We performed a comparison between AppDynamics and Splunk Enterprise Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like that AppDynamics allows every organization to have what they want to see, like for my organization, we're able to customize the dashboard to show us details of what we want to see in our transactions."
"The SAP monitoring element is very helpful."
"The most valuable feature is the detailed statistics, like the consumer count, for the ActiveMQ server."
"AppDynamics is easy to implement if you follow the documentation, and the documentation that they provide is good."
"It reduces the time to resolve issues and requires less manpower."
"Being able to install it on-prem and monitor our on-prem infrastructure is important for us... Most of our infrastructure is on-prem. We have highly scalable systems and AppDynamics will help us monitor our load on-prem. Our systems range from simple to the most complex and it gives us the visibility across transactions, in one dashboard."
"The AppDyniamics technical support is good. We haven't had any problems with them. They answer very quickly."
"The initial setup is simple."
"Aggregation searches have reduced time and difficulty of identifying trends and conditions which need to reviewed."
"The completeness of the solution is what we like the most."
"The most valuable feature is the incident dashboard, and the extensive use of correlation searches, which isn't available with a standard Splunk search package. This feature is important to me because it enables SOC analysts to do their job more efficiently and be able to investigate or mediate incidents at a faster pace."
"The reporting aspect is good and it does what I need it to do."
"On the cloud, we are pushing through less than half a petabyte of data. So far, it has been fairly stable because it runs on all the underlying AWS infrastructures."
"The initial setup isn't overly complex."
"I have found the installation can be of medium difficulty to very complex depending on the use case."
"it can explain to management about what kind of traffic is visiting the network. It can also explain other traffic coming in and out, along with protecting against malware."
"There needs to be an option to capture all the sessions for all the users, not just samplings."
"There could log management features included in the product."
"Needs more integration with applications suites, like Oracle Enterprise Server or BMC Remedy."
"Additional support for NextGen mobile platforms also needs to be high in the roadmap prioritizations"
"The UI could use a little help."
"It could be a little more flexible in configuration on the back end."
"Regarding Search Guard functionality, there is room for improvement."
"The overall performance of this solution could be improved. The hot-hot infrastructure features could also be improved."
"It's difficult to set up initially, and their billing model is also a bit complicated."
"Splunk does not provide any default threat intelligence like Microsoft Sentinel, but you can integrate any third-party threat intelligence with Splunk. By default, no threat intelligence suite is there, whereas, with IBM QRadar or Microsoft Sentinel, the default feature of threat intelligence is there. It is free. If Splunk can provide a default threat intelligence suite, it would be better."
"It can be tough to determine if you are getting all of the value out of your investment at times."
"I would like to see an updated dashboard. The dashboard is a little out-of-date. It could be made prettier."
"Queries are not always as easy or straightforward as they might be, so it can be difficult to figure out what you need to look for."
"Make it easy to use and the cost cheaper. This will help all organisations to implement Splunk."
"Integrating tools and creating use cases could be easier. It's hard for a junior security engineer with only a couple of years of experience to write use cases. They can do it, but it's much easier in a solution like IBM QRadar. Setting conditions is like a multiple-choice type of thing. It's a more user-friendly process."
"The case management area of the ES could be improved. The ability to move cases through various stages and states. The ability to close a case would be key improvement."
AppDynamics is ranked 5th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 153 reviews while Splunk Enterprise Security is ranked 2nd in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 227 reviews. AppDynamics is rated 8.2, while Splunk Enterprise Security is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of AppDynamics writes "Very good real-time monitoring capabilities, deep problem diagnosis, and transaction mapping". 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 ". AppDynamics is most compared with Dynatrace, Elastic Observability, Datadog, New Relic and SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor, whereas Splunk Enterprise Security is most compared with Wazuh, Dynatrace, IBM Security QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel and LogRhythm SIEM. See our AppDynamics vs. Splunk Enterprise Security report.
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