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.
"One of the most outstanding characteristics of its centralized administration is its great computing power."
"The additional features offered by the solution are excellent. We didn't have a lot fo these on a previous solution, and they've proven to be an advantage for us."
"The company uses software called Harmony. Check Point integrates nicely, whether on an endpoint or mobile device. It integrates well with the firewall and can give me reports that I can check without going to an online portal."
"It has a central management log server that helps us to easily identify faults and issues in the environment, especially during outages and incidents during the implementation of policy rules."
"The log dashboard in the SmartConsole is very useful and convenient for monitoring and tracking."
"The firewall cleverly handles such attacks without compromising on performance."
"The support is pretty incredible. Check Point has support rep programs that go all the way up to putting one of their own people in your business to help you. Then, they have support programs. If you're an expert, you just need to be able to download updated files and stuff. They have support programs like that, too."
"The control is granular, so you can set policy profiles for different organizational profiles."
"Splunk has significantly helped with aggregation and correlation of critical logs. Not having to grep on each individual server has made everyone more efficient."
"The correlation search functions that generate all the notables are valuable. That can get pretty complicated, and it handles that pretty well."
"It gives us good visibility into multiple environments, including cloud, on-premises, and hybrid; irrespective of platform."
"What is nice about the solution is that it makes it easy to build the queries, search for the events and then do analysis."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the dashboard. It's very intuitive."
"You can use it to gather syslog messages from anything."
"It helps us uncover bottlenecks in the network."
"It allows us to digest the information, the data, the different data streams, so we can make decisions based upon information that we receive, and it is pretty robust."
"While the console and administration work well, they have to work on performance since it consumes a lot of CPU and memory."
"Being a security appliance, there should be the ability for the Security Management server to send email alerts via authenticated email."
"The upgrade procedure already made huge improvements, yet it remains more challenging compared to other products."
"It also offers compatibility with third-party security solutions, however, it is not a lot. This needs to be improved."
"It would be helpful if we could enable URL and application traffic control remote access."
"You need some technical expertise to use the solution. I don't think it's accessible to the typical end-user. You need to access the box and use some command lines or the web interface. It would be nice to have a user-friendly dashboard and comprehensive reporting."
"Check Point EDR has room for improvement, especially in the area of Data Loss Prevention where it currently lacks functionality."
"Some costs are ridiculously high."
"I would like to see more SIEM functionality and a better ticket tool."
"I would like additional features in different programming models with the support for writing queries in SQL or other languages, such as C#, Java, or some other type of query definitions."
"Make it easy to use and the cost cheaper. This will help all organisations to implement Splunk."
"It takes time to train people."
"Given the ever-increasing number of threats, I would like Splunk to update its threat signatures more frequently."
"The solution could improve by increasing the performance. We have run into problems when large amounts of data are processed."
"It needs a better way to export dynamic views without requiring a ton of code and user/pw."
"The product was designed for security and IT with business intelligence needs, such as PDF exporting, but this has not been the highest priority. While the functionality is there, it could be developed more."
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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 228 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, Microsoft Sentinel and Elastic Security. See our Check Point Security Management vs. Splunk Enterprise Security report.
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