We compared Splunk Enterprise Security and LogRhythm SIEM across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Features: Splunk Enterprise Security stands out for its efficiency, extensive integration options, and powerful search functionality. Users praised LogRhythm SIEM for its user-friendly centralized dashboard, strong integration capabilities, and event-filtering capabilities.
Room for Improvement: Splunk users recommended improvements in AI capabilities, user-friendliness, and analytics. LogRhythm SIEM has the potential to improve its SOAR and NDR features, platform stability, and MDI integration. LogRhythm users requested expanded log storage, better load balancing, and streamlined search capabilities.
Service and Support: While some users found Splunk support to be responsive and helpful, others reported slow response times and a lack of expertise. SIEM generally received praise for its helpful support, but some users encountered delays or had issues with inexperienced support engineers.
Ease of Deployment: Some users thought Splunk Enterprise Security was easy to deploy, while others found it challenging and needed assistance from Splunk engineers or third-party integrators. Small or medium-sized companies generally find LogRhythm easy to deploy. However, the setup is more time-consuming and complex for enterprise deployments involving multiple components or vendors, and users often require assistance from professional services or LogRhythm-certified engineers.
Pricing: Some users consider Splunk Enterprise Security to be expensive, but others said the price is reasonable. A few users expressed concerns about the cost of scaling up the solution and managing large volumes of data. LogRhythm SIEM’s license typically includes all elements. However, enterprise customers may encounter complexities related to additional features and add-ons.
ROI: Users said that it’s challenging to calculate an ROI for Splunk Enterprise Security, and the return varies depending on individual circumstances. While some users have observed a substantial ROI, others have not actively explored or been engaged in ROI conversations. LogRhythm SIEM has proven to be highly valuable, delivering a significant ROI by reducing the mean time to detect and respond.
Comparison Results: Splunk is highly regarded for its efficient data processing and powerful search capabilities. Users like Splunk's customization options and ability to quickly process data from multiple sources. However, reviews say Splunk could be more user-friendly and improve its capabilities by leveraging AI. LogRhythm's strengths include its centralized dashboard and event-filtering abilities, but it falls short in terms of performance, scalability, and optimization for security operations.
"We are able to deploy within half an hour and we only require one person to complete the implementation."
"Microsoft Sentinel provides the capability to integrate different log sources. On top of having several data connectors in place, you can also do integration with a threat intelligence platform to enhance and enrich the data that's available. You can collect as many logs and build all the use cases."
"The most valuable feature is the alert notifications, which are categorized by severity levels: informational, low, medium, and high."
"Microsoft Sentinel comes preloaded with templates for teaching and analytics rules."
"The most valuable feature is the performance because unlike legacy SIEMs that were on-premises, it does not require as much maintenance."
"It has a lot of great features."
"The features that stand out are the detection engine and its integration with multiple data sources."
"The machine learning and artificial intelligence on offer are great."
"LogRhythm NextGen SIEM is customizable, simple to manage, and there are many features. The solution does not require an expert to be able to use it, anyone can use it."
"We take in around 750 million logs a day. We have a lot of products and that would be a lot of different panes of glass that we would have to look through otherwise. By centralizing, we can triage and take steps much more quickly than if we tried to man that many interfaces that come with the products."
"Currently, we are in the implementation phase. LogRhythm is better than QRadar from the point of view of collecting Windows events. It has a much higher view. You can enable monitoring by default."
"The most useful feature that I've found so far is the search function. I like all the different ways you're able to search through metadata and the different ways you're able to correlate or search through logs to find out what's going on."
"I find LogRhythm's log management capabilities to be beneficial."
"I like LogRhythm's ease of use. The solution has improved compared to previous versions. It had many issues before, like integration, the console, creating reports, false positives, etc. The AI engine has made it stronger in the latest version."
"We have seen a massive increase in the amount of data that we can collect, the type of things that we can see, the way we can look at logs, the way we can get alerts, and the way can create our own customer roles, which has allowed us to customize the work in our environment."
"Their customer support is friendly and willing to help."
"The initial setup is really straightforward. It's one of the easiest installations."
"Great platform with user-friendly interface and GUI."
