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."Not only can you look at the protocol import level. It also has a live PCAP analysis."
"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."
"The most valuable features are security detections, perimeter detection, dashboards, and alerts."
"Wire data analytics."
"There are many valuable features in this product, but probably the biggest is the customization capability it has."
"This solution is more applications reference architecture focused. Its benefit is that it specializes in that space."
"The indexing and data collection are valuable."
"Splunk is stable, and this is why many customers want it."
"Splunk incorporates a lot of elements that help to reduce security risks. For it to reach certain compliance, we need to have some security insight. Splunk is a very good SIEM, it’s a top solution, but the best feature is its cost of visibility. We have all the most important features to detect vulnerabilities or risks."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of Splunk is the management and built-in workflows."
"Splunk has give us the capability to easily track problems and their status."
"It's extremely scalable. It's a very robust solution and certainly has the capability of handling far bigger data requirements than a lot of the other tools. Generally what ends up happening with me is that my clients tend, for the most part, to be mid-tier organizations where the cost of that solutions would be accompanying requirements for people just becomes way too prohibitive. Especially considering the model that they use for costing, which is based on the volume of data. Of course, they're going to put everything including the Coke machine as the ability to collect data off of it, because of course the more they can put through the tool the more money they make."
"Integration with the cloud is pretty important and good for us. We found the integration with a lot of tools, not all tools yet, valuable. It does make the transfer of data, log files, and other things easier for us."
"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."
"Network visibility is something that needs to be improved."
"They either have to go broad or decide what their bread and butter is and get really good at that."
"I would improve the Rule-Based Access Control (RBAC) by providing granular access control to the data."
"This solution would be improved if it had the ability to retain data longer."
"They have a new solution, ExtraHop Reveal(x), and I think it needs improvement."
"Its interface and usability can always be improved."
"Some of the queries are difficult to run and have room for improvement."
"While Splunk Enterprise Security offers valuable features, its cost is high and could be more competitive."
"The glass table feature does not perform as expected."
"It does not give us permission to implement on-premise so we implement them on the cloud."
"The GUI can be improved to include some of the capabilities that other BI solutions have."
"Splunk does not build apps. They only go back and validate the apps that somebody has already built. They should have remote consulting support. They have a wonderful solution. They have 24/7 security. Nobody needs to depend on any third party and will therefore just buy Splunk on the cloud."
"My biggest struggle with Splunk in general is memorizing all the commands. If I want to know which users have logged in between certain hours, I cannot write that query out. It would be helpful to have AI so that I can explain in simple terms what I want and then the search gives that back to me. I am waiting for that."
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ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations is ranked 7th in IT Operations Analytics with 8 reviews while Splunk Enterprise Security is ranked 1st in IT Operations Analytics with 227 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 vRealize Network Insight, NETSCOUT nGeniusONE, ThousandEyes, SolarWinds NPM and LiveAction LiveNX, whereas Splunk Enterprise Security is most compared with Wazuh, Dynatrace, IBM Security QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel and Elastic Security. See our ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations vs. Splunk Enterprise Security report.
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