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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Hillstone CloudView

    N/AN/AHillstone Security headquartered in Santa Clara offers Hillstone CloudView, a SaaS security management and advanced analytics solution for entities deploying Hillstone Security's firewalls or threat detection solutions.N/A

    Splunk Enterprise Security

    Score9.8 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
    Pricing
    Hillstone CloudViewSplunk Enterprise Security
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Hillstone CloudViewSplunk Enterprise Security
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Hillstone CloudViewSplunk Enterprise Security
    Considered Both Products
    Hillstone Networks
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    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    99%
    Would buy again
    100 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    84 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    95 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    74 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    84 Answers
    Features
    Hillstone CloudViewSplunk Enterprise Security
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Hillstone CloudView and Splunk Enterprise Security
    Feature
    Hillstone CloudView
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    Ratings
    Splunk Enterprise Security
    8.4
    102 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Centralized event and log data collection00 Ratings9.3100 Ratings
    Correlation00 Ratings8.699 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management00 Ratings8.5100 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility00 Ratings8.3101 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools00 Ratings7.896 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces00 Ratings9.2102 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection00 Ratings7.996 Ratings
    Data integration/API management00 Ratings8.498 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining00 Ratings7.795 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds00 Ratings8.596 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation00 Ratings7.087 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management00 Ratings8.695 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching00 Ratings9.2101 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Hillstone CloudViewSplunk Enterprise Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (103 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.6
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.3
    (100 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Hillstone CloudViewSplunk Enterprise Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hillstone Networks
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    Cisco
    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
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    Cisco
    • Advanced Threat Detection and Correlation: ES stands out in its ability to detect sophisticated threats by correlating data from multiple sources. For instance, it can identify unusual patterns in user behavior, cross-referencing with network logs to flag potential insider threats.
    • Real-time Monitoring and Alerting: ES offers robust real-time monitoring capabilities. It excels in promptly alerting us to critical security events, such as suspicious network traffic spikes or unauthorized access attempts, allowing for immediate response.
    • Comprehensive Log Analysis: ES ingests and analyzes an extensive range of log data. It's particularly adept at parsing and making sense of complex log formats, making it a versatile tool for understanding system activities and security events.
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    Cons
    Hillstone Networks
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    Cisco
    • 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
    Hillstone Networks
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    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.
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    Usability
    Hillstone Networks
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    Cisco
    You definitely need to learn how to use Splunk to get the most of the tool. There are many courses available for free to get up to speed on the usability of the tool but it's not that simple. It will take time to digest all the data and to understand how to query for what you are looking for.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Hillstone Networks
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    Cisco
    I'm not an ES user, but, in my implementation I usually try to prevent all service stops to guarantee High availability to the final customers.
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    Performance
    Hillstone Networks
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    Cisco
    ES requires a very performant infrastructure: if it has it's performant, otherwise not. I had situation with a very performant infrastructure and I didn't notized that it was a distributed architecture, it seemed that there ware few data on my PC, othewise I experienced less performant infrastructures with less performaces.
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    Support Rating
    Hillstone Networks
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    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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    In-Person Training
    Hillstone Networks
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    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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    Online Training
    Hillstone Networks
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    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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    Implementation Rating
    Hillstone Networks
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    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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    Alternatives Considered
    Hillstone Networks
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    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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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Hillstone Networks
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    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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    Scalability
    Hillstone Networks
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    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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    Professional Services
    Hillstone Networks
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    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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    Return on Investment
    Hillstone Networks
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    Cisco
    • ES has highly impacted ROI because as the customer of the ES the work we do for creating use cases for clients in terms of security-related aspects by their logs has given more return than investment.
    • The correlation searches we run to get detailed results from the Data models are very less time-consuming than Splunk Enterprise itself we can get quick responses to the use cases and dashboards populated because of ES.
    • The CIM compliance feature is ES has made more jobs easy in the terms of finding more Authentication related data we can get data onboarded in the Email data model from O365 and search is email data model instead of searching for particular indexes.
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