We performed a comparison between IBM Security QRadar and SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server 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 initial setup of QRadar is not complex because we have done it before and we are used to the development. It is getting easier all the time."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"This solution has allowed us to correlate logs from multiple sources."
"It has a powerful GUI where you can put together your use cases, and don't have to write your own scripts."
"There are a lot of features in QRadar. App Exchange is the most valuable feature. User behavior analytics (UBA) is also a very good feature. Watson is also there, but we are not currently using Watson. It is versatile and quite easy. It also has an all-in-one-box feature and good integration with AWS."
"Integration is very easy and the reporting is good."
"The tool helps with infrastructure, application, and network monitoring."
"We have worked with other solutions, such as LogRhythm and Splunk. Compared to others, IBM QRadar has the best price-performance ratio so that you are able to reserve minimum costs. It starts settling in fast and gets the first results very quickly. It is also very scalable."
"We are very happy with the stability of the solution."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the alerting based on the security logs."
"Simplicity is the most valuable feature."
"The best thing about Kiwi Syslog is that it filters logs into different levels."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is its performance and management. Additionally, the solution integrates well."
"The solution could improve by having more out-of-the-box use cases."
"IBM is going through some problems with its resources currently making its support response time slow."
"IMB should reduce the pricing, or reduce some of the features for a more economical solution for the customer."
"The solution can be improved by lowering the cost and bettering their technical support."
"The dashboards are all legacy and old."
"If you have too many events that occur, then the storage capacity becomes a problem. You need to have more storage."
"I'd like them to improve the offense. When QRadar detects something, it creates what it calls offenses. So, it has a rudimentary ticketing system inside of it. This is the same interface that was there when I started using it 12 years ago. It just has not been improved. They do allow integration with IBM Resilient, but IBM Resilient is grotesquely expensive. The most effective integration that IBM offers today is with IBM Resilient, which is an instant response platform. It is a very good platform, but it is very expensive. They really should do something with the offense handling because it is very difficult to scale, and it has limitations. The maximum number of offenses that it can carry is 16K. After 16K, you have to flush your offenses out. So, it is all or nothing. You lose all your offenses up until that point in time, and you don't have any history within the offense list of older events. If you're dealing with multiple customers, this becomes problematic. That's why you need to use another product to do the actual ticketing. If you wanted the ticket existence, you would normally interface with ServiceNow, SolarWinds, or some other product like that."
"They need to improve their threat intelligence feed and they need to improve their user behavior analytics modules."
"I would like to see better search functions and better filters in the next release."
"SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server could improve by reducing the price."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly and customizable dashboard."
"Technical support could definitely be better."
"I would like to have email notifications for emergency logs."
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IBM Security QRadar is ranked 6th in Log Management with 198 reviews while SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is ranked 30th in Log Management with 5 reviews. IBM Security QRadar is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server 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 Kiwi Syslog Server writes "Shows login failures and server issues but search functions and filters could be improved". IBM Security QRadar is most compared with Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, Wazuh, LogRhythm SIEM and Elastic Security, whereas SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is most compared with syslog-ng, SolarWinds Log Analyzer, Wazuh, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer and ManageEngine Log360. See our IBM Security QRadar vs. SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server report.
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