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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Guardium

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AIBM Guardium is IBM's data security posture management solution, that aims to offer organizations comprehensive visibility, actionable insights and real-time controls to help users comply with regulations, preserve privacy and secure sensitive data no matter where it is stored.N/A

    Microsoft Sentinel

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Sentinel (formerly Azure Sentinel) is designed as a birds-eye view across the enterprise. It is presented as a security information and event management (SIEM) solution for proactive threat detection, investigation, and response.

    $2.46

    per GB ingested

    Pricing
    IBM GuardiumMicrosoft Sentinel
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Azure Sentinel
    $2.46
    per GB ingested
    100 GB per day
    $123.00
    per day
    200 GB per day
    $221.40
    per day
    300 GB per day
    $319.80
    per day
    400 GB per day
    $410.00
    per day
    500 GB per day
    $492.00
    per day
    More than 500 GB per day
    $492.00 + $98.40
    per day/plus each additional 100 GB increment
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM GuardiumMicrosoft Sentinel
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is dependent based on data source environment.—
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    Community Pulse
    IBM GuardiumMicrosoft Sentinel
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    77 Answers
    99%
    Would buy again
    73 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    61 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    59 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    73 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    71 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    50 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    52 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    63 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    66 Answers
    Features
    IBM GuardiumMicrosoft Sentinel
    Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)
    Comparison of Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) features of IBM Guardium and Microsoft Sentinel
    Feature
    IBM Guardium
    8.1
    1 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Microsoft Sentinel
    -
    Ratings
    Shadow & Dark Data Identification7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Access & Entitlement Mapping8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security Posture Assessment & Risk Prioritization9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Non-Intrusive, Agentless Scanning8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Lineage and Flow Tracking8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Remediation Workflows8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-Time Data Detection and Response (DDR)8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    AI-Ready Security Guardrails7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Compliance Mapping8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of IBM Guardium and Microsoft Sentinel
    Feature
    IBM Guardium
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Sentinel
    8.5
    34 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Centralized event and log data collection00 Ratings9.134 Ratings
    Correlation00 Ratings8.835 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management00 Ratings8.435 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility00 Ratings8.333 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools00 Ratings8.933 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces00 Ratings8.435 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection00 Ratings8.030 Ratings
    Data integration/API management00 Ratings8.433 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining00 Ratings9.031 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds00 Ratings8.733 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation00 Ratings8.232 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management00 Ratings7.35 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching00 Ratings8.733 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    IBM GuardiumMicrosoft Sentinel
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    IBM Security QRadar SIEM
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM GuardiumMicrosoft Sentinel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (68 ratings)
    8.5
    (74 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.4
    (5 ratings)
    6.5
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    5.6
    (34 ratings)
    8.2
    (27 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.5
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM GuardiumMicrosoft Sentinel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    IBM Guardium DP is suitable for monitoring, auditing, data discovery, vulnerability analysis, and risk detection and investigation in relational and non-relational databases, cloud database services, indexed databases, and non-relational databases as well. IBM Guardium DPR is appropriate for supporting the process of detecting anomalous behavior in accessing sensitive data, helping to optimize the work of cybersecurity analysts or data team analysts by providing the data officer within our organization with insight into compromised users, compromised databases, or file servers containing sensitive data.
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    Microsoft
    What has really impressed me is how Microsoft Sentinel delivers centralised security monitoring across multiple data sources in our enterprise. It has reduced cost of handling large security logs by collecting and analyzing data without friction of managing traditional SIEM infrastructure. It is easy to work to integrate with Azure logs for quick data analysis.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Provides complete monitoring of data access and usage activities.
    • Provides customizable security controls and policies that help us meet compliance and regulatory requirements.
    • Uses advanced algorithms and machine learning to detect abnormal behavior patterns.
    • Helps us protect sensitive and confidential data by controlling access.
    • Integrates easily with other security systems and tools.
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    Microsoft
    • The visual presentation of data is terrific, so including what we had prior to Microsoft Sentinel, it presents data in a much more usable way, so that's been quite refreshing. It's not quite as complex to understand what you're looking at.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Cleanup the menu bar- way too many items.
    • Ktap support for newer O/S. Recently, I have had to open support tickets to get the most recent support for the RHEL Kernel.
    • Also, upgrading agents to V12 doesnt not have the same Flex or exact match for KTAP as 11.5. You would think V12 would have the same Kernel support as 11.5. Clients are moving to V12.
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    Microsoft
    • One feature that I would like to see improved is probably the log parsing. I think one of the big things that Splunk does better than Microsoft Sentinel is that it makes it easy to bring in new log streams of arbitrary formats and parse them out into columns and tables. Microsoft Sentinel is a lot more involved, though. It takes a lot more manual work to bring in different log sources and parse them out.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    It is a perfect system to detect problems that we do not see manually, it is light, with a very simple learning curve and with great protection of our data, we will use it forever.
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    Microsoft
    it does the job reasonably well
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    Usability
    IBM
    This software is not the easiest to use in all work environments, each department has some difficulties accessing and managing some functions, it can be considered a complex softy, but I consider it necessary to have it in the company due to its security qualities of warm cans, it offers exactly what it promises but with a little difficulty in its configuration.
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    Microsoft
    Mirosoft sentinel is easy to use once the inital setup is completed.The dashboard and centralized alerts make it simple to monitor security events and investigate incidents.Integration with other microsoft security tool is also helpful.Some advanced features and configurations can take time to understand, but overall it provides good, user-friendly security monitoring.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    There has been great support coming from IBM. It is easy to use and a great way to keep our data secure. I would recommend this to other possible users and if I were to move companies, I would recommend we use this there too. Thank you
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft support is one of the highest rated on the market. It has global and multilingual support. Calls can be made over the phone and the solution is virtually instantaneous with the help of Microsoft engineers. It's great!
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    IBM Security Guardium has extended capabilities of automatically locating databases and assessing the vulnerabilities and configuration flaws in them. IBM Security Guardium stacks up against other products due to the additional features that can be easily added to your IT systems after installation. Additionally, Guardium has the ability to monitor a mainframe database environment which makes it the best choice!
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    Microsoft
    Compared to platforms such as Splunk, LogRhythm, and Devo, Microsoft Sentinel’s cloud‑native, consumption‑based pricing model and reduced infrastructure overhead tend to offer better overall cost efficiency. This is especially true for organizations already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem, where Sentinel can deliver strong capabilities with a lower total cost of ownership.
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    Scalability
    IBM
    Only a few users in our shop for now
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Did not use professional services
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Security and monitoring are important in a financial institution
    • Constant visibility and auditing of companies is easy with IBM Guardium.
    • la seguridad y monitored es important en una entidad financiera
    • la visibilidad y auditoria constante de empresas es facil con IBM Guardium
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    Microsoft
    • It's probably neutral. We see value, but it's, again, tick that kind of expense stuff. We're getting more insight and value into what is going on in that cloud workspace, but just noting the cost. So it's probably neutral. I'm not directly responsible, so the full kind of return on investment kind of cycle, that's someone else's problem. I'm like the end user. It's my team that will look at the data and look at the output of Microsoft Sentinel. So the ROI, someone else can worry about that.
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    ScreenShots

