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The Splunk Enterprise platform allows users to process and index most forms of data in their native format. It includes data indexing tools, which enable users to locate specific data across large data sets. The software is...

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4.3
Functionality
4.5
Ease of Use
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Subham
Subham
  • Industry: Pharmaceuticals
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 05/08/2023

Best SIEM in the market

My overall experience has been awsome so far. I would rate it 8.5/10.Splunk has been as effective soluntion when it comes to triaging and monitoring of day to alerts.

Pros

- Easy to triage and monitor alert (Very fast and gives effective results as compared to other produts)Arcsight,Devo etc- Customer Support is excellent- Threat Hunting can be done effectively with the help of Splunk(IOC based,Corellation based etc)- Log parising is very effective & intelligent.

Cons

- The only think i liked least about splunk is the cost involved/pricing model in case of high data volumes.

Alternatives Considered

Exabeam

Reasons for Choosing Splunk Enterprise

- Easy to use.- Alert corellation and mornitoring is more effective.- Log paring is very accurate and quick.

Switched From

ArcSight
Kerry
  • Industry: Furniture
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

5
Reviewed on 01/10/2023

The only tool you need to manage production data

I'm very pleased with the data management capabilities Splunk Enterprise has given us. Before we implemented it, we were really struggling to make sense of some of the big data we get from our machines, but now, we can get very detailed insights into hw the machines are performing at any time. It's helped us monitor performance, issues, and opportunities much easier.

Pros

I love how detailed you can have the dasboards and charts go. It supports tons of chart types, and custom reporting elements. But above all, with the automaetd monitoring, you can have access to continuous insights from large data you wouldn't have been able to make sense of otherwise.

Cons

It's quite difficult to set up in the beginning. It took us a lot longer than expected to map our production data onto the system. But once you have it up and running, it works like clockwork

Alternatives Considered

AppDynamics and Mezmo

Reasons for Switching to Splunk Enterprise

We had a bit of prior experience with Splunk Enterprise which made everything much easier. It also seemed like the superior option for manufacturing on technical documentation.
Agnoor
Agnoor
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

4
Reviewed on 22/01/2025

SEIM solution

Helping us to get insights and monitor details in real time. It is user friendly along with detection it also helps to manage it with the use of AI. Wide range of supported integeration.

Pros

1. Provide real-time alerts to manage malware and threats.
2. We can integrate AI and ML as well to take help in detection.
3. Ease of use and implementation.

Cons

1. Little bit difficult to overcome the budget with features of splunk.
2. Issues with customer support help.

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Jason
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
3
Ease of Use
2
Customer Support
5

3
Reviewed on 24/11/2024

Great data management and visualization tool.

I think it was a great tool but we needed a 3rd party to help us.

Pros

The customer service was incredible and the account rep was kind.

Cons

It was very difficult for us to configure with our currents data.

Alternatives Considered

Datadog and Elastic Stack

Reasons for Switching to Splunk Enterprise

It had an attractive free trial option, great public forums and a great sales support team.
Stefano
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
3
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

5
Reviewed on 26/10/2024

SPLUNK THE LOG COLLECTING AND CORRELATION PLATFOR FOR YOUR DATACENTER

The overall experience was good. The services I need to handle had the need of such tools expecially for maintaining the compliance to ISO27001 and NIS2 directive.

Pros

Splunk is a great platform widely used for log collecting and management but also for implementing some security tools necessary for hardening the cyber security of your company.The main feature I liked is the log collecting that can collect from virtually any IT device and can correlate events for rendering easy the investigating during some security event.

Cons

Splunk is a great log management and security platform the ony think I did'nt like is the price compared to others. However it has so many features that the price is right.

Alternatives Considered

Dynatrace

Reasons for Switching to Splunk Enterprise

Splunk is a complete product and was great for ud.
Guillermo
  • Industry: Computer & Network Security
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
2
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
3
Customer Support
2

4
Reviewed on 19/08/2024

Slunk comes with a hard to learn and proprietary Query Language

That monitoring tool is a really good support for our daily operations

Pros

It's a really good tool for monitoring and query logs

Cons

The proprietary Query language is difficult to use

Ajay
  • Industry: Semiconductors
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 17/11/2023

Best log monitoring tool

Pros

Powerful search language
Advanced visualisation
Flexibility to accept logs from any source
High availability
Ease of administration

Cons

The cost is too high compared to other log monitoring tools.

