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    Splunk Cloud Platform

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASplunk Cloud Platform is a data platform service thats help users search, analyze, visualize and act on data. The service can go live in as little as two days, and with an IT backend managed by Splunk experts.N/A

    Splunk Enterprise Security

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASplunk Enterprise Security is an analytics-driven SIEM that helps to combat threats with actionable intelligence and advanced analytics at scale.N/A
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    Splunk Cloud PlatformSplunk Enterprise Security
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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 fee
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    Splunk Cloud PlatformSplunk Enterprise Security
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Cisco
    Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
    I believe it is definitely a leader in the security space
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    Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
    We have both of these instances in our organization.
    Incentivized
    Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
    Splunk enterprise security works great in Splunk Cloud.
    Incentivized
    Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
    Splunk Enterprise Security is well designed and provide many comprehensive features which able to protect and monitor the organization. The features are well being used and does not cause any performance issue. Overall the solution is quite stable. Technical support from Splunk …
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    Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
    Splunk Enterprise Security is overall a better choice due to multiple factors. It can be easily deployed in any type of environment, whether you are looking for On-Premise or Cloud hosting. It scales amazingly well and it is very intuitive to use. It has a strong community, …
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    Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
    Using Splunk Enterprise Security allows the combination of security data sources from any number of services or products, giving analysts a single view of the entire security footprint throughout the organization and correlating events across services that may otherwise be …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    99%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    90 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    103 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    90 Answers
    Features
    Splunk Cloud PlatformSplunk Enterprise Security
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Splunk Cloud Platform and Splunk Enterprise Security
    Feature
    Splunk Cloud Platform
    8.1
    20 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Splunk Enterprise Security
    8.9
    108 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Centralized event and log data collection9.019 Ratings8.6106 Ratings
    Correlation8.419 Ratings8.9105 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management9.220 Ratings9.4106 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility7.220 Ratings8.0107 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools7.718 Ratings8.9102 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces8.920 Ratings9.9108 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection8.117 Ratings8.5102 Ratings
    Data integration/API management7.210 Ratings8.5104 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining7.18 Ratings9.4100 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds8.210 Ratings8.5101 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation7.38 Ratings9.093 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management8.810 Ratings8.9101 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching8.711 Ratings9.0107 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Splunk Cloud PlatformSplunk Enterprise Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (21 ratings)
    8.0
    (110 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (7 ratings)
    6.8
    (13 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (4 ratings)
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (98 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Splunk Cloud PlatformSplunk Enterprise Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    Splunk is excellent when all your data is in one location. Its ability to correlate all that data is intuitive (once the hurdle of learning the query language is overcome). It is also easy to standardize the presentation of information to the company. When data is siloed/standalone, other systems can be cheaper and faster to implement.
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    Cisco
    Splunk ES is great for organizations with complex IT environments, and real-time visibility into their infrastructure is critical. We use it as the central platform to sort through alerts, run diagnostics, and respond to incidents. We have integrated it with SOAR and automations; both help keep our security posture up to date.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • This SIEM consolidates multiple data points and offers several features and benefits, creating custom dashboards and managing alert workflows.
    • Splunk Cloud provides a simple way to have a central monitoring and security solution. Though it does not have a huge learning curve, you should spend some time learning the basics.
    • Splunk Cloud enables me to create and schedule statistical reports on network use for Management.
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    Cisco
    • Writes Powerful Queries: The queries that can be written using the Splunk Query Language are very powerful and highly customizable to meet every need. Ex: Writing queries to search the intersection of two different sources like Network and Endpoint Logs.
    • Offers Dashboard Abilities: Helps build complex panels for Dashboards in addition to providing several out-of-the-box panels. Ex: creating panels to calculate the performance of analysts in a given timezone.
    • Helpful Search Aids: It helps to set up complex custom alerts very easily. The interesting fields section is very helpful while threat hunting. Ex: It shows all the users and the frequency of each in a failed login event. The user list on the interesting fields is useful to look for suspicious logins.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • The SPL programming language that the queries are built in is not very intuitive.
    • There should be a better repository of pre-built queries for what I would think of as common Active Directory usage monitoring.
    • I would like to see more free training/familiarization information made available.
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    Cisco
    • Improved User Interface Customization: While the interface is generally intuitive, providing more options for users to customize their dashboards and views would enhance the overall user experience. Tailoring the interface to specific roles or use cases could be a valuable addition.
    • Simplified Alert Management: Streamlining the process of managing alerts, such as grouping or categorizing them based on severity or type, would make it easier for security teams to prioritize and respond to incidents effectively.
    • Expanded Threat Intelligence Feeds: Increasing the variety and sources of threat intelligence feeds available within ES would provide a broader context for identifying and mitigating emerging threats, ensuring a more comprehensive defense against evolving attack vectors.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    Ease of use and have all the features we need
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    Cisco
    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
    Cisco
    Splunk AI Assistant for SPL is good tool, as I said, it is really useful for educational purpose, taking in its hands small and simple tasks (ex:small query dashboard,...), but it's not a ten because the contextual memory for complex issues/dashboarding/reports etc can be limited, and can sometime suggets none optimized query which are not always checked by teammates and can cause issue on the long term.
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    Cisco
    I gave it a 6/10 because it's a perfect tool for experienced Splunk users. It's very difficult to add people to the Splunk team due to the complexity of the solutions. It took weeks to write useful SPL queries and even more time to be independent of the solution.
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    Reliability and Availability
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    Cisco
    I don't think I've ever seen Splunk ES go fully offline or have any downtime greater than a few minutes on rare occasions.
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    Performance
    Cisco
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    Cisco
    It takes a long time for items to load if you are just generally searching through logs. It is best to use the data models which load faster but can be strange in terms of what is coming from which logs where. Yes, you can look it up, but this also requires familiarity with where things are and how to look them up.
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    Splunk Cloud support is sorely lacking unfortunately. The portal where you submit tickets is not very good and is lacking polish. Tickets are left for days without any updates and when chased it is only sometimes you get a reply back. I get the feeling the support team are very understaffed and have far too much going on. From what I know, Splunk is aware of this and seem to be trying to remedy it.
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    Cisco
    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
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    Cisco
    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
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    Cisco
    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
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    Cisco
    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
    Cisco
    Vs elastic: - SPL's statistical functions superior to KQL for complex correlations - Better enterprise support, less operational overhead - Splunk Cloud Platform's detection engineering more mature vs Sentinel: - SPL more powerful than KQL for custom analytics - Better cross-platform visibility (non-Azure environments) vs Datadog - SPL enables deeper forensic Investigations - Superior compliance/audit capabilities
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    Cisco
    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
    Cisco
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    Cisco
    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
    Cisco
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    Cisco
    - 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
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    Cisco
    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
    Cisco
    • End-end visibility across your departmental silos
    • Strengthen the overall global monitoring posture
    • Move from Reactive to Proactive Monitoring
    • Highly secure environment at your finger-tips
    • Takes you away from managing infrastructure/administration, allows saving time & money. Reduce the overall TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)
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    Cisco
    • We have a 100% success rate on all our ES implementations due to the amazing documentation and Splunk enablement on the subject.
    • Our Splunk ES business has grown 100% YoY for the last 3 years.
    • In terms of long term management and maintenance, ES has been highly stable and predictable, reducing our overhead on costly services team for ad hoc maintenance work.
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