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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    ThingsBoard

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AThingsBoard is an open-source IoT Platform supporting IoT device management, data collection, processing and visualization for connected IoT solutions.

    $10

    per month/up to 30 devices

    Pricing
    Splunk Enterprise SecurityThingsBoard
    Editions & Modules
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    Cloud
    $10
    per month/up to 30 devices
    Professional Edition - Maker
    $10
    per month/up to 10 devices
    Self Managed - Maker
    $10
    per month/up to 10 devices
    Self Managed - Prototype
    $99
    per month/up to 100 devices
    Professional Edition - Prototype
    $149
    per month/up to 100 devices
    Trendz Analytics - Prototype
    $175
    per month/up to 200 devices
    Self Managed - Startup
    $199
    per month/up to 500 devices
    Trendz Analytics - Startup
    $200
    per month/up to 500 devices
    Trendz Analytics - Business
    $350
    per month/up to 1,000 devices
    Professional Edition - Startup
    $399
    per month/up to 500 devices
    Self Managed - Perpetual Fallback License
    2,999
    one time purchase
    Community Edition
    Free
    Trendz Analytics - Perpetual Fallback License
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    Pricing Offerings
    Splunk Enterprise SecurityThingsBoard
    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 SecurityThingsBoard
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    109 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    90 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    103 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    90 Answers
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    Features
    Splunk Enterprise SecurityThingsBoard
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Splunk Enterprise Security and ThingsBoard
    Feature
    Splunk Enterprise Security
    8.9
    108 Ratings
    10% above category average
    ThingsBoard
    -
    Ratings
    Centralized event and log data collection8.6106 Ratings00 Ratings
    Correlation8.9105 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management9.4106 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility8.0107 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools8.9102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces9.9108 Ratings00 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection8.5102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data integration/API management8.5104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining9.4100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds8.5101 Ratings00 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation9.093 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management8.9101 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching9.0107 Ratings00 Ratings
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    IBM Security QRadar SIEM
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Splunk Enterprise SecurityThingsBoard
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (110 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    6.8
    (13 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (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)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.7
    (98 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Splunk Enterprise SecurityThingsBoard
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Open Source
    Immediate installation on cloud VM
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    Pros
    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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    Open Source
    • API integration
    • users management
    • easy to use
    • great UI
    • Easy to upgrade
    • Few configuration task
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    Cons
    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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    Open Source
    • MicroPython Library not yet available for downlink DATA
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Open Source
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    Usability
    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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    Open Source
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    Open Source
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    Performance
    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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    Open Source
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    Support Rating
    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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    Open Source
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    In-Person Training
    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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    Open Source
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    Online Training
    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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    Open Source
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    Open Source
    near to Zero Conf
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Open Source
    AWS -> too loud :)
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    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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    Open Source
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    Scalability
    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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    Open Source
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    Professional Services
    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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    Open Source
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Open Source
    • TB CE is real production tool
    • TB CE is quite the same as TB PE so move to PE is easier
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