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Likelihood to Recommend
Hadoop
Apache Hadoop (and its subsequent add-ons) are well-suited to larger, unstructured data flows, such as aggregation of web traffic or advertising. Geospatial algorithms and their outputs are well-suited for this kind of aggregation as structuring that data is challenging, but leaving it unstructured and performing queries as-needed is a better fit for most business models. With the advent of data science, I would expect Hadoop fits a LOT of their initial outputs quite well.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Simpli.fiOnline Media, 201-500 employees
Splunk Enterprise
Pros: Splunk is very well suited if you have multiple log sources of related data. All of them can be correlated and tasks can be automated based on the requirement. Other than alerts, Splunk can also run a specific script of your choice, based on some defined conditions. Cons: If you have a few logs but a large number of log sources, Splunk can be very expensive.
Security Analyst
University of Colorado DenverHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees
Feature Rating Comparison
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Hadoop
—
Splunk Enterprise
8.9
Centralized event and log data collection
Hadoop
—
Splunk Enterprise
9.6
Correlation
Hadoop
—
Splunk Enterprise
9.1
Event and log normalization
Hadoop
—
Splunk Enterprise
9.1
Deployment flexibility
Hadoop
—
Splunk Enterprise
8.6
Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools
Hadoop
—
Splunk Enterprise
8.4
Custom dashboards and views
Hadoop
—
Splunk Enterprise
9.1
Host and network-based intrusion detection
Hadoop
—
Splunk Enterprise
8.5
Pros
Hadoop
- HDFS is reliable and solid, and in my experience with it, there are very few problems using it
- Enterprise support from different vendors makes it easier to 'sell' inside an enterprise
- It provides High Scalability and Redundancy
- Horizontal scaling and distributed architecture
Sr. Engineering Manager/Delivery Manager
Nisum Technologies, Inc.Retail, 10,001+ employees
Splunk Enterprise
- Allow for separation of control where we don't let some employees have access to production but still can diagnose issues.
- Common location to go for all logs even if the logs themselves aren't in the same place.
- Ability to ingest logs from different locations without having to change the code to put logs in a certain place (pro and con).

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 201-500 employeesCons
Hadoop
- Hadoop is a batch oriented processing framework, it lacks real time or stream processing.
- Hadoop's HDFS file system is not a POSIX compliant file system and does not work well with small files, especially smaller than the default block size.
- Hadoop cannot be used for running interactive jobs or analytics.
Senior Software Engineer
San Jose State UniversityComputer Software, 51-200 employees
Splunk Enterprise
- Even though there is a search tool as a help function, you still have to read through many documentation to find the answers you're looking for and sometimes you don't find it. The help function in Splunk could be improved to be more intuitive or have a built-in help per report, panel or dashboard.
- Creating a Splunk dashboard is rather straightforward however, customization is not. Splunk could be improved to provide more tools or features for customization such as adding colors and font options for text and graphs or graphics.
- My dashboard has a lot of useful information and I want the important panels and reports at the top but there is no easy way to do this. Perhaps Splunk could be improved to allow features such as adding URL links to other dashboards or some other clever way to emphasize the important data in my dashboard without compromising space.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Investment Management Company, 1001-5000 employeesLikelihood to Renew
Hadoop
Hadoop 9.6
Based on 8 answers
Hadoop is organization-independent and can be used for various purposes ranging from archiving to reporting and can make use of economic, commodity hardware. There is also a lot of saving in terms of licensing costs - since most of the Hadoop ecosystem is available as open-source and is free
Senior Vice President
IpsosInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise 10.0
Based on 17 answers
We are using Splunk extensively in our projects and we have recently upgraded to Splunk version 6.0 which is quite efficient and giving expected results. We keep track of updates and new features Splunk introduces periodically and try to introduce those features in our day to day activities for improvement in our reporting system and other tasks.

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Retail Company, 10,001+ employeesUsability
Hadoop
Hadoop 8.5
Based on 5 answers
Great! Hadoop has an easy to use interface that mimics most other data warehouses. You can access your data via SQL and have it display in a terminal before exporting it to your business intelligence platform of choice. Of course, for smaller data sets, you can also export it to Microsoft Excel.
Senior Financial Analyst
Lowe's Companies, Inc.Retail, 10,001+ employees
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise 9.0
Based on 3 answers
You can literally throw in a single word into Splunk and it will pull back all instances of that word across all of your logs for the time span you select (provided you have permission to see that data). We have several users who have taken a few of the free courses from Splunk that are able to pull data out of it everyday with little help at all.
Splunk Architect / Engineer
CRGT Inc.Information Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees
Reliability and Availability
Hadoop
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise 10.0
Based on 1 answer
When properly setup and configured, Splunk is extremely reliable.

Verified User
Engineer in Other
Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employeesSupport Rating
Hadoop
Hadoop 6.9
Based on 6 answers
We went with a third party for support, i.e., consultant. Had we gone with Azure or Cloudera, we would have obtained support directly from the vendor. my rating is more on the third party we selected and doesn't reflect the overall support available for Hadoop. I think we could have done better in our selection process, however, we were trying to use an already approved vendor within our organization. There is plenty of self-help available for Hadoop online.
Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer
WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo CompanyFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise 8.7
Based on 24 answers
Splunk maintains a well resourced support system that has been consistent since we purchased the product. They help out in a timely manner and provide expert level information as needed. We typically open cases online and communicate when possible via e-mail and are able to resolve most issues with that method.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 201-500 employeesOnline Training
Hadoop
Hadoop 6.1
Based on 2 answers
Hadoop is a complex topic and best suited for classrom training. Online training are a waste of time and money.
Senior Vice President
IpsosInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Splunk Enterprise
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Hadoop
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise 9.0
Based on 2 answers
Smooth without too many major issues.

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Company, 1001-5000 employeesAlternatives Considered
Hadoop
Not used any other product than Hadoop and I don't think our company will switch to any other product, as Hadoop is providing excellent results. Our company is growing rapidly, Hadoop helps to keep up our performance and meet customer expectations. We also use HDFS which provides very high bandwidth to support MapReduce workloads.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 51-200 employeesSplunk Enterprise
Splunk is proving to be a formidable replacement for Qradar, which we had as our previous SIEM. Qradar was powerful, but not easy to customize and quite limited. Splunk is not per se a "SIEM" but it can be in the way you used it. Also there is an Enterprise Security App that is available to buy and sit on top of Splunk, and that will take care of any concerns with needing a full-fledged SIEM. Splunk wins.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Higher Education Company, 501-1000 employeesScalability
Hadoop
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise 9.1
Based on 1 answer
Splunk can scale in to the petabyte per day range which of course is awesome
Regional Director
ePlus inc.Information Technology and Services, 501-1000 employees
Return on Investment
Hadoop
- Hadoop has allowed us to scale out a few of our tier-1, customer facing applications to provide very fast access to reports and analytics.
- Hadoop was easily implemented by our Linux team and onboarded by our Hadoop Admins.
- Hadoop has been a very stable platform and only goes down due to server patching or other maintenance.
Senior Network Administrator
Vizient, Inc.Hospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees
Splunk Enterprise
- I'm not a data analyst so I can not provide concrete examples on how the business has benefited from implementing Splunk. However, the analysts I have worked with have provided a wealth of support in reducing workstation issues across the enterprise. This alone reduces the time it takes to determine where the exact problem lies between a workstation and the servers it tries to communicate with.

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Professional in Professional Services
Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employeesPricing Details
Hadoop
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Splunk Enterprise
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No