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SIEM platforms

Asked as “SIEM platform”, and as “security information and event management tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 49 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing
Microsoft Sentinel
Clear leader
41% of first choices, clear leader.
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By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small businessBlumira28%ContestedStanding →Mid-marketMicrosoft Sentinel41%Clear leaderThis pageEnterpriseMicrosoft Sentinel30%ContestedStanding →

01The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01Microsoft Sentinel41%12%56endorsed leader
02Rapid7 InsightIDR22%4%28accepted challenger
03Wazuh18%7%15accepted challenger
04Elastic Security6%0%32accepted challenger
05ManageEngine Log3604%6%16accepted challenger
06Blumira4%0%12accepted challenger
07LogRhythm2%34%29criticized challenger
Show the nine products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
16Splunk0%59%22criticized challenger
15Securonix0%57%14criticized challenger
13Splunk Enterprise Security0%42%26criticized challenger
14IBM QRadar0%37%30criticized challenger
12Graylog0%30%10criticized challenger
10Sumo Logic0%17%18accepted challenger
11Exabeam0%15%13accepted challenger
08Google Security Operations0%8%12accepted challenger
09Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM0%8%13accepted challenger
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.
Head to head
Microsoft Sentinel vs Rapid7 InsightIDRMicrosoft Sentinel vs WazuhRapid7 InsightIDR vs Wazuh

Recommended versus criticized

Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.

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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
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01Microsoft Sentinel41%
02Rapid7 InsightIDR22%
03Wazuh18%
04Elastic Security6%
05ManageEngine Log3604%
06Blumira4%
07LogRhythm2%
08Google Security Operations0%
09Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM0%
10Sumo Logic0%
11Exabeam0%
12Graylog0%
13Splunk Enterprise Security0%
14IBM QRadar0%
15Securonix0%
16Splunk0%

02What they warned about

Three of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
LogRhythm
34%
10 of 29 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 7 hard negative
“user feedback in the results is explicitly negative, with calls to avoid it if you care about "mental sanity and money."” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
Securonix
57%
8 of 14 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 7 hard negative
“Multiple users have expressed dissatisfaction with Securonix, citing issues such as poor support, deactivation of policies without warning, and overall poor performance.” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
IBM QRadar
37%
11 of 30 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 5 hard negative
“the cloud and related services are no longer viable options for new deployments or expansions” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Splunk Enterprise Security
42%
11 of 26 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“Avoid Splunk Enterprise Security at this stage unless you have a large budget ... it's overkill and cost-prohibitive” DeepSeek V4 Flash, paraphrase prompt

03What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: twelve of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

63 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 5 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 755 links across 191 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

underdefense.com
vendor site · UnderDefense32 answers · 41 citations · 10 models
paloaltonetworks.com
vendor site · Palo Alto Networks32 answers · 34 citations · 10 models
exabeam.com
vendor site · Exabeam22 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
cipherssecurity.com
20 answers · 25 citations · 8 models
gartner.com
19 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
reddit.com
18 answers · 39 citations · 9 models
expertinsights.com
vendor site · Expert Insights17 answers · 17 citations · 8 models
xoomar.com
16 answers · 27 citations · 9 models
manageengine.com
vendor site · ManageEngine16 answers · 16 citations · 9 models
subrosacyber.com
15 answers · 15 citations · 6 models
comparitech.com
12 answers · 16 citations · 7 models
exelegent.com
12 answers · 12 citations · 7 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

paloaltonetworks.com/cyberpedia/siem-tools-comparison
31 answers · 10 models
underdefense.com/blog/siem-solutions-comparison
28 answers · 10 models
gartner.com/reviews/market/security-information-event-management
18 answers · 10 models
expertinsights.com/security-operations/the-top-siem-solutions
17 answers · 8 models
cipherssecurity.com/best-siem-tools-mid-size-enterprises-2026
15 answers · 8 models
subrosacyber.com/blog/best-siem-reddit
13 answers · 6 models
exabeam.com/explainers/siem-tools/siem-buyers-guide
12 answers · 7 models
exelegent.com/best-siem-tools-for-mid-market-organizations
12 answers · 7 models
manageengine.com/log-management/top-siem-tools.html
12 answers · 7 models
cipherssecurity.com/best-siem-tools-in-2026-compared
10 answers · 5 models

