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Cortex XSIAM vs Splunk SOAR comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 28, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
4.6
Cortex XSIAM enhances incident management and provides significant financial returns by automating detection and response, reducing staffing needs.
Sentiment score
5.6
Splunk SOAR improves automation and efficiency, but ROI and integration time vary, benefiting familiar organizations most with proper use.
We've seen a decrease in false positives and a significant increase in our containment.
Cyber Security Network Security Engineer at Cirrus Logic
Monthly, around 300 hours of effort, it is saving with Splunk SOAR.
Manager cybersecurity at Hexion Inc.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.8
Cortex XSIAM support varies; premium service excels, while non-premium experiences depend on distributor expertise and sometimes face delays.
Sentiment score
6.6
Splunk SOAR's support is praised for reliability and responsiveness, though flexibility and response times could improve, valued community resources assist users.
With premium support, core Palo Alto technical experts handle issues directly.
Team Lead, Security at seamlessinfotech.com
It is ineffective in terms of responding to basic queries and addressing future requirements.
Associate Director at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
The Palo Alto support team is fully responsive and helpful.
SOC Analyst at OVELOSEC
Discovering different troubleshooting methods is harder to do with Splunk SOAR than with Enterprise Security or other Splunk services.
Cyber Security Network Security Engineer at Cirrus Logic
We always have a customer support representative who will come in the picture and help us to direct any ticket or any issue that we are facing to the right team.
Manager cybersecurity at Hexion Inc.
Splunk's technical support is very good and generally not needed often due to the stable environment.
System Engineer - Security Presales at Raya Integration
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.5
Cortex XSIAM is scalable for various business sizes with cloud-based integration, but lacks on-premises deployment and mixed reviews.
Sentiment score
6.7
Splunk SOAR offers scalability and flexibility, effectively managing vast environments despite configuration challenges, with high user ratings noting customizable features.
Without proper integration, scaling up with more servers is meaningless.
Associate Director at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Cortex XSIAM is highly scalable.
SOC Analyst at OVELOSEC
It can be extended and adapted as necessary.
Splunk/SOAR Engineer
Splunk SOAR has the ability to scale quite significantly.
Cyber Security Network Security Engineer at Cirrus Logic
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Cortex XSIAM is praised for its stability, rapid issue resolution, and efficient performance despite minor post-update challenges.
Sentiment score
7.3
Splunk SOAR is highly stable and reliable, with minor issues often attributed to third-party services rather than itself.
The product was easy to install and set up and worked right.
Owner at Xelere
Overall, Cortex XSIAM is stable.
SOC Analyst at OVELOSEC
It works really nice and performs really efficiently after configuration.
IT COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS at Américas BPS
We have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues.
Cyber Security Network Security Engineer at Cirrus Logic
We have not seen any impact in the work that we do with Splunk SOAR or the SIEM platform.
Manager cybersecurity at Hexion Inc.
Splunk SOAR provides a stable environment and technology.
System Engineer - Security Presales at Raya Integration
 

Room For Improvement

Cortex XSIAM needs improved integration, performance, interface, pricing, support, ASM, AI, onboarding, tagging, and identity management enhancements.
Splunk SOAR requires better integration, user-friendliness, and automation, with improvements needed in support, training, and advanced AI features.
Obtaining validation for integrations from Palo Alto takes around eight months, which is quite long.
Associate Director at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Cortex XSIAM needs improvements in terms of data onboarding, parsers, and third-party integration supports.
SOC Analyst at OVELOSEC
Cortex XSIAM is on the expensive side and requires substantial improvement in pricing.
Solutions Architect at ostec
If we start ingesting those data to Splunk SOAR or SIEM with some sort of integration with threat intelligence feed, that will also improve our detection and prediction method or help us with the investigation.
Manager cybersecurity at Hexion Inc.
Although it enhances alert handling, it still has a journey to compete with Palo Alto SOAR and FortiSOAR.
System Engineer - Security Presales at Raya Integration
Splunk's Unified Platform does help consolidate networking security and IT observability tools.
Cyber Security Network Security Engineer at Cirrus Logic
 

