We performed a comparison between ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations and Splunk Enterprise Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IT Operations Analytics solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the way it handles data, from Layer 2 up to Layer 7. We can see everything that happens in the network."
"This solution is more applications reference architecture focused. Its benefit is that it specializes in that space."
"Wire data analytics."
"Not only can you look at the protocol import level. It also has a live PCAP analysis."
"There are many valuable features in this product, but probably the biggest is the customization capability it has."
"The most valuable features are security detections, perimeter detection, dashboards, and alerts."
"Speeds up root cause analysis and can help identify issues that your organization never realized were occurring."
"Splunk's schema on demand is incredibly useful. I do not have to worry about what my users will need when we onboard their data."
"I have found the installation can be of medium difficulty to very complex depending on the use case."
"Splunk is a user-friendly solution."
"This solution helps us increase our productivity."
"Positive features include replication capabilities, software development kits, and the architecture."
"Splunk Enterprise Security comes with 300 pre-deployed use cases that can be easily customized to meet the specific needs of our organization, without the need to purchase additional tools."
"The flexibility of the solution is quite good."
"Network visibility is something that needs to be improved."
"They have a new solution, ExtraHop Reveal(x), and I think it needs improvement."
"I would improve the Rule-Based Access Control (RBAC) by providing granular access control to the data."
"They either have to go broad or decide what their bread and butter is and get really good at that."
"We'd like to see a local presence within the region in order to have seamless service whether it's the support, the implementation, or professional services."
"This solution would be improved if it had the ability to retain data longer."
"The user access control could be much more granular, so that the admins can control r/w/x access for specific features of the product like dashboards, etc."
"We find that the maintenance process could be a lot better."
"The monitoring aspect of Splunk could be improved. We have to do some queries to get as much information as CrowdStrike or other solutions provide. If you run a big query, you will see a delay. That is the only concern we have because it will take some time if you query large data sets."
"Over time I will have more requirements and I can foresee the solution could improve the search algorithm to run and output the data faster."
"Their technical support sucks."
"I feel as though a major focus of upcoming releases should be set on Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, and I would enjoy to see more security focused add-ons and apps developed by the vendor."
"I would like to see ability to master management. In terms of clustering, how it manages clustering needs improvement."
"In terms of the interface, it could include some improvements for the look and feel."
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ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations is ranked 8th in IT Operations Analytics with 8 reviews while Splunk Enterprise Security is ranked 1st in IT Operations Analytics with 240 reviews. ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations is rated 8.6, while Splunk Enterprise Security is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations writes "Great for identifying application interdependencies with helpful support but needs better visualizations". 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 ". ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations is most compared with NETSCOUT nGeniusONE, vRealize Network Insight, ThousandEyes, SolarWinds NPM and Datadog, whereas Splunk Enterprise Security is most compared with Wazuh, Dynatrace, IBM Security QRadar, Elastic Security and Microsoft Sentinel. See our ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations vs. Splunk Enterprise Security report.
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