Chief Information Security Officer at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
Real User
Top 5
2024-07-03T17:20:00Z
Jul 3, 2024
The standard licensing is positive. The number of logs ingested into Splunk was primarily driving its cost up, and that is not as much of an issue with Palo Alto as it was with Splunk.
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Senior Manager - Security Operations at First Advantage Corporation
Real User
Top 10
2023-09-28T14:59:50Z
Sep 28, 2023
In terms of pricing, we found Cortex XSIAM to offer a very reasonable and competitive rate. We entered into a two-year contract with them, and the pricing aligned well with our budget expectations, comparable to what we had considered with Splunk and Microsoft Sentinel. It's worth noting that there are additional costs, depending on the specific add-ons an organization chooses to purchase. For example, opting for add-ons like Managed Threat Hunting from Palo Alto Networks or Identity Threat Analytics would incur extra expenses.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools offer comprehensive visibility and management of an organization’s security events through real-time analysis and correlation of data from multiple sources.
SIEM solutions provide a centralized platform for managing security alerts and logs from various sources such as network devices, servers, and applications. They help identify and mitigate potential threats by analyzing event data for unusual patterns and correlations. These tools...
The first impression is that XSIAM would be more expensive than others we tried.
We do not deal with licensing. Only the accounts team handles that information.
The product cost could be considered value for money compared to other solutions in the market, though it is quite high. I rate the pricing a nine.
The standard licensing is positive. The number of logs ingested into Splunk was primarily driving its cost up, and that is not as much of an issue with Palo Alto as it was with Splunk.
I would rate the solution's cost a six out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive.
The solution is expensive compared to its competitors.
In terms of pricing, we found Cortex XSIAM to offer a very reasonable and competitive rate. We entered into a two-year contract with them, and the pricing aligned well with our budget expectations, comparable to what we had considered with Splunk and Microsoft Sentinel. It's worth noting that there are additional costs, depending on the specific add-ons an organization chooses to purchase. For example, opting for add-ons like Managed Threat Hunting from Palo Alto Networks or Identity Threat Analytics would incur extra expenses.