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Evolven vs Splunk Enterprise Security comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

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

Categories and Ranking

Evolven
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
23rd
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk Enterprise Security
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
375
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (2nd), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the IT Operations Analytics category, the mindshare of Evolven is 1.2%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Enterprise Security is 15.4%, down from 26.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Operations Analytics Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Splunk Enterprise Security15.4%
Evolven1.2%
Other83.4%
IT Operations Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

MF
Business Analyst at Swisscom
Provides visualization of risk levels. However, alerting needs improvement.
Our primary use case is operational analytics. It gives insights into a changing landscape, which was not possible before. It facilitates infrastructure readiness and consistency. Provides visualization of risk levels. Alerting needs improvement. Less than one year.
reviewer1469784 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Helps us detect cyber threats quickly and integrate multiple feeds effectively
Overall, the product is good, but when it comes to some infrastructure issues, we have to dig into more logs. There is no straightforward indication of an issue. Health check kind of dashboards are not available. More AI would help us, and more optimization, since security products run more queries. The AI module could suggest solutions, optimizing queries or workload balancing. If the product itself advises on running queries during peak times, it would be similar to what ChatGPT currently offers. We see quite a few issues on stability. Even last week, we faced something, and identifying bottlenecks is not easy. We need more SMEs, and there is no mechanism to tell us about indexer or search head issues. Self-monitoring dashboards could be beneficial. The technical support still requires more improvement. Often, primary support takes a lot of time and forwards most solutions to the engineering side. The primary support team has very limited knowledge to provide.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It provides visualization of risk levels."
"It facilitates infrastructure readiness and consistency."
"The most valuable features of Splunk Enterprise Security are its high-performance data collection, flexible query language, and its versatility across the organization."
"You can check up on security from the dashboards."
"It helped us consolidate all our solutions into an easy tool to use for various employees."
"The initial deployment was straightforward."
"Splunk setup is easy and straightforward. ​"
"Incident detection is the positive impact I have seen from Splunk Enterprise Security; it probably saved the company from financial losses because of the early detection of the incidents."
"Good for log collection and log management."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
 

Cons

"Alerting needs improvement."
"I think the only thing lacking is that there are some answers that I couldn't find about the tool without reaching out to support, and it had to be escalated to the engineering team."
"Splunk Enterprise Security can be improved with more ease of configuration."
"Splunk can be an expensive solution. Technical support could be improved as well."
"There are limitations with Splunk not detecting all user activity, especially on mainframes and network devices."
"The solution could improve by giving more email details."
"Data retention can be better. If we want to look at the data for five months or six months, that is not available to us."
"Splunk Enterprise Security would benefit from a more robust rule engine to reduce false positives."
"While Splunkbase (the app repository) has a lot of great content, some apps are terribly old and could stand to be updated or purged."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"While some clients find the cost of Splunk Enterprise Security to be on the higher end, its pricing is comparable to other SIEM solutions."
"Splunk Enterprise Security is expensive. I would rate the cost an eight out of ten with ten being the most expensive."
"Luckily, we come under a large federal agency, and before the pandemic, they signed a large enterprise license agreement. It worked out great and to our advantage because we are a small organization. We got a 300 gig license, and we just did not have the buying power to be able to get products cheaply. Because we all partnered together under the agency umbrella, we were able to get Splunk Enterprise Security, UBA, and ITSI for cheap. This was good considering the fact that some of these premium apps require a minimum number of users, and we do not have the number of people needed to even justify buying it."
"Further reductions would be fantastic, and I believe that more and more people would flock to it."
"Licensing is a yearly, one-time cost."
"Pricing can be a limiting factor. You have to continuously tune what you are bringing in and make sure what you bring in is of value."
"Be upfront about your needs and expectations. Splunk is great to work with."
"Splunk is definitely not a cheap solution. It is an expensive product."
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Comparison Review

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Manager, Enterprise Risk Consulting at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 26, 2015
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business109
Midsize Enterprise50
Large Enterprise264
 

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