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ExtremeAnalytics vs Splunk Enterprise Security comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 19, 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

ExtremeAnalytics
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
17th
Average Rating
0.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Network Management Applications (30th)
Splunk Enterprise Security
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
369
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (2nd), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the IT Operations Analytics category, the mindshare of ExtremeAnalytics is 1.2%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Enterprise Security is 22.4%, down from 27.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Operations Analytics Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Splunk Enterprise Security22.4%
ExtremeAnalytics1.2%
Other76.4%
IT Operations Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

Dushan  Niranga - PeerSpot reviewer
User-friendly initial setup, reliable, and effective wireless intrusion prevention
ExtremeAnalytics is used for reporting and monitoring The most valuable feature of ExtremeAnalytics is wireless intrusion prevention. ExtremeAnalytics could improve application control. The URL filtering is not working properly. We have had issues with the reports and heat maps not working as…
Kyle Vernham - PeerSpot reviewer
Built-in searches and unified data access streamline alert investigation and boosts analyst efficiency
The two features I appreciate the most in Splunk Enterprise Security are the built-in searches, which have been very easy for us to get started with right out of the box, and the fact that it accesses all of our other systems. You can access it as a pane of glass rather than having to search individually. We also have the option to compare our analysts from our service to service. Splunk Enterprise Security helps our SOC team prioritize and investigate high-fidelity alerts more effectively by providing a more in-depth look and the ability to access a lot more of our data. Instead of jumping from several segmented systems, it allows us to have everything brought together in one place. For example, you have to move from our purview to our build system and to Splunk Enterprise Security, and it enables us to streamline that process. The built-in features of Splunk Enterprise Security, which we recently procured, have given us a good starting point and demonstrated the value of the product, providing an easy way to sell it to our company. The ease of getting everything into our purview helps us, and it serves as a good start for the investigation part in one location rather than what we usually have, which is jumping from system to system to system. Splunk Enterprise Security plays a role in our company's strategy to combat insider threats and advanced persistent threats by currently being in its technical test phase. We are still rolling it out, and it should help us find any insider threats based on information that our policy states should not be present in our system. Splunk Enterprise Security's risk-based alerting (RBA) has impacted our alert volume and analyst productivity because we've got many different systems feeding into it. However, it has helped to make it easier for our analysts to go through a set of events rather than 100 alerts. RBA allows us to streamline the process and customize it for our analysts. When it comes to leveraging Splunk Enterprise Security's dashboards and visualizations to communicate security posture to executives, it's pretty straightforward for any type of information. The visualization is easy to understand, but I haven't had any direct conversations with our executives.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The application response latency is valuable and suitable for troubleshooting."
"The solution's scalability is a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of ExtremeAnalytics is wireless intrusion prevention."
"Previously, it would take us days to properly analyze, triage, and respond to insider threats; now with risk-based alerting, we are able to reduce that to 10 minutes."
"The reporting aspect is good and it does what I need it to do."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to look at threats and link them to the MITRE ATT&CK framework."
"Splunk Enterprise Security helped us with faster detection of threats."
"Its search is very flexible, allowing you to search anything by typing a sentence."
"Overall, I would rate it a nine out of ten."
"The product is good, it satisfies our customers."
"It's standardized and easy to use, so you don't have to have a lot of top-tier analysts to do the same job."
 

Cons

"There are issues with cloud distribution of the servers, and it could be faster."
"The solution's stability needs to be improved."
"ExtremeAnalytics could improve application control. The URL filtering is not working properly. We have had issues with the reports and heat maps not working as expected. We have been receiving download errors when attempting to retrieve the heat maps and reports."
"I think the tech support response time could be a bit better. Sometimes I need to wait more than 24 hours for a response to my tickets."
"My biggest struggle with Splunk in general is memorizing all the commands. If I want to know which users have logged in between certain hours, I cannot write that query out. It would be helpful to have AI so that I can explain in simple terms what I want and then the search gives that back to me. I am waiting for that."
"The setup time is quite long."
"It would be nice to have more advanced UEBA in Splunk Enterprise Security. Additionally, it would be beneficial if they offered more threat intel feeds for free."
"Splunk Enterprise Security is great but can have some frustration points. It can sometimes be slower to use."
"I would like Splunk to add more integration. QRadar has many indications with more products than Splunk."
"Adding custom visualization in Splunk has been improved over the years but can still be made better by integrating more and more JavaScript visualization sources."
"Although the technical support is adequate, there is still room for improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is an eight out of ten."
"The price of the solution is approximately $100 to $120 and is paid annually."
"I have no opinion on pricing."
"We had a yearly subscription."
"Splunk Enterprise Security is cheaper than competitors, but I do not know whether it is just our contract."
"The pricing model is based on the number of gigabytes that you ingest into the Splunk system. So it can be an expensive solution."
"Splunk can be expensive, as its licensing is based on the daily data ingestion volume."
"The licensing is good, but the pricing absolutely needs some work. It is very high."
"It's definitely worth it."
"Splunk Enterprise Security's pricing is competitive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business110
Midsize Enterprise50
Large Enterprise257
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with ExtremeAnalytics?
The solution's stability needs to be improved.
What is your primary use case for ExtremeAnalytics?
It gives us insight into the network health. This helps us understand what is wrong with the limit of the wireless solution or device.
What SOC product do you recommend?
For tools I’d recommend: -SIEM- LogRhythm -SOAR- Palo Alto XSOAR Doing commercial w/o both (or at least an XDR) is asking to miss details that are critical, and ending up a statistic. Also, rememb...
What is a better choice, Splunk or Azure Sentinel?
It would really depend on (1) which logs you need to ingest and (2) what are your use cases Splunk is easy for ingestion of anything, but the charge per GB/Day Indexed and it gets expensive as log ...
How does Splunk compare with Azure Monitor?
Splunk handles a high amount of data very well. We use Splunk to capture information and as an aggregator for monitoring information from different sources. Splunk is very good at alerting us if we...
 

Also Known As

Extreme Application Analytics, Purview
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Sample Customers

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Splunk has more than 7,000 customers spread across over 90 countries. These customers include Telenor, UniCredit, ideeli, McKenney's, Tesco, and SurveyMonkey.
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