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LogRhythm SIEM vs Qualys VMDR
LogRhythm SIEM
Cybersecurity
AI-powered SIEM platform for modern security operations
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Qualys VMDR
Cybersecurity
Cloud-delivered vulnerability management licensed per asset, using scanner appliances and a lightweight agent.
- From
- $3/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: LogRhythm SIEM no pricing published; sales contact required; Qualys VMDR licensing is per asset and each capability is its own subscription, so patch management, endpoint detection, web application scanning, container security and policy compliance are separate line items, and the platform demonstrated in a proof of concept is rarely the platform in the quote.
- They diverge on capability: LogRhythm SIEM covers AI-driven analytics, Qualys VMDR covers Cloud Agent.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which LogRhythm SIEM and Qualys VMDR actually diverge.
| Attribute | LogRhythm SIEM | Qualys VMDR |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | On request | $3/month |
| Platforms | Web, Api | Web, Cloud, Api |
| Founded | 2003 | 1999 |
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Cybersecurity).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in LogRhythm SIEM
- AI-driven analytics
- UEBA
- NDR integration
- SOAR automation
- Threat lifecycle management
- Case management
- Compliance reporting
- Embedded playbooks
Only in Qualys VMDR
- Cloud Agent
- Scanner appliances
- Authenticated scanning
- TruRisk scoring
- Asset inventory
- Patch Management
- Cloud connectors
- Container sensor
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
LogRhythm SIEM
- Security information and event managementnot Qualys VMDR
- Threat detection and incident responsenot Qualys VMDR
- Compliance monitoring and reportingnot Qualys VMDR
- User and entity behavior analyticsnot Qualys VMDR
Qualys VMDR
- A hybrid workforce where scheduled network scans miss most laptops and continuous agent-based assessment is the only way to get real coveragenot LogRhythm SIEM
- PCI DSS external scanning where an approved scanning vendor report is a contractual requirementnot LogRhythm SIEM
- An estate spanning datacentre, multiple public clouds and endpoints that needs one vulnerability view rather than three toolsnot LogRhythm SIEM
- Organisations replacing a manual patch-verification process with agent-reported evidence that a fix actually landednot LogRhythm SIEM
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
LogRhythm SIEM
- No pricing published; sales contact required
- No public information on licensing model or per-unit costs
Qualys VMDR
- Licensing is per asset and each capability is its own subscription, so patch management, endpoint detection, web application scanning, container security and policy compliance are separate line items, and the platform demonstrated in a proof of concept is rarely the platform in the quote.
- Ephemeral cloud instances consume asset entitlement until they age out of inventory, so an autoscaling group that creates and destroys hosts hourly can burn licence capacity on machines that existed for minutes, and controlling that means tuning purge policies rather than tuning the cloud.
- Authenticated scanning produces materially better results than unauthenticated, but it requires storing and rotating privileged credentials for every target platform, which is a security project in its own right, and teams that skip it receive reports full of unconfirmed potential findings that nobody trusts.
- The console is a set of modules with separate interfaces, search syntaxes and report engines, so an analyst moving between vulnerability management, policy compliance and web application scanning learns each one, and cross-module reporting usually ends in a spreadsheet or a script against the API.
- The tool surfaces findings far faster than any organisation can remediate them, and it does not solve the ownership problem: without an agreed prioritisation policy and a named owner in IT operations, a first scan producing tens of thousands of findings becomes a dashboard that everyone learns to ignore.
Pricing, plan by plan
LogRhythm SIEM
On request- LogRhythm SIEMFree
- Threat detection
- Log management
- Compliance
- LogRhythm AxonFree
- Cloud-native SIEM
- Self-service deployment
- Elastic scaling
- Managed Detection & ResponseFree
- 24/7 monitoring
- Expert analysts
- Threat hunting
Qualys VMDR
$3/month- VMDR$3/month
- Per asset
- Vulnerability scanning
- Detection
- VMDR+$5/month
- All VMDR features
- Advanced analytics
- Cloud integration
- VMDR Complete$7/month
- All VMDR+ features
- Threat intel
- Response automation
Which should you pick?
Choose LogRhythm SIEM if
- You need ai-driven analytics.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want ueba.
Choose Qualys VMDR if
- You need cloud agent.
- You work on Web, Cloud, Api.
- You also want scanner appliances.
Questions people ask
- Is LogRhythm SIEM or Qualys VMDR better?
- Neither clearly leads. LogRhythm SIEM starts at On request and Qualys VMDR at $3/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, LogRhythm SIEM or Qualys VMDR?
- LogRhythm SIEM starts at On request and Qualys VMDR at $3/month.
- Does LogRhythm SIEM or Qualys VMDR run on more platforms?
- LogRhythm SIEM runs on Web, Api. Qualys VMDR runs on Web, Cloud, Api.
- What is LogRhythm SIEM best used for?
- LogRhythm SIEM is most often used for security information and event management, threat detection and incident response, compliance monitoring and reporting, user and entity behavior analytics. Of those, security information and event management and threat detection and incident response are not what Qualys VMDR is typically brought in for.
- What can LogRhythm SIEM do that Qualys VMDR cannot?
- LogRhythm SIEM covers AI-driven analytics, UEBA, NDR integration, SOAR automation. Qualys VMDR covers Cloud Agent, Scanner appliances, Authenticated scanning, TruRisk scoring.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
LogRhythm SIEM: How does Exabeam (formerly LogRhythm SIEM) handle pricing?
Exabeam does not publish pricing on its website. To obtain pricing information, request a demo through the website or contact Exabeam's sales team directly for a personalized quote based on your deployment size and requirements.
SourceQualys VMDR: Agent or scanner: which do I need?
Usually both. The agent covers endpoints and servers you control and gives continuous data; scanners cover devices you cannot install an agent on, such as network gear, printers and appliances, and provide the external perimeter view.
LogRhythm SIEM: Is there a free trial or freemium version of Exabeam?
Exabeam does not advertise a free trial or freemium tier on its homepage. Interested buyers must contact the sales team to discuss trial availability and pricing options.
SourceQualys VMDR: Does it patch as well as detect?
Yes, through the Patch Management module, which is a separate subscription using the same agent. Core VMDR detects and prioritises but does not deploy fixes.
Qualys VMDR: How are assets counted for licensing?
By the number of assets in inventory, which includes cloud instances and containers depending on the modules in use. Short-lived cloud assets count until they are purged, so purge settings directly affect what you consume.
Qualys VMDR: Can I keep the data in a specific region?
Yes. Qualys operates several regional platform instances and you choose which one your subscription lives on. Moving between them later is not trivial, so decide before onboarding.
Qualys VMDR: Does it scan web applications?
Web Application Scanning is a separate module licensed per application, not part of core VMDR, and it is a dynamic scanner with the usual limits around authenticated flows in single-page applications.
Related pages
More on LogRhythm SIEM
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