Splunk Enterprise vs. Splunk Enterprise Security

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Splunk Enterprise
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Splunk is software for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated big data, via a web-style interface. It captures, indexes and correlates real-time data in a searchable repository from which it can generate graphs, reports, alerts, dashboards and visualizations.N/A
Splunk Enterprise Security
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Splunk Enterprise Security is an analytics-driven SIEM that helps to combat threats with actionable intelligence and advanced analytics at scale.N/A
Pricing
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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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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Splunk Enterprise
Chose Splunk Enterprise
Personally, I haven't really looked at anything else that really hasn't been my domain, so not until recently.
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CrowdStrike Next-Gen SIEM
Chose Splunk Enterprise
Splunk could sort a much better log correlation than it competitors. dynatrace have better dashboards, but its harder to setup and in our case, way too expensive. with Splunk, no one regrets migrating from Qradar. it looks like different generations tools. the correlation is …
Chose Splunk Enterprise
Splunk is costly, but easier to maintain. Reliability is a key factor, and most products have issue. While DataDog is very costly, even to Splunk.
Chose Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise has been a well-established solution for many clients for a long time and is a major player in the market. Its track record and performance make it the best choice. Furthermore, its ease of use for developing, using, and managing data makes it the best among …
Chose Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise stands out compared to other solutions due to its broad compatibility and flexibility. It integrates easily with a wide range of infrastructure, network, security, and application products, thanks to its support for multiple data formats and its extensive …
Chose Splunk Enterprise
Splunk is the undisputed leader in Security Information and Event Management. Splunk Enterprise Security allows for massive, complex correlation of data across disparate sources. It can be deployed entirely on-premise or in a private cloud, giving total "data sovereignty." …
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Elastic Beats and Apache Kafka
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Okay for dashboards but very limited for ad-hoc searches, no deep dive
Chose Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise stacks similarly to IBM's qradar and outperforms both Palo Alto's Panorama and Cisco's Secure Firewall Management Center in regards to storing large amounts of logs and the ability for quick searches. Splunk Enterprise handles queries of data effectively and …
Chose Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise is a very seasoned software , while other comparable software keep on adding new features and keep evolving, Splunk Enterprise has reached a state where new user onboarded doesnt have to request any basic feature or develop modules to simple tasks. Log parsing …
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Splunk does a good job at log aggregation and compatibility however, integrations with other products is been a challenge. Especially the pricing can be more competitive to spice up the market and orgs looking to explore AI based logging over traditional practices.
Chose Splunk Enterprise
Able to show more than Log data in Splunk views, we tested several plug-ins during a small pilot, and we were able to bring O/S (Win/Unix/Linux) & APM data metrics into the same views as Logged data. I've seen others use it to visualize a wider range of data types, too...better …
Chose Splunk Enterprise
While both are market-leading SIEM platforms, they cater to different environments and organization priorities. The choice often comes down to a company's existing infrastructure, integration needs, and long-term security strategy.
Deployment and architecture - Splunk offeres …
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They do provide an overwhelming level of information, which is hard to use.
Chose Splunk Enterprise
Splunk features of storing data and ingestion of logs , indexing of data , data analytics make is superior to other tools.
Definately there is more improvement requirement in terms of visualisation of data but one stop for all features make splunk better than various other …
Chose Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise was already chosen by our organization to be used across teams. However, the reasoning I know behind is the ability to share events/messages across different message brokers and making onboarding easier to legacy teams by just simple configuration.
Chose Splunk Enterprise
Splunk was better in terms of analyzing unstructured data. Also Splunk has had a very good and strong community and is also has a more tried and tested performance. I personally found the dash boarding capability of Splunk better than datadog.

We also analyzed using Kibana. …
Chose Splunk Enterprise
Omnibus was a Linux based tool. Not very easy to sue. End user needs to know Linux commands. Splunk Enterprise is more flexible and ease to use. Splunk Enterprise can generate reports, graphs, data visualization, data validation and much more. Use friendly query language and …
Chose Splunk Enterprise
A lot of products have natively inside their own dashboards and or their own logging repositories. And each one is difficult to learn or they're too complex or they're not verbose in the sense that they're not easy to mine the data that you're looking for. So that could be …
Chose Splunk Enterprise
Elastic and it's a little bit more cumbersome and a little bit more time consuming. Using Splunk is much easier flow and quicker to utilize to get to the root of a problem.
Chose Splunk Enterprise
Splunk AppDynamics and Elastic Observability
Chose Splunk Enterprise
Cost was major factor which made us choose Splunk Enterprisek.
Splunk Enterprise is versatile tool which further helped us to make our decision.
Apart from that Managment wish to use something robust hence Splunk Enterprise became there first choice.
