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We performed a comparison between Splunk Cloud Platform and Splunk Enterprise Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Data Visualization solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Splunk Cloud Platform vs. Splunk Enterprise Security Report (Updated: March 2023).
770,292 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"Its monitoring is completely automated.""The initial setup was straightforward.""We haven't had any limitations or problems connecting to our network devices.""The cloud is very fast.""The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud is the quick setup.""Splunk Cloud Platform's search modes are a powerful feature.""The solution is user friendly and has extensive uses.""This is a complete log reporting tool."

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"Splunk has significantly helped with aggregation and correlation of critical logs. Not having to grep on each individual server has made everyone more efficient.""Easy to deploy and simple to use.""From the class that I took this week, being able to create notable events from whatever you find in the data set is pretty useful.""Splunk is stable, and this is why many customers want it.""One key advantage of Splunk over competitors like IBM QRadar is its superior device integration capabilities.""The ability to ingest different log types from many different products in our environment is most valuable.""I like the search feature and the indexing. It's very fast and comprehensive.""What is nice about the solution is that it makes it easy to build the queries, search for the events and then do analysis."

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Cons
"Splunk Cloud could improve by having pre-defined templates. It has very good design views, but there is no predefined template. You have to define your own. If they could add predefined templates for different use cases.""It needs to mature; it's just getting established in the industry on a wider scale.""There can be more modules and more integration with other areas in the cloud and on-prem. I am not sure whether it includes network devices and things like that.""They can streamline the process of creating custom apps.""The Splunk interface is on-premises, so we have limited access to Splunk Cloud. Splunk support is not so good on Splunk Cloud. The Splunk side of the Splunk Cloud should also be more customizable. Integrating Splunk UBA, Splunk Phantom, and Splunk Cloud is also a bit difficult.""There could be better searches, but mainly, it needs to improve the performance with a vast amount of data. That will make it better and easier to use.""Although there is documentation available, it is really hard for me to find relevant topics on what it is that I'm searching for.""The security connection should have a seamless integration. Other than that, the way we are using it, so far, it seems quite good."

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"Splunk Enterprise Security could improve in automation, flexibility, and providing more content out of the box.""This is not really a monitoring solution.""It is a hugely complicated product.""My company could benefit from doing more Splunk training with Splunk consultants teaching us how to use it.""Its search or filtering capability is nice, but it can be improved. It is currently a bit complicated, and it should be simplified. If we can write the search filter in a more simplified way, it would be better.""It is important to make sure that everything is built off of the threat models and all the underlying items within Splunk.""Free-floating panels in the dashboards are like a glass table.""The complexity could be worked on so that it's even easier and faster."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The licensing is based on the amount of data that we send to the cloud on a daily basis."
  • "The price is something that people complain about."
  • "The licensing costs depend on the state of your environment and the fees are paid on a monthly basis."
  • "The pricing model makes this an expensive solution."
  • "There are additional features that you would need to purchase depending on your use case."
  • "The cost of using Splunk Cloud Platform is high, but the value it provides is worth the investment."
  • "I am familiar with the pricing and licensing model a little bit. I am not sure about the particulars of the actual price that we have, but I do like the idea of going towards a more CPU-based approach rather than the ingest approach because it allows us the ability to ingest more data if we need it."
  • "It is a touchy subject because we are locked into it. That goes back to the rehydrating data. We cannot have the retention that we want to store for legal and compliance purposes because that is seven years' worth of data for some of the indexes, so we ship them off into S3 buckets and install them there, at which point they are invisible to Splunk, so we have to rehydrate them, but we cannot rehydrate those pockets into Splunk Cloud. We have to rehydrate them into a self-hosted version of Splunk, which can take days to set up and get going. I would not call Splunk's licensing and pricing predatory, but they have made it very difficult to maintain the independence of your own data."
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  • "Pricing and licensing is quite expensive. But for the value the product provides, it seems at par in the market."
  • "Although Splunk is an expensive product, it is designed to be utilized across your organization in order to maximize your ROI and lower your TCO."
  • "It is not cheap."
  • "Splunk Enterprise becomes extremely expensive after the 20GB/month license."
  • "You will eat up whatever you purchase quickly. The level of insights that Splunk empowers is addictive."
  • "Splunk licensing model might seem expensive but with all the gain in functionalities you will have compared to traditional SIEM solutions I think it’s worth the price."
  • "Pricing is pretty fair."
  • "While licensing can be a concern, there are ways to reduce the licensing costs including filtering some events."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Splunk has sped up our response and reduced the time we spend manually monitoring any logs for ticketing tools or servers. It saves us around two hours daily.
    Top Answer:Splunk is a bit pricey, but it's reasonable for the features offered.
    Top Answer:Sometimes, integrating with other systems is difficult, and it isn't feasible to connect with other applications, but it's easy most of the time. I rate Splunk 7 out of 10 for its ability to integrate… more »
    Top Answer:For tools I’d recommend:  -SIEM- LogRhythm -SOAR- Palo Alto XSOAR Doing commercial w/o both (or at least an XDR) is asking to miss details that are critical, and ending up a statistic. Also,… more »
    Top Answer:It would really depend on (1) which logs you need to ingest and (2) what are your use cases Splunk is easy for ingestion of anything, but the charge per GB/Day Indexed and it gets expensive as log… more »
    Top Answer:Splunk handles a high amount of data very well. We use Splunk to capture information and as an aggregator for monitoring information from different sources. Splunk is very good at alerting us if we… more »
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    Overview

