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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Splunk Enterprise

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASplunk 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

    Untangle NG Firewall

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AUntangle NG Firewall is an open-source firewall and gateway security platform. It offers a free core firewall platform with paid add-ons, and a cloud-based management platform with a variety of deployment options for smaller teams.

    $25

    per month

    Pricing
    Splunk EnterpriseUntangle NG Firewall
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Open Source Firewall
    $0.00
    free under the GNU General Public License (GPL)
    NG Firewall Complete
    $25.00
    per month
    z4 appliance
    $299
    one-time purchase
    z4w appliance
    $329
    one-time purchase
    z4 Plus appliance
    $399.00
    one-time purchase
    z6 appliance
    $1199.00
    one-time purchase
    z12 appliance
    $1999.00
    one-time purchase
    z20 appliance
    $3499.00
    one-time purchase
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Splunk EnterpriseUntangle NG Firewall
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Splunk EnterpriseUntangle NG Firewall
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Untangle
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    59 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    49 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    59 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    43 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    50 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Splunk EnterpriseUntangle NG Firewall
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Splunk Enterprise and Untangle NG Firewall
    Feature
    Splunk Enterprise
    8.3
    92 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Untangle NG Firewall
    -
    Ratings
    Centralized event and log data collection9.086 Ratings00 Ratings
    Correlation8.488 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management8.489 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility8.082 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools8.383 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces8.888 Ratings00 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection7.966 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data integration/API management8.335 Ratings00 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining7.833 Ratings00 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds8.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation7.630 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management8.735 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching8.738 Ratings00 Ratings
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Splunk Enterprise and Untangle NG Firewall
    Feature
    Splunk Enterprise
    -
    Ratings
    Untangle NG Firewall
    8.2
    6 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Identification Technologies00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Visualization Tools00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Content Inspection00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    VPN00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    High Availability00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Proxy Server00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Splunk EnterpriseUntangle NG Firewall
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    SonicWall NSA Series
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Security QRadar SIEM
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Splunk EnterpriseUntangle NG Firewall
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (113 ratings)
    7.0
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (25 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (46 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (19 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Splunk EnterpriseUntangle NG Firewall
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Untangle
    Untangle is very strong in the "traditional" sense of security. That means an edge appliance that either works with an existing router or is the router itself (recommended). This approach has also been adapted well to cloud environments in order to protect virtual servers and VDI workstations. As mentioned earlier, many schools are using cloud-based filtering for their 1:1 solutions for their students. This is an area where Untangle is unable to serve. Some have used an instance of Untangle in the cloud with VPN to serve their remote needs, but it is not the same as solutions that are designed for cloud-based filtering of devices without VPN.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • It is very useful in creating custom rules for analyzing system logs and display relevant information. The query language is very easy to learn.
    • We can create custom UI to visualize the output of our data. The interface is very flexible. It also allows the sharing of rules among users.
    • There is an open online community to help others. Stackoverflow also has a splunk community. These resources make it more convenient to learn.
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    Untangle
    • Web Filtering is strong, and can also do application fingerprinting to allow Facebook, but not Facebook games. Secondly, a separate partition called a "rack" can be set up to give one subnet or group of users different web filtering policies than another. For example, teachers would get more freedom to browse the web than students at a school.
    • Built-in SD-WAN connectivity as part of your license. IPSEC tunnel creation is also amazingly easy.
    • Will install on any x86 hardware created in the last 5-10 years. Ram and processor requirements per user are very low.
    • Reporting is phenomenal, however you can get death by details very easily.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • Splunk light limits number of users to 5. Wish there was a flexible license, where one could add more users.
    • Splunk light does not let you add > few realtime alerts. Wish there was a flexible license, where one could add as many realtime alerts as wanted.
    • Better insight into daily ingestion values
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    Untangle
    • The full suite can be expensive for business but will be powerful enough.
    • The full suite for home or small office isn't that bad of a price but may be out of reach for most home users but remember the basics are FREE so anyone can get started with it.
    • I would like to see it promoted for mid to large businesses as I think it can handle it.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    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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    Untangle
    Service renewal is in Feb 2021. We will be renewing!
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    Usability
    Cisco
    You can literally throw in a single word into Splunk and it will pull back all instances of that word across all of your logs for the time span you select (provided you have permission to see that data). We have several users who have taken a few of the free courses from Splunk that are able to pull data out of it everyday with little help at all.
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    Untangle
    Generally works well but seeing more and more bugs with the OpenVPN app.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
    When properly setup and configured, Splunk is extremely reliable.
    Incentivized
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    Untangle
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Cisco
    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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    Untangle
    The phone support reps are highly competent and native-English speakers. big plus vs some other vendors with difficult to understand or less knowledgable support engineers.
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    Online Training
    Cisco
    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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    Untangle
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    Smooth without too many major issues.
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    Untangle
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    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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    Untangle
    Untangle NG Firewall has a partnership with third parties to provide an amazing suite of applications. You pay for those. With free software, you have to wait for it to be updated. With Unifi, the hardware was too underpowered to do anything meaningful. I don't mind the monthly fees because these companies update quickly; they have a reputation to maintain.
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    Splunk can scale in to the petabyte per day range which of course is awesome
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    Untangle
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Splunk has allowed developers to diagnose production issues when access of control was taken away from them to be allowed to view items in production environments and I believe that is invaluable.
    • At times some developers weren't super happy about using it, but it was more of the fact that they were used to having production access and not creating their splunk queries to get information.
    • Going one place to view logs was very beneficial to have.
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    Untangle
    • It's allowed us to be PCI compliant which we need to do business.
    • It's allowed us to not only be PCI compliant but follow best practice to be actually as secure as we can be.
    • It's really presented us with a lot of flexibility in terms of how we connect to other services.
    • There is some maintenance, but it's very minimal.
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