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Collibra Governance vs Splunk User Behavior Analytics comparison

 

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Executive Summary

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
5.8
Collibra Governance receives positive feedback for aiding digital transformation and data governance, though ROI experiences vary among users.
Sentiment score
6.4
Users report varied ROI from Splunk, with productivity gains and security cost savings, but costs remain a concern.
Implementing Collibra Data Catalog can be cost-effective if its features align well with the business requirements.
The solution can save costs by improving incident resolution times and reducing security incident costs.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.9
Collibra Governance's support is knowledgeable but faces delays, impacting urgent inquiries, with mixed satisfaction among users.
Sentiment score
6.8
Splunk User Behavior Analytics support is mostly praised, with professional service, tiered options, and valuable user groups enhancing experience.
The technical support from Collibra Governance is excellent.
Technical support is effective in providing solutions.
The technical support is quite good.
Mission-critical offering a dedicated team, proactive monitoring, and fast resolution.
From the responsiveness perspective, Splunk is very responsive with SLA-bound support for premium tiers.
I would rate the support at eight, meaning there's some room for improvement.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Collibra Governance is highly scalable, handling vast metadata well, but requires proper design for optimal user adoption and integration.
Sentiment score
7.5
Splunk User Behavior Analytics is scalable and adaptable across environments, though storage limitations may affect scalability.
Splunk User Behavior Analytics is highly scalable, designed for enterprise scalability, allowing expansion of data ingestion, indexing, and search capabilities as log volumes grow.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
Collibra Governance is praised for stability, reliability, and minimal maintenance, despite minor glitches and higher costs for large data.
Sentiment score
8.1
Splunk User Behavior Analytics offers reliable performance and stability, with 99.9% uptime and ease of configuration in enterprises.
There is no information available currently for this section.
With built-in redundancy across zones and regions, 99.9% uptime is achievable.
Splunk User Behavior Analytics is a one hundred percent stable solution.
Splunk User Behavior Analytics is highly stable and reliable, even in large-scale enterprise environments with high log injection rates.
 

Room For Improvement

Collibra Governance needs usability, integration, support, search, pricing flexibility, customization, and performance improvements for better user experience.
Splunk User Behavior Analytics needs better pricing, integration, user-friendly interfaces, enhanced features, and improved scalability and infrastructure.
There should be a reduction in cost as compared to other tools.
Collibra lacks the capability to read Python or R scripts, which is essential for data transformations in our pipeline ecosystems.
It struggles to catalog all categories of data, particularly sensitive data on-prem, which GCP Data Catalog handles better.
Global reach allows deployment of apps and services closer to users worldwide, but data sovereignty concerns exist and region selection must align with compliance requirements.
I encountered several issues while trying to create solutions for this advanced version, which seem unrelated to query or data issues.
High data ingestion costs can be an issue, especially for large enterprises, as Splunk charges based on the amount of data processed.
 

Setup Cost

Collibra Governance is costly but offers comprehensive features, with rigid pricing and additional training fees, yet deemed fair by many.
Enterprise buyers find Splunk's User Behavior Analytics costly, with variable pricing based on data, hardware, and additional applications.
Collibra has high initial costs for licensing that can be a barrier to small and medium-sized companies starting with it.
It is neither extremely costly nor very cheap, as it depends on the use case and specific requirements.
The price is average, and it provides good value for the money.
Reserved instances with one or three-year commitments offer lower rates, providing up to 70% savings.
Comparing with the competitors, it's a bit expensive.
The pricing is based on the amount of data processed, and it is considered a high-level investment for enterprises.
 

Valuable Features

Collibra Governance excels in data lineage, integration, automation, scalability, and user-friendliness, supporting diverse enterprise data management needs.
Splunk User Behavior Analytics provides scalable, user-friendly threat detection with advanced analytics, machine learning, and seamless data integration and reporting.
The data lineage feature is beneficial for understanding where data is coming from.
The most important feature is the ease of use.
I find the rule modification and the replication of the rules in Collibra happens very quickly.
I also utilize it for anomaly detection and behavior analysis, particularly using Splunk's machine learning environment.
Features like alerts and auto report generation are valuable.
Splunk User Behavior Analytics offers several beneficial features, such as Insider Threat Detection, account compromise detection, risk scoring, threat detection, and machine anomaly detection.
 

Categories and Ranking

Collibra Governance
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
Data Governance (3rd)
Splunk User Behavior Analytics
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) (12th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Collibra Governance and Splunk User Behavior Analytics aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Collibra Governance is designed for Data Governance and holds a mindshare of 9.0%, down 12.0% compared to last year.
Splunk User Behavior Analytics, on the other hand, focuses on User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), holds 8.9% mindshare, down 11.1% since last year.
Data Governance
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
 

Featured Reviews

DeepakArora - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhancing data management with user-friendly features but needs better documentation
We are a customer of Collibra. Collibra Governance is applied in our data management workflows by creating all the business functions separately, maintaining the data sources of those KPIs and everything separately on those businesses Collibra Governance provides ease of use. The portal is…
Subhayu Chakraborty - PeerSpot reviewer
Automatic reports streamline tasks and offers easy report gathering
The dashboard part could be improved. While using it, I noticed two options: Classic, which is adequate yet only in black and white, and another one that is more advanced or smart, though I forgot the exact term. I encountered several issues while trying to create solutions for this advanced version, which seem unrelated to query or data issues.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
7%
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
8%
University
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Collibra Governance?
We use the solution's Data Stewardship part.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Collibra Governance?
The pricing of Collibra Governance is moderate. It is neither extremely costly nor very cheap, as it depends on the use case and specific requirements.
What needs improvement with Collibra Governance?
There is room for improvement in the Collibra Data Catalog regarding data classification and categorization. It struggles to catalog all categories of data, particularly sensitive data on-prem, whi...
What do you like most about Splunk User Behavior Analytics?
The solution's most valuable feature is Splunk queries, which allow us to query the logs and analyze the attack vectors.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk User Behavior Analytics?
In terms of setup cost, pricing, and licensing, Splunk User Behavior Analytics is not an inexpensive product. The setup requires numerous components including storage, networking, identity access, ...
What needs improvement with Splunk User Behavior Analytics?
There are improvements that could be made to Splunk User Behavior Analytics as any product will have advantages and disadvantages. Scalability is one consideration. For example, the advantages incl...
 

Also Known As

Collibra
Caspida, Splunk UBA
 

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