ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM vs IBM Security QRadar comparison

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Odyssey Cybersecurity and IBM are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. Odyssey Cybersecurity is ranked #38 with an average rating of 8.0, while IBM is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.1. Odyssey Cybersecurity holds a 0.7% mindshare in SIEM, compared to IBM’s 5.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Odyssey Cybersecurity users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

IBM Security QRadar and ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM compete in the cybersecurity space, focusing on threat detection and incident response. IBM Security QRadar has the upper hand with its integration capabilities, while ClearSkies is preferred for its intuitive interface and flexibility.

Features: IBM Security QRadar provides sophisticated analytics, a comprehensive suite of integrations with various security tools, and is ideal for complex environments. ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM offers user-friendly configurations, advanced threat intelligence, and adaptability for quick insights, targeting organizations looking for easy adaptation and deep threat analysis.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM Security QRadar can be challenging to deploy, requiring intensive customer support to integrate into existing systems. In contrast, ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM facilitates straightforward cloud-based deployment and is admired for its efficient support and seamless implementation, appealing to businesses with limited IT resources.

Pricing and ROI: IBM Security QRadar demands significant upfront costs because of its extensive functionality, promising ROI through effective threat management. ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM might have higher initial expenses but ensures quicker ROI by minimizing time to value due to its easy deployment and operational flexibility.

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Categories and Ranking

ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

38th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

IBM Security QRadar

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

2nd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

218

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (5th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (3rd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (11th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (5th), Managed Detection and Response (MDR) (8th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM is 0.7%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Security QRadar is 5.6%, down from 7.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
IBM Security QRadar	5.6%
ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM	0.7%
Other	93.7%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Featured Reviews

Zuhair Hasan

Manager, Information Technology Security at Nesma

Has good integration capability and provides information and events but improvement is needed in information retrieval speed

The best features are the comprehensive event collection and analysis. Once set up properly, we receive all events and information. The team analyzes our data and presents incidents to us. We can communicate with their team to escalate and resolve incidents. It has a feature we use to search for information about our environment and past incidents. This is very valuable. The integration capability is very good - the ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM team is collaborative. We've integrated most of our systems, including EDR and NDR. They have agents to collect events from servers and assets.

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HarshBhardiya

SOC Engineer at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees

Have managed daily asset and alert monitoring effectively but have encountered limitations with manual processes and interface usability

It's still very manual and doesn't work on its own. It's still in an early stage and not on par where we can consider it a really successful detection system. The accuracy is not there. The UI could be better when compared to Sentinels where we can use flags and tagging. It could be much more user-friendly. IBM Security QRadar has all features and is fully competitive with other SIEM tools, but when it comes to user-friendliness, a new user takes time to get used to it. More intuitive, user-friendly interfaces and more helpful documentation would be beneficial. The query searching and data fetching could be faster. In large to very large organizations with around 5,000 or 6,000 assets or beyond, even with proper configurations and RAM and hardware backing up, the query is fairly slow.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The integration capability is very good - the ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM team is collaborative. We've integrated most of our systems, including EDR and NDR. They have agents to collect events from servers and assets."

"ClearSkies is the best for software as a service and small organizations with up to 500 employees."

"The correlation rules and the user platform are most valuable."

"The monitoring and dashboards are great."

"With QRadar, you can do all these, even if you are not a security expert."

"The solution has great support; whenever we had an issue they were able to give us support within 15 minutes."

"It's quite scalable. We have upgraded some solutions from 1000 APS up to 3500 APS to 5000 APS. It's a good solution, they have no scalability issues."

"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."

"IBM Security's QRadar Security Intelligence is a multi-feature security monitoring platform that provides log management, SIEM, NetFlow, application monitoring, vulnerability scanning, full packet capture and risk analysis."

"The QNI feature is the one I am very interested in, and I have also been interested in Watson, and from the log analysis and the security perspective, we are able to dive deep into any of the logs and anomalies."

"Scalability is good because it is a cloud-based offering and a managed services offering solution, and the scalability is left for IBM to manage, so it's not a headache for us to manage."

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Cons

"They can add behavior analytics and AI or machine learning technology. They also improve their correlation engine. In addition to collecting logs from devices, they can collect the traffic and then correlate these logs and the traffic information."

"The main issue for improvement is the platform's slowness in presenting information. Retrieving information can take a little time when clicking on something."

"They can add behavior analytics and AI or machine learning technology."

"There should be easier and wider integration opportunities. This is one area where they could add value because we cannot integrate it easily with QRadar."

"I would like to see the update process simplified."

"The released patch quality is poor. IBM should test those patches on their side, not on the client's side."

"It is good, but when a product doesn't behave in a good manner, it creates confusion. Its behavior isn't consistent."

"The technical support can be improved a little bit, and the price could be cheaper."

"There could be better integration with the solution."

"We did encounter stability issues as IBM’s patches are not stable at all."

"In terms of what could be improved, I would say the script which we have to create for custom actions. QRadar needs to improve that feature. Additionally, QRadar has to provide the playbooks designing features."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"They have changed the pricing policy. Its price is competitive. Its price is less than half of the price of QRadar, LogRhythm, and Splunk."

