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Actian Ingres vs Splunk Enterprise Platform comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Actian Ingres
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (26th), Data Warehouse (17th)
Splunk Enterprise Platform
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
61
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (2nd), IT Alerting and Incident Management (2nd)
 

Featured Reviews

GH
Sr Sales Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Reliable performance enhances operations with good technical support
We run the entire IRS system, the income system, and the tax system. We also manage the entire Absa banking system in Africa. There's a lot of database applications, similar to those used in banks and the IRS The most valuable features for us are reliability and performance. Our system is used…
Koyena Paul - PeerSpot reviewer
Managed Security Services Associate at Accenture
Centralized security monitoring has transformed our threat detection and incident response
While Splunk Enterprise Platform is widely regarded as a powerful SIEM and observability platform, users across enterprises commonly report recurring challenges including licensing and data ingestion costs. Splunk Enterprise Platform's licensing is often based on the volume of data ingested, and as our organization grows, costs can increase significantly, and our teams may need to carefully decide which logs to ingest, which can limit visibility. A suggested improvement would be more flexible licensing options, better built-in recommendations for optimizing data ingestion, and smarter data compression or tiered pricing. There is also a steep learning curve where beginners can find SPL difficult. A suggested improvement would be more AI-assisted SPL generation, interactive tutorials, and guided dashboard creation with additional pre-built templates for common SOC use cases. These are the main areas for improvement that I can see: licensing flexibility, reducing the learning curve for new users, simplifying development, improving performance for very large datasets, and providing more AI-assisted features to reduce manual effort. In terms of adding more improvements, there are frequently discussed areas including easier third-party integrations. While Splunk Enterprise Platform supports many integrations, onboarding new security tools sometimes requires custom configurations or add-ons. A suggested improvement would be more plug-and-play integrations, faster support for new vendors, and then simplified administration. Administrators often manage indexes, forwarders, user roles, and cluster health, so a suggested improvement would be easier administration dashboards and automated health checks. These are suggestions that acknowledge Splunk Enterprise Platform's strengths while highlighting areas where many enterprise users see opportunities for further improvement. The primary areas for improvement that I see are licensing flexibility, simplifying administration, expanding plug-and-play integrations, and adding more AI-driven assistance for searches and investigations. These improvements would significantly simplify our tasks and help us solve more incidents in a lesser amount of time, making it flexible even for beginners.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features for us are reliability and performance."
"Ingres is the only database solution that has maintained a level of consistency and integrity about the way users interact with it."
"The deployment of our solution across a number of servers using Ingres .NET has meant that we can protect the database server behind a highly secure firewall and deploy the front end solutions on a normal web server."
"The solution is very good for monitoring compared to other tools."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform is exceptional as a SIEM platform, with the breadth and depth built over the last 20 years."
"What I like the most about Splunk Enterprise Platform is that it generates alerts with true positives only."
"In terms of my favorite features of Splunk Enterprise Platform, it has vast customizability."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the analytics part."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform can be used for security, IT monitoring, and observability."
"I assess the effectiveness of Splunk Enterprise Platform in detecting anomalies and preventing system outages as very strong; for over two to three decades, it has provided centralized log visibility, real-time monitoring, and analytics correlation, which is robust for threat detection and incident investigation."
"Overall, it is a great tool for security analysis and log monitoring, and it is one of the best tools we have been using."
 

Cons

"The seamless integration is a bit of an issue."
"The ability to reset the log file without stopping the DBMS would be helpful for us."
"There should be continuous customer engagement and training programs on the new features and capabilities introduced by the solution."
"The cost is the most significant area for improvement in Splunk Enterprise Platform, as it is quite expensive, causing many clients to differ due to this reason."
"I consider Splunk Enterprise Platform an expensive tool because budget constraints from license-based data ingestion costs are significant."
"Pricing is an area that needs improvement, as it is considered high."
"For Splunk Enterprise Platform improvement, I think it would be beneficial to focus on particular areas such as system performance, cost management, and detection accuracy."
"What I dislike about Splunk Enterprise Platform is the props and transforms functionality. For most types of data, we have custom add-ons and everything is available, but for some data we want to parse, the add-on is not available."
"Things have to be managed manually"
"What I dislike about Splunk Enterprise Platform is that there are so many logs coming in."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing around seven or eight out of ten."
"The tool is expensive."
"There are yearly payments to be made towards the licensing costs attached to the solution."
"The solution is expensive, so I rate its pricing a four out of ten."
"The product is expensive, and the cost depends on the amount of data ingestion."
"If you exceed your licensed limit, the product will issue a warning, typically a five-license warning. Additionally, they send daily email notifications informing you about the breach. This prompts you to consider options such as minimizing logs or acquiring additional licensing to address the issue."
"The solution's pricing increases with the amount of data used. This pricing model is acceptable because it aligns with the security features provided. It ensures that the price reflects the level of security and the amount of data we're managing."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform is an expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
13%
Construction Company
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business34
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise43
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Actian Ingres?
The seamless integration is a bit of an issue. I would like to see more direct connectors and stuff like SQLAlchemy. It's there but isn't available as a standard, so it involves going to GitHub to ...
What is your primary use case for Actian Ingres?
We run the entire IRS system, the income system, and the tax system. We also manage the entire Absa banking system in Africa. There's a lot of database applications, similar to those used in banks ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Actian Ingres?
Initially, it's a lot less expensive than competitors. Price performance has always been a priority, ensuring we remain competitive in the market.
What needs improvement with Splunk Enterprise Platform?
With respect to the use cases, we were able to create many use cases as well as fine-tune them, so thirty percent of the alerts were fine-tuned, and we have improved our detection logic and also th...
What is your primary use case for Splunk Enterprise Platform?
Splunk Enterprise Platform serves as our SIEM tool where we receive alerts and we primarily depend on it. As a centralized logging and monitoring system, we use Splunk based upon different data typ...
What advice do you have for others considering Splunk Enterprise Platform?
With respect to the use cases, we were able to create many use cases as well as fine-tune them, so thirty percent of the alerts were fine-tuned, and we have improved our detection logic and also th...
 

Also Known As

Ingres, Ingres 2006
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Sample Customers

Groupe Adeo, IsCool Entertainment
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