04How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ModelDirect“What is the best SIEM platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which security information and event management tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top SIEM platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best SIEM platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a SIEM platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which SIEM platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5ManageEngine Log360
Three alternativesBlumira, Microsoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightIDR
Elastic Security, Microsoft SentinelChangedagainst: SplunkMicrosoft SentinelWazuh
Three alternativesBlumira, Graylog, ManageEngine Log360
no first choiceagainst: Splunk
GPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Sentinel
Two alternativesGoogle Security Operations, Splunk Enterprise Security
Microsoft SentinelHeld
Four alternativesElastic Security, IBM QRadar, Splunk Enterprise Security, Sumo Logic
no first choice
Seven alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon LogScale / Next-Gen SIEM, Elastic Security, Google Security Operations, IBM QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security, Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM
Elastic Security
One alternativeMicrosoft Sentinel
against: Splunkno first choicenothing named
Gemini 3.5 FlashBlumira, Huntress Managed SIEM, Microsoft Sentinel
Two alternativesRapid7 InsightIDR, Sumo Logic
against: IBM QRadar, SplunkRapid7 InsightIDRChanged
Five alternativesArctic Wolf, Blumira, Datadog Cloud SIEM, Microsoft Sentinel, Sumo Logic
against: IBM QRadar, SplunkMicrosoft Sentinel
Six alternativesCisco, CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, Google Security Operations, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM, Securonix Unified Defense SIEM, Splunk Enterprise Security
Wazuh
Two alternativesBlumira, Microsoft Sentinel
Microsoft Sentinel
Five alternativesBlackpoint Cyber, Blumira, Datadog Cloud SIEM, Expel, Red Canary
against: Exabeam, Google Security Operations, IBM QRadar, LogRhythm, Microsoft Sentinel, Securonix, Splunk Enterprise Security, Sumo Logic
Perplexity SonarMicrosoft Sentinel
One alternativeRapid7 InsightIDR
against: Splunk Enterprise SecurityManageEngine Log360, Microsoft SentinelChanged
Two alternativesRapid7 InsightIDR, Splunk Enterprise Security
no first choiceWazuh
Two alternativesGraylog, ManageEngine Log360
against: Splunk Enterprise Securityno first choiceagainst: Hunters, IBM QRadar, LogRhythm, Microsoft Sentinel, Securonix, SolarWinds Security Event Manager
Grok 4.1 FastRapid7 InsightIDR
Five alternativesBlumira, Elastic Security, LogRhythm, ManageEngine Log360, Microsoft Sentinel
against: Splunk Enterprise SecurityMicrosoft SentinelChanged
One alternativeRapid7 InsightIDR
against: LogRhythm, Splunk Enterprise Securityno first choiceWazuh
Five alternativesBlumira, Elastic Security, Graylog, ManageEngine Log360, Security Onion
against: Microsoft SentinelMicrosoft Sentinel
Six alternativesBlumira, Elastic Security, Huntress, ManageEngine Log360, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM, Splunk
against: IBM QRadar, LogRhythm, Securonix, Splunk Enterprise Security
Mistral SmallMicrosoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightIDR
One alternativeManageEngine Log360
LogRhythm, Microsoft SentinelChanged
Two alternativesElastic Security, Sumo Logic
Splunk Enterprise Security
Four alternativesExabeam, IBM QRadar, LogRhythm, Microsoft Sentinel
Wazuh
Two alternativesElastic Security, Rapid7 InsightIDR
no first choiceagainst: IBM QRadar, LogRhythm, Securonix
DeepSeek V4 FlashMicrosoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightIDR
Three alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, Elastic Security, LogRhythm
against: SplunkMicrosoft SentinelChanged
Three alternativesManageEngine Log360, Rapid7 InsightIDR, Wazuh
against: Splunk Enterprise SecurityMicrosoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security
Four alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, Elastic Security, IBM QRadar, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM
Wazuh
Six alternativesElastic Security, Graylog, Microsoft Sentinel, Security Onion, SolarWinds Security Event Manager, Sumo Logic
against: Rapid7 InsightIDRno first choiceagainst: Exabeam, Graylog, IBM QRadar, LogRhythm, Microsoft Sentinel, SolarWinds Security Event Manager, Splunk, Sumo Logic
Llama 4 MaverickMicrosoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightIDR
One alternativeManageEngine Log360
no first choiceChangedno first choiceagainst: Splunk Enterprise SecurityElastic Security
Three alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, Datadog Cloud SIEM, Rapid7 InsightIDR
no first choiceagainst: LogRhythm, SW, Securonix
Qwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightIDR
One alternativeLogRhythm
against: ManageEngine Log360Rapid7 InsightIDRChanged
Two alternativesLogRhythm, ManageEngine Log360
Splunk Enterprise Security
Four alternativesElastic Security, IBM QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel, Wazuh
Blumira
Two alternativesMicrosoft Sentinel, Wazuh
Microsoft Sentinel
Two alternativesDatadog Cloud SIEM, Google Security Operations
against: ELK Stack, Graylog, IBM QRadar, LogRhythm, Microsoft Sentinel, Securonix, Splunk, Wazuh
Kimi K2Rapid7 InsightIDR
Four alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, Elastic Security, Google Security Operations, Microsoft Sentinel
Rapid7 InsightIDRHeld
One alternativeMicrosoft Sentinel
against: IBM QRadar, LogRhythm, Splunk Enterprise Securityno first choiceWazuh
Three alternativesElastic Security, Microsoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightIDR
Rapid7 InsightIDR
Four alternativesElastic Security, LogRhythm Axon, Microsoft Sentinel, Stellar Cyber
against: Datadog Cloud SIEM, IBM QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel, OpenText ArcSight, Securonix, Splunk, Sumo Logic
GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Sentinel
Four alternativesElastic Security, IBM QRadar, LogRhythm, Rapid7 InsightIDR
against: Splunk Enterprise SecurityMicrosoft SentinelHeld
Three alternativesElastic Security, LogRhythm, Rapid7 InsightIDR
against: Datadog Cloud SIEM, Splunkno first choice
Ten alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Next\u2011Gen SIEM, Elastic Security, Exabeam, Huntress Managed SIEM, IBM QRadar, LogRhythm, Microsoft Sentinel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM, Rapid7 InsightIDR, Splunk Enterprise Security
Wazuh
Three alternativesElastic Security, ManageEngine Log360, Microsoft Sentinel
against: Security Onion, Splunkno first choiceagainst: Cisco Kenna Security, Exabeam & LogRhythm, IBM QRadar, OpenText ArcSight, Securonix, Splunk, Varonis
MiniMax M2.5Microsoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightIDR
Two alternativesElastic Security, LogRhythm
against: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAMMicrosoft SentinelChanged
Three alternativesDatadog Cloud SIEM, Elastic Security, LogRhythm
against: Splunk Enterprise Securityno first choiceWazuh
Two alternativesBlumira, Microsoft Sentinel
no first choiceagainst: Graylog, LogRhythm, Microsoft Sentinel, OpenText ArcSight, Splunk
Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

