KnowBe4 PhishER vs. Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
KnowBe4 PhishER
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
PhishER is presented as a lightweight Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) platform to orchestrate threat response and manage the high volume of potentially malicious email messages reported by users. And, with automatic prioritization of emails, PhishER helps InfoSec and Security Operations team cut through the inbox noise and respond to the most dangerous threats more quickly.
$0.50
per month per seat
Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Splunk Enterprise Security (SIEM) is the company's flagship SIEM product, offered as a premium service to subscribers of Splunk Cloud or Splunk Enterprise.N/A
Pricing
KnowBe4 PhishERSplunk Enterprise Security (ES)
Editions & Modules
3001-5000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
$0.50
per month per seat
2001-3000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
$0.55
per month per seat
1001-2000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
$0.65
per month per seat
501-1000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
$0.75
per month per seat
101-500 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
$1.00
per month per seat
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
KnowBe4 PhishERSplunk Enterprise Security (ES)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPhishER is a monthly per seat price, billed annually.
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KnowBe4 PhishERSplunk Enterprise Security (ES)
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Features
KnowBe4 PhishERSplunk Enterprise Security (ES)
Incident Response Platforms
Comparison of Incident Response Platforms features of Product A and Product B
KnowBe4 PhishER
7.6
63 Ratings
11% below category average
Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)
-
Ratings
Company-wide Incident Reporting7.852 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Other Security Systems6.847 Ratings00 Ratings
Centralized Dashboard7.862 Ratings00 Ratings
Machine Learning to Prevent Incidents7.754 Ratings00 Ratings
Live Response for Rapid Remediation7.855 Ratings00 Ratings
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Product A and Product B
KnowBe4 PhishER
-
Ratings
Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)
8.5
102 Ratings
9% above category average
Centralized event and log data collection00 Ratings9.3100 Ratings
Correlation00 Ratings8.899 Ratings
Event and log normalization/management00 Ratings8.5100 Ratings
Deployment flexibility00 Ratings8.3101 Ratings
Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools00 Ratings8.096 Ratings
Custom dashboards and workspaces00 Ratings9.0102 Ratings
Host and network-based intrusion detection00 Ratings8.396 Ratings
Data integration/API management00 Ratings8.498 Ratings
Behavioral analytics and baselining00 Ratings7.995 Ratings
Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds00 Ratings8.796 Ratings
Response orchestration and automation00 Ratings7.587 Ratings
Reporting and compliance management00 Ratings9.195 Ratings
Incident indexing/searching00 Ratings8.7101 Ratings
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User Ratings
KnowBe4 PhishERSplunk Enterprise Security (ES)
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(68 ratings)
9.0
(103 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.6
(4 ratings)
8.8
(3 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(3 ratings)
7.6
(2 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.5
(3 ratings)
6.6
(6 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Configurability
8.2
(6 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.2
(1 ratings)
6.4
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(100 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
KnowBe4 PhishERSplunk Enterprise Security (ES)
Likelihood to Recommend
KnowBe4
I have been able to create customized simulated phishing campaigns that are really testing our users ability to "spot the fake." That coupled with the training campaigns that are included make it much more likely that our users will be better prepared to protect our organization by being able to recognize common industry threats, and brings awareness to less common threats that are out there. I love that they have a shared folder full of relevant, recent real-world scams that we can choose from to train our user base.
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Splunk
Well suited: Splunk ES is highly recommended in an environment with many data sources and experienced computer engineers. It has a steep learning curve, but once that hurdle is crossed, it is absolutely a beast. It is also very expensive, so a company putting a high amount of budget in Security is needed. Not well suited: Splunk ES is not recommended if a company has only a few sources and some non-technical IT users. The price won't justify the fewer data sources and scratching just the surface level. Moreover, non-technical IT users would be better off with something that has a query builder, unlike Splunk.
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Pros
KnowBe4
  • Analysis and classification of phishing emails using machine learning
  • Response to reporting users with personalised emails template
  • Automatic response and actions using integration with Microsoft
  • Good dashboard with reporting and KPI
  • Integration with others product to improve scan and analysis
  • It improves users' security awareness and behavior as receiving an immediate response with the analysis result improves the ability to recognize a phishing email
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Splunk
  • Advanced Threat Detection and Correlation: ES stands out in its ability to detect sophisticated threats by correlating data from multiple sources. For instance, it can identify unusual patterns in user behavior, cross-referencing with network logs to flag potential insider threats.
  • Real-time Monitoring and Alerting: ES offers robust real-time monitoring capabilities. It excels in promptly alerting us to critical security events, such as suspicious network traffic spikes or unauthorized access attempts, allowing for immediate response.
  • Comprehensive Log Analysis: ES ingests and analyzes an extensive range of log data. It's particularly adept at parsing and making sense of complex log formats, making it a versatile tool for understanding system activities and security events.
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Cons
KnowBe4
  • Enhancing the automated response capabilities, such as directly initiating remediation processes or integrating with other cybersecurity tools, could further streamline the threat management process.
  • Implementing a feedback system where users can be informed about the outcome of their reported emails might encourage more proactive engagement.
  • the reporting tool is not as streamlined on mobile devices as it is on desktops. Enhancing mobile functionality would be beneficial
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Splunk
  • ES on the cloud (SaaS) has too many limitations with platform administration.
  • Supported integrations are not always on par with enterprise support especially when dependent on 3rd-party proprietary APIs.