    Splunk Cloud is the industry’s only enterprise-ready cloud service for machine data, offering a 100% uptime SLA and standard plans from 5GB/day to 5TB/day. Watch this video to find out how you can accelerate time-to-value and stay focused on your core business using Splunk Cloud.

    Splunk Enterprise Security is a SIEM, log management, and IT operations analytics tool. The solution provides users with the ability to secure their information and manage their data in the cloud, data centers, or other applications. Splunk Enterprise Security also offers visibility from different areas, levels, and devices, rather than from a single system, thus, providing its users with flexibility. Splunk Enterprise Security can monitor data and analyze, detect, and prevent intrusions. This benefits users as it provides alerts to possible intrusions, helps users to be proactive, and reduces risk factors. 

    Full visibility across your environment

    Break down data silos and gain actionable intelligence by ingesting data from multicloud and on-premises deployments. Get full visibility to quickly detect malicious threats in your environment.

    Fast threat detection

    Defend against threats with advanced security analytics, machine learning and threat intelligence that focus detection and provide high-fidelity alerts to shorten triage times and raise true positive rates.

    Efficient investigations

    Gather all the context you need and initiate flexible investigations with security analytics at your fingertips. The built-in open and extensible data platform boosts productivity and drives down fatigue.

    Open and scalable

    Built on an open and scalable data platform, you can stay agile in the face of evolving threats and business needs. Splunk meets you where you are on your cloud journey, and integrates across your data, tools and content.

    Sample Customers
    Mindtouch
    Splunk has more than 7,000 customers spread across over 90 countries. These customers include Telenor, UniCredit, ideeli, McKenney's, Tesco, and SurveyMonkey.
    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm24%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company21%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Comms Service Provider6%
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    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Government10%
    Energy/Utilities Company8%
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    Financial Services Firm15%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise66%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise69%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise56%
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    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise68%
    Buyer's Guide
    Splunk Cloud Platform vs. Splunk Enterprise Security
    March 2023
    Find out what your peers are saying about Splunk Cloud Platform vs. Splunk Enterprise Security and other solutions. Updated: March 2023.
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    Splunk Cloud Platform is ranked 3rd in Data Visualization with 34 reviews while Splunk Enterprise Security is ranked 1st in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 235 reviews. Splunk Cloud Platform is rated 8.0, while Splunk Enterprise Security is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Splunk Cloud Platform writes "Does not require backend maintenance, is easily integrated and utilized". 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 ". Splunk Cloud Platform is most compared with Wazuh, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, AppInsights, Check Point Security Management and Panther, whereas Splunk Enterprise Security is most compared with Wazuh, Dynatrace, IBM Security QRadar, Elastic Security and Microsoft Sentinel. See our Splunk Cloud Platform vs. Splunk Enterprise Security report.

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