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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    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
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    Splunk Cloud PlatformSplunk Enterprise Security
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Splunk Cloud PlatformSplunk Enterprise Security
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    Cisco
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    Cisco
    Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
    All Splunk products are easy to integrate, and they collaborate in the security of our organization.
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    Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
    We have both of these instances in our organization.
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    Splunk enterprise security works great in Splunk Cloud.
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    Splunk Enterprise Security is well designed and provide many comprehensive features which able to protect and monitor the organization. The features are well being used and does not cause any performance issue. Overall the solution is quite stable. Technical support from Splunk …
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    Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
    Using Splunk Enterprise Security allows the combination of security data sources from any number of services or products, giving analysts a single view of the entire security footprint throughout the organization and correlating events across services that may otherwise be …
    Incentivized
    Chose Splunk Enterprise Security
    Splunk Enterprise Security is overall a better choice due to multiple factors. It can be easily deployed in any type of environment, whether you are looking for On-Premise or Cloud hosting. It scales amazingly well and it is very intuitive to use. It has a strong community, …
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
    84 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Splunk Cloud PlatformSplunk Enterprise Security
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Splunk Cloud Platform and Splunk Enterprise Security
    Feature
    Splunk Cloud Platform
    9.0
    15 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Splunk Enterprise Security
    8.4
    102 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Centralized event and log data collection9.015 Ratings9.3100 Ratings
    Correlation9.715 Ratings8.699 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management9.715 Ratings8.5100 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility9.015 Ratings8.3101 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools9.313 Ratings7.896 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces9.715 Ratings9.2102 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection8.613 Ratings7.996 Ratings
    Data integration/API management8.65 Ratings8.498 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining9.04 Ratings7.795 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds8.46 Ratings8.596 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation8.04 Ratings7.087 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management8.76 Ratings8.695 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching9.36 Ratings9.2101 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Splunk Cloud PlatformSplunk Enterprise Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (15 ratings)
    8.9
    (103 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (4 ratings)
    6.6
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    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
    -
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    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.3
    (100 ratings)
    Professional Services
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    9.1
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    Vendor post-sale
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Splunk Cloud PlatformSplunk Enterprise Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    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
    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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    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
    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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    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
    Cisco
    Ease of use and have all the features we need
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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
    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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    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
    Cisco
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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
    Cisco
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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
    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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    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
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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
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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
    Cisco
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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
    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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    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
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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
    Cisco
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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
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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
    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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    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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