--- title: IBM X-Force Exchange Reviews meta_title: 'IBM X-Force Exchange Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 17 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how IBM X-Force Exchange works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.5 review_count: 17 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-07' parent_category: name: System Security url: https://www.g2.com/categories/system-security --- # IBM X-Force Exchange Reviews **Vendor:** IBM **Category:** [Threat Intelligence Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/threat-intelligence) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 17 ## About IBM X-Force Exchange IBM Security X-Force Threat Intelligence is a security solution that adds dynamic Internet threat data to the analytical capabilities of IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform. ## IBM X-Force Exchange Reviews ### 1. The Best Threat-Intel tool IBM X-Force Exchange **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rohan G. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 30, 2023 **What do you like best about IBM X-Force Exchange?** So X-Force Exchange is a threat intelligence tool provided by IBM to help Security Analyst let us in touch about latest threats in our day to day life. X-Force Exchange helps organisations detect and respond to threats your security analysts have detected. Also X-Force Exchange have integration options with different tools. Using API key we can integrate our threat intel X-Force Exchange with different SIEM tool like IBM Qradar, Thehive, Wazuh, Splunk etc. Security Analyst can set up their customization alerts and dashboard according to their needs. **What do you dislike about IBM X-Force Exchange?** X-Force Exchange provided limited usage like the person with non-ibm account will not be able to access the X-Force Exchange tool. Also if you want to use the X-Force Exchange you need to purchase this tool because free version does not provide much data. **What problems is IBM X-Force Exchange solving and how is that benefiting you?** Like if you want to automatically want to search information about bulk of ioc's then X-Force Exchange helps here you just need to give your data to the X-Force Exchange and it will give us output real quick. ### 2. Must needed for threat management **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Phani Teja V. | Solution Delivery Associate, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 10, 2021 **What do you like best about IBM X-Force Exchange?** You can simply check threat intelligence as guest. No need to maintain and remember user ID or any other information. Most of the data which XForce returns is accurate. You can upload a file and check the risk as well. Most important is you can download it in STIX format. In IBM X Force we have a alertcon threat level which can help us for mostly all threat intelligence feeds. We also can manage dashboard which has all recent related threats and other information like early warning feed, Advanced threat protection feed. Malicious activity in 1 hr is the most helpful for the threat intelligence team in any organisation. It consists of data like Command and Control or Spam or Malware or Scanning and other vectors which were found in last 24hrs. Under dashboard we've Vulnerabilities which has the latest global security risks that are emerging at that point. We can integrate or make correlation rules on IBM X Force. We also can leverage the API keys to integrate IBM X Force to any of our threat intel feeds. **What do you dislike about IBM X-Force Exchange?** I always feel it's better to have feasibility to search in bulk, like if I have 20 IP addresses or file hashes or any kind of threat data I need to run them everytime. That option should be enable for better searching in IBM X Force **Recommendations to others considering IBM X-Force Exchange:** I defintely recommend IBM X Force Exchange. We also can manage dashboard which has all recent related threats and other information like early warning feed, Advanced threat protection feed. Malicious activity in 1 hr is the most helpful for the threat intelligence team in any organisation. It consists of data like Command and Control or Spam or Malware or Scanning and other vectors which were found in last 24hrs. Under dashboard we've Vulnerabilities which has the latest global security risks that are emerging at that point. We can integrate or make correlation rules on IBM X Force. We also can leverage the API keys to integrate IBM X Force to any of our threat intel feeds. **What problems is IBM X-Force Exchange solving and how is that benefiting you?** Mostly I use it for threat intelligence and it is most reliable threat intel feed. ### 3. Used integrated with IBM Qradar, an additional layer of security **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Gambling & Casinos | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 30, 2021 **What do you like best about IBM X-Force Exchange?** It is able to download each xxx mins the IoCs and update them constantly in such a way to integrate this information inside thrid party solutions, in order to prevent cyber attacks **What do you dislike about IBM X-Force Exchange?** Sometimes it returns false positives and the updates delays can create an high number of alerts over the integrated solutions **Recommendations to others considering IBM X-Force Exchange:** I don't recommend as primary Threat intelligence feed, but if the cost is low, can be an additional feed to the best ones **What problems is IBM X-Force Exchange solving and how is that benefiting you?