Chose Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise is honestly the first tool we used and we cant realistically switch. We have not done any in depth studies or comparisons. We know there are alternatives and we would probably switch if one of them was much more economically viable, but right now we are happy …
Splunk Enterprise Security
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
In my experience, Sentinel only works well for clients invested in azure. But the moment you step outside that ecosystem, mixing AWS , on prem and custom logs, things fall into shambles and feel fragmented
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
Before Splunk, we ran Elastic Security for our log aggregation and alerting platform. Unfortunately, the solution was not a good fit for many logs and mixed on-prem/cloud infrastructure, as our. For cost or small infrastructure, Elastic is a very good, strong, and credible …
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
The cost of Splunk Enterprise Security is very low as this can be hosted on private cloud. Google secops has very good UI and better log query speed and other features but cost sooo much.
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
High-fidelity analytics with machine learning and customizable correlation rules.
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
The fact that it is used by many large companies was a strong reason for selecting Splunk Enterprise Security.
After several demos and POCs, the teams were convinced of the value it brings: it demands the right amount of customization to fit with the company data sources.
Also …
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We piloted Sentinel for one of our regional logistics hubs but it struggled to handle our volume on-prem iot and telematics data cleanly. Splunk on the other hand gave us more control than its competitors
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
LogRhythm is good for a team comprising mostly non-technical IT users. Unlike Splunk, it has a GUI log search and a good ticketing system. Splunk is better than Logrhythm for me as it provides me with the ultimate flexibility to write custom queries. Scalyr is a good tool and …
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF), Juniper Mist Edge, Wazuh
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
I did not choose this product. Overall although I like ES, I think Sentinel in certain ways is the superior product. The Kusto Query language is a lot easier to use. For instance anything that requires manual parsing in query can be more difficult with this product. Also some …
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) is much faster and easier to integrate logs and work on alerts to detect suspicious security events.
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
AlienVault is much more user and beginner friendly, however Splunk ES very much so provides more capability for mass data manipulation, report and dashboard customization, and trend analytics.
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
These two really helps in better way and low cost and high productivity. Automatic detection ML help you to detect many ways and create cases based on risk score
GRS UBA helps to protect organization from data ,via sharing through emails and USB s .
Gurucu product license once …
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
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 …
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
I believe it is definitely a leader in the security space
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
I consider Splunk Enterprise Security to have the strongest deployment methodology and troubleshoot features. Other products also provide good solutions such as Riverbed, Broadcom and Solarwinds but I think Splunk Enterprise Security is a great and trustable option to use for …
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
Even though Splunk ES is not the cheapest solution on the markt, we found it was still cheaper compared to Secureworks we had before. Also the level of flexibility and "thinking with the customer" is much better now.
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
Traditional hardware logging mechanisms do not provide in-depth research data on the threats and signatures, while Splunk Enterprise Security could easily achieve this feat.
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
FortiAnalzer is a hardware solution, but with Splunk, we could identify as well get the correct solution for the active threats and too with accurate and precise detailing.
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
- Schema on the fly indexing --> Gives you faster index searches. Even if you use Datamodes, it's 100x time faster as well.
- Correlation with other domains easily gives you total visibility and reduces the time to investigate and understand the problem.
- With lookups and trust, …
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
Securonix does not nearly meet the scale, extensibility, and maturity that Splunk ES offers. However, when looking at the MSP architecture options, Securonix is a much more flexible platform for multi-tenanting. So, Splunk ES for captive SOC platforms and Securonix for …
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
Splunk ES is by far the best solution in the market as per flexibility, features and support. Cost-wise, it is the most expensive option to go with, but that has its own advantages as the product that we get is premium and superior to other SIEM. The best thing about Spunk ES …
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
Splunk Enterprise Security allows for data normalization that does not compare to other SIEMs such as QRadar or Trustwave. QRadar requires custom dsm parsers before the data can be onboarded. I appreciate that Splunk Enterprise Security can ingest any source of data and …
Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
N/A - Have only used Splunk Enterprise Security since coming to Deloitte
Features
Splunk EnterpriseSplunk Enterprise Security
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Product A and Product B
Splunk Enterprise
8.2
Ratings
4% above category average
Splunk Enterprise Security
8.1
Ratings
3% above category average
Centralized event and log data collection9.00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Correlation8.40 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Event and log normalization/management8.40 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Deployment flexibility8.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools8.20 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Custom dashboards and workspaces8.70 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Host and network-based intrusion detection7.80 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Data integration/API management8.30 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Behavioral analytics and baselining7.70 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds7.80 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Response orchestration and automation7.50 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Reporting and compliance management8.60 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Incident indexing/searching8.70 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
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7.0
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Likelihood to Renew
8.5
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9.1
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Usability
8.5
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7.1
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Availability
10.0
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9.1
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Performance
-
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7.0
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Support Rating
8.0
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7.3
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In-Person Training
-
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9.1
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Online Training
8.0
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8.2
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Implementation Rating
7.0
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9.1
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Configurability
-
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7.3
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Ease of integration
-
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6.4
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Product Scalability
9.1
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8.7
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8.2
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User Testimonials
Splunk EnterpriseSplunk Enterprise Security
Likelihood to Recommend
I'm liking the newer products, and I'm looking forward to how they integrate with the overall product when they come together. Just log in and be able to query a large number of systems for similar issues or a unique one. That is a great fit for Splunk Enterprise, looking for a simple case or a simple String or something of that nature across multiple machines. It's a great fit for that to identify issues or particular software, whatever your scenario is, String, to find it across any particular server or group of servers, so that you can update or do a deployment or whatever it is you're looking to do.
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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
  • Real-time + Scheduled alerts - i-e you can set up alerts which are actively monitoring your logs
  • Pretty good response time for search results. With our key/value logging, Splunk makes it blazing fast to query the data.
  • Dashboards provide insights into historical data
  • Love how Splunk indexes all of the data and provides keys to search on
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  • Its best feature is its user interface, which is easy to navigate and understand. All you need is a little tutorial on how to use the Splunk query language and you're done.
  • Logs can be easily uploaded or shared across multiple platforms and display a highly insightful graphical representations of data using graphs, tables, and many other formats.
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Cons
  • At times some queries can run slowly if indices are not on a portion of the query you use.
  • Setup time initially can be difficult if your logs aren't stored in common locations or in a common way to write the log.
  • Ability to ingest logs from different locations without having to change code to put logs in a certain place (pro and con).
  • Searches can be a bit more difficult to look through if your log isn't pulled in a manner that is easy to read through splunk.
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  • 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
We are using Splunk extensively in our projects and we have recently upgraded to Splunk version 6.0 which is quite efficient and giving expected results. We keep track of updates and new features Splunk introduces periodically and try to introduce those features in our day to day activities for improvement in our reporting system and other tasks.
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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
Splunk usability could be a little more friendly on correlations and log analysis. not for end users, but for the tech team, sometimes is hard to find good professionals to set up integrations and new dashboards when needed. For the high-level management, it can be overwhelming to read Splunk dashboards.
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Maintaining hundreds or even 1000+ SOC use cases is really difficult, considering that the Data sources may not always send the data. A module that detects data freshness issues and detect data format changes would be a great help. the main challenge today using Splunk Enterprise Security is making sure that the detection rules are still working properly given all the changes that occur in data source applications. Also, maintaining the data collects on tens of thousands of servers and more than 100k workstations is a real company IT challenge: the splunkbase forwarder may not support old OS anymore, while these are the most important to monitor. Moving to the Open Telemetry collector has become essential so that only 1 agent is required for both SIEM and application observability.
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Reliability and Availability
When properly setup and configured, Splunk is extremely reliable.
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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
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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
Splunk maintains a well resourced support system that has been consistent since we purchased the product. They help out in a timely manner and provide expert level information as needed. We typically open cases online and communicate when possible via e-mail and are able to resolve most issues with that method.
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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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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
The online course was simple clear and described the main capabilities of the solution. There is also an initial module that can be done for free so anyone can familiarize themselves with the functionality of this solution. On the other hand, however, there could be more free online courses. Maybe even with a certificate, this would broaden the group of people who are familiar with the platform while increasing familiarity with the solution itself.
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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
Smooth without too many major issues.
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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
A lot of products have natively inside their own dashboards and or their own logging repositories. And each one is difficult to learn or they're too complex or they're not verbose in the sense that they're not easy to mine the data that you're looking for. So that could be anything from the native logging that you find in other Cisco products. It's easier to use Splunk to draw the data that you're looking for as opposed to going to the individual's products themselves to get the logs that you're looking for.
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Before Splunk, we ran Elastic Security for our log aggregation and alerting platform. Unfortunately, the solution was not a good fit for many logs and mixed on-prem/cloud infrastructure, as our. For cost or small infrastructure, Elastic is a very good, strong, and credible choice. But if you need a performant SIEM, enjoy Splunk.
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Scalability
Splunk can scale in to the petabyte per day range which of course is awesome
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We have on prem splunk and it’s mostly east to setup, but we have issues keeping data separated between customer splunk deployments while at the same time only having to look at one SIEM to address events in every environment
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Return on Investment
  • Ease of collecting IP for blacklisting.
  • Generation of metrics against compromised accounts based on location and time of the year. It helped in launching phishing education campaign before hitting the most vulnerable month of the year.
  • It helped in neutralizing vulnerable word-press sites across the campus, leading to the decrease of account compromise.
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  • Swift Incident Response: ES's real-time monitoring and correlation capabilities have notably reduced our mean time to detect (MTTD) and respond (MTTR) to security incidents.
  • Cost Efficiency: ES streamlined operations, lowering operational costs through task automation and effective resource allocation.
  • Compliance Simplification: ES's robust reporting and compliance features have eased audits, reducing related costs and efforts.
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