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IBM Security QRadar vs Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR / MDR comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

IBM Security QRadar
Ranking in Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
217
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (6th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (3rd), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (2nd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (12th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (5th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (10th)
Secureworks Taegis Managed ...
Ranking in Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
15th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) category, the mindshare of IBM Security QRadar is 1.1%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR / MDR is 3.2%, down from 4.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Security QRadar1.1%
Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR / MDR3.2%
Other95.7%
Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
 

Featured Reviews

HarshBhardiya - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
reviewer2396166 - PeerSpot reviewer
VP International Business and Alliances at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Customers have found quick incident response and proactive security management through effective threat detection
Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR MDR is a great product that has not posed any challenges from my perspective. I am extremely happy with the quick response from the Secureworks team. After the Sophos merger, I look forward to seeing a better and more enhanced version of the product. The team does a phenomenal job with automatic maintenance.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The simplicity of the solution is the best feature."
"The most valuable feature is the DSM Editor. The custom parsing tool is very nice, outstanding."
"We pay a little bit extra for Watson, and the Watson feature enables the analyst to go through and triage things much faster."
"Pulse, UEBA, and NBAD are the features that are the best, and they are the most useful from a SOC manager perspective."
"It provides many options for searching. I can see devices from different vendors, like Cisco, in one interface, which is good for me."
"What's most valuable in IBM QRadar User Behavior Analytics is its higher availability than other tools."
"IBM QRadar User Behavior Analytics has easy architecture, has a good portfolio and integration."
"We have seen a good return on investment with IBM QRadar User Behavior Analytics."
"It provides more visibility and more control over endpoints; it reduces the noise, clears things, and only shows things that are really important, so you can focus on investigation, response, and remediation."
"We don't have a full SOC, so it's helpful to have them sifting through our alerts and only bringing actionable items to us."
"The solution is great for managing alerts and dealing with them as they arise."
"It provides more visibility and more control over endpoints. It reduces the noise. It clears things and only shows things that are really important. It only shows those things that need to be looked at or need to be investigated further. Other similar solutions give you a lot of alerts and other things, but Secureworks gives you a defined or less noisy view so that you can work or focus on things that are important in terms of investigation, response, and remediation."
"Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR MDR is a great product that has not posed any challenges from my perspective."
"This solution gathers the information logs from all devices and correlates all the information. It notifies us of any critical events taking place across our networks which has been valuable."
"The solution definitely made us way more aware of the possibilities out there."
"There are some patent pending detectors within the platform that provides a lot of value."
 

Cons

"It is a bit expensive when compared with other solutions. It is expensive for specific deployment topologies, and the decision-makers go for alternatives like ArcSight."
"The usability of interfaces could be improved and the solution could have better correlation services, as well as faster and updated intelligence interfaces."
"I would like to see a better GUI."
"It would be good, therefore, if there was a standard configuration by default that was offered or proposed during install or configuration to meet PCI requirements, e.g. log archive duration set by default to one year for each device added."
"Whenever we are upgrading or installing any type of patch, at that time we have some delays."
"QRadar log integration of various applications can be a tough job at times."
"There seems to be a cap-limit regarding scalability. IBM limits the amount of data you can send into the collectors so scalability-wise, it's not that optimum because sometimes we have a resource or a machine that tends to think it gets more events per second than it actually gets."
"I would like the rule creation interface to be much more user-friendly in the next release."
"The integration with the Carbon Black sensor could be better. ManagedXDR doesn't seem to know how to extract the forensic data from an endpoint that was quarantined by Carbon Black."
"The integration would look better with other products, with other EDRs, with other firewalls, with other older versions of firewalls, and the versions of software and hardware."
"Dell Secureworks is for higher-end customers and it's not quite as straightforward to implement or to get up and running as some of the other solutions."
"Dell Secureworks is for higher-end customers and it's not quite as straightforward to implement or to get up and running as some of the other solutions."
"Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR's query language and stability need improvement."
"We did a PoC of their next-gen antivirus product, but it wasn't ready yet. It was underdeveloped and caused a lot of issues. We'd like to move away from Carbon Black, but they said that it's probably still not to a point where we'd be happy with it. Carbon Black and RedCloak seem to work fine for us."
"Tamper-proofing or tamper protection is still pending in Secureworks."
"In terms of ROI, I'd be surprised if there is any investment return on the SIM."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is good."
"IBM's Qradar is not for small companie. Unfortunately, it would be 'overkill' to place it plainly. The pricing would be too much."
"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."
"As for licensing costs, I haven't seen the exact figures, but it is considered somewhat costly. On a scale from one to ten, where one is very expensive and ten is very cheap, I would rate it a six—it’s costly but worth the money."
"The pricing is good."
"A good approach would be to begin with an On Cloud subscription, then later on do a more exact sizing."
"The pricing needs to be such that they are more competitive with other vendors."
"IBM's Qradar is not for small companie. Unfortunately, it would be 'overkill' to place it plainly. The pricing would be too much."
"Initially, the cost was going to be something around $160 or $170. And eventually, I think they brought it down to $110 and they also threw in some endpoint protection platforms."
"The pricing for this solution is reasonable. One agent costs approximately 270 dirhams/70 USD for one year. There is a reduction in cost per licence as the number of licences used increases."
"The Red Cloak agent is free."
"It is expensive but there is no better product than this."
"The price is kind of on par. The licensing was comparable to other solutions. It's not particularly high or low."
"The pricing of Dell Secureworks is very reasonable."
"Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR is very expensive and could be more cost-effective."
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Comparison Review

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Manager, Enterprise Risk Consulting at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 28, 2015
Qradar vs. ArcSight
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Construction Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business91
Midsize Enterprise39
Large Enterprise105
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

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...
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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Security QRadar?
Pricing and the license of EPS were managed by the governance team. I was not responsible for managing those. I was supposed to put up the requirement of the license needed to integrate that amount...
What needs improvement with Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR?
I would not say there is a potential area of improvement. I am also waiting to see what Sophos will bring in terms of enhancement. There is room for AI integration as the industry evolves, and more...
What is your primary use case for Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR?
The solution is used for threat detection and response. We generally use it for quick responses during incidents and to secure our systems.
What advice do you have for others considering Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR?
I would rate Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR MDR at ten out of ten. This solution provides excellent support and response.
 

Also Known As

IBM QRadar, QRadar SIEM, QRadar UBA, QRadar on Cloud, IBM QRadar Advisor with Watson
Secureworks Red Cloak Managed Detection and Response, Dell Secureworks, SecureWorks Taegis Managed TDR
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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