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title: "Discover how Sumo Logic compares to QRadar | explore the Sumo Logic advantage"
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excerpt: "See how Sumo Logic compares to QRadar. Learn why customers trust Sumo Logic over QRadar for security and observability. Explore the advantages of Sumo Logic."
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SUMO LOGIC VS QRADAR

# Take control of your SIEM future

SIEM vendors are consolidating – don’t get stuck with their plans for you! Take your cloud migration, must-have features, and cost concerns into your own hands. Compare Sumo Logic and IBM QRadar to find the right solution today.

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| [ Expand all ](#) | Sumo Logic | QRadar |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud architecture QRadar is a lift-and-shift version of its on-prem solution, requiring additional provisioning at additional cost for ingesting and searching at scale  Sumo Logic is Cloud Native multi-tenant platform that can instantly scale each component of the architecture up or down to meet customer demand. | Sumo Logic | QRadar |
| Breadth of portfolio While QRadar has a comprehensive portfolio (logs, EDR, SIEM, and SOAR) but it’s very complex and costly to implement, often requiring professional services  Sumo Logic offers a unified platform for observability (logs metrics, APM/Traces, and RUM) and security (security data lake, audit, and compliance, Cloud SIEM and Cloud SOAR), assisting with tool consolidation. | Sumo Logic | QRadar |
| Collect QRadar on Cloud requires the installation of a data gateway appliance, which is used to connect to the instance of QRadar running in the IBM cloud.  Sumo Logic is a platform/vendor agnostic with the ability to collect logs and security-relevant data across your on-prem, cloud and multi-cloud environments without the need for additional hardware. | Sumo Logic | QRadar |
| Threat Intel Platform QRadar offers Integrated TIP however requires the purchasing of IBM Advanced Threat Protection Feed at an additional cost.  Sumo Logic includes an integrated, out-of-the-box TIP, leveraging CrowdStrike (OEM) to help add threat dimensions to the security events. Sumo Logic can also integrate with external intelligence feeds. | Sumo Logic | QRadar |
| Fixed data structure In QRadar, everything needs to be pre-parsed to facet the fields for you to look for something. If a certain field has not already been parsed, you’re stuck doing keyword searches.  Sumo Logic fully indexes all log data – structured and unstructured – without having data adhere to indexes with defined schemas allowing for quick time to value and flexibility. | Sumo Logic | QRadar |
| Licensing QRadar licenses based on the number of employees (1 EPS per employee) with 30-day retention.  Sumo Logic offers a simple credit-based licensing model that offers predictability and flexibility and enables frictionless expansion to align with use cases without charging based on users. | Sumo Logic | QRadar |

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## Additional resources

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