Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) vs. Sumo Logic

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Sumo Logic
Score 7.3 out of 10
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Sumo Logic is a log management offering from the San Francisco based company of the same name.
$3
Per GB Logs
Pricing
Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)Sumo Logic
Editions & Modules
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Essentials
$3.00
Per GB Logs
Enterprise
$4.00
Per GB Logs
Enterprise Security
$4.25
Per GB Logs
Enterprise Suite
$4.75
Per GB Logs
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)Sumo Logic
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)Sumo Logic
Considered Both Products
Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)
Sumo Logic is also one of the best tools in the market nowadays. It is very similar to Splunk from a writing-search processing query and functionality point of view. Sumo Logic is not as customizable as Splunk. And with Qualys Cloud Platform, we can scan our assets and web …
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)
As Sumo Logic and QRadar are the same SIEM Tool, the reason for selecting Splunk Enterprise Security above those was Splunk Enterprise Security is more handy than these two. The SPL query we write to get more effective results to create Alerts, Reports, and Dashboards are more …
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)
Splunk does not hide its correlation and analytics logic from users as much as other solutions in the same space. While some features are harder to access the underlying information is all accessible and tunable. This gives Splunk an edge over other solutions that lock the …
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)
In my experience with Splunk Enterprise Security, the SIEM is far superior to my experience with Alienvault or Security Onion. Splunk Enterprise Security is FAR more stable, extensible, functional, easy to set up, and easier to use than either of these tools, so much so that I …
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)
Apart from ES I have used Dynatrace and Qradar SIEM tool to work on security findings in organization where in Dynatrace with the help of collector agent we can monitor proper host data and it can be further classified in host process, memory usage, cpu usage etc as per Qradar …
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)
Splunk offers centralized visibility across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments, which is absent in the case of Loggly. Splunk also offers robust and comprehensive features with advanced capabilities
Sumo Logic

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Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)Sumo Logic
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Product A and Product B
Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)
8.5
102 Ratings
8% above category average
Sumo Logic
-
Ratings
Centralized event and log data collection9.3100 Ratings00 Ratings
Correlation8.899 Ratings00 Ratings
Event and log normalization/management8.5100 Ratings00 Ratings
Deployment flexibility8.3101 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools8.096 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom dashboards and workspaces9.1102 Ratings00 Ratings
Host and network-based intrusion detection8.396 Ratings00 Ratings
Data integration/API management8.498 Ratings00 Ratings
Behavioral analytics and baselining7.995 Ratings00 Ratings
Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds8.796 Ratings00 Ratings
Response orchestration and automation7.487 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting and compliance management9.195 Ratings00 Ratings
Incident indexing/searching8.8101 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)Sumo Logic
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(103 ratings)
8.9
(14 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.6
(2 ratings)
7.5
(3 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.6
(6 ratings)
8.7
(6 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.4
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.3
(100 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.1
(1 ratings)
6.2
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)Sumo Logic
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Sumo Logic
SumoLogic is a fantastic log aggregator and analysis tool, a fine alternative to Splunk. Searching is powerful and mostly intuitive and results come fast. If you have application logs in clusters or Kubernetes pods that lose their logs every time they're restarted, Sumo is the solution for you
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Pros
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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Sumo Logic
  • Sumo Logic allowed for our InfoSec team to ingest logs from our CDN directly, in real-time, instead of massive compressed archives that were sent every two-hours (the only alternative at the time). Sumo Logic had an app for these logs, that allowed us to easily get an immediate payoff from the data, with canned dashboard and saved searches.
  • Sumo Logic has a fairly extensive REST API when it comes to log sources, source configurations, dashboard data, searches, etc. Their wiki for the API is usually kept up to date.
  • Sumo Logic, during the period of time I had used their product, had added the ability to configure agents via configuration files. This allowed customers to configure their endpoints, and modify the endpoints, with configuration management tools like Chef / Puppet / Salt. Beforehand, the only option was to always make changes either via the web portal or REST API.
  • The solutions engineers were extremely helpful, and easily reachable when issues would occur.
  • Users at our company found it easy to get started, working on new dashboards, scheduled searches, and alerting. The alerting worked well with our third-party paging tool.
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Cons
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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Sumo Logic
  • I like the help center, but I think if it had more GUI tools, it could help new users.
  • Pulling out data is sometimes hard to read, (Maybe if I knew how to export data better, this would not be an issue for me).
  • I would like better know-how on how to create reports that will help our business.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Sumo Logic
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Usability
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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Sumo Logic
Sumo Logic is very powerful but definitely requires some configuration work to get the most out of it. You can get a certification related to this, but it is definitely not something you can just throw together.
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Reliability and Availability
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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Sumo Logic
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Performance
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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Sumo Logic
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Support Rating
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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Sumo Logic
I would give this rating because I attended a free Sumo Logic training at a WeWork in Chicago. I found the training very useful, and I learned a lot of features that I was not aware of before I went to the training. I like the idea that SumoLogic provides free training seminars. I am certified in level1, and I plan on certifying to level2.
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In-Person Training
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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Sumo Logic
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Online Training
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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Sumo Logic
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Implementation Rating
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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Sumo Logic
I was satisfied with the implementation, as at the time, it was the best way to implement the product with the available feature sets in Sumo Logic. User creation and management became more of an issue during continued use, instead of it being an issue related to deploying the product in our environment.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Sumo Logic
Sumo Logic works very well out of the gate. For a small business it has given us what we need. I worked at a larger company previously, and we produced so many logs we had to create a custom logging service to handle them all. Cost and availability are big issues when deciding between the different services, whether self maintained and hosted, or provided by another company.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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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Sumo Logic
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Scalability
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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Sumo Logic
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Professional Services
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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Sumo Logic
I've assisted several OneLogin customers with partner accounts to Sumo Logic. It has always been pleasant.
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Return on Investment
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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Sumo Logic
  • I can't think of any negative side effects other than it being SO slow sometimes, but compared to Splunk everything is slow
  • It's SO much cheaper than Splunk that the time it takes to query information is well worth it
  • In the times that we've had Sumo go down or stop logging information, we've found that we'd be absolutely lost without Sumo
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