Security leaders operate under pressure. You need full visibility, consistent performance, and team trust while managing cost and complexity. Most SIEMs just add more weight. Licensing models punish growth. Detections flood your team with noise. Response workflows feel either locked down or all over the place. Over time, your platform ends up driving strategy more than the threats do. These issues slow more than technology. They impact how your team works, how fast you move, and how much risk you carry. But here’s the shift: the old tradeoffs are no longer necessary.