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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ACisco IPS Sensors have reached EOL, and EOS.N/A

    Splunk Enterprise

    Score8.5 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
    Pricing
    Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)Splunk Enterprise
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)Splunk Enterprise
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)Splunk Enterprise
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)
    IPS sensors provides the necessary network visibility my company needs to satisfy its security appetite. By doing so, we have been able to stay compliant and up to date with today's network security requirements and procedures. We are able to be proactive with vulnerabilities …
    Incentivized
    Cisco
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    93%
    Would buy again
    25 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    22 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    27 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)Splunk Enterprise
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued) and Splunk Enterprise
    Feature
    Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Splunk Enterprise
    7.1
    56 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Centralized event and log data collection00 Ratings9.055 Ratings
    Correlation00 Ratings9.054 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management00 Ratings9.555 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility00 Ratings7.050 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools00 Ratings6.051 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces00 Ratings5.956 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection00 Ratings4.939 Ratings
    Data integration/API management00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining00 Ratings5.96 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds00 Ratings7.56 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management00 Ratings6.46 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching00 Ratings6.57 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)Splunk Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.8
    (73 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (17 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)Splunk Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    IPS sensors are more suited for companies that do not have visibility into their network with third-party analyzing tools. Scenarios would be to place IPS sensors at the perimeter firewalls mainly. IPS sensors are less appropriate for companies that have third-party analyzing tools that will mitigate vulnerabilities and malicious traffic and activities already.
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    Cisco
    It's well suited for what I do, which is network security operations. And that's for anything from troubleshooting incidents, troubleshooting performance, troubleshooting for the purpose of a compliance and auditing. It's not best suited for users who are new in terms of they're new to the product and they have expectations that probably Splunk cannot meet.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Identifies and blocks malicious traffic.
    • Detects unwanted traffic and allows your company to be proactive, let alone reactive.
    • Comprehensive Threat protection allows companies to adjust thresholds and policies at will.
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    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.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • The web GUI is somewhat slow.
    • Sometimes difficult to adjust policies.
    • Fail open feature may not work properly all the time.
    Incentivized
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    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
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Usability
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    When properly setup and configured, Splunk is extremely reliable.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    Cisco TAC has been great at helping with configurations and issues that may arise
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    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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    Online Training
    Cisco
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    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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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
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    Cisco
    Smooth without too many major issues.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    IPS sensors provides the necessary network visibility my company needs to satisfy its security appetite. By doing so, we have been able to stay compliant and up to date with today's network security requirements and procedures. We are able to be proactive with vulnerabilities and reactive to malicious traffic and intrusions in our day to day operations.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    I didn't get to fully evaluate Logstash as our corporation was already using Logstash, but both seemed like viable solutions to the problem that we were having. I wanted to evaluate Logstash some more, both did seem like they would work for the business needs that we had, we went with splunk as many teams were already using it.
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Splunk can scale in to the petabyte per day range which of course is awesome
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Provided less need to purchase third party analyzing tools.
    • Needed more dedicated staff to build/review/and maintain policies and such.
    • Answers companies need for network security.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    • I don't have any numbers to share but Splunk has positively served as a 24/7 monitoring tool that has saved hours of work by self-detecting, saving statistics and alerting problems in the system or from external interfaces as soon as they happen.
    • Splunk dashboards does a solid job in collecting, analyzing data and creating reports that contain an entire day's activity and then automatically sent out to the business.
    • Splunk is very easy to learn and very useful to any program or business application.
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