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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 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
    Microsoft SentinelSplunk Enterprise
    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 Enterprise
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft SentinelSplunk Enterprise
    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
    Well before there was Microsoft Sentinel, you had other competing products like ArcSight or Splunk, et cetera. I think they have their own qualities, but the Microsoft integration story is really why we're using it.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Sentinel
    Well, we didn't select, we selected Sentinel for our Azure stuff, our Microsoft stuff, but we do use a different SIEM for the other stuff still.
    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
    Microsoft Sentinel really goes the extra mile when it comes to an SIEM that slowly improves toward a proper SOAR, this may be the best selling point of the entire solution. Highly scalable, cloud-based, and nearly perfect when dealing with Microsoft-based infrastructures, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Sentinel
    As the vast majority of our users have Windows machine and uses all 365 cloud features, we finally decided not to implement any 3rd party security solutions on desktops/laptops in order to keep our infrastructure simple. In this case, Microsoft Sentinel is the best way to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Sentinel
    Microsoft Sentinel feels on another different level from these solutions , all in the cloud . No need for troubleshooting , deployment or upgrades. Constant updates from the vendor and good support
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Sentinel
    Microsoft Sentinel excels in cloud-native scalability, Microsoft ecosystem integration, and AI-driven threat detection with UEBA and Fusion rules, offering faster deployment and lower costs (48% cheaper per Forrester) than Splunk, QRadar, Exabeam, SentinelOne, Securonix, and …
    Incentivized
    Cisco
    Chose Splunk Enterprise
    While both are market-leading SIEM platforms, they cater to different environments and organization priorities. The choice often comes down to a company's existing infrastructure, integration needs, and long-term security strategy.
    Deployment and architecture - Splunk offeres …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    46 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    25 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    22 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    46 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    27 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    35 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    43 Answers
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft SentinelSplunk Enterprise
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk Enterprise
    Feature
    Microsoft Sentinel
    7.3
    24 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Splunk Enterprise
    7.1
    56 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Centralized event and log data collection8.324 Ratings9.055 Ratings
    Correlation7.124 Ratings9.054 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management6.924 Ratings9.555 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility7.522 Ratings7.050 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools6.422 Ratings6.051 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces7.524 Ratings5.956 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection5.020 Ratings4.939 Ratings
    Data integration/API management6.522 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining6.920 Ratings5.96 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds7.922 Ratings7.56 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation7.221 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management9.04 Ratings6.46 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching8.622 Ratings6.57 Ratings
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    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 Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (43 ratings)
    7.8
    (73 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 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)
    Professional Services
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft SentinelSplunk Enterprise
    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.
    Incentivized
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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
    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
    • 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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    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
    • 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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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    it does the job reasonably well
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    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
    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
    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
    Microsoft
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    Cisco
    When properly setup and configured, Splunk is extremely reliable.
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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 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
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Smooth without too many major issues.
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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
    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
    Microsoft
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    Cisco
    Splunk can scale in to the petabyte per day range which of course is awesome
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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
    • 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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