IBM Security QRadar Pricing

Frank Eargle - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Engineer at Glasshouse Systems

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.

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Anto Sebastin - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Presales Engineer at Redington India Limited

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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MUHAMMADNADEEM1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Director at Board Of Revenue

Overall, I'm satisfied with the value IBM QRadar provides for its price. However, there is room for improvement in terms of including more features with the base license instead of requiring additional licensing fees for each feature or application.

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IBM Security QRadar
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about IBM Security QRadar. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
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KM
Head of Cyber security analysis at DNV Poland Sp. z o.o.

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.

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Lokesh Puthalapattu - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Marketing Specialist II at Harman International

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

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EM
Director of Incident Response at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

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.

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YE
Technical Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

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. 

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Chetankumar Savalagimath - PeerSpot reviewer
Delivery Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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.

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Artur Marzano - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Analyst at Localiza

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.

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Mohamed Elprince - PeerSpot reviewer
SOC Manager at ALEXBANK

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

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MG
IT Security Administrator at Zitouna Bank

IBM Security QRadar is a very expensive tool.

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James Riffenburg - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Cybersecurity Consultant (Architecture, Engineering, Operations) CISO VCISO at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The solution is costly and the price differs depending on the vendor you use.

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DipeshBhawsar - PeerSpot reviewer
Archtect manager at Principal Global Limited

I'm an architect. Normally costs and licensing are handled by senior management.

For UBA, they haven't asked for any extra charges or anything. It's included in the licensing.

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BS
CS engineer at AYACOM

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.

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RR
Cyber Security Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Licensing is mostly dependent on the EPS, events per second. Depending upon the number of products that are integrated with the platform, we have to come to an optimal EPS value. I'm not very sure about the financials, however, the licensing cost cannot be as much as that for Sentinel, which is not very low. For customers who need medium EPS values, we advise QRadar.

The basic out the box cost covers, the EPS value that you have specified, and then some archiving maybe. It should include at least six months of archiving and other functionalities. Most of the customers will go for the standard package and we don't have to go for extra archival or enhanced DPS. 10% to 15% of DPS can always be increased. It will not completely shut down the system, however, it'll start sending us notifications that the DPS is getting increased and then we can go for a higher licensing.

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ST
Cyber Security Services Operations Manager at a aerospace/defense firm with 501-1,000 employees

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.

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Abbasi Poonawala - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Enterprise Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

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

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DL
Head of Cybersecurity at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

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.

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KB
Senior Cyber Security Engineer at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees

QRadar is reasonable compared to LogRhythm.

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it_user1369023 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager Information Security at Conduent (formerly Xerox Services)

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. 

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Ayoub Jaaouani - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architectv at Smarttech247

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. 

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it_user632763 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Engineer at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's worth the cost. There are a lot of other options out there that are way more expensive, and that may be better in certain areas, but in my opinion, the overall best solution is QRadar.

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EG
Senior Information Technology Security Officer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

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

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Bobby Sandeep - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President - Technology & Managed Security Services at Valuepoint Systems

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.

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MW
Relationship Manager at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

The pricing of the solution is quite reasonable.

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SJ
Senior Security Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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

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AK
Works

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.

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RU
Senior Solutions Architect at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

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.

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Khalid Majeed - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Consultant at Software Productivity Strategists, Inc. (SPS)

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. 

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PK
Solution Architect Cybersecurity at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The price of this solution is a little high.

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YS
IT Specialist​ at IT Specialist LLC

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.

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Farid Lalayev - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Student at Baku Higher Oil School

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

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Ertugrul Akbas - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at ANET

IBM QRadar User Behavior Analytics is an application framework and you can install many applications without any additional costs.

I rate the price of IBM QRadar User Behavior Analytics a four out of five.

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JM
Sr.Network Engineer at NTT Security

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

The pricing is alright. 

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DS
SOC Team Lead at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

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

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CM
Security Operations Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

The product is not a cheap solution. it's quite expensive.

We do also pay more in order to use Watson.

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DS
Works at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees

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.

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AI
Chief Technology Officer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

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. 

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AM
Senior Cyber Security Expert at a security firm with 11-50 employees

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

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HH
Senior IT Technical Support at a training & coaching company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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.

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JN
Director of Information Security at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

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

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MM
Senior Manager, Security Architecture & Operation, Corporate Security at Omantel

The price of this product is high.

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VP
Manager-Cloud Security Operations at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

The cost of this product is expensive.

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it_user489405 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Licensing was simplified two months ago. I don’t have insight into pricing. But as with any software, the price can probably change depending on your negotiation skills :)

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willie.Na. - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at Trans Business Machines Ltd

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.

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DD
Head of IT Security, Governance and Compliance at a consumer goods company with 10,001+ employees

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

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it_user545001 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Operations Center Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Do your due diligence. I found other solutions, with more features at the same cost or less. You don’t have to leave the Gartner Magic Quadrant to beat their price.

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SS
Information Security Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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.

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it_user641277 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Analyst at a transportation company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Most of the time, it is easier and cheaper to buy a new product or the QRadar box. For example, with the QRadar Event Collector 1605, as and when you need to expand your EPS and the number of log sources; it’s much cheaper and the boxes usually ship with the default 1000 EPS and 750 log source limit. They have another advantage, i.e., the storage.