"My favorite example of improving of organization is saving a $60k/mo in payroll fraud and $10k/mo in wasted API credits by using simple searches and clear reports."
"Splunk is stable, and this is why many customers want it."
"Aggregation searches have reduced time and difficulty of identifying trends and conditions which need to reviewed."
"The ability to manipulate data in Splunk is unparalleled. Splunk’s powerful, flexible query language can morph difficult to understand log formats into usable data."
"The ability to manage large amounts of generated data and to protect all devices from unauthorized use are the most valuable features."
"You can integrate Splunk with third-party security automation solutions and set rules for automatic response."
"If you're looking to use canned queries, the interface could be a little more straightforward. It's not immediately intuitive regarding how you use it. You have to take a canned query and paste it into an operational box and then you hit a button... They could improve the ease of deploying these queries."
"The on-prem log sources still require a lot of development."
"The only thing is sometimes you can have a false positive."
"We do see continuous improvement all the time, however, I haven't got a specific feature that is lacking or not well designed."
"Everyone has their favorites. There is always room for improvement, and everybody will say, "I wish you could do this for me or that for me." It is a personal thing based on how you use the tool. I do not necessarily have those thoughts, and they are probably not really valuable because they are unique to the context of the user, but broadly, where it can continue to improve is by adding more connectors to more systems."
"There are certain delays. For example, if an alert has been rated on Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, it might take up to an hour for that alert to reach Sentinel. This should ideally take no more than one or two seconds."
"Sometimes, it is hard for us to estimate the costs of Microsoft Sentinel."
"We are invoiced according to the amount of data generated within each log."
"My biggest issue - I know that they say they're doing it - is that the API-building is extremely important. They keep saying it's coming, it's coming. It's not coming fast enough. I don't care if they need to double their team size to get it out there quicker, the world is already in the cloud and we can't monitor it. That's a big problem for us. My boss keeps coming to me about it. That's an issue."
"We're still struggling to get a real return on it and finding something that isn't false noise."
"I would really like to see some type of group or global management for RIM policies,"
"The built-in functionality of the solution for NDR, SOAR, SIEM, and EDS has room for improvement."
"I don't think the cloud model in LogRhythm is developed enough."
"Only area I can think of to improve on is the proof reading and using the guides before releasing them. Out the the 20+ guides I used one had issues with wrong information in it."
"The solution is likely not the best option for a smaller organization."
"My big thing is the easability. I don't like to go to two different systems. The fat client that you have to install to configure it, then the web console which is just for reporting and analysis. These features need to collapse, and it needs to be in a single solution. Going through the web solution in the future is the way to do it, because right now, it is a bit cumbersome."
"Its setup is a little bit complex for a distributed environment. Their support can also be better. If we miss the response for more than a week, they usually close the case. Sometimes, it can take us more than a week to reply."
"The support that is included with the standard licensing fee is very bad."
"It does not give us permission to implement on-premise so we implement them on the cloud."
"If you monitor too much, you can lose performance on your systems."
"The product could be cheaper."
"On the technical side, it would be nice to see aspects of the recent acquisition of Phantom make it into the core Splunk Enterprise, not just become a part of the premium Enterprise Security."
"Configuring a few apps is complex, not straightforward."
"I think the machine learning should be emphasized. Now, it's really important to analyze Big Data, data mining. A SIEM solution, like Splunk, needs an improved data mining solution, artificial intelligence."
LogRhythm SIEM is ranked 6th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 166 reviews while Splunk Enterprise Security is ranked 1st in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 240 reviews. LogRhythm SIEM is rated 8.4, while Splunk Enterprise Security is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of LogRhythm SIEM writes "The solution reduced our investigation time from days to hours and assists in managing our workflows". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk Enterprise Security writes "It has a drag-and-drop interface, so you don't need to know SQL or Java to construct a query ". LogRhythm SIEM is most compared with IBM Security QRadar, Wazuh, LogRhythm Axon, Fortinet FortiSIEM and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, whereas Splunk Enterprise Security is most compared with Wazuh, Dynatrace, IBM Security QRadar, Elastic Security and Google Chronicle Suite. See our LogRhythm SIEM vs. Splunk Enterprise Security report.
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