Alternatives Considered

Datadog

Reasons for Switching to Splunk Enterprise

Datadog is lacking features and is bot a specialised log monitoring tool
Dharmendra
  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 26/10/2024

Splunk review

I am using this tools since long time and overall it’s good tool.

Pros

Capabilities and features of the tools provided are useful

Cons

This is one of the costly tools Available in the market

Francisco
  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
3
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
3

4
Reviewed on 10/11/2024

Splunk Enterprise is my go-to for analyzing large volumes of data quickly and effectively.

Pros

The software is user-friendly and has powerful data visualization tools.

Cons

I wish the pricing was more affordable for small businesses like mine, and some features can be overwhelming for beginners.

Murail
  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

5
Reviewed on 27/11/2024

Splunk-review

Excellent product, easy to integrate and use together with other products.

Pros

The way it can be integrated to collate all required information at one place

Cons

I have not see any least things so far in the usecases

kartik
  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
2

5
Reviewed on 04/10/2022

Best Siem solution in market.

Overall experience is amazing, we are happy with this software as it can ingest any form of data and generate alerts quite swiftly.

Pros

Easy to install agents on servers, it can parse any form of data easily, Splunk can detect anomalies quite easily and the UBEA feature is amazing.

Cons

The cost of this solution is high, and customer service is bad. Apart from that Splunk SPL language is difficult to learn.

Alternatives Considered

ArcSight

Reasons for Switching to Splunk Enterprise

Cause its to implement as compared to other siems.
Verified Reviewer
  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

5
Reviewed on 27/05/2022

Splunk Enterprise, not just a SIEM

We have been using Splunk Enterprise, ES, ITSI, and other Splunk parts for 6+ years in production. This has helped us reduce staff in some cases, increase response time in most cases, and allow non-IT teams to get data and metrics in a fast efficient way.

Pros

The versatility is amazing. The same data in logs, such as IIS, can be used for Security, Application performance, and even error handling. This allows us to use one log to help multiple teams. This is just one example.

Cons

Start up takes someone who has had some training. While searching and output is easy, its the onboarding of custom apps that takes the know how.

Alternatives Considered

Sumo Logic

Reasons for Switching to Splunk Enterprise

Versatility with custom applications we create in house.
yuval
  • Industry: Banking
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

5
Reviewed on 08/01/2024

Best SIEM out there.

Pros

I used a lot of SIEMs in my career,
Splunk is the best one out there.
Comfortable, Easy to use, Great big data platform.

Cons

Easy to use, versatile, A lot of options, dashboards

Cameron
  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 25/09/2024

Splunk, a great tool for a security team's tool belt.

Pros

Splunk is a great tool for cyber security professionals wanting to build out their security infrastructure.

Cons

There are other options out there that doesn't require as much configuration.

Stephan
Stephan
  • Industry: Computer & Network Security
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

5
Reviewed on 23/03/2023

Splunk is a great SIEM solution for anyone to use

Vey happy to user the product, it fits our client's need perfectly

Pros

The easy of setup and integration makes this one of my favorites As well as the real time dashboard

Cons

Not much i don't like yet, but maybe the interface can do with an update

Samuel
  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
3
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

5
Reviewed on 02/06/2023

Powerhouse in data management and analysis

A complex but rewarding journey of data exploration and anomaly detection.

Pros

Powerful and versatile data mining tool with excellent integration capabilities.

Cons

Challenging initial setup and learning curve, particularly with query language and high cost.

Joe
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

4
Reviewed on 07/04/2023

Splunk Enterprise software review

It is great at working with big data coming from different data sets and sources

Pros

I am able to quickly act on pending issues as and when they arise and data is well protected because of their authorization features

Cons

We had to purchase additional computers with higher specs than what we previously had to be able to use Splunk effectively

Sourav
Sourav
  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 01/04/2023

Ideal for root cause analysis

Pros

The simplified user interface which presents logs in a readable format. Also it's ability to quickly identify integration issues

Cons

A mechanism to hide system generated logs that are unimportant would be great

Chetan
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

4
Reviewed on 05/10/2022

Splunk the best analytic tool

It gives best Return on Investment as analyzing the data and giving proper insights in form of Dashboards and notifying with help of Alerts if any kind of threat running in infrastructure and apart from that Deployment and use is very easy.

