Quick Answer
LogRhythm SIEM pricing in 2026 is per-MPS under the Unified License Program (ULP). DetectX analytics runs roughly $65 per MPS per year, RespondX SOAR runs roughly $8.50 per MPS per year, and named user access runs roughly $184 per user per year. The post-merger strategic go-forward cloud product is Exabeam New-Scale SIEM; LogRhythm Axon remains the cloud SIEM option at $0.85 to $1.20 per GB per day at 500 GB ingestion (siemcostcalculator.com, July 2026).
The MPS line, not seat count, is where the bill lives. A 10,000 MPS deployment runs roughly $550,000 to $750,000 per year before professional services.
Last verified: Sep 15, 2026.
At a glance
- DetectX analytics ~$65 per MPS per year
- RespondX SOAR ~$8.50 per MPS per year
- User Access License ~$184 per user per year
- 500 MPS = ~$33K-$40K per year
- 10,000 MPS = ~$550K-$750K per year
- 50,000+ MPS = $2.5M+ per year list (ULP-unlimited territory)
- New Axon cloud SIEM $0.85-$1.20 per GB per day at 500 GB/day
LogRhythm SIEM pricing model and SKU breakdown
LogRhythm SIEM prices on Messages Per Second (MPS) under the Unified License Program (ULP). The line items are per-unit rather than a base-fee-plus-tier structure. DetectX analytics runs roughly $65 per MPS per year and is the core that drives most of the bill. RespondX SOAR runs roughly $8.50 per MPS per year and is priced per-MPS rather than per-playbook or per-execution. Named user access runs roughly $184 per user per year. NetMon NDR is priced per monitored bandwidth and UEBA is a per-unit add-on rather than an edition upgrade (siemcostcalculator.com, July 2026).
| SKU | Pricing model | What it buys |
|---|---|---|
| LogRhythm SIEM (self-hosted) | Per-MPS ULP, subscription or perpetual | On-prem or self-managed private cloud. Only product still carrying the LogRhythm name post-merger. |
| DetectX (analytics) | ~$65 per MPS per year | Core SIEM analytics engine. Drives the bulk of the license cost. |
| RespondX (SOAR) | ~$8.50 per MPS per year | Response automation, priced per-MPS not per-playbook or per-execution. |
| User Access License | ~$184 per user per year | Named analyst and monitored-user access. |
| NetMon / NDR | Per-monitored-bandwidth | Network detection module. |
| UEBA add-on | Per-unit add-on | Behavioral analytics, licensed on top of DetectX. Not an edition gate. |
| Exabeam New-Scale SIEM | Cloud-native subscription | Default for new cloud-native deployments post-merger. Not LogRhythm-branded. |
The MPS-to-GB conversion is the most common budgeting question. A rough source-dependent rule of thumb is 60 to 80 MPS per GB per day of mixed enterprise log volume. So 5,000 MPS corresponds to roughly 60 to 80 GB per day of log ingestion. Customers should sample from their own log sources rather than assume the rule of thumb applies to their environment (siemcostcalculator.com, July 2026).
Worked cost examples at common MPS bands
Multi-year enterprise agreement discounts of 20 to 30 percent are common above $300,000 list value. The table below uses the December 2022 ULP price-book per-MPS rates and typical negotiated discounts to estimate annual license cost at five common MPS bands (siemcostcalculator.com, July 2026).
| MPS band | GB equivalent | Profile | Annual license |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 MPS | ~5 to 7 GB/day | Small business, single data center | $33K to $40K per year |
| 2,500 MPS | ~20 to 30 GB/day | Mid-market, multi-site | $160K to $190K per year |
| 10,000 MPS | ~100 to 130 GB/day | Lower enterprise | $550K to $750K per year |
| 25,000 MPS | ~250 to 320 GB/day | Large enterprise, multi-region | $1.3M to $1.9M per year |
| 50,000+ MPS | ~500+ GB/day | Global enterprise, regulated industry | $2.5M+ per year list (ULP-unlimited territory) |
The ULP model offers unlimited-MPS options that compress the effective per-MPS rate at high volume. Customers at 50,000+ MPS negotiate unlimited-MPS contracts that change the per-MPS math from a declining rate curve to a fixed-fee model. Without the unlimited option, the per-MPS rate continues to climb at high volume but with diminishing marginal cost (siemcostcalculator.com, July 2026).
LogRhythm Axon cloud SIEM pricing
LogRhythm Axon is the cloud-native SIEM and the strategic go-forward product, priced per GB per day of daily log ingestion. Axon pricing at 500 GB/day list runs $0.85 to $1.20 per GB per day, scaling to $0.55 to $0.85 per GB per day at 2 TB per day. Axon is positioned against Microsoft Sentinel, Chronicle Security Operations, and CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale as cloud-native SIEM alternatives (vendorbenchmark.com, 2026).
| Axon deployment | Per-GB-per-day rate | Annual list estimate |
|---|---|---|
| 250 GB/day Axon | $0.95 to $1.40 | $85K to $155K per year |
| 500 GB/day Axon | $0.85 to $1.20 | $180K to $320K per year |
| 1.5 TB/day Axon | $0.70 to $1.00 | $385K to $785K per year |
| 3 TB/day Axon | $0.55 to $0.85 | $785K to $2.1M per year |
Post-merger with Exabeam, new cloud-native deployments default to Exabeam New-Scale SIEM rather than LogRhythm Axon. Existing Axon customers continue under the LogRhythm brand. UEBA capabilities are now primarily delivered via Exabeam Fusion technology integrated with LogRhythm Axon, priced at $28 to $65 per user per year depending on tier (vendorbenchmark.com, 2026).
Hidden costs and the staffing line
Staffing is the single largest hidden cost in LogRhythm deployments. Real mid-market LogRhythm total cost of ownership lands near $351,000 per year once everything is counted. License is around $69,000 annually, storage is around $1,000 and up with log volume, and staffing runs around $282,000. Staffing alone makes up roughly 80 percent of the bill. In-house SIEM broadly runs $200,000 to $450,000 in year one for a mid-market deploy, and labor alone can hit $500,000 over a 9 to 12 month rollout (underdefense.com, July 2026).
The renewal license that customers negotiate is the small part of what they actually spend. The realistic LogRhythm TCO conversation should focus on staffing and detection engineering rather than the per-MPS license rate. Most mid-market teams underestimate the analyst time required for detection tuning, content development, and on-call coverage in the year-one deployment phase (underdefense.com, July 2026).









