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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Gurucul Risk-Driven SOAR

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AGurucul’s Risk-Driven Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) delivers automated responses right out-of-the-box to mitigate identified threats.It aims to increase efficiency and reduces incident response times for the Security Operations Team, while fully customizable playbooks let them tailor response actions to their specific environment. Security analysts can automate repetitive tasks, leverage contextual case management, enhance collaboration, and improve reporting.N/A

    Microsoft Sentinel

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Sentinel (formerly Azure Sentinel) is designed as a birds-eye view across the enterprise. It is presented as a security information and event management (SIEM) solution for proactive threat detection, investigation, and response.

    $2.46

    per GB ingested

    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
    Gurucul Risk-Driven SOARMicrosoft SentinelSplunk Enterprise
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Azure Sentinel
    $2.46
    per GB ingested
    100 GB per day
    $123.00
    per day
    200 GB per day
    $221.40
    per day
    300 GB per day
    $319.80
    per day
    400 GB per day
    $410.00
    per day
    500 GB per day
    $492.00
    per day
    More than 500 GB per day
    $492.00 + $98.40
    per day/plus each additional 100 GB increment
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Gurucul Risk-Driven SOARMicrosoft SentinelSplunk Enterprise
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Gurucul Risk-Driven SOARMicrosoft SentinelSplunk Enterprise
    Considered Multiple Products
    Gurucul
    No answer on this topic
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Sentinel
    Prior to using Sentinel, we were using Splunk specifically Splunk Enterprise Security and Splunk Cloud, so their on-prem and their cloud-based products. We switched originally for cost reasons, specifically cost control, but I have found that the ability to create reports, the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Sentinel
    Microsoft Sentinel is better for organizations that already use Microsoft products because it integrates easily with services like Microsoft Defender, Entra, and Microsoft 365.This provides a connected view of security alerts and makes investigation easier.Sentinel is also …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Sentinel
    Microsoft Sentinel feels on another different level from these solutions , all in the cloud . No need for troubleshooting , deployment or upgrades. Constant updates from the vendor and good support
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Sentinel
    Microsoft Sentinel excels in cloud-native scalability, Microsoft ecosystem integration, and AI-driven threat detection with UEBA and Fusion rules, offering faster deployment and lower costs (48% cheaper per Forrester) than Splunk, QRadar, Exabeam, SentinelOne, Securonix, and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Sentinel
    Well before there was Microsoft Sentinel, you had other competing products like ArcSight or Splunk, et cetera. I think they have their own qualities, but the Microsoft integration story is really why we're using it.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Sentinel
    Well, we didn't select, we selected Sentinel for our Azure stuff, our Microsoft stuff, but we do use a different SIEM for the other stuff still.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Sentinel
    As mentioned, the product was part of the purchase of several Microsoft Suites that we did earlier last year and with 200 licenses included, we can exclude those from the other SIEM and SOAR product, it just work well with the Microsoft's environment that we partially have
    Is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Sentinel
    Microsoft Sentinel really goes the extra mile when it comes to an SIEM that slowly improves toward a proper SOAR, this may be the best selling point of the entire solution. Highly scalable, cloud-based, and nearly perfect when dealing with Microsoft-based infrastructures, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Sentinel
    As the vast majority of our users have Windows machine and uses all 365 cloud features, we finally decided not to implement any 3rd party security solutions on desktops/laptops in order to keep our infrastructure simple. In this case, Microsoft Sentinel is the best way to …
    Incentivized
    Cisco
    Chose Splunk Enterprise
    While both are market-leading SIEM platforms, they cater to different environments and organization priorities. The choice often comes down to a company's existing infrastructure, integration needs, and long-term security strategy.
    Deployment and architecture - Splunk offeres …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    99%
    Would buy again
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    97%
    Would buy again
    59 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    59 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    49 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    71 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    59 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    52 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    43 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    66 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    50 Answers
    Features
    Gurucul Risk-Driven SOARMicrosoft SentinelSplunk Enterprise
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Gurucul Risk-Driven SOAR and Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk Enterprise
    Feature
    Gurucul Risk-Driven SOAR
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Sentinel
    8.5
    34 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Splunk Enterprise
    8.2
    91 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Centralized event and log data collection00 Ratings9.134 Ratings9.085 Ratings
    Correlation00 Ratings8.835 Ratings8.487 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management00 Ratings8.435 Ratings8.488 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility00 Ratings8.333 Ratings8.081 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools00 Ratings8.933 Ratings8.282 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces00 Ratings8.435 Ratings8.887 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection00 Ratings8.030 Ratings7.865 Ratings
    Data integration/API management00 Ratings8.433 Ratings8.334 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining00 Ratings9.031 Ratings7.732 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds00 Ratings8.733 Ratings7.933 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation00 Ratings8.232 Ratings7.529 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management00 Ratings7.35 Ratings8.634 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching00 Ratings8.733 Ratings8.737 Ratings
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Gurucul Risk-Driven SOARMicrosoft SentinelSplunk Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (74 ratings)
    8.7
    (112 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.5
    (2 ratings)
    8.5
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (27 ratings)
    8.5
    (45 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (19 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Gurucul Risk-Driven SOARMicrosoft SentinelSplunk Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Gurucul
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    What has really impressed me is how Microsoft Sentinel delivers centralised security monitoring across multiple data sources in our enterprise. It has reduced cost of handling large security logs by collecting and analyzing data without friction of managing traditional SIEM infrastructure. It is easy to work to integrate with Azure logs for quick data analysis.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Gurucul
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    • The visual presentation of data is terrific, so including what we had prior to Microsoft Sentinel, it presents data in a much more usable way, so that's been quite refreshing. It's not quite as complex to understand what you're looking at.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Gurucul
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    • One feature that I would like to see improved is probably the log parsing. I think one of the big things that Splunk does better than Microsoft Sentinel is that it makes it easy to bring in new log streams of arbitrary formats and parse them out into columns and tables. Microsoft Sentinel is a lot more involved, though. It takes a lot more manual work to bring in different log sources and parse them out.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Gurucul
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    it does the job reasonably well
    Incentivized
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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
    Gurucul
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Mirosoft sentinel is easy to use once the inital setup is completed.The dashboard and centralized alerts make it simple to monitor security events and investigate incidents.Integration with other microsoft security tool is also helpful.Some advanced features and configurations can take time to understand, but overall it provides good, user-friendly security monitoring.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Gurucul
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    When properly setup and configured, Splunk is extremely reliable.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Gurucul
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Microsoft support is one of the highest rated on the market. It has global and multilingual support. Calls can be made over the phone and the solution is virtually instantaneous with the help of Microsoft engineers. It's great!
    Incentivized
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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
    Gurucul
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Gurucul
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Smooth without too many major issues.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Gurucul
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Compared to platforms such as Splunk, LogRhythm, and Devo, Microsoft Sentinel’s cloud‑native, consumption‑based pricing model and reduced infrastructure overhead tend to offer better overall cost efficiency. This is especially true for organizations already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem, where Sentinel can deliver strong capabilities with a lower total cost of ownership.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Gurucul
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Splunk can scale in to the petabyte per day range which of course is awesome
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    Professional Services
    Gurucul
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Did not use professional services
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Gurucul
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    • It's probably neutral. We see value, but it's, again, tick that kind of expense stuff. We're getting more insight and value into what is going on in that cloud workspace, but just noting the cost. So it's probably neutral. I'm not directly responsible, so the full kind of return on investment kind of cycle, that's someone else's problem. I'm like the end user. It's my team that will look at the data and look at the output of Microsoft Sentinel. So the ROI, someone else can worry about that.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

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