** In the company we use it to prevent cyber attackes, for example we integrate the information extracted from X-Force into the SIEM and each time an connetion to a imported domain is detected, it is notified to the analyst for futher analysis. ### 4. IBM X-Force Exchange is the most recommended Threat Intelligence Platform in all aspects. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Syed Usfar W. | Security Operations Centre Analyst, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 03, 2021 **What do you like best about IBM X-Force Exchange?** It gives the accurate information of the IOCs along with its prior association to respective attributes. Moreover adequate knowledge of the IOC history is attainable at the ease. **What do you dislike about IBM X-Force Exchange?** The website maybe considered a bit time taking in comparison to other open source TI platforms, but I guess it's tradeoff of time with quality. **Recommendations to others considering IBM X-Force Exchange:** I would highly recommend all SOC Analysts and other Cyber Security Professionals to use IBM X-Force Exchange for the very lively purposes that it has been able to provide us with. **What problems is IBM X-Force Exchange solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have been using IBM X-Force Exchange to check the IOCs. Being a SOC Analyst, determining whether the IP/Domain/Hash has no association to any Malware rests as the priority and that is made too handy via this. ### 5. Game Changing Threat Intelligence Platform **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Misbah Fatima Z. | Information Security Consultant, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 07, 2021 **What do you like best about IBM X-Force Exchange?** IBM X-Force Exchange is a game changer when comes to threat intelligence. With a friendly UI, vast Threat intel, and a single platform for all the queries makes soc analysis much easier and convenient to keep track of latest threats and APTs in ones environment. **What do you dislike about IBM X-Force Exchange?** It takes sometime to load the content but rest is ok. **What problems is IBM X-Force Exchange solving and how is that benefiting you?** Threat intelligence and ruleset for detection, extensions for different Security control and correlation. ### 6. Rapid and Legit reseach to the global threats and helpfull gor the reseachers **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Humayun Ali K. | Teaching Assistant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 16, 2021 **What do you like best about IBM X-Force Exchange?** Here i do find analytics and noise reduction to articulate the best results required with the accuracy of IOCs. **What do you dislike about IBM X-Force Exchange?** Need to manage the traffics to enhance the speed of reloading. **Recommendations to others considering IBM X-Force Exchange:** I will highly recommend this to the researchers and cyber security experts, to use this for the accurate information of IOCs and much more. **What problems is IBM X-Force Exchange solving and how is that benefiting you?** Being a Security Researcher, I have been using the IBM X-FORCE EXCHANGE and it helps me alot in vulnerability assessment and in malware reports too. ### 7. Great source the needs to be more refined. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Valerya M. | Data Analyst, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 15, 2021 **What do you like best about IBM X-Force Exchange?** many diffrent option that i can check in one place whic is great, save a lot of time instead of going back and fiorth againt other sources if information. **What do you dislike about IBM X-Force Exchange?** More up-to-date info may be very nice and more user-firendly interface **What problems is IBM X-Force Exchange solving and how is that benefiting you?** Sometimes I need to check cetion information and this engine helps me alot to understand the backgrouns of certein creatitira. ### 8. Great insight and detail that is both timeous and relevant **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Zunaid J. | Lead Cyber Security Consultant & Architect, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 07, 2021 **What do you like best about IBM X-Force Exchange?** the analytics and noise reduction to articulate the best results required **What do you dislike about IBM X-Force Exchange?** few natural api's into all systems and applications **Recommendations to others considering IBM X-Force Exchange:** Ensure you position it correclty to consume the right data for the best results **What problems is IBM X-Force Exchange solving and how is that benefiting you?** Gathering the correct data and analytics at the right time to optimise the turn-around response ### 9. IBM X-Force Exchange is a major source of reliable and updated info **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Security and Investigations | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 08, 2021 **What do you like best about IBM X-Force Exchange?** The relevant and updated information from a trustworthy source is essential nowadays, especially for my job. I can check multiple parameters, which assists me at my job, and I can know and trust that all the data is accurate. **What do you dislike about IBM X-Force Exchange?** UX could be a bit better. Also, it could be nice to have straight access w/o asking to login\register. **What problems is IBM X-Force Exchange solving and how is that benefiting you?