    IBM Guardium Screenshots

    Screenshot of the IBM Guardium Data Protection dashboard showing all the features. One click can take you to databases or to data analytics.Screenshot of IBM Guardium Data Protection: The S-TAP and GIM Dashboard gives real-time visibility into the health and performance of S-TAPs. It is used to track the status of different S-TAP versions, see database activity across inspection engines, and view detailed insights by operating system.Screenshot of IBM Guardium DSPM: Discovery, Classification & Threat Monitoring - Automate cloud data security with discovery, classification, and continuous threat monitoring. This offers a unified view of sensitive data across cloud workloads (AWS, Azure, GCP) and SaaS (SharePoint, OneDrive, Slack, Google Drive, Jira, Confluence and more), understand its risk level, and ensure ongoing protection and compliance.Screenshot of IBM Guardium DSPM: Discovery, Classification & Threat Monitoring - Automate cloud data security with discovery, classification, and continuous threat monitoring. This offers a unified view of sensitive data across cloud workloads (AWS, Azure, GCP) and SaaS (SharePoint, OneDrive, Slack, Google Drive, Jira, Confluence and more), understand its risk level, and ensure ongoing protection and compliance.Screenshot of IBM Guardium DSPM: Discovery, Classification & Threat Monitoring - Automate cloud data security with discovery, classification, and continuous threat monitoring. This offers a unified view of sensitive data across cloud workloads (AWS, Azure, GCP) and SaaS (SharePoint, OneDrive, Slack, Google Drive, Jira, Confluence and more), understand its risk level, and ensure ongoing protection and compliance.

    Microsoft Sentinel Screenshots

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