Sentinel's slightly on the expensive side. You're paying quite a bit if you enable it for your whole network. And then, it stores lots of data in the logs. It's suitable for large organizations but not very small organizations. However, there are no additional costs apart from the licensing fees.

I would rate the costliness of Sentinel as a seven out of ten.

The solution’s pricing is aligned with its competitors.

Sentinel is an expensive solution. Sentinel doesn't have a licensing cost. Users just have to pay for storage.

You need a support contract with NetIQ for maintenance. You can download the updates for the underlying operating system, which is a secured and drilled-down version of SUSE Linux. For the product itself, you basically upgrade it every time there is a new version coming out, which is usually once or twice a year. 

We receive a pricing discount because of our ongoing partnership with Micro Focus. 

Sentinel is moderately priced.

Sentinel is a subscription-based solution. You will have to pay weekly or monthly costs based on your deal with your Azure cloud provider.

We inquired about getting support from the vendor, Micro Focus, but the cost was very high.

Sentinel is not for home use. Others versions are available by the same vendor, like Sentinel Rapid Deployment or Reporting Module that are offered for different needs. In other words, if price is a problem, go open source, not world class tool like Sentinel. NetIQ offers nice licence packages that can adjust better for some clients.

It's probably not a product that I would recommend to anyone.