IBM Resilient vs Splunk SOAR vs VMware Carbon Black Cloud comparison

The compared IBM and Splunk solutions aren't in the same category. IBM is ranked #4 in IRP , with an average rating of 7.0, and holds a 8.8% mindshare in the category. Splunk is ranked #3 in SOAR , with an average rating of 8.4, and holds a 7.7% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of Splunk users who would recommend it.

IBM Resilient

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75% willing to recommend

Splunk SOAR

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86% willing to recommend

VMware Carbon Black Cloud

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93% willing to recommend

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Mindshare comparison

Security Incident Response Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
IBM Resilient	8.8%
Proofpoint Threat Response	15.4%
ServiceNow Security Operations	14.4%
Other	61.4%

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Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Splunk SOAR	7.7%
Microsoft Sentinel	16.3%
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR	9.7%
Other	66.3%

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

Security Incident Response Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
VMware Carbon Black Cloud	6.9%
Proofpoint Threat Response	15.4%
ServiceNow Security Operations	14.4%
Other	63.3%

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Featured Reviews

Usman Bhatti

Senior Officer Security Operations Center at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Simple deployment, scalable, but lacking third-party solution compatibility

Integrating IBM Resilient with other applications can be very difficult and technically challenging. Often, they use the excuse that you are using the latest version of an application, such as an endpoint security system, and they don't have an API or support for it at the moment. There is no automation in the SOAR solution. It's worth noting that many third-party add-on applications needed to be purchased separately to integrate with IBM Resilient. While there were built-in applications available for incident remediation, the selection was limited. Additionally, integrating third-party applications was often a difficult and time-consuming process due to the technical complexity involved.

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Mack Scott

Cyber Security Network Security Engineer at Cirrus Logic

Improves response time by consolidating tools and automating threat detection

I haven't gone too far into it to see anything that needs improvement yet. We can likely include some features related to the integration with on-premises resources, rather than focusing solely on the existing automation. These are the additional features that could be included in the future. Splunk's Unified Platform does help consolidate networking security and IT observability tools. They should integrate Splunk Enterprise Security better into Splunk Cloud.

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Tom Kar

Senior Security Specialist at Sopra

Shows promise for endpoint detection and response, with room for improvement in complexity and pricing

VMware Carbon Black Cloud is a user-friendly solution that can isolate machines from the rest of the network. When a machine is quarantined, it cannot communicate with any other machines on the network except for the Carbon Black Cloud server. This allows you to investigate the machine without the risk of malware escaping to the network. Carbon Black Cloud's server can communicate with the quarantined machine through DNS and VSCP. This allows you to collect data from the machine, such as system logs, process activity, and registry changes. This data can be used to investigate the infection and determine the next steps. CrowdStrike and Cybereason are also popular EDR solutions. They offer similar features to VMware Carbon Black Cloud but may have different strengths and weaknesses. It is important to evaluate all of your options before choosing an EDR solution. Additionally, it is complex to use, and the pricing should be improved.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The initial setup of IBM Resilient is not that complex since my company already has a support license that we use internally. In general, the product's deployment phase is not that complex."

"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"The solution is reliable in our usage."

"The solution is easy to use."

"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."

"The solution is very easy to use."

"IBM Resilient is scalable."

"Its flexibility is the most valuable."

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"I like the way Splunk interacts with various systems via the API. The ability to integrate Splunk with our ticketing system has been an immense help because we can maintain our workflow while blending Splunk with our support desk and other ways that we track work."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the playbook automation just because it allows us to reduce the manual actions that SOC has to handle."

"The best feature is the integration and the custom Python code that we can write. Splunk SOAR provides us with both of these capabilities, allowing us to integrate different security solutions with Splunk SOAR and take remediation actions directly on those security tools."

"The solution’s dashboard is really good and customizable. It also has a good UI."

"Splunk SOAR's quick response to incidents is the most valuable part."

"The most valuable feature is the API connector, depending on how it's formatted and who made the actual app offering for it. The REST API is my favorite component. It's very easy to use. The filters are also really valuable. Those are the two primary features but I enjoy using the rest of it."

"I have found all the security automation platform features of Splunk SOAR to be good. The Automation playbook development is highly useful."