"Regarding pricing, I'd say it's in the middle range. Pricing is very good compared to others."

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

"Pricing is good."

"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."

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

"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."

"It is a perpetual license that we have for the event collector. The licensing is done based on the number of events and flows that you receive on this particular device. These are perpetual licenses, which means once you purchase them, they don't expire, which means that the support to IBM is definitely renewed after every one year. We have an enterprise agreement with IBM, which puts the cost in a totally different category as compared to someone who is not an IBM partner and is approaching IBM for this solution. We were able to get massive discounts. To give you an idea, we recently purchased 30,000 event licenses, and it costs around $480,000. It is definitely not a cheap product. We have licenses for about 270,000 events per second and 3 million flows per second. All the appliances and their events and flows are basically clubbed together and charged or rather calculated through a single source. The console receives all the details from all the event processes that we have globally. So, the license that we have is a single license for 270,000 events per second and 3 million flows per second, but that can be managed centrally. I was only part of the secondary purchase, which was 30,000 events per second for about $480,000. You can calculate how much we paid for 270,000 events. Reducing its price would be a compromise. We have already used a lower-priced product in the form of NNT, but we had to get rid of it because it was not doing the job that we actually wanted to do. You get what you pay for."

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

"I would like for them to lower the price."

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Manager, Enterprise Risk Consulting at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jun 28, 2015

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

20%

Financial Services Firm

17%

Construction Company

13%

Hospitality Company

Outsourcing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	93
Midsize Enterprise	39
Large Enterprise	107

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What are the biggest differences between Securonix UEBA, Exabeam, and IBM QRadar?

It mostly depends on your use-cases and environment. Exabeam and Securonix have a stronger UEBA feature set, friendlier GUI and are not licensed based on capacity (amount of logs and information in...

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What SOC product do you recommend?

For tools I’d recommend: -SIEM- LogRhythm -SOAR- Palo Alto XSOAR Doing commercial w/o both (or at least an XDR) is asking to miss details that are critical, and ending up a statistic. Also, rememb...

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ClearSkies NG SIEM

IBM QRadar, QRadar SIEM, QRadar UBA, QRadar on Cloud, IBM QRadar Advisor with Watson

Overview

ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM is designed to enhance security measures and streamline incident response for enterprises, offering a comprehensive approach to threat intelligence and monitoring.

ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM provides advanced capabilities in security event management, ensuring optimal threat detection and response efficiency. It combines robust analytics with real-time alerts to provide enhanced visibility and control over IT environments, vital for proactive incident management.

What are the key features of ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM?

Real-time Monitoring: Facilitates immediate detection and response to threats with live data feeds.
Behavioral Analytics: Uses machine learning to identify anomalies and potential security breaches.
Threat Intelligence Integration: Incorporates global threat data to improve situational awareness.
Scalability: Easily adapts to the growing demands of expanding IT infrastructures.

What benefits should users expect from ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM?

Improved Security Posture: By identifying threats quickly, businesses can strengthen defenses.
Cost-Effectiveness: Reduces need for extensive on-premise infrastructure, lowering operational costs.
Efficient Resource Allocation: Automates threat management tasks, freeing up staff for strategic initiatives.
Enhanced Compliance: Helps meet regulatory requirements with comprehensive audit trails.

ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM is implemented across industries like finance, healthcare, and retail, providing customized security insights that cater to unique industry requirements. Its flexibility ensures seamless integration with existing IT ecosystems, supporting dedicated compliance and security goals.

Odyssey Cybersecurity

IBM Security QRadar offers real-time threat detection, data correlation, and integration with third-party solutions, providing a user-friendly interface, scalability, and extensive reporting capabilities for SIEM needs.

IBM Security QRadar is designed for comprehensive security monitoring in diverse environments, aiding sectors like telecom and finance with advanced threat detection and breach management. It aggregates data and analyzes user behavior, while its customizable and out-of-the-box rules deliver robust security insights and vulnerability management. The platform seeks enhancements in integration, performance, and user interface, with a focus on AI and cloud service compatibility.

What are the most important features of IBM Security QRadar?

Real-time Threat Detection: Monitors and alerts on security incidents as they happen.
Data Correlation: Aggregates and connects disparate data sources for cohesive analysis.
Third-party Integration: Supports seamless interaction with other security tools.
Scalability: Grows with organizational needs without sacrificing performance.
Customizable Rules: Allows tailored security settings for specific requirements.

What benefits and ROI should be expected?

Enhanced Security Insights: Offers comprehensive coverage across environments.
Reduced False Positives: Minimizes unnecessary alerts, improving efficiency.
User-friendly Interface: Simplifies navigation and analysis tasks.
Extensive Reporting Capabilities: Provides detailed insights for informed decision-making.
Compliance Focus: Assists in meeting regulatory standards effectively.

Telecom, finance, and cloud-based industries implement IBM Security QRadar for threat detection, compliance, and security monitoring. It is deployed for log collection and correlation, user behavior analytics, and ensuring secure data transfer and incident management, focusing on compliance and anomaly detection.

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Clients across multiple industries, such as energy, financial, retail, healthcare, government, communications, and education use QRadar.

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