We performed a comparison between AlienVault OSSIM and IBM Security QRadar 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."Better than other SIEM solutions because almost everything can be integrated."
"The solution is very stable. Compared to Qradar and Splunk, it's very stable."
"The threat policies of the solution are always very advanced and the best in the market. They are very persistent in terms of keeping up with security protocols."
"The most valuable features of AlienVault OSSIM are case management, ease of configuration, and investigation."
"AlienVault OSSIM's GUI is very user-friendly."
"With AlienVault you get everything in one box."
"The dashboard is the solution's most valuable aspect. It brings everything into one central point where I can actually look at it and go, "Okay, I understand what's going on.""
"The paid version of the solution has reporting and better scalability options."
"It also has a graph that shows the traffic history. I can see what happened yesterday or today. If there's an incident, I can check the traffic behavior on QRadar."
"The product can scale."
"One of the most valuable features of this solution is it has very good data correlation."
"The tool is already automated in many ways, but there are some additional functions which should be automated, like sending an email, mobile notification, and integration of XFS."
"Most valuable features include the granularity of information."
"It's user-friendly when compared to other products."
"It'll get you from point A to B."
"The most valuable features would have to be the products' ability to customize vulnerability management settings."
"AlienVault OSSIM is costly."
"It's so hard to configure and explore something new on it."
"The user interface needs to be friendlier across the board."
"The documentation could be improved."
"AlienVault OSSIM’s configuration and integration could be a little easier."
"The initial setup was a bit complex. You've got to do a lot of reading. It's not an intuitive implementation."
"Sometimes technical issues take very long to get resolved."
"The user interface could be improved."
"The dashboard and reports are not user-friendly or efficient so are of little help with threat hunting activity."
"The tool is very complicated. One place for improvement would be to have a more user-friendly interface. Having better support in Spanish would be cool."
"There could be better integration with the solution."
"I think that the search speed of this solution could be improved."
"With IBM Security QRadar, my company faced issues with the support we received for the product."
"It would be better if it were more stable and more secure. The price for maintenance could be better. It's too high. In the next release, I think they should focus on the price and the operation."
"IBM QRadar Advisor with Watson could be more user-friendly. You need some skills and understanding of what you're looking at, especially if you're going to draw down specific information."
"The released patch quality is poor. IBM should test those patches on their side, not on the client's side."
AlienVault OSSIM is ranked 14th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 27 reviews while IBM Security QRadar is ranked 4th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 198 reviews. AlienVault OSSIM is rated 7.4, while IBM Security QRadar is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of AlienVault OSSIM writes "An easy-to-scale open-source solution used for monitoring events on devices ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Security QRadar writes "A highly stable and scalable solution that provides good technical support". AlienVault OSSIM is most compared with Wazuh, Elastic Security, USM Anywhere, Splunk Enterprise Security and Microsoft Defender XDR, whereas IBM Security QRadar is most compared with Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security, Wazuh, LogRhythm SIEM and Elastic Security. See our AlienVault OSSIM vs. IBM Security QRadar report.
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