We performed a comparison between SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server and Splunk Enterprise Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Log Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Simplicity is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is its performance and management. Additionally, the solution integrates well."
"We are very happy with the stability of the solution."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the alerting based on the security logs."
"The best thing about Kiwi Syslog is that it filters logs into different levels."
"Splunk Enterprise Security offers two valuable features: the Common Information Model and arrangement modules."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the dashboard. It's very intuitive."
"The initial setup is really straightforward. It's one of the easiest installations."
"Splunk allows us to customize processing and dashboards, which helps us take care of our customers' needs."
"The consolidated overview of all the events that come in through our environment and an easy-to-access interface for all our end users are valuable."
"It is very stable. We have not had any problems."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its data modeling."
"It can log more logs than other solutions. It's a good way to troubleshoot problems."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly and customizable dashboard."
"I would like to see better search functions and better filters in the next release."
"Technical support could definitely be better."
"SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server could improve by reducing the price."
"I would like to have email notifications for emergency logs."
"Splunk could add more ways to manage archiving and storage. There isn't a web interface. You can do this on the SaaS version, but the on-premise platform doesn't have this option. It has other things but no option for remote NAS. I would like to have a personal web interface where I can specify how long logs should be stored. To have this readily available on the web, you need to adjust some settings on the backend. That is tricky."
"My company could benefit from doing more Splunk training with Splunk consultants teaching us how to use it."
"Most of my interaction is with the user community, which is how Splunk wants it. When I need help, that community is very hit or miss."
"Splunk's ability to analyze malicious activities scores an 8 out of 10, but there's room for improvement. By analyzing emerging patterns, Splunk could identify and predict potential threats more effectively."
"Not even Splunk's support guy, who came to our firm, could help with defining proper role management."
"I think the tech support response time could be a bit better. Sometimes I need to wait more than 24 hours for a response to my tickets."
"It needs integration with a configuration management solution."
"I would like some additional AI capabilities to provide additional information about things going wrong and things going well."
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SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is ranked 30th in Log Management with 5 reviews while Splunk Enterprise Security is ranked 1st in Log Management with 246 reviews. SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is rated 7.8, while Splunk Enterprise Security is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server writes "Shows login failures and server issues but search functions and filters could be improved". 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 ". SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is most compared with syslog-ng, SolarWinds Log Analyzer, Wazuh, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer and Nagios Log Server, whereas Splunk Enterprise Security is most compared with Wazuh, IBM Security QRadar, Dynatrace, Elastic Security and Microsoft Sentinel. See our SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server vs. Splunk Enterprise Security report.
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