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Splunk Enterprise

Overview

What is Splunk Enterprise?

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.

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Recent Reviews

Splunk enterprise stable solution

7 out of 10
January 05, 2024
Splunk Enterprise is used in the company by the IT department. Mainly to monitor security events on process-relevant systems where the …
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TrustRadius Insights

Valuable Log Gathering and Summarization: Users have expressed positive opinions about Splunk's ability to gather and summarize log …
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Great if you have the money

7 out of 10
October 24, 2023
We use Splunk Enterprise as a SIEM and a separate pool to use for medical record auditing. The SIEM catalogues information from multiple …
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Real-time smart meters

9 out of 10
August 17, 2021
Incentivized
Splunk is being using to track the status of electric utility smart meters which record customer energy usage. Smart meters send power …
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Popular Features

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  • Custom dashboards and workspaces (54)
    8.5
    85%
  • Centralized event and log data collection (53)
    6.5
    65%
  • Event and log normalization/management (53)
    6.0
    60%
  • Correlation (52)
    6.0
    60%

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What is Splunk Enterprise?

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.

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Features

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Security Information and Event Management is a category of security software that allows security analysts to look at a more comprehensive view of security logs and events than would be possible by looking at the log files of individual, point security tools

7.5
Avg 7.8
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Product Details

What is Splunk Enterprise?

Splunk Enterprise enables users to find out what is happening in a business and take meaningful action. It automates the collection, indexing and alerting of machine data that's critical to operations, so that users can uncover the actionable insights from data — no matter the source or format. Leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning for predictive and proactive business decisions.

Splunk Enterprise Technical Details

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Frequently Asked Questions

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.

SolarWinds Loggly and LogRhythm NextGen SIEM Platform are common alternatives for Splunk Enterprise.

Reviewers rate Incident indexing/searching highest, with a score of 8.9.

The most common users of Splunk Enterprise are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Valuable Log Gathering and Summarization: Users have expressed positive opinions about Splunk's ability to gather and summarize log messages from multiple sources. Many reviewers find this feature valuable, as it allows them to easily access and analyze log data in a centralized location without the need for manual aggregation.

Simplicity and Advanced Search Capabilities: Splunk's reporting functionality is highly regarded by users for its simplicity and advanced search capabilities. Several reviewers appreciate how easy it is to use Splunk's reporting features, while also being able to perform complex searches that provide detailed insights into their data.

Effective Web Traffic Catching and Dashboards: The effectiveness of Splunk in catching web traffic and providing helpful dashboards is another aspect praised by users. Many reviewers highlight how Splunk's web monitoring capabilities enable them to track website activity effectively, while the intuitive dashboards allow for quick visualization and analysis of important metrics.

Confusing User Interface: Some users have reported that the user interface in Splunk can be perplexing, leading to difficulties in quickly performing tasks and navigating the software.

Limited Integration with Excel: Users have expressed their desire for improved integration between Splunk and Excel when it comes to creating reports and dashboards. They feel that better connectivity and seamless data transfer would enhance their workflow.

Steep Learning Curve: Several users have mentioned the complexity of Splunk's architecture, requiring a dedicated team of engineers to effectively manage and optimize its performance. This steep learning curve can pose challenges for new users who may need additional time and resources to fully grasp the intricacies of the platform.

Based on user reviews, the following recommendations emerged for using Splunk:

  • Ensure the correct subscription: Users emphasized the importance of having the correct subscription for Splunk to avoid login issues and fully utilize its features. They recommend careful planning of the deployment and learning as much as possible before implementing a large installation.

  • Thoroughly investigate anomalies: While Splunk's great dashboards for troubleshooting are praised, users advise against relying solely on system alerts generated by Splunk. They suggest continuing to investigate any anomalies and carefully setting up sources and background data in Splunk.

  • Utilize Splunk's log analysis capabilities: Many users recommend Splunk as a valuable tool for log analysis and improving the quality of current processes. They find it helpful for debugging integration issues and consider it suitable for large-scale applications/systems. Users appreciate its ability to connect to individual boxes and view multiple logs simultaneously.

It should be noted that some users suggest that there may be better and cheaper alternatives for small to medium-sized businesses, while others propose improvements to the search result UI and pricing structure to attract more users in the industry.

Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Splunk Enterprise to do various types of monitoring across organizations using a clustered environment with distributed indexers, search heads, UF, and HFW i.e. Application Monitoring of various ETL tools such as Mulesoft, Airflow, Stream sets, etc REST API Monitoring Database monitoring HEC monitoring
  • Act as a Search Head, Indexer and Forwarder
  • Have full features to install Add-Ons
  • Is On-Prem, so we have full control on created lookups on file system
  • Better SPL Intelligence
  • Add-On's auto upgrade management and notifications
  • Implement more features on UI instead of config based implementations
This is best suited for limited and known scaling of nodes and where we don't want data to flow outside the organization otherwise we can switch to Splunk Cloud for better automatic scaling where scaling need is unknown but has an overhead of data to be encrypted
  • Splunk Flexibility for acting as different nodes
  • Splunk Distributed scaling
  • Splunk SPL performance
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (14)
79.28571428571429%
7.9
Centralized event and log data collection
80%
8.0
Correlation
80%
8.0
Event and log normalization/management
80%
8.0
Deployment flexibility
90%
9.0
Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools
80%
8.0
Custom dashboards and workspaces
80%
8.0
Host and network-based intrusion detection
80%
8.0
Log retention
90%
9.0
Data integration/API management
70%
7.0
Behavioral analytics and baselining
70%
7.0
Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds
70%
7.0
Response orchestration and automation
70%
7.0
Reporting and compliance management
80%
8.0
Incident indexing/searching
90%
9.0
  • Cost saver
  • Analyze risks
  • Alert alarming situations
Data remains On-Prem and doesn't need encryption as in case of Cloud
August 17, 2021