Pros

There are lot of features which Splunk offers -
1) We can onboard data from any server, device or system using Universal Forwarder
2) Onboarded data are later stored in Indexers and searched further in Search Head for analyzing the internal logs
3) Using the data we can create customizable Dashboards and get proper insights of data and create Alerts to identify any kind of Threat or anomalies running in environment
4) Deployment is very easy on-prem servers
5) We can also use Hybrid Deployment on Cloud as well.

Cons

1) As it give large amount of features but licensing is too high
2) There are lot of other Open Source software which can be used as alternative of Splunk as Analytic tool because Splunk is paid one.

Mahipal Singh
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 30/07/2022

Splunk Enterprise Reivew

My overall experience with splunk is too good. It helps our organization to set a real time monitoring system which keeps checking our server health and alert us if anything goes wrong. So, team can quickly resolve the issue and minimize the business impact.

Pros

Real Time monitoring is the best feature which we like most about this software. It helps to send the notification or alerts if they are something wrong is going on in the server. So, team member can quickly resolve the issue.

Cons

As of now, i don't have anything which i don't like about this software.

THOMAS
  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 18/02/2021

Splunk an Enterprise Business intelligent user tool

Is a robust and intelligent management tool that enables everyone with user computer knowledge to navigate in real-time, consolidate vast data into a visualized report of dashboard features , reliable and web based, no major equipment required for setup, user need a smartphone or compute to access the platform through the web, you can navigate the system as long as you have computer knowledge without any training required(user friendly) .

Pros

It an intelligent business tool that provided me an opportunity to customize and build report from large volume of data from different departments within the 13 Africa countries in telecommunication sectors. The platform allows data to be consolidated accordingly to the organization need and produces visualized reports of dashboard features. I also noted that the system can analyst unstructured large volume of data speedily and is reliable and web based allowing for user flexible accessible from any part of the world if you have internet. The systems have been reliable and secured from the time (2 years) I started using it without any system intermittent, system errors and cyber-attack.

Cons

The system is built and use-able with structured and unstructured organization though the price in foreign currency could hamper small and medium organization to use it especially in most Africa country where the local currency has depreciated against the major trading foreign currency.so the Forex pricing is a challenge.
The navigation of the platform will require minor training though if the user is computer proficient, they would management with minor challenge and interpretation of the data. So, first time user it can be difficult to use it
It will depend on internet for access and internet tend to be pricey in most African country and therefore could increase the business cost for small and medium enterprise. It can increase business cost if not fully used

Surabhi
Surabhi
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
3
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

4
Reviewed on 29/11/2022

One of the best monitoring solutions for different platform.

Pros

Best tracking and data analysis tool which help to monitor and manage the server and system component in very effective way. Real time Visualization helps to take the quick decision so that desired action can be taken to avoid failure.Best data collection in the forms of log and which helps to define the best set of automation jobs to fix the issue.

Cons

There are few components or observation like,1. most of the time observes the slowness in the performance.2. Sometime observe the delay in the issue or updated log reflection on the portal. 3. Need more storage to manage and maintain the lo g which impact organizational costing and budget.

Ronnie
Ronnie
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
5

4
Reviewed on 03/06/2022

Splunk Enterprise Review

Scanning for known and unknown vulnerabilities on network to detect and remediate threats.

Pros

With Splunk Enterprise, it is easy to investigate, detect and remediate threats on devices and endpoints on our network.

Cons

It was full of technical overheads when we were customizing Splunk Enterprise features.

David
David
  • Industry: Entertainment
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

5
Reviewed on 07/02/2018

Offers more than you think

We've used the software to detect layer 7 attacks, unearth issues we didn't realize were happening and gives us end to end insight into our stack.

Pros

The system is highly intuitive to use. It is faster than other solutions I've used on the market and has a huge library of 3rd party plugins to get more from the system. It is easy to create scheduled searches, dashboards, reports etc. but there are a number of additional plugins (at an extra cost) to help with security, single pane of glass and metric collection.

Cons

It offers challenges for a decentralized working model. Where Splunk is centrally managed, it is easy to ensure that best practices are maintained. Where the system is opened up for an entire department to utilize and on-board their logs, it becomes more difficult. However, with some creative thinking and good process, this issue can be overcome.

Vince
Vince
  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
3
Customer Support
3

5
Reviewed on 28/10/2021

Splunk is a critical tool for monitoring and alerting

Splunk is a great product for enterprise monitoring and alerting.

Pros

They have a robust platform that I have used for monitoring and analytics. There are a lot of options and customization available when using it.

Cons

Because there is so much customization and options available, it can be complicated to learn.

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