Setup Cost

Cortex XSIAM is viewed as competitively priced but complex, aligning with market expectations despite some regional variations.
Enterprise buyers find Splunk SOAR costly but justified by its performance, with recent user-based pricing changes being favorable.
The first impression is that XSIAM would be more expensive than others we tried.
Owner at Xelere
The product is very expensive.
Associate Director at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Cortex XSIAM is pretty expensive, and the licensing process is not very comfortable.
Director at MICROLOGIC NETWORKS PRIVATE LIMITED
Splunk SOAR is moderately priced, neither cheap nor overly expensive.
Splunk/SOAR Engineer
I am familiar with the pricing aspect, setup cost, and licensing cost of Splunk SOAR, and it is pretty much similar to what industries are offering these days.
Manager cybersecurity at Hexion Inc.
Splunk SOAR is affordable cost-wise only.
System Engineer - Security Presales at Raya Integration
 

Valuable Features

Cortex XSIAM excels in machine learning threat detection, SOAR features, and advanced automation for efficient security management.
Splunk SOAR excels with easy integration, automation, and customizable playbooks, significantly enhancing incident response and security operation efficiency.
The advanced visualization capabilities of the product are important for understanding security trends in an organization.
Solutions Architect at ostec
One of the valued aspects of the product is its use of artificial intelligence to detect security vulnerabilities.
Owner at Xelere
The flexibility for creating manual workflows stands out.
Associate Director at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Creating playbooks using the Playbook Editor in Splunk SOAR is easy. The editor is designed to be user-friendly with visual drag and drop features, allowing for easy workflows without writing any code.
Splunk/SOAR Engineer
Splunk SOAR saves time in threat response, and the time to solve an incident is currently the best in the market.
Strategic Account Executive at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Splunk SOAR has improved our MTTD and MTTR both with the consolidation with a unified platform with Splunk.
Manager cybersecurity at Hexion Inc.
 

Categories and Ranking

Cortex XSIAM
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (14th), Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) (7th), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (8th)
Splunk SOAR
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Cortex XSIAM is designed for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and holds a mindshare of 2.4%, up 2.3% compared to last year.
Splunk SOAR, on the other hand, focuses on Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR), holds 7.8% mindshare, up 7.3% since last year.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Cortex XSIAM2.4%
Splunk Enterprise Security7.4%
Wazuh7.3%
Other82.9%
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Splunk SOAR7.8%
Microsoft Sentinel13.0%
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR8.9%
Other70.3%
Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2666148 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Director at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Integration challenges highlight the need for manual workflows
The standard integrations are very limited, and the integrations available are not listed in the marketplace. Obtaining validation for integrations from Palo Alto takes around eight months, which is quite long. The solution would benefit from having more standard playbooks and templates available, as in other partners. Currently, everything must be created from scratch. In terms of incident response automation, it is quite poor due to the lack of integration with all security tools, making manual intervention necessary.
SS
Manager cybersecurity at Hexion Inc.
Automates threat response and reduces investigation time but needs better threat intelligence integration
One thing that we would like to see with Splunk SOAR is the expandability to the threat intelligence feed. Currently, we have limited ingestion to the threat intelligence feed for the correlation purpose. We would like to see it being integrated, with license cost or without license cost, to leading threat intelligence sources such as Recorded Future, Feedly, or Flare. That is something we would appreciate having integrated. The second thing on the improvement side is about exposed credential-related information. If we start ingesting those data to Splunk SOAR or SIEM with some sort of integration with threat intelligence feed, that will also improve our detection and prediction method or help us with the investigation.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
University
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise31
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cortex XSIAM?
It is an effective solution in terms of performance and functionalities.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cortex XSIAM?
I did not participate in pricing discussions for Cortex XSIAM solutions, so I cannot provide a review regarding prices for this solution.
What needs improvement with Cortex XSIAM?
Cortex XSIAM is on the expensive side and requires substantial improvement in pricing. There are other features that could be improved, including integration with vendors such as CyberArk. I would ...
What do you like most about Splunk Phantom?
Splunk SOAR's quick response to incidents is the most valuable part.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Phantom?
I am familiar with the pricing aspect, setup cost, and licensing cost of Splunk SOAR, and it is pretty much similar to what industries are offering these days. We never had any issue when we had to...
What needs improvement with Splunk Phantom?
The visibility of Splunk SOAR's playbook viewer is rather unclear to me; I wonder what the visibility is for. There are indeed some problems with integrating Splunk SOAR with other Splunk products ...
 

Also Known As

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Phantom
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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Recorded Future, Blackstone
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