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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cribl Stream

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACribl Stream is a vendor-agnostic observability pipeline used to collect, reduce, enrich, normalize, and route data from any source to any destination within an existing data infrastructure. It is used to achieve full control of an organization's data stream.N/A

    IBM Log Analysis with LogDNA

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AIBM Log Analysis with LogDNA is a fully centralized log management solution.N/A

    Splunk Enterprise

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASplunk is software for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated big data, via a web-style interface. It captures, indexes and correlates real-time data in a searchable repository from which it can generate graphs, reports, alerts, dashboards and visualizations.N/A
    Pricing
    Cribl StreamIBM Log Analysis with LogDNASplunk Enterprise
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Cribl StreamIBM Log Analysis with LogDNASplunk Enterprise
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    Cribl Inc.
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    IBM
    Chose IBM Log Analysis with LogDNA
    If you use other IBM product ecosystems, IBM Log Analysis with LogDNA is the obvious choice, as it supports seamless integration and better access control with IBM cloud access group setups. IBM Log Analysis with LogDNA was flexible and has wide support for various …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Cribl StreamIBM Log Analysis with LogDNASplunk Enterprise
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Cribl Stream and IBM Log Analysis with LogDNA and Splunk Enterprise
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    Splunk Enterprise
    8.2
    91 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Centralized event and log data collection00 Ratings00 Ratings9.085 Ratings
    Correlation00 Ratings00 Ratings8.487 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.488 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility00 Ratings00 Ratings8.081 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools00 Ratings00 Ratings8.282 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces00 Ratings00 Ratings8.887 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection00 Ratings00 Ratings7.865 Ratings
    Data integration/API management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.334 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining00 Ratings00 Ratings7.732 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds00 Ratings00 Ratings7.933 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation00 Ratings00 Ratings7.529 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.634 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching00 Ratings00 Ratings8.737 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Cribl StreamIBM Log Analysis with LogDNASplunk Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    8.0
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    8.7
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    8.5
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    Usability
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    8.5
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    Availability
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    Support Rating
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    8.0
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    Online Training
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    8.0
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    Implementation Rating
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    7.0
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    Product Scalability
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    User Testimonials
    Cribl StreamIBM Log Analysis with LogDNASplunk Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cribl Inc.
    Advantages - if you'd like to re-shape/manipulate data, Cribl LogStream comes to help! - If you'd like to enrich data within data pipeline without any struggle, Cribl LogStream is the one! - If you'd like to reduce data size, cribl is the one! Disadvantages - there is ML/AI module for streaming data. - There is no sigma integration for security use cases.
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    IBM
    IBM Log Analysis with LogDNA is well suited if you are using other IBM cloud product ecosystems. It's very mature and supports HIPAA-compliant configurations if you need to store PI/PHI data. We particularly use it for audit requirements but understand the limitation with the retention period is for 30 days only. Also you need to configure if your IBM cloud service doesn't have any log collection or report tool. Log collection agents are widely supported for most of infrastructure in cloud.
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    Cisco
    I'm liking the newer products, and I'm looking forward to how they integrate with the overall product when they come together. Just log in and be able to query a large number of systems for similar issues or a unique one. That is a great fit for Splunk Enterprise, looking for a simple case or a simple String or something of that nature across multiple machines. It's a great fit for that to identify issues or particular software, whatever your scenario is, String, to find it across any particular server or group of servers, so that you can update or do a deployment or whatever it is you're looking to do.
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    Pros
    Cribl Inc.
    • data manipulation
    • Data enrichment
    • re-shape your data from any format to any
    • onboard any data from anywhere
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    IBM
    • Easier integration with other IBM cloud resources
    • Flexible access control setup using RBAC
    • Supports other infrastructure as well, like Kubernetes and VMs
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    Cisco
    • It is very useful in creating custom rules for analyzing system logs and display relevant information. The query language is very easy to learn.
    • We can create custom UI to visualize the output of our data. The interface is very flexible. It also allows the sharing of rules among users.
    • There is an open online community to help others. Stackoverflow also has a splunk community. These resources make it more convenient to learn.
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    Cons
    Cribl Inc.
    • Implementation of sigma use cases within data pipeline
    • Machine learning features
    • creating pipeline
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    IBM
    • Ability to create KPI charts and metrics dashboards out of the box
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    Cisco
    • Splunk light limits number of users to 5. Wish there was a flexible license, where one could add more users.
    • Splunk light does not let you add > few realtime alerts. Wish there was a flexible license, where one could add as many realtime alerts as wanted.
    • Better insight into daily ingestion values
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cribl Inc.
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    IBM
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    Cisco
    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.
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    Usability
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    IBM
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    Cisco
    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.
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    Reliability and Availability
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    IBM
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    Cisco
    When properly setup and configured, Splunk is extremely reliable.
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    Support Rating
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    IBM
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    Cisco
    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.
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    Online Training
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    IBM
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    Cisco
    The online course was simple clear and described the main capabilities of the solution. There is also an initial module that can be done for free so anyone can familiarize themselves with the functionality of this solution. On the other hand, however, there could be more free online courses. Maybe even with a certificate, this would broaden the group of people who are familiar with the platform while increasing familiarity with the solution itself.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cribl Inc.
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    IBM
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    Cisco
    Smooth without too many major issues.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cribl Inc.
    -Cribl LogStream has a huge growing community and plugin play packs that help you to onboard and reduce your size within 5 min. -Friendly user interface -The broker feature saves your life against regulations. - field extraction's never been so easy before. - multiple sources and destinations feature to give you an easy playground.
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    IBM
    If you use other IBM product ecosystems, IBM Log Analysis with LogDNA is the obvious choice, as it supports seamless integration and better access control with IBM cloud access group setups. IBM Log Analysis with LogDNA was flexible and has wide support for various infrastructure implementations and is also controlled by the same IAM access setup. It can be configured for any IBM cloud services or platform logs or for infrastructure by installing the agent.
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    Cisco
    A lot of products have natively inside their own dashboards and or their own logging repositories. And each one is difficult to learn or they're too complex or they're not verbose in the sense that they're not easy to mine the data that you're looking for. So that could be anything from the native logging that you find in other Cisco products. It's easier to use Splunk to draw the data that you're looking for as opposed to going to the individual's products themselves to get the logs that you're looking for.
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    Scalability
    Cribl Inc.
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    IBM
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    Cisco
    Splunk can scale in to the petabyte per day range which of course is awesome
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    Return on Investment
    Cribl Inc.
    • with reshaping and manipulation our indexing rate decrease over %40
    • Data onboarding SLAs is decrease almost over %50
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    IBM
    • Most of IBM cloud services support easier integration for log analysis.
    • We are able to achieve compliance with various audit log reports, which improves governance and control over various cloud resources we have.
    • Also IBM Log Analysis with LogDNA helps in troubleshooting and analysis for application logs in real time. This helps with improved issue resolution timings.
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    Cisco
    • Splunk has allowed developers to diagnose production issues when access of control was taken away from them to be allowed to view items in production environments and I believe that is invaluable.
    • At times some developers weren't super happy about using it, but it was more of the fact that they were used to having production access and not creating their splunk queries to get information.
    • Going one place to view logs was very beneficial to have.
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