We performed a comparison between Elastic Beats and Splunk Enterprise Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Splunk, Datadog, Wazuh and others in Log Management."There's a whole spectrum of features on the solution that users can take advantage of. It's a very robust product."
"The security aspects in general have been very useful to use."
"The visibility is amazing with easy dashboard creation."
"Splunk is stable, and this is why many customers want it."
"Splunk is a user-friendly solution."
"Recently, Splunk upgraded to version 9.0.02, which includes excellent data dashboards and visualization effects."
"The most valuable features of Splunk Enterprise Security are its high-performance data collection, flexible query language, and its versatility across the organization."
"The reporting aspect is good and it does what I need it to do."
"The Splunk queries are valuable."
"Splunk has a wide range of features that customers use to find and analyze all kinds of logs."
"At some level, the documentation, the information as far as the components, it's sometimes a little difficult to find the information necessary to implement aspects."
"The dashboard is not user-friendly. The solution, in general, isn't great from a user's perspective."
"Make it easy to use and the cost cheaper. This will help all organisations to implement Splunk."
"I love the solution, but I would like to see more accessibility to the machine-learning capabilities that are sprinkled around Splunk."
"Splunk is very expensive. The license is based on the volume of the logs ingested. I was responsible for managing the contract with our service integrator. I don't know the precise details of the competing solution, but I have heard that Splunk is more expensive than others. I don't know what the going rate is on the market, but I think there are at least two competitors that are less expensive. We have experienced a few issues with our service providers in terms of log filtering and ingestion, so we continue to pay a bit more per day for our logs."
"My company could benefit from doing more Splunk training with Splunk consultants teaching us how to use it."
"Our two main complaints are about the difficulty of the initial setup and the licensing model."
"The price of the solution could be cheaper."
"There are limitations with Splunk not detecting all user activity, especially on mainframes and network devices."
"The configuration could be better."
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Elastic Beats doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Log Management while Splunk Enterprise Security is ranked 1st in Log Management with 228 reviews. Elastic Beats is rated 8.0, while Splunk Enterprise Security is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Elastic Beats writes "A robust solution with a whole spectrum of features that's extremely scalable". 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 ". Elastic Beats is most compared with , whereas Splunk Enterprise Security is most compared with Wazuh, Dynatrace, IBM Security QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel and Elastic Security.
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