Real-time smart meters

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Splunk is being using to track the status of electric utility smart meters which record customer energy usage. Smart meters send power outage & restoration notifications which we track in real-time with splunk. This capability is very important for enhancing our situational awareness to help ensure we deliver safe and reliable electricity to our customers.
  • Real-time status
  • Data integration
  • Live dashboards
  • Automated machine learning
  • Extract transform and loading
  • Data modeling
Handling millions of real-time data points can be achieved with ease.
  • Stability
  • Maturity
  • Roadmap
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (14)
77.85714285714286%
7.8
Centralized event and log data collection
80%
8.0
Correlation
N/A
N/A
Event and log normalization/management
90%
9.0
Deployment flexibility
90%
9.0
Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools
80%
8.0
Custom dashboards and workspaces
100%
10.0
Host and network-based intrusion detection
60%
6.0
Log retention
100%
10.0
Data integration/API management
80%
8.0
Behavioral analytics and baselining
70%
7.0
Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds
100%
10.0
Response orchestration and automation
70%
7.0
Reporting and compliance management
90%
9.0
Incident indexing/searching
80%
8.0
  • Ensure regulatory compliance
  • Improve safety
  • Improve reliability
I have not evaluated other products
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Splunk Enterprise is the basis for our log correlation and analysis. We're using it primarily for IT Security, and occasionally to assist with operations was helpful. It is the basis of our SIEM, Splunk Enterprise security. We pull in events from a wide variety of data sources. The ability of Splunk to ingest and normalize just about any sort of data is one of its strongest points.
  • Gets data from anywhere
  • Variety of supported alert types
  • Real-time insights
  • They should not remove support for Duo 2fa.
Splunk is well suited almost anywhere an Enterprise can afford it. It does require some technical chops to support an on-prem installation, but less so with a Cloud subscription. If it involves data there is a good chance that is possible with Splunk. In particular, it is a great base for Security use cases, especially for disparate and non-standard data sources.
  • Accepts data from a variety of sources
  • Pre-built apps exist to help with bringing in data from many systems
  • The event correlation is the basis for security use cases
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (14)
94.28571428571429%
9.4
Centralized event and log data collection
100%
10.0
Correlation
100%
10.0
Event and log normalization/management
100%
10.0
Deployment flexibility
100%
10.0
Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools
100%
10.0
Custom dashboards and workspaces
100%
10.0
Host and network-based intrusion detection
80%
8.0
Log retention
100%
10.0
Data integration/API management
100%
10.0
Behavioral analytics and baselining
80%
8.0
Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds
90%
9.0
Response orchestration and automation
70%
7.0
Reporting and compliance management
100%
10.0
Incident indexing/searching
100%
10.0
  • Splunk helps us to be aware of security events before they become issues
  • Splunk helps us diagnose operational issues
We had an old version of QRadar before Splunk. It was difficult to customize and difficult to pull in our data sources. It wound up being neglected and not providing value for us as an institution. We have also looked into other things like AlienVault but in general, the customizability to pull in things like an Oracle audit trail or nonstandard multiline SSO logs have been much easier in Splunk, if in fact, it was possible on other platforms.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Splunk Enterprise is being used by mostly IT Department. [It's] being used to monitor security monitoring purpose[s] along with [business-relevant] use case monitoring.
  • Data Normalization
  • Correlation
  • Data Analytics
  • Use Case Development Capability
  • Cost
Splunk Enterprise is mostly suited for organizations where enough budget is available to maintain along with having dedicated resource[s] for it. While [it's] a great tool, you need to skilled resource[s] to get the best out of it.
  • Use Case Development
  • Log Integration Easiness
  • Room for Customization
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (7)
100%
10.0
Centralized event and log data collection
100%
10.0
Correlation
100%
10.0
Event and log normalization/management
100%
10.0
Deployment flexibility
100%
10.0
Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools
100%
10.0
Custom dashboards and workspaces
100%
10.0
Host and network-based intrusion detection
100%
10.0
  • Helped to detect fraudulent activities
  • Centralized repository for all kind of data
LogRhythm is a great SIEM Tool. But Splunk Enterprise is so much more than that. [It's] a Security Analytics Tool with no limitation. It depends on [organization's] size, budget[,] and also what exactly they are looking for.
Tenable.sc (formerly SecurityCenter), Rapid7 InsightVM (Nexpose), Metasploit
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