"Traditional SIEMs are often rigid, expensive, and difficult to operate at scale, particularly for service providers working across multiple environments,” Charlton Swearingen, Chief Marketing Officer at LimaCharlie told MSSP Alert.
"LimaCharlie Search was built to remove those barriers. Designed with the realities of security operations in mind, it streamlines core activities like threat hunting, incident response, adversary emulation, and detection engineering.”
A Simpler, Smarter Search Experience
The new query console was built for power users but doesn’t waste your time. It uses LCQL (LimaCharlie Query Language) with autocomplete prompts that make query building easier and faster. Analysts get flexible time selectors, structured schema views, and a progress-aware histogram that visually shows how much of the dataset has been searched - something not found in most SIEMs.You can inspect event details in real time, iterate on your search, or turn a query into a detection rule with one click. It’s the kind of speed and responsiveness that helps teams stay ahead of an incident rather than catch up to it.“Search delivers the depth analysts expect with the flexibility modern security teams require,” Swearingen added. “It also offers capabilities that legacy SIEMs struggle to provide, such as cross-tenant searches, cost-controlled time scoping, and intelligent query assistance.”
One Platform, Full Coverage
This isn’t a pivot but an expansion. EDR is still a core strength, but Search adds the kind of breadth security teams need to reduce tool sprawl and unify their SecOps workflows.“With Search, LimaCharlie brings SIEM functionality into the same platform as EDR, detection engineering, and response automation with no integration work required,” Swearingen said. “This unified approach resonates strongly with MSSPs and large security teams that manage multiple tenants and tools.”
Transparent Costs, Built-In Control
Pricing for traditional SIEMs is a mess - license tiers, ingestion caps, unpredictable overages. LimaCharlie’s Search takes a simpler route: pay-per-query. Before you run a search, you see the projected cost. You can scope your timeframe with precision and keep your queries targeted.“Unlike legacy SIEMs with opaque licensing and unpredictable ingestion costs, LimaCharlie Search introduces a transparent, pay-per-query model designed for flexibility,” said Swearingen. “Search drives TCO lower and helps analysts avoid the expense of sifting through irrelevant data.”
