Comparison

IBM QRadar vs Wazuh

No leader: the top candidate IBM QRadar has only 0.16 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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IBM QRadar59
Wazuh46
Score
vioscaleAI score
IBM QRadar59 / 100low · 16%
Wazuh46 / 100medium · 62%
Pricing
Free tier
IBM QRadar–
Wazuh✓
Model
IBM QRadaropen_source
Price level
IBM QRadar–
Wazuhfree
Transparent
IBM QRadar–
Wazuh✗
Integrations
Count
IBM QRadar700
Wazuh3
Adoption
Dependent repos
IBM QRadar–
Wazuh0
Github stars
IBM QRadar–
Wazuh17,232
Activity
Commits last 30d
IBM QRadar–
Wazuh100
Release
Cadence days
IBM QRadar–
Wazuh18
History
IBM QRadar–
Language
Primary
IBM QRadar–
WazuhC++
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
IBM QRadar5 items
Wazuh7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for siem & soar software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
SIEM (log correlation & detection)
IBM QRadar✓
Wazuh✓
SOAR (playbooks / automated response)
IBM QRadar✗
Wazuh✓
Detection
UEBA (behavioural analytics)
IBM QRadar✓
Wazuh✓
Built-in threat intelligence
IBM QRadar✓
Wazuh✓
ML / anomaly detection
IBM QRadar-
Wazuh✓
MITRE ATT&CK detection mapping
IBM QRadar-
Wazuh✓
Ops
Case / incident management
IBM QRadar✓
Wazuh✓
Pricing
Pricing basis
IBM QRadar-
Wazuh-
Deployment
Deployment
IBM QRadarOn-prem
WazuhHybrid
Integration
Connector / content-pack breadth
IBM QRadar700 prebuilt integrations and partner extensions
WazuhCloud and endpoint integrations including AWS services and threat intelligence f
Licensing
Open-core available
IBM QRadar-
Wazuh✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

IBM QRadar

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.

Independently observed

Wazuh

A unified security solution that monitors, detects, and responds to threats across endpoints, networks, cloud workloads, and infrastructure through integrated threat analysis and automated response capabilities.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

IBM QRadar

Pricing not documented yet.

Wazuh

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
IBM QRadar–
Wazuh✓
macOS
IBM QRadar–
Wazuh✓
Windows
IBM QRadar–
Wazuh✓
Linux
IBM QRadar–
Wazuh✓
CLI
IBM QRadar–
Wazuh✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
IBM QRadar✗
Wazuh✓
Self-hosted
IBM QRadar✗
Wazuh✓
On-premise
IBM QRadar✓
Wazuh✓
Hybrid
IBM QRadar✗
Wazuh✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

IBM QRadar

3 total
  • SIGMA
  • QRadar SOAR
  • QRadar EDR
Independently observed

Wazuh

7 total
  • Amazon Security Lake
  • AWS Inspector
  • AWS SQS
  • Slack
  • ESET PROTECT Hub
  • VirusTotal
  • Maltiverse
Independently observed
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IBM QRadar or Wazuh: which one depends on you

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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.