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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Sentinel

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Sentinel (formerly Azure Sentinel) is designed as a birds-eye view across the enterprise. It is presented as a security information and event management (SIEM) solution for proactive threat detection, investigation, and response.

    $2.46

    per GB ingested

    Splunk Cloud Platform

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/ASplunk Cloud Platform is a data platform service thats help users search, analyze, visualize and act on data. The service can go live in as little as two days, and with an IT backend managed by Splunk experts.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft SentinelSplunk Cloud Platform
    Editions & Modules
    Azure Sentinel
    $2.46
    per GB ingested
    100 GB per day
    $123.00
    per day
    200 GB per day
    $221.40
    per day
    300 GB per day
    $319.80
    per day
    400 GB per day
    $410.00
    per day
    500 GB per day
    $492.00
    per day
    More than 500 GB per day
    $492.00 + $98.40
    per day/plus each additional 100 GB increment
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft SentinelSplunk Cloud Platform
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft SentinelSplunk Cloud Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Sentinel
    Prior to using Sentinel, we were using Splunk specifically Splunk Enterprise Security and Splunk Cloud, so their on-prem and their cloud-based products. We switched originally for cost reasons, specifically cost control, but I have found that the ability to create reports, the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Sentinel
    As mentioned, the product was part of the purchase of several Microsoft Suites that we did earlier last year and with 200 licenses included, we can exclude those from the other SIEM and SOAR product, it just work well with the Microsoft's environment that we partially have
    Is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Sentinel
    it is easy to use Microsoft Sentinel and has faster deployment and advanced artificial intelligence than splunk
    Incentivized
    Cisco
    Chose Splunk Cloud Platform
    Vs elastic:
    - SPL's statistical functions superior to KQL for complex correlations
    - Better enterprise support, less operational overhead
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    46 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    46 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    35 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    43 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft SentinelSplunk Cloud Platform
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk Cloud Platform
    Feature
    Microsoft Sentinel
    7.3
    24 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Splunk Cloud Platform
    9.0
    15 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Centralized event and log data collection8.324 Ratings9.015 Ratings
    Correlation7.124 Ratings9.715 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management6.924 Ratings9.715 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility7.522 Ratings9.015 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools6.422 Ratings9.313 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces7.524 Ratings9.715 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection5.020 Ratings8.613 Ratings
    Data integration/API management6.522 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining6.920 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds7.922 Ratings8.46 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation7.221 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management9.04 Ratings8.76 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching8.622 Ratings9.36 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Microsoft SentinelSplunk Cloud Platform
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Security QRadar SIEM
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Security QRadar SIEM
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Score8 out of 10
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft SentinelSplunk Cloud Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (43 ratings)
    9.9
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.2
    (4 ratings)
    Professional Services
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft SentinelSplunk Cloud Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Sentinel excels in centralized monitoring, AI-driven threat detection, and automation, but improvements in cost transparency, user experience, third-party integrations, and support for emerging technologies could make it even more effective. Addressing these areas would enhance its appeal for small-to-medium businesses, large enterprises, and organizations with complex or specialized IT environments.
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    Cisco
    Splunk is excellent when all your data is in one location. Its ability to correlate all that data is intuitive (once the hurdle of learning the query language is overcome). It is also easy to standardize the presentation of information to the company. When data is siloed/standalone, other systems can be cheaper and faster to implement.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • I appreciate that it keeps the data within our, what we call our, authorization boundary. The fact that the data remains within Microsoft's, I guess, walled garden if you will, is very helpful for certain compliance needs in particular.
    • The large library of ingestion: ability to ingest is basically as easy as I can basically get it to be most of the time. There's occasionally some vendors that it's a little bit more challenging for, but given the ease of integration for a lot of things, basically it's become one of my requirements when I am looking at other tools is how easily do they integrate with Sentinel.
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    Cisco
    • This SIEM consolidates multiple data points and offers several features and benefits, creating custom dashboards and managing alert workflows.
    • Splunk Cloud provides a simple way to have a central monitoring and security solution. Though it does not have a huge learning curve, you should spend some time learning the basics.
    • Splunk Cloud enables me to create and schedule statistical reports on network use for Management.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • I think it should include more third party integration with non microsoft products as well as with other cloud providers. These integrations should be native.
    • It should improve ML and AI capabilities.
    • I find its documentation a little bit difficult to understand at the start. So the words should be simple.
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    Cisco
    • The SPL programming language that the queries are built in is not very intuitive.
    • There should be a better repository of pre-built queries for what I would think of as common Active Directory usage monitoring.
    • I would like to see more free training/familiarization information made available.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    it does the job reasonably well
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    Cisco
    Ease of use and have all the features we need
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    The Microsoft Azure Sentinel solution is very good and even better if you use Azure. It's easy to implement and learn how to use the tool with an intuitive and simple interface. New updates are happening to always bring new news and improve the experience and usability. The solution brings reliability as it is from a very reliable manufacturer.
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    Cisco
    What it does well:
    - Powerful SPL query language for advanced users
    - Excellent visualization dashboards
    - Comprehensive documentation and community support
    Where it needs work:
    - Steep learning curve for SPL syntax
    - Non-Intuitive UI for beginners
    - Complex administration and data model configuration
    - Search performance degrades with poor query optimization
    Bottom line: Enterprise-grade tool requiring dedicated training investment. Best for teams with experienced analysts.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    Azure Sentinel is very easy to use and configure. If you are stuck somewhere, Microsoft support is excellent in assisting and solving your issue.
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    Cisco
    Splunk Cloud support is sorely lacking unfortunately. The portal where you submit tickets is not very good and is lacking polish. Tickets are left for days without any updates and when chased it is only sometimes you get a reply back. I get the feeling the support team are very understaffed and have far too much going on. From what I know, Splunk is aware of this and seem to be trying to remedy it.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    We decided to go with Microsoft Sentinel because it works really well with Microsoft tools we are already using. Microsoft Sentinel's intelligent features detect and resolve problems more quickly than Sumo Logic. It also allows us to pay for what we use and grow as we need. While Sumo Logic is good at analyzing data, Microsoft Sentinel fits our needs.
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    Cisco
    Search Processing Language really is a game changer for writing easy-to-understand and maintainable queries on your data base logs. Once understood, setting up and validating a query can be done in no time- which leaves us the option to focus on more monitoring and improved services. We have no other tools that utilizes data this efficiently
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    Professional Services
    Microsoft
    Did not use professional services
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    Cisco
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • As any cybersecurity product, this has to be more with risk to avoid loss in case of a ransomware that more than relate to a productivity increase. Maybe the impact could be that instead of having people that are checking 24/7 the dashboard, you could implement Sentinel and have less people checking that or people with less expertise. So the saving will be a minor but will be a saving in the cost of your team.
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    Cisco
    • End-end visibility across your departmental silos
    • Strengthen the overall global monitoring posture
    • Move from Reactive to Proactive Monitoring
    • Highly secure environment at your finger-tips
    • Takes you away from managing infrastructure/administration, allows saving time & money. Reduce the overall TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)
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