architecture, as it is quite challenging."
"IBM Security QRadar lacks automated response. With this feature, there's no need to visit VirusTotal or other sites for IP reputation. There should be a small plug-in where users can click to retrieve details about the reputation and organization of public IP."
"IBM Qradar could improve the reporting. The tool is not designed to report. It's a great operational monitoring tool. You put it on a screen and you watch it. If you want to have analytics out of it, that's a whole different story. You're going to need more people and tools. What should be added is reporting and integration into Power BI, into some capability that produces analytical reports from the source data. IBM does not seem to care to add these features."
"It is not app based."
"There are reports that I would like to generate that are either not included, or I cannot find."
"Its architecture is very complicated."
"From a functionality point of view there are issues sometimes."
"We used the support from SolarWinds Security Event Manager and they are knowledgeable but challenging to get in contact with them."
"I imagine we will have to develop our own reports soon, this seems to be more cumbersome."
"I would like to be able to dig deeper into the visibility of events or incidents to determine whether they are malicious, such as by doing behavior analysis."
"There are no multiple dashboards which would allow you to see information side-by-side."
"One of the drawbacks of being so flexible is that it is also a fairly complicated software application to install, configure, and maintain."
"The product should improve the ease with which you can create event alerts. They are not as hard now but you need to have an easier way."
"I would like to have a more customizable dashboard."
"We'd like more customization capabilities."
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IBM Security QRadar is ranked 4th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 198 reviews while SolarWinds Security Event Manager is ranked 20th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 24 reviews. IBM Security QRadar is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds Security Event Manager is rated 7.8. 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 SolarWinds Security Event Manager writes "A comprehensive network security with robust technical capabilities, effective threat response, and centralized management". IBM Security QRadar is most compared with Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, Wazuh, LogRhythm SIEM and Elastic Security, whereas SolarWinds Security Event Manager is most compared with ManageEngine Log360, Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, Wazuh and Microsoft Defender XDR. See our IBM Security QRadar vs. SolarWinds Security Event Manager report.
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