05The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 08:31yes99 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 09:05yes46 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 08:28yes1528 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 08:48yes205 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 08:40yes3017 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 09:09yes55 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 08:51yes1513 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 08:43yes53 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 08:32yes534 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 08:55yes1533 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 09:09yes13285 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 08:39yes528 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 08:49no06 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 08:25no02 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 08:53yes819 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 08:46yes205 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 09:01yes3517 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 08:35yes55 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 08:16yes913 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 08:46yes52 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 08:24yes539 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 08:42yes1521 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 09:09yes896 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 09:08yes528 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 08:51yes1210 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 09:05yes410 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 08:28yes1929 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 08:53yes207 s
ComparativeGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 08:22yes2915 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 08:16yes712 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 08:37yes1015 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 08:54yes52 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 08:36no044 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 08:57yes1038 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 09:14yes1594 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 08:45yes524 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 08:40yes99 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 08:38yes34 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 08:17yes1722 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 09:12yes204 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 08:45yes1810 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 09:04yes54 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 08:21yes1012 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 08:37yes59 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 08:38yes2166 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 09:12yes1023 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 09:07yes1572 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 08:25yes521 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 08:22no07 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 09:08no012 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 08:57no016 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 08:54yes208 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 08:23yes1711 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 08:57no09 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 08:54yes1925 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 08:42yes53 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 09:02no040 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 08:28yes1429 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 09:07yes13137 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 08:29yes514 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 08:58yes177 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 08:42no07 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 08:46yes1823 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 08:30yes208 s
Negative framingGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 08:21yes3615 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 08:29yes55 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 09:01yes3028 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 08:24yes53 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 08:39yes1554 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 08:58yes2940 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 08:36yes29108 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 09:02yes527 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

Category-scoped readings
ArcSight read as OpenText ArcSight
ArcSight (OpenText) read as OpenText ArcSight
Cortex XSIAM read as Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM
Datadog read as Datadog Cloud SIEM
Elastic read as Elastic Security
Exabeam Fusion read as Exabeam
Google read as Google Security Operations
Google Chronicle read as Google Security Operations
Google SecOps read as Google Security Operations
Google SecOps (formerly Chronicle) read as Google Security Operations
IBM read as IBM QRadar
Unresolved, counted raw
AlienVault OSSIM
Cisco Kenna Security
CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale / Next-Gen SIEM
CrowdStrike Falcon Next\u2011Gen SIEM
Kaseya SIEM
McAfee Enterprise Security Manager
SW
Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.

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