# Elastic Security vs IBM QRadar

| Attribute | Elastic Security | IBM QRadar |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 56.2 (72% (medium)) | 59.2 (16% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 18,551 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 78,268 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A security operations platform combining SIEM and XDR capabilities with built-in AI-driven automation and threat analysis. Autonomous agents handle detection and investigation workflows, while analysts focus on verification and decision-making. It is indexed under SIEM & SOAR Software.","source":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/faq/licensing","question":"What is Elastic Security?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Elastic Security offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/faq/licensing","question":"Is Elastic Security free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Elastic Security supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/faq/licensing","question":"What platforms does Elastic Security support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Elastic Security can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/faq/licensing","question":"Can Elastic Security be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 26 integrations for Elastic Security, including Slack, Jira, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, ServiceNow, IBM Resilient, xMatters and OpenAI, plus 18 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/faq/licensing","question":"What does Elastic Security integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed ISO 27001 and GDPR for Elastic Security. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Elastic Security not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.elastic.co/trust/faq","question":"What security certifications does Elastic Security have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"IBM QRadar SIEM is a security operations platform that centralizes data from security tools and IT systems, detects threats in real time, supports regulatory compliance, and streamlines investigation and response workflows to reduce operational costs. It is indexed under SIEM & SOAR Software.","source":"https://www.ibm.com/products/qradar-siem","question":"What is IBM QRadar?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"IBM QRadar is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.ibm.com/products/qradar-siem","question":"Is IBM QRadar free to use?","confidence":0.56},{"answer":"Yes. IBM QRadar can be deployed on-premise, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.ibm.com/products/qradar-siem","question":"Can IBM QRadar be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 3 integrations for IBM QRadar, including SIGMA, QRadar SOAR and QRadar EDR. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.ibm.com/products/qradar-siem","question":"What does IBM QRadar integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for IBM QRadar. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as IBM QRadar not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.ibm.com/trust","question":"What security certifications does IBM QRadar have?","confidence":0.7}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"on_prem":true}` |
| description.long | A security operations platform combining SIEM and XDR capabilities with built-in AI-driven automation and threat analysis. Autonomous agents handle detection and investigation workflows, while analysts focus on verification and decision-making. | IBM QRadar SIEM is a security operations platform that centralizes data from security tools and IT systems, detects threats in real time, supports regulatory compliance, and streamlines investigation and response workflows to reduce operational costs. |
| features.capabilities | `{"siem":true,"soar":true,"ueba":true,"deployment":"hybrid","ml_detection":true,"threat_intel":true,"pricing_basis":"ingest_gb","case_management":true,"connector_breadth":"26+ integrations including security tools (Slack, Jira, PagerDuty, ServiceNow), ","open_core_available":true,"mitre_attack_mapping":false}` | `{"siem":true,"soar":false,"ueba":true,"deployment":"on_prem","threat_intel":true,"case_management":true,"connector_breadth":"700 prebuilt integrations and partner extensions"}` |
| integrations.count | 400 | 700 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"ServiceNow"},{"name":"IBM Resilient"},{"name":"xMatters"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Amazon Bedrock"},{"name":"Google Vertex AI"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure AI"},{"name":"Cohere"},{"name":"Mistral"},{"name":"Hugging Face"},{"name":"LangChain"},{"name":"LlamaIndex"},{"name":"Jina AI"},{"name":"IBM watsonx"},{"name":"NVIDIA"},{"name":"Aryn"},{"name":"Tableau"},{"name":"Apache Spark"},{"name":"Elasticsearch-Hadoop"},{"name":"Unstructured.io"},{"name":"Alibaba Cloud"},{"name":"Aryn.ai"},{"name":"Amazon SageMaker JumpStart"}]` | `[{"name":"SIGMA"},{"name":"QRadar SOAR","native":true},{"name":"QRadar EDR","native":true}]` |
| language.primary | Java | - |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/faq/licensing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T11:06:59.285Z","freeTrialDays":14}` | - |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | - |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v9.5.5","date":"2026-10-06T14:01:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.5.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v9.4.8","date":"2026-10-06T14:01:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.4.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v8.19.23","date":"2026-10-06T14:01:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.19.23"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v8.19.22","date":"2026-09-23T15:20:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.19.22"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v9.5.4","date":"2026-09-15T18:19:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v9.4.7","date":"2026-09-15T18:19:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.4.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v9.5.3","date":"2026-09-03T10:08:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v9.4.6","date":"2026-09-01T12:51:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.4.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v8.19.21","date":"2026-09-01T12:53:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.19.21"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v9.5.2","date":"2026-08-20T16:44:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v9.5.1","date":"2026-08-11T17:58:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v9.4.5","date":"2026-08-11T17:57:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.4.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v8.19.20","date":"2026-08-11T18:24:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.19.20"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v9.5.0","date":"2026-08-04T11:46:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v9.4.4","date":"2026-07-21T12:56:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.4.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v9.3.8","date":"2026-07-21T12:56:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.3.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v8.19.19","date":"2026-07-21T13:28:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.19.19"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v8.19.18","date":"2026-06-30T16:43:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.19.18"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v9.3.7","date":"2026-06-30T16:47:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.3.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases/tag/v9.4.3","date":"2026-06-30T14:30:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.4.3"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 5.6 | - |
| security.trust_center | https://www.elastic.co/legal/ethics-and-compliance | https://www.ibm.com/products/qradar-siem/compliance |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":45,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.elasticsearch%3Aelasticsearch&per_page=100","last_12m":2,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` | - |

## Capabilities (SIEM & SOAR Software)

| Capability | Elastic Security | IBM QRadar |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| SIEM (log correlation & detection) | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOAR (playbooks / automated response) | ✓ | ✗ |
| **Detection** |  |  |
| UEBA (behavioural analytics) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Built-in threat intelligence | ✓ | ✓ |
| ML / anomaly detection | ✓ | - |
| MITRE ATT&CK detection mapping | ✗ | - |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| Case / incident management | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Pricing** |  |  |
| Pricing basis | Ingest GB/day | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Hybrid | On-prem |
| **Integration** |  |  |
| Connector / content-pack breadth | 26+ integrations including security tools (Slack, Jira, PagerDuty, ServiceNow), | 700 prebuilt integrations and partner extensions |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Open-core available | ✓ | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T22:20:59.120Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*