# Log manager # Log management that slashes your SIEM cost, while you keep every log. Radiant Log Management is the data layer behind Radiant’s AI SOC platform. It’s a logging solution built to ensure your AI triage runs on a complete dataset, not a commercially constrained one. [Talk to an Expert](https://radiantsecurity.ai/book-a-demo/) ![Radiant Log Manager interface showing AI-powered log ingestion, S3 storage and SOC triage in one platform](https://radiantsecurity.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Frame-1707484025.webp) ## End the visibility-vs-budget tradeoff your SIEM forces Log management that works with your SIEM. Every SOC faces the same tradeoff: visibility or budget. SIEM pricing forces you to choose which logs you can afford to keep. The logs you drop become blind spots. And the AI that’s supposed to triage at machine speed? It runs on whatever partial dataset survived the budget review. Your analysts spend their shift chasing context that isn’t there. ### Radiant Log Management ends the trade-off: - Store every log your stack produces - Give your AI every signal - Pay AWS prices, not SIEM prices How much data do you want to ingest daily? 1 TB 0 GB2 TB Enable S3 intelligent-tiering i Automatically moves data to cheaper tiers as it ages S3 Intelligent-Tiering pricing applied Frequent Access (0–90 days)$23/TB Infrequent Access (91–180 days)$12.50/TB Archive Instant Access (180+ days)$4/TB ## First year with Radiant Pay only S3 storage costs, $23/TB/month, Cost assumes 12 month retention Radiant cuts your annual logging bill by 97% $27,986 Pay only S3 storage costs Typical SIEM annual cost Pay for ingestion + retention + maintenance $100k–$500k+ ## Monthly cost over time Cost grows as stored data accumulates, then stabilizes at month 12 (M12). Radiant's Log Manager ### Query terabytes in seconds Storing data is one thing. Searching it is another. Radiant’s query engine is built for the way analysts and AI actually work: fast iteration, broad scans, long lookbacks. Querying a year of logs is as fast as querying an hour. 52,456,180,097 events found in 3.45 seconds Log searches in Radiant are leaps and bounds faster than any SIEM I’ve queried against. I think it chewed through a sophisticated query with data from the last 12 months in 3.45 seconds. Compared to other tools, it’s like an F1 vs a go-kart. **Director of Security Infrastructure** Global Law Firm ### Log management that works with your SIEM. Without it. Or on top of it. Radiant fits your current security architecture. Move some of your logs, move all of them, or move none at all. Your AI triage works either way. ### I want to keep my SIEM as is SOC teams keep asking us: "Can I use Radiant alongside Splunk?" Absolutely, just leave every log where it is. Radiant's AI triages alerts by querying your SIEM directly. No data migration, no new storage to provision. ### I don't have a SIEM A question we keep hearing is: "Do I need a SIEM to use Radiant?” No, that’s actually our differentiator. You can simply send all telemetry to Radiant Log Management, used as your first SIEM alternative for triage, search, and long-term retention. ### I want to reduce SIEM usage The question we hear from teams with rising SIEM bills: "How do I cut my Splunk or QRadar costs?" Route high-volume or low-fidelity telemetry to Radiant to cap ingest spend without losing coverage. Keep your SIEM for what it does well. ### No vendor lock-in Your logs live in your own AWS S3 bucket. You own them. If you ever decide to leave Radiant, the data stays where it is. There's no export job and no re-ingest because the data never left your environment. ### Your logs, your bucket, your rules. Radiant gives you ownership of your data, control over how it’s retained, and a record of every action taken inside the platform. ### Your retention rules Define retention policies by data type. Alerts, cases, and logs each follow your rules, not a vendor default. ### SOC 2 & GDPR compliant SOC 2 and GDPR certified. Audit logs capture every user action in Radiant. When your auditors ask for evidence, you have it in the format they need. ### Loved by decision makers across your organization A security advantage for the SOC, a commercial gain for your CFO: I have reached my limit with QRadar for the fourth time in the last year. I would need to go to the CFO to ask for more money. Now with you guys, I can store everything I want, and it comes with unlimited retention. **Security Operations Manager** US Manufacturing Firm ## How to get started with Radiant Log Manager Talk to a Radiant expert. We’ll walk through the deployment that fits your stack and answer the hard questions your SIEM rep won’t. Stop choosing what logs you can afford to keep. [Talk to an Expert](https://radiantsecurity.ai/book-a-demo/) ### Bring your own bucket (BYOB) 1. Connect your existing AWS S3 bucket 2. Grant Radiant access to the bucket 3. Paste the bucket name into Radiant under Log Management > Add Credentials ### Use Radiant-hosted storage No S3 bucket? You can get started without. Speak to us, and we’ll show you how. ## FAQ Frequently Asked Questions Do I need a SIEM to use Radiant Log Manager? No. Radiant Log Manager works with your SIEM, without it, or anywhere in between. If you use your SIEM primarily for log storage, Radiant can replace it entirely. If you rely on your SIEM for complex correlation and detection rules, Radiant sits alongside it and handles storage and triage. You decide how much of your logging stack you want to move. Where is my data stored, and who owns it? Your logs are stored in your own AWS S3 bucket. Radiant never takes ownership of your data. You control retention policies, access rules, and what happens to the data if you ever leave. There is no export job, no re-ingest, and no vendor lock-in. Your data stays exactly where you put it. How does pricing work, and what does it actually cost? You pay AWS S3 storage rates directly, $23 per TB. Radiant compresses your logs by at least 50% before storage. There are no ingest fees, no retention licensing fees, and no per-query charges. The cost calculator on this page shows your exact estimate based on your ingestion volume. How fast can I query logs? Radiant queries across terabytes of logs in seconds. Last month, Radiant’s AI executes millions of log queries across customer environments for triage purposes every day, averaging 30–40 queries per alert, each returning results in seconds. Analysts describe it as “an F1 vs a go-kart” compared to traditional SIEM query speeds. Can I use Radiant Log Manager without the full AI SOC platform? Radiant Log Manager is the data layer built into Radiant’s AI SOC platform. The two are designed to work together, the more complete your log data, the higher the quality of AI triage. That said, speak to a Radiant expert to discuss deployment options that fit your current stack and budget.