** When I need to check important info, this source helps me to clear and check all the details that I need. ### 10. A good to have solution **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Banking | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 02, 2021 **What do you like best about IBM X-Force Exchange?** Product has good clean UI and provides good level of information regarding wide level of threats **What do you dislike about IBM X-Force Exchange?** Must have more actionable intelligence, should be able to take information from data lake and provide more actionable insights to improve the security posture **What problems is IBM X-Force Exchange solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helping customers get better threat intel for their organization ### 11. Xforce review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 15, 2021 **What do you like best about IBM X-Force Exchange?** Easily integratable ,reliable feeds, it would be helpful if they can add more info like likely false positive probablity and other adversary related details **What do you dislike about IBM X-Force Exchange?** Nothing much of dislike.As suggested it would be helpful if you can provide teliablity statistcis **What problems is IBM X-Force Exchange solving and how is that benefiting you?** Detecting attacks proactively ### 12. Very good threat intelligence tool, by this IBX X - Force we can do deeper investigation. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 02, 2021 **What do you like best about IBM X-Force Exchange?** Full fledged analysis, it can reduce alot of effort while doing investigation. **What do you dislike about IBM X-Force Exchange?** Not much it can improve in future and possibly move integration into AI **Recommendations to others considering IBM X-Force Exchange:** Good product **What problems is IBM X-Force Exchange solving and how is that benefiting you?** Timely upgrade required ### 13. Good OSINT Tool **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Parth P. | Consultant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2020 **What do you like best about IBM X-Force Exchange?** Provides reverse ip-lookup information, Geo location data is accurate. **What do you dislike about IBM X-Force Exchange?** No reverse lookup on domains, Data is not always reliable - often many IPs are flagged as malicious when they are not. **What problems is IBM X-Force Exchange solving and how is that benefiting you?** OSINT searches for IoC ### 14. The SOC Analyst's heaven **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 13, 2019 **What do you like best about IBM X-Force Exchange?** IBM X-Force Exchange brings the threat intelligence to another level, a world-wide platform. IBM X-Force Exchange allows access to a wide threat intelligence data and, along with a simple user's interface, allows a SOC Analyst to keep track of the most recedent and dangerous threats that can hit our systems. It also respects ISO compliance on various levels. **What do you dislike about IBM X-Force Exchange?** IBM X-Force Exchange has still room for improvements, despite his world-wide data available, the AI capabilities of IBM X-Force Exchange needs to be more contextualized and precise, giving the right feedback to the IT department. **Recommendations to others considering IBM X-Force Exchange:** Be sure to evaluate in the right way the AI feeback in terms of Threat Intelligence. **What problems is IBM X-Force Exchange solving and how is that benefiting you?** Monitor threat intelligence into my infrastrutcure and other's customers infrastructure. ### 15. Not great **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 11, 2019 **What do you like best about IBM X-Force Exchange?** Integrates into other ibm products well pulling threat intel in, but does not automatically sync. **What do you dislike about IBM X-Force Exchange?** Intel is very generalized, usually is not detailed enough to be actioned, or is so widely known it’s not useful as it’s in the news. **What problems is IBM X-Force Exchange solving and how is that benefiting you?** Intelligence gathering and importing. Solving issue of getting into ibm products. Does give basic explanations for things which can be helpful in training ### 16. good **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 24, 2019 **What do you like best about IBM X-Force Exchange?** I like to checkp suspicious ip addresses in our corporate lan. **What do you dislike about IBM X-Force Exchange?** nothing to dislike, because it is good product for us **What problems is IBM X-Force Exchange solving and how is that benefiting you?** The main benefit is option for making threat intelligence ### 17. HR Associate **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Outsourcing/Offshoring | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 16, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM X-Force Exchange?** I really like that this software is user-friendly. It is so much easier to learn about security threats by the software and it helps collaboration with my peers is so much easier **What do you dislike about IBM X-Force Exchange?** I like everything about this software but sometimes I feel that the hackers could hack this software but I haven’t heard of any security issues yet which is a good thing **What problems is IBM X-Force Exchange solving and how is that benefiting you?** This software has really helped research the global threats in regards to Security and it has helped share information in regards to Security with others. 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