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MI
Certified AIX I.T Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I pay for licensing yearly. 

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it_user246402 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr SIEM Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Go through a vulnerability assessment review for price breaks. A virtualized solution will also cut down on cost.

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JT
Solution Architect at Ostec

It's a bit pricey as a product. I'd rate it a two out of five, with five being the most affordable. It depends on what you buy; the longer you use it, the better the cost. It's an all-inclusive license. You don't need to pay for extra features. 

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Kamal Abdelrahman - PeerSpot reviewer
Country Manager at Magarah

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

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OS
Information Security Advisor, CISO & CIO, Docutek Services at Docutek Services

It is a pricey product. It is very expensive. 

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it_user639687 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity Expert at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Put some efforts and evaluate what license (EPS) you need for which collector before making an order. It is worth hiring a professional to do it for you (somebody who has experience with QRadar sizing).

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GR
SOC Manager at Nais Srl

Pricing is good.

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PP
Management Executive at a security firm with 11-50 employees

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. 

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RB
Founder at Halainfosec

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. 

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SP
Senior Security Engineer at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees

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

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JB
Deputy General Manager at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees

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.

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FC
Ingénieur d'étude R&D at DOGA

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.

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JK
Lead Security Infrastructure Engineer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

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.

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WP
Vulnerability Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

IBM's Qradar is not for small companie. Unfortunately, it would be 'overkill' to place it plainly. The pricing would be too much.

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it_user642180 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director SOC at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

QRadar is a very expensive application but it is a good product. My advice is to validate with other correlator solutions and validate which product is right for the organization.

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JJ
Managed Security Product at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

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.

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BK
Program Manager at a tech services company

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.

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WP
Vulnerability Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

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.

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Ashok Kumar Biswas - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer (Cybersecurity) at Omgea Exim Ltd

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

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Ahmed Hossam - PeerSpot reviewer
SOC Analyst Tier 2 at IP Protocol INC

I think my company pays for the license yearly.

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PD
Assistant Engineer at Harel Mallac Technologies Ltd

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

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JW
Solution Security Architect at PT. Sinergy Informasi Pratama

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. 

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MD
Cybersecurity Engineer Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

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.

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MH
Network and Security Technical Team Leader at a wholesaler/distributor with 201-500 employees

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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SU
Team Lead - Information Security at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

I can't speak to the exact pricing. I've never looked at its commercial costs. 

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SW
Cyber Security Consultant at Gulf Business Machines

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.

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DP
Chief Technical Officer at IT Specialist LLC

It's free of charge.

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SO
Deputy General Manager - Network Security at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

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.

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NM
Solution Manager at ZZTL

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

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AF
Cyber Security Specialist at AEC

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.

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SS
Director of Market Enabling Solutions at Raksha Technologies Pvt Ltd

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

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Kamal Abdelrahman - PeerSpot reviewer
Country Manager at Magarah

There is an annual license required for this solution.

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it_user970365 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity Practice Lead at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

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.

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TM
Senior Cybersecurity Consultant at CIA Botswana

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

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it_user285759 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

You only need to worry about the number of events per second and the number of flows per minute. Storage size is not an issue with QRadar.

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it_user643884 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Administrator at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The pricing and licensing policies are really competitive. These solutions are not for a really small business, but having just one license variable is really good. You simple tell the partner or sales representative the number of EPS you want to receive in your appliance and that's it. Other solutions have a 'correlation' license, which is more like a trap than anything else.

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RR
IT Security Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

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

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OK
Analyst at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The license is a yearly one.

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DA
Senior Server Security Engineer

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

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BT
Assistant IT Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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

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HG
Network Security Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

The price of this solution is reasonable.

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LY
Partner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

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.

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OO
Cyber threat Intelligence Manager at CyberLab Africa

There is a license required for this solution.

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MK
Practice Head at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

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

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AB
IT Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

The pricing policy is a bit on the higher side. IBM offers discounts when applicable.

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MH
Team Lead & Principal Software Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Licensing can be costly depending on your architecture.

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JM
CEO at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Licensing costs are reasonable.

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AK
Security Analyst at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The pricing is always fine. 

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AC
General manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

It would be great if this product were cheaper.

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it_user197457 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Manager at a tech services company

It is a bit more expensive than some others, SIEM, but it is more efficient.

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OO
Founder at a university with 11-50 employees

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.

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VB
Principal Security Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

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

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DS
Works at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

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.

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it_user795519 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Engineer at dig8labs

IBM has subscriptions plans that run for one year.

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it_user575124 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Security Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The pricing will definitely vary according to your EPS, but it is worth spending money on this product.

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YC
Security Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

It's too expensive. 

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OO
Founder at a university with 11-50 employees

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

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KJ
CEO at Xcelliti

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.

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GC
Queretaro at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The pricing is okay, it's comparable to other vendors.

It's not expensive for the resources that it gives you.

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it_user934623 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Information Security Analyst at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

We do licenses once a year. 

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it_user640416 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager-Information Security at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The pricing policy is good.

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it_user956985 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Security Engineer at OmnitechIT

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

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AS
Cyber Security Team Leader at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

It is cheaper than ArcSight. 

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Buyer's Guide
IBM Security QRadar
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about IBM Security QRadar. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
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