  • In later versions, unforeseen glitches seem to show up that have no resolution except version upgrade. This used to not be the case in prior versions which were very stable.
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Likelihood to Renew
KnowBe4
Phish ER has reduced the time my team and I spend on reported emails by over 80%. With the volume of emails reported and a small team this is a must have.
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Splunk
We are very happy with Splunk and would advise anyone to take a serious look at it. It might look pricey but the rewards Splunk offers seem endless.
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Usability
KnowBe4
The configuration is a bit complicated, but easy once you get the hang of it. Once configured, it is easy to manage our malicious emails that are reported by our staff.
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Splunk
You definitely need to learn how to use Splunk to get the most of the tool. There are many courses available for free to get up to speed on the usability of the tool but it's not that simple. It will take time to digest all the data and to understand how to query for what you are looking for.
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Reliability and Availability
KnowBe4
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Splunk
I'm not an ES user, but, in my implementation I usually try to prevent all service stops to guarantee High availability to the final customers.
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Performance
KnowBe4
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Splunk
ES requires a very performant infrastructure: if it has it's performant, otherwise not. I had situation with a very performant infrastructure and I didn't notized that it was a distributed architecture, it seemed that there ware few data on my PC, othewise I experienced less performant infrastructures with less performaces.
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Support Rating
KnowBe4
Support has been easy to get along with and easy to understand.
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Splunk
It's good when it's responsive, but I've had times where I had to wait quite a while for a response. But these are typically the exceptions rather than the rule. When you do get a response it is always well-informed and appropriate. I would say they've been trending better over time with this.
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In-Person Training
KnowBe4
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Splunk
I experienced only on-line training, but the trainers were very professional and competent. Maybe it could be more useful if they also have an experience in projects because sometimes they didn't have a real project experience to communicate to the students. Anyway, it was very interesting and I learned many thing that's very difficoult (or maybe impossible!) to have by myself, aven if I have more than 10 years of Splunk activity experience.
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Online Training
KnowBe4
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Splunk
It was very interesting and I learned many thing that's very difficoult (or maybe impossible!) to have by myself. The only problem was that, when I worked with the Splunk Professional Services, I found some difference between the training contents and the information from PS. In addition is required a long experience on Splunk Enterprise for the data ingestion part, in other words I'm able to work with ES because I'm worling on Splunk since 11 years, otherwise I'd some problem.
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Implementation Rating
KnowBe4
Work with support or rep for some basic steps, the rest is pretty straight foward.
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Splunk
It's a fantatic product and it was very useful the presence of Splunk Professional Services for the Design Phase and the final Health Check.
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Alternatives Considered
KnowBe4
KnowBe4 PhishER has a lot of features that other companied does not have. Its AI capability, integration with VirusTotal, PhishRIP and PhishFlip features make it totally different from other solutions. Its Phish Alert Button directly installed on users Outlook without affecting them and the reporting technique is very simple, just clicking on the Phish Alert Button and the email will be directly reported to the KnowBe4 PhishER dashboard. KnowBe4 PhishER dashboard is a very good example of centralized dashboard where you can find all things related to that reported email.
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Splunk
Splunk enterprise is the only solution that we’ve been able to identify that provides risk based alerting, which allows our SOC to reduce analyst fatigue which would be a huge problem without it. Before RBA, there were thousands of alerts a day and it was impossible to review all of them
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
KnowBe4
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Splunk
for my exterience, unit pricing and billing frequency are correct. As I already said, I hint to have more discount flexibility, expecially with new customers, because there are competitors less expensive and very aggressive that are dangerous. In addition the possibility to don't pay the license for the development period could be a very interesting feature for the final customers.
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Scalability
KnowBe4
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Splunk
- 8 out of 10 and took 2 for the data pipeline and administration part. Even if you'd like to improve yourself or your team, you have to pay a lot of money and it could be more than GIAC education + cert. - Normalization for Data models and CPU-based searches can be a problem sometimes.
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Professional Services
KnowBe4
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Splunk
I had a fantastic experience with Splunk Professional Services: they worked with us in our last SON project (a SOC migration for a very large customer) and helped to build a multi tenent environment even if ES isn't a multi tenant platform. Th Splunk PS was a very professional and competent people, he is italian and was able to speak with our italian customers.
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Return on Investment
KnowBe4
  • It has greatly increased phishing / security awareness by our staff by having a designated button & process for reporting phishing emails
  • It provides greater protection through the ability to delete emails from multiple recipients even if not all of them reported the email
  • It saves time for me to have to evaluate whether or not an email reported is a real threat through the ML/AI/VirusTotal scores
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Splunk
  • ES has highly impacted ROI because as the customer of the ES the work we do for creating use cases for clients in terms of security-related aspects by their logs has given more return than investment.
  • The correlation searches we run to get detailed results from the Data models are very less time-consuming than Splunk Enterprise itself we can get quick responses to the use cases and dashboards populated because of ES.
  • The CIM compliance feature is ES has made more jobs easy in the terms of finding more Authentication related data we can get data onboarded in the Email data model from O365 and search is email data model instead of searching for particular indexes.
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ScreenShots

KnowBe4 PhishER Screenshots

Screenshot of This is a diagram of the PhishER workflow. Reviewing the PhishER workflow before getting started will provide an understanding of how PhishER, PhishRIP and PhishFlip work.Screenshot of The Reports screen will display five different dashboards of information.Screenshot of When entering the PhishER platform, the first screen that appears is the Dashboard. Here, a quick overview of the PhishER platform will appear.