We compared Splunk Enterprise Security and Check Point Security Management across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Features: Splunk Enterprise Security stands out for its efficiency, extensive integration options, and powerful search functionality. Users say Splunk is a highly scalable and customizable solution. Check Point Security Management is praised for its centralized management features, user-friendly interface, and extensive monitoring capabilities.
Room for Improvement: Splunk users recommended improvements in AI capabilities, user-friendliness, and analytics. Check Point Security Management could improve by simplifying the migration of security policies, optimizing performance, and expanding its management API. Other pain points include threat tracking and documentation.
Service and Support: While some users found Splunk support to be responsive and helpful, others reported slow response times and a lack of expertise. Check Point Security Management's customer service is widely praised for being knowledgeable, supportive, and reliable. Although some users had problems with inexperienced agents and coordination issues, the overall support experience was positive.
Ease of Deployment: Some users thought Splunk Enterprise Security was easy to deploy, while others found it challenging and needed assistance from Splunk engineers or third-party integrators. Check Point Security Management is generally seen as easy to set up if the user has some expertise.
Pricing: Some users consider Splunk Enterprise Security to be expensive, but others said the price is reasonable. A few users expressed concerns about the cost of scaling up the solution and managing large volumes of data. Check Point Security Management is seen as a solid investment, offering flexibility and a good value for the price.
ROI: Users said that it’s challenging to calculate an ROI for Splunk Enterprise Security, and the return varies depending on individual circumstances. While some users have observed a substantial ROI, others have not actively explored or been engaged in ROI conversations. Check Point users said the solution offers a steady ROI over time.
"It's a great complete endpoint security solution that prevents the most imminent threats to the endpoint such as ransomware, phishing, or malware."
"I love the URL filtering as well as the identification capabilities which link with the Active Directory and work for me even with bandwidth regulation. These allow me to select to whom to do what, and when."
"The log dashboard in the SmartConsole is very useful and convenient for monitoring and tracking."
"We are now able to monitor the different VPN communities in real-time."
"Check Point has been very effective in terms of threat management and comprehensive protection against vulnerabilities, and it has given us confidence that our data is not going anywhere."
"Having the possibility to use Smart Event to check for threats on a broader scale helps after a security incident and also makes it easier to check - instead of looking through different logs."
"The features we like and find the most valuable are the ways we can manage the policy, create objects, and drag and drop objects in our daily operation. It makes our daily operation on the firewall management much easier than going, for example, to one firewall, then going to the other."
"The solution is easy to use and comes with few vulnerabilities. You don't have to worry about release upgrades. Life cycle management is very easy."
"Search language is easy to understand and teach to new users."
"The most valuable features include agility and Splunk Enterprise Security's ability to quickly search for alerted items, as well as the capacity to create custom alerts using the SQL language employed by Splunk."
"It provides a risk score for each object, device, or user. We can then take action if they are at a higher risk."
"Splunk works based on parsing log files."
"Splunk has machine learning which is a valuable feature."
"It is very simple to tweak or write a small piece of glue code to go ahead and create a new dashboard for a business unit to make near real-time decisions to focus more on other geographies when launching the product."
"Splunk gives my clients the ability to bring multiple, disparate types of data together, then correlate and report on them."
"Positive features include replication capabilities, software development kits, and the architecture."
"Some costs are ridiculously high."
"Troubleshooting is quite complicated within multi-domain management. If an issue arises, the local administrator has to keep in mind that there are other domains that could be also affected."
"SD-WAN functionality could be added."
"Being a security appliance, there should be the ability for the Security Management server to send email alerts via authenticated email."
"Check Point Security Management lacks some of the competitor features."
"Among the things that I would like in the future is for the solution to have its application on Android and iOS, as many of the administrators have adopted remote administration positions due to what has happened since the pandemic. This would help us to have an easier and simpler administration."
"For those not familiar with the Command Line interface, there should be an option in the GUI for operating backups."
"I would like to bind users to their network, as well as their local office machine."
"Endpoint access is the only issue I can think to mention, even though the endpoint access we have with Cisco is fine."
"I would like to see more SIEM functionality and a better ticket tool."
"If possible, we would like to have not only a log monitoring system but a network monitoring feature in this solution as well."
"The documentation is in definite need of improvement."
"Writing queries is a bit complicated sometimes."
"The level of scalability depends on the license you have. You can expand or reduce it based on the environment. It does cost more money to scale, however."
"Their technical support sucks."
"Splunk ES could have more pre-built integrations and rules. The detection is fairly accurate, but it depends on the rules you create. Splunk's out-of-the-box configuration isn't that useful."
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Check Point Security Management is ranked 9th in Log Management with 55 reviews while Splunk Enterprise Security is ranked 1st in Log Management with 221 reviews. Check Point Security Management is rated 8.8, while Splunk Enterprise Security is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point Security Management writes "Great DDoS protection, high availability, and useful firewall rule implementation". 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 ". Check Point Security Management is most compared with Wazuh, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, IBM Security QRadar, LogRhythm SIEM and Splunk Cloud Platform, whereas Splunk Enterprise Security is most compared with Wazuh, Dynatrace, IBM Security QRadar, Elastic Security and Microsoft Sentinel. See our Check Point Security Management vs. Splunk Enterprise Security report.
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