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Exabeam vs Splunk Security Essentials comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Exabeam
Ranking in Security Incident Response
6th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (20th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (2nd), Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) (13th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (13th), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (11th)
Splunk Security Essentials
Ranking in Security Incident Response
11th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (17th), IT Alerting and Incident Management (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Security Incident Response category, the mindshare of Exabeam is 3.9%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Security Essentials is 2.0%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Security Incident Response Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Exabeam3.9%
Splunk Security Essentials2.0%
Other94.1%
Security Incident Response
 

Featured Reviews

Stephen-Armstrong - PeerSpot reviewer
The SIEM provides a user-friendly UI experience
When events come into the system, the dashboard categorizes them by the highest risk score, not when they appear on the system. When you've got multiple ongoing incidents you can only see the highest risk score at the top of the list rather than the most recent detection. Exabeam's reporting dashboard could have included a filtering option to filter by the most recent detection.
Srinivas Prudhivi Reddy - PeerSpot reviewer
Enables us to examine the parameters of the events found and take appropriate actions as necessary
Once we've configured our logs, for example, if we need to monitor processes and IP addresses, we ensure these logs are being ingested into our Splunk instance. The logs gathered from various endpoints are then consolidated into our Splunk platform. Once the data is collected, we can create searches and dashboards to analyze it. With these searches and dashboards, we gain insights into events and can make informed decisions based on them. We'll examine the parameters of these events and take appropriate actions as necessary.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution's automation capabilities are great."
"Exabeam is very easy to use, with a straightforward platform and workflow, unlike other tools that require more expertise."
"It's a very user-friendly product and it's a very comprehensive technology."
"Exabeam has improved our organization by speeding up the investigation process."
"The UI was very clean."
"Timeline based analysis; good platform support"
"The ThreatHunter in Advanced Analytics is the most valuable. It helps analyze compromised assets and provides analysis for any entity within my client's environment."
"The platform is not extremely expensive compared to its direct competitors; I would rate its pricing around six out of ten."
"They have a good catalog of plans to use to resist the attacks."
"We are focusing on security to ensure incidents are reported efficiently. In addition to that, for reporting purposes, we are utilizing our dashboards or creating new ones. We will be using free visualization tools for this purpose."
"The network monitoring feature is particularly valuable for gathering information about users, login times, and other statistics."
"I would have to rate Splunk Security Essentials a 10 out of 10 because it's free and there's tons of usable content."
 

Cons

"The customer service and support are not satisfactory."
"The initial setup of Exabeam Fusion SIEM is complex because it needs to integrate with the SIEM solution, but after this is complete it is straightforward."
"The organzation is rigid and not flexible in the way they operate"
"I believe if it were more flexible it would be a better product."
"One area for the solution's improvement is integration capabilities, particularly out-of-the-box integration which sometimes requires additional professional services."
"Exabeam should be a bit faster, especially in loading and vulnerability scanning."
"Exabeam needs to improve its documentation and provide more customization for dashboards and case management."
"We use the on-prem Exabeam product and face limitations using the web UI and administration of custom models and rules."
"The reporting feature needs to be more user-friendly."
"They could add more AI content or AI and machine learning."
"The price could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is an annual license required to use Exabeam Fusion SIEM. The price of the solution should be reduced."
"They have a great model for pricing that can be based either on user count or gigabits per day."
"Exabeam Fusion SIEM's pricing is reasonable."
"Exabeam is not a cheap solution."
"The solution is expensive."
"The platform is not extremely expensive compared to its direct competitors; I would rate its pricing around six out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise7
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Questions from the Community

What are the biggest differences between Securonix UEBA, Exabeam, and IBM QRadar?
It mostly depends on your use-cases and environment. Exabeam and Securonix have a stronger UEBA feature set, friendlier GUI and are not licensed based on capacity (amount of logs and information in...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Exabeam Fusion SIEM?
I do not have much information about the pricing. However, I am aware that Exabeam is cheaper than Palo Alto based on discussions in meetings.
What needs improvement with Exabeam Fusion SIEM?
We use the on-prem Exabeam product and face limitations using the web UI and administration of custom models and rules. I have explored the SaaS version; it offers many new features. We are conside...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Security Essentials?
Our SecOps manager and CISO were more familiar with Splunk, and the price was right. That was probably the primary driver, and we did evaluation as well with strict criteria and Gartner ratings.
What needs improvement with Splunk Security Essentials?
I have not used Splunk Security Essentials' customizable dashboards. I have not taken advantage of the pre-built security use cases in Splunk.
What is your primary use case for Splunk Security Essentials?
We use Splunk Security Essentials. We have projects, though not many projects per year. The solution is used to resist cyber attacks. They have a good catalog of plans to use to resist the attacks.
 

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Sample Customers

Hulu, ADP, Safeway, BBCN Bank
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