TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued) vs. Splunk Enterprise

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)

    Score1.4 out of 10
    N/ARackFoundry was a firewall solution with VPN, SIEM, automated vulnerability scanning and log management features scaled for SME’s. It has been discontinued and is no longer available.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
    RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)Splunk Enterprise
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)Splunk Enterprise
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)Splunk Enterprise
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    Chose RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)
    Well I have experience with the big names: SecureWorks, IBM and Splunk. Individually their logging tools are much better than RackFoundry's Total Security Management. This is great for large corporations and urban cities, however not so great for municipalities, mid size …
    Incentivized
    Chose RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)
    We choose Rackfoundry because it was supposed to be a budget friendly solution that punched above its weight class. Instead what we got was a virtual appliance that powers a web app that does not work.
    Incentivized
    Cisco
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Would buy again
    25 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    22 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    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
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)Splunk Enterprise
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued) and Splunk Enterprise
    Feature
    RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)
    1.0
    3 Ratings
    154% below category average
    Splunk Enterprise
    7.1
    56 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Centralized event and log data collection1.03 Ratings9.055 Ratings
    Correlation1.03 Ratings9.054 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management1.03 Ratings9.555 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility1.03 Ratings7.050 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools1.03 Ratings6.051 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces1.03 Ratings5.956 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection1.03 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
    Best Alternatives
    RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)Splunk Enterprise
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    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
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)Splunk Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (3 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
    -
    (0 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
    RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)Splunk Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    RackFoundry Total Security Management (TSM) is suited for most companies that have the same challenge as my team had. If you are looking to purchase one security tool and spend most of your allocated budget then I would not recommend this for you. However, if you are looking for something close to a single pane of glass, (granted there is no such thing) this solution does come close as they have the main components built in such as their FW/IPS/IDS/SIEM. Before selecting RackFoundry we had two options which were: 1) Upgrade our current solution and spend an overbearing amount 2) Search for new vendors and maybe procure 1-3 devices and then manually integrate them. Because this was a unified console and integration between devices was simple, we were able to obtain 4-6 security functions and we even had some sense of security visibility via the SIEM. It's not as powerful as Splunk or LogRhythm, but it definitely does the job
    Read full review
    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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Making promises about a service and product.
    • Advertising a good price and offering great services.
    • Supposedly offer 24/7 365 level 1 threat triaging.
    Read full review
    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
    Read full review
    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • It has been my first year with Rack Foundry and at this point I have to say everything has been smooth, from implementation to support.
    Read full review
    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
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    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.
    Read full review
    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    When properly setup and configured, Splunk is extremely reliable.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Online Training
    Discontinued Products
    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.
    Read full review
    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Smooth without too many major issues.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Well I have experience with the big names: SecureWorks, IBM and Splunk. Individually their logging tools are much better than RackFoundry's Total Security Management. This is great for large corporations and urban cities, however not so great for municipalities, mid size businesses and companies who fluctuate between 1-7 members on their IT staff. Why? Because it takes too much of their resources and integration with other products gets a little rough as you will need to configure your preferences to theirs. When a company has stability it is great to have a name brand product, however renewals and upgrade costs can be taxing to an organization.
    Read full review
    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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Splunk can scale in to the petabyte per day range which of course is awesome
    Read full review
    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Overall the product has had a negative impact. Not necessarily on our environment but in the amount of time it has taken to deploy.
    Read full review
    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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots