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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Guardium

    Score8.5 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

    Score8.7 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
    No answer on this topic
    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    48 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    46 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    40 Answers
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    44 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    46 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    33 Answers
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    35 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    41 Answers
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    43 Answers
    Features
    IBM GuardiumMicrosoft Sentinel
    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
    7.3
    24 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Centralized event and log data collection00 Ratings8.324 Ratings
    Correlation00 Ratings7.224 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management00 Ratings6.924 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility00 Ratings7.522 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools00 Ratings6.422 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces00 Ratings7.524 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection00 Ratings5.020 Ratings
    Data integration/API management00 Ratings6.522 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining00 Ratings6.920 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds00 Ratings7.922 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation00 Ratings7.221 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching00 Ratings8.622 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    IBM GuardiumMicrosoft Sentinel
    Small Businesses
    Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
    Score7 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
    Score7 out of 10
    IBM Security QRadar SIEM
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Netwrix Auditor
    Score8.5 out of 10
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM GuardiumMicrosoft Sentinel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (36 ratings)
    8.6
    (43 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    5.4
    (33 ratings)
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM GuardiumMicrosoft Sentinel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    It checks many boxes when it comes to security. It allows you to see all the DB activity that goes on, report on it, and send it to SIEM. The analytics part extends this product even more. The investigation dashboard makes it easier to find outliers or specifics without running queries or reports.
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Sentinel excels in centralized monitoring, AI-driven threat detection, and automation, but improvements in cost transparency, user experience, third-party integrations, and support for emerging technologies could make it even more effective. Addressing these areas would enhance its appeal for small-to-medium businesses, large enterprises, and organizations with complex or specialized IT environments.
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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
    • I appreciate that it keeps the data within our, what we call our, authorization boundary. The fact that the data remains within Microsoft's, I guess, walled garden if you will, is very helpful for certain compliance needs in particular.
    • The large library of ingestion: ability to ingest is basically as easy as I can basically get it to be most of the time. There's occasionally some vendors that it's a little bit more challenging for, but given the ease of integration for a lot of things, basically it's become one of my requirements when I am looking at other tools is how easily do they integrate with Sentinel.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Although it is a relatively simple software to use, it requires a bit of knowledge, which a new user cannot do without consolidating some previous knowledge.
    • The technical support team is not ideal; although, on many occasions we have not needed their help, the times we have interacted it has left us wanting more.
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    Microsoft
    • I think it should include more third party integration with non microsoft products as well as with other cloud providers. These integrations should be native.
    • It should improve ML and AI capabilities.
    • I find its documentation a little bit difficult to understand at the start. So the words should be simple.
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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
    The Microsoft Azure Sentinel solution is very good and even better if you use Azure. It's easy to implement and learn how to use the tool with an intuitive and simple interface. New updates are happening to always bring new news and improve the experience and usability. The solution brings reliability as it is from a very reliable manufacturer.
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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
    Azure Sentinel is very easy to use and configure. If you are stuck somewhere, Microsoft support is excellent in assisting and solving your issue.
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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
    We decided to go with Microsoft Sentinel because it works really well with Microsoft tools we are already using. Microsoft Sentinel's intelligent features detect and resolve problems more quickly than Sumo Logic. It also allows us to pay for what we use and grow as we need. While Sumo Logic is good at analyzing data, Microsoft Sentinel fits our needs.
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    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
    • As any cybersecurity product, this has to be more with risk to avoid loss in case of a ransomware that more than relate to a productivity increase. Maybe the impact could be that instead of having people that are checking 24/7 the dashboard, you could implement Sentinel and have less people checking that or people with less expertise. So the saving will be a minor but will be a saving in the cost of your team.
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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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