We performed a comparison between Splunk Enterprise Security and VMware Aria Operations for Logs 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."The fact that Splunk is a platform and not just a SIEM solution is a key benefit."
"This solution helps us increase our productivity."
"The ability to manage large amounts of generated data and to protect all devices from unauthorized use are the most valuable features."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"It has virtual visualization, and other products do not."
"We did not encounter any issues with scalability. It is almost seamless to add new index (storage) or search (used to analyze the data) nodes to the cluster."
"The feature that we use the most is the correlation search engine within ES."
"The dashboard and reporting are very good... It provides very good visibility in a hybrid cloud environment, and you can build custom utilization APIs using Splunk."
"One of the most valuable features of vRealize Log Insight is that it gives you a clear forecast about your existing machines, for example, how long your machines could be supported and how long the remaining capacity is to host your machines. This is one of the best options available within vRealize Log Insight. Another valuable feature of the solution is automation. My company deploys a lot of automation when required in a very, very short period, and in a very uniform manner, and even if the automation is being deployed for different processes and departments, it's pretty much the same across the environment, so vRealize Log Insight helps reduce a lot of ambiguities and helps my company manage operational efficiencies well."
"The solution's simplicity, flexibility, and extensibility are valuable features as we can integrate everything in vRealize."
"One of the things I like about it is its interface. When it comes to generating reports on VMs and stuff, it's very quick. This is very handy for the technical team, who need to generate reports quickly. So that's really good."
"It allows us to gain a comprehensive overview of our infrastructure."
"Log Insight correlates with the VMware product log. It can assemble the logs you want, making it easier to find the output, incident, or keyword you want to search."
"The virtualization solution supports data center virtualization, network and security."
"The trace log is the solution's most valuable feature. It's very helpful in troubleshooting problems."
"It is a very useful tool if you have a VMware environment."
"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."
"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."
"An area of improvement would be the licensing of the solution. They need a free license, which would allow faster lead times."
"The setup time is quite long."
"Being a SIEM solution with a centralized dashboard, we would like to have more options to customize it."
"One issue is that we are getting a lot of false positives. We are trying to reduce them by customizing the default rules, changing thresholds, and using white-listing and black-listing. It's getting better and better as a result. But they need to build components that would reduce the false positives."
"The presence of multiple layers creates a significant challenge for monitoring across cloud environments."
". Having a trial version or more training on Splunk would be helpful."
"The dashboard needs to be improved because this is what I need to monitor my infrastructure."
"The solution should be more user-friendly. The user interface and dashboard could be simplified."
"It's great for VMware, but it would be good if they had third-party logins."
"In vRealize login files, we have limitations regarding log partitions."
"From an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made more user-friendly."
"I don't use the solution on a day to day basis, so I'm not sure what specifically can be improved."
"I think that it should be able to integrate with other third-party backup and recovery solutions, more that it does now."
"It needs better integration with third-party analytics tools."
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Splunk Enterprise Security is ranked 1st in Log Management with 228 reviews while VMware Aria Operations for Logs is ranked 10th in Log Management with 24 reviews. Splunk Enterprise Security is rated 8.4, while VMware Aria Operations for Logs is rated 8.2. 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 ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Aria Operations for Logs writes "Gives a clear forecast about existing machines, and has an automation feature that helps in reducing a lot of ambiguities and managing operational efficiencies". Splunk Enterprise Security is most compared with Wazuh, Dynatrace, IBM Security QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel and Elastic Security, whereas VMware Aria Operations for Logs is most compared with Elastic Security, LogRhythm SIEM, Graylog, IBM Security QRadar and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. See our Splunk Enterprise Security vs. VMware Aria Operations for Logs report.
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