Microsoft Sentinel vs. Pentaho

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Sentinel
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Sentinel (formerly Azure Sentinel) is designed as a birds-eye view across the enterprise. Put the cloud and large-scale intelligence from decades of Microsoft security experience to work. Make threat detection and response smarter and faster with artificial intelligence (AI). Eliminate security infrastructure setup and maintenance, and elastically scale to meet your security needs—while reducing IT costs.
$2.46
per GB ingested
Pentaho
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Pentaho is a suite of open source business intelligence and analytics products, now offered and supported by Hitachi Data Systems since the June 2015 acquisition.N/A
Pricing
Microsoft SentinelPentaho
Editions & Modules
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
Microsoft SentinelPentaho
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Microsoft SentinelPentaho
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Sentinel
9.4
3 Ratings
18% above category average
Pentaho
-
Ratings
Centralized event and log data collection10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Correlation9.43 Ratings00 Ratings
Event and log normalization/management9.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Deployment flexibility8.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools9.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom dashboards and workspaces9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Host and network-based intrusion detection8.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Data integration/API management9.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Behavioral analytics and baselining9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds9.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Response orchestration and automation9.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting and compliance management9.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Incident indexing/searching9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Sentinel
-
Ratings
Pentaho
8.7
21 Ratings
8% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.819 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.719 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.519 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Sentinel
-
Ratings
Pentaho
8.7
20 Ratings
8% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings7.919 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.620 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.913 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.518 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Sentinel
-
Ratings
Pentaho
8.9
21 Ratings
7% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.819 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.920 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings9.214 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.418 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.111 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Sentinel
-
Ratings
Pentaho
8.5
18 Ratings
5% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.117 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.417 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.915 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Sentinel
-
Ratings
Pentaho
8.9
21 Ratings
4% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.221 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.020 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.619 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Sentinel
-
Ratings
Pentaho
8.6
12 Ratings
9% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings9.611 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.012 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Sentinel
-
Ratings
Pentaho
8.7
11 Ratings
9% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.711 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings9.110 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings7.610 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings8.810 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.611 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.411 Ratings
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User Ratings
Microsoft SentinelPentaho
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
(3 ratings)
9.3
(32 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(11 ratings)
Usability
9.3
(3 ratings)
9.4
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
(3 ratings)
9.4
(10 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(2 ratings)
Professional Services
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft SentinelPentaho
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Azure Sentinel is an excellent option like SIEM. It has cool, smart features and functionality, and is quite powerful in terms of processing information in the cloud. I recommend it to colleagues because it is very easy to deploy and configure, and learn to use it on a daily basis. The panel is super intuitive and rich in details. When opening Sentinel, it is already possible to analyze the indices that happened and those that deserve further attention and treatment.
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Hitachi Vantara
I used this tool for a complex ETL problem where we fetched data from APIs, SQL, and Oracle. We merged and created a complex job which was able to fulfill our requirements and was able to make better business decisions based on the trends from the data. Sometimes, it's very hard to optimize jobs if you didn't work on this or similar ETL tools in past but I enjoyed it and made the best out of it.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Automated detection and response
  • Detailed user/device information
  • Part of the MS cloudsphere, so has a familiar feel.
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Hitachi Vantara
  • Integrate and synchronize with big data easily
  • Import data from any sources and different databases
  • Managing data in on-premise, hybrid and cloud environments.
  • Compatibility and flexibility of the platform with any type of scenario and any business or industry
  • Various tools in the software suite to transformation of data
  • Simple interface appearance and creative UI graphics
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Cons
Microsoft
  • There's not much that needs improvement, but the on-prem log sources still require a lot of development.
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Hitachi Vantara
  • I think the relative obscurity of the tool is a downside, not as many developers, consultants or peers you can tap into.
  • Lack of a solid user community held us back, looking at Power BI and Qlik, they have huge user communities that help each other out. Would have liked that here.
  • Smaller company means smaller sales force, and the lack of a local presence made it hard to only interact online with the account rep. Other companies have someone local who often stops by with pre-sales developers to just pitch in free of charge when they have time.
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Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Hitachi Vantara
I will use Pentaho until I find a better tool with a better, easier to use report designer client. For now, Pentaho has been the most powerful reporting tool for our clients because of its ability to connect to Odoo, integrate in Odoo (reports are accessible in Odoo) and the flexibility in report design and parameter integration
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Usability
Microsoft
The Microsoft Azure Sentinel solution is very good and even better if you use Azure. It's easy to implement and learn how to use the tool with an intuitive and simple interface. New updates are happening to always bring new news and improve the experience and usability. The solution brings reliability as it is from a very reliable manufacturer.
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Hitachi Vantara
The software's ability to mine, extract & convert data into a readable actionable format works very well for organizations like ours & minimizes the risk of human error. It helps in automating daily tasks & saves a lot of time which in turn can be better utilized to analyze that data. Pentaho also helps in creating models out of said data which can be directly used to get to pain points.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
I haven't yet had to use support for Sentinel.
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Hitachi Vantara
Pentaho's customer support team was one of the best I've ever seen, both from the documentation as from the engineering point of view. In cases when a critical issue related to security or performance was found, the multiple developer teams would change priorities to have them fixed as soon as possible with the next release, making our customers and users, in general, happy and satisfied. Sometimes enterprise customers would have some issues which would require some hot-fixing, and in most cases, the problems would be solved diligently.
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Online Training
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Hitachi Vantara
Course Taken: DI1000 Pentaho Data Integration Fundamentals Setup A week before your class started, the instructor will start sending out class material and lab setup instructions. This is helpful so that you understand how the environment is laid out and can start reviewing the content. Ultimately it saved about a 1/2 day trying to setup with 10 other people online which was great! The Course The 3-day course was laid out like many other technical classes with 15-30 minutes instruction and 15-60 minutes of lab exercises. The instructor was very knowledgeable with the functionality from version to version and answered questions as we went along. I was amazed at some of the functionality that was available that I was not using at the time and quickly implemented changes to many existing transformations and jobs. The novice users seemed to catch on quickly and more experienced users explained how some of the functionality was used in their home environments. Towards the end there was enough time so that we were able to ask very directed questions about our own environments. Overall, I really found the class to be informative and deliver enough information to be dangerous. My skills improved and I was able to design better and efficient transformations for the HIE. Course Description: https://training.pentaho.com/instructor-led-training/pentaho-data-integration-fundamentals-di1000
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Implementation Rating
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Hitachi Vantara
Get the right people in before starting implementation. Start small and build as you go approach is time consuming and involves lot of rework. Evangalize within the organization the capabilities and limitations equally so that correct delivery expectations are set. Set expectations with the Customer that the tool cannot replace proprietary software in terms of stability/usability and that timelines could change given the new ness of the product.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Hitachi Vantara
Since the Pentaho platform offers a range of broad functionality across data preparation and advanced analytics, it also can be easily integrated to support many data sources and machine-learning frameworks. Based on that fact, we selected Pentaho to be used in our internal department. It also supports many of our BI use cases as required by company management or the business user. Last but not least, the Pentaho license is cheaper than their competitor.
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Professional Services
Microsoft
Did not use professional services
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Hitachi Vantara
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Cost saving as you don't need to use multiple platforms to monitor your security events.
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Hitachi Vantara
  • Pentaho has improved our overall business process.
  • Pentaho has helped the Managers and Directors to analyze the numbers going up and down from time to time.
  • We have a started a big project using Pentaho that is going to include all the business processes in the organization.
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