Enterprise M365 security logging — without the SIEM price tag
Insight IQ replaces expensive SIEM ingestion with a purpose-built, cost-optimised platform for Microsoft 365 log collection, retention, alerting and AI-powered investigation. The same coverage — at a fraction of the cost.
The Challenge
The problem your customers face today
Most small and medium-sized businesses that need Microsoft 365 audit and security log retention end up funnelling everything into a general-purpose SIEM — Microsoft Sentinel, SentinelOne, Splunk and the like. Those platforms charge per-GB ingestion fees that add up fast when you are ingesting sign-in logs, audit logs and compliance data month after month.
Microsoft Sentinel alone can run hundreds to thousands of dollars per month, depending on log volume — and that is before the cost of the analysts who know how to query it.
Why It Costs Less
Why Insight IQ undercuts the rest
Every design decision is built around one goal: the same M365 security coverage at a fraction of the cost.
Purpose-built, not general-purpose
Insight IQ does only what a growing business actually needs — M365 log collection, alerting and investigation. There is no bloated SIEM engine or SOAR layer inflating the cost, so you never pay for capabilities you will never use.
Tiered storage, not hot-index pricing
An intelligent hot → cool → archive lifecycle (90 days hot, then cool, then archive for compliance) uses low-cost blob storage instead of a SIEM’s real-time indexed storage — a 10–50x cost reduction on log storage for longer retention windows.
Inherently low infrastructure costs
The platform runs on a lean, modern cloud architecture with inherently low running costs — savings we pass straight on to you, rather than the heavy infrastructure overhead baked into traditional SIEM pricing.
AI query replaces expensive analysts
Instead of requiring KQL expertise or a dedicated SOC team, Insight IQ offers plain-language, AI-assisted investigation — a labour cost saving that stacks on top of the infrastructure savings.
Predictable, flat pricing
A simple, flat monthly price means no surprise ingestion bills. You always know exactly what your security logging costs — even as your log volume grows.
No vendor lock-in premium
Flexible deployment means customers with strict data-residency requirements get isolation at a fraction of the cost — no need to jump to an enterprise SIEM contract just to keep data within their own boundary.
The Numbers
A fraction of SIEM pricing
You are paying SIEM prices to store M365 logs you will only query during an incident. Insight IQ changes the maths.
Traditional SIEM
$500–2,000+
per month on ingestion
- Per-GB ingestion fees that scale with every log
- Costly hot-indexed storage for all retention
- Requires KQL expertise or a SOC team
- Unpredictable bills that spike as log volume grows
Camelot Insight IQ
From $199
per month
- Purpose-built for M365 — no SIEM bloat
- Tiered blob storage — 10–50x cheaper retention
- Plain-language AI investigation — no KQL needed
- Predictable flat pricing — no surprise ingestion bills
Same Coverage
Collection, retention, alerting and AI-powered investigation
Everything you rely on a SIEM for when it matters — in one purpose-built platform.
Flexible Deployment
Deploy it your way
Three deployment models mean you get the right balance of convenience, control and data residency — without an enterprise SIEM premium.
Hosted SaaS
Fully managed by Camelot. The fastest path to value — no infrastructure to run and nothing to maintain, ready to use out of the box.
Azure BYO
Deploy into your own Azure subscription for full data ownership and residency control, while keeping the cost-optimised tiered-storage architecture.
VMware On-Prem
Run entirely within your own environment for the strictest data-boundary and regulatory requirements — without an enterprise SIEM contract.
“You’re paying Sentinel and Splunk prices to store M365 logs you’ll only query during an incident. Insight IQ gives you the same coverage — collection, retention, alerting and AI-powered investigation — at a fraction of the cost, because it’s built specifically for M365 and uses tiered storage instead of a hot SIEM index.”
Starting at $199/month instead of the $500–2,000+ you’re spending on SIEM ingestion today.