"The most valuable features of Splunk SOAR are the easy integration with other solutions, including other Splunk solutions. The most important playbooks we need on the market come already on the Frontend. However, nowadays, Splunk changed its name, it's not Frontend anymore, it's Splunk Store. This is a very strong point."

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"The market information they gather from the community is really good. Their configuration capabilities are good."

"Carbon Black Cb Response excels at providing context to indicators when responding to incidents. It allows responders to understand the entire scope of an incident and quickly contain it to minimize impact and disruption."

"The enhanced logging and data analysis of the incident response and investigation components allowed us to quickly identify and resolve security issues before they could spread."

"The detection response and quarantining are very good features."

"We also took full advantage of its incident response reporting capabilities to act as a “black box” for our infrastructure around strings of suspicious activity. The reporting and incident response capabilities were incredibly helpful during active security concerns."

"The most valuable features are its lightweight design, ensuring minimal impact on end-users, and its real-time protection."

"The ability to quickly isolate a system from the network, while still being able to perform some forensics and mitigation work remotely, was of great value to us since we had many mobile and distributed systems."

"The most valuable feature of VMware Carbon Black Cloud is the possibility of securing any PC worldwide."

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Cons

"One thing to improve is how it handles data formats, which currently might require scripting for conversion to CSV before uploading."

"IBM Resilient is quite complex, including its configuration."

"IBM Resilient could integrate better with my tools."

"The implementation could be a bit simpler."

"Its price needs improvement."

"Integrating IBM Resilient with other applications can be very difficult and technically challenging. Often, they use the excuse that you are using the latest version of an application, such as an endpoint security system, and they don't have an API or support for it at the moment. There is no automation in the SOAR solution."

"The response time of the support is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"It is not very straightforward to set up custom integrations, especially with services like Azure. You need an additional server for integration."

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"have put a number of ideas on the ideas.splunk.com site for feature requests for the Splunk SOAR product. I posted one of them about three years ago, which finally got implemented in the latest release that just got announced, so the time to implement new features and things like that is a little bit concerning."

"The tool's response is slower because it has to search through a huge dataset, which can be improved for latency."

"There is a lot of room for improvement with the UI."

"The solution must provide more AIOps to improve predictability."

"Various aspects of the playbook development process itself can be optimized."

"We have playbooks written to extract these events and put them into the workflow since it wasn't structured as expected. It was a miss for us. We couldn't figure out why it broke or what actually happened there. It was something in this feed with legitimate and security events, so we tried to understand the names and what we would call them."

"Splunk SOAR should improve its ease of upgrade, which is a pain point for us right now."

"What we have seen is if the workflow gets halted or if we want to halt a workflow, it cannot be resumed."

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"The solution's support could be improved."

"Additionally, it is complex to use, and the pricing should be improved."

"The biggest issue I encountered was one where old logs were not being overwritten as expected so the system drive kept filling up from time to time. However, support was usually quite responsive and happy to jump on a remote session to take a look at it for us. That log bug has probably been resolved with an update by now."

"We are subscribed to FS-ISAC threat indicator, but have been unsuccessful in adding it to our alliance feeds."

"They need to improve the batch console. It needs more capabilities. We are limited by the ones it provides..."

"The solution needs to simplify the process of adding custom watchlists, as well as embrace YARA for rule creation."

"The solution can only handle about 500 bans or blocks."

"Setup is incredibly complex and poorly documented. Every time an upgrade was needed we would need to engage Professional Services for troubleshooting help. Certificates and web services proved to be the most significant sticking points. Since the product runs on a Linux platform, perhaps having staff with more Linux experience could have alleviated some difficulty."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate the tool’s pricing a three out of ten. The tool’s pricing is on a yearly basis."

"The licensing cost for IBM Resilient is not too expensive, but it's not affordable, so it's moderately expensive. Regarding price, I'm rating the solution seven out of ten. The company pays for the license yearly, based on the number of users. Apart from the cost of the license you need to pay for each user, you also need to spend an initial investment for the base platform. You also have to pay for IBM Resilient support."

"There are no costs except for the support services that our company pays in addition to the licensing charges attached to the solution."

"We could create unlimited users using the license we had purchased."

"The cost of the product is quite high."

"It is very expensive."

"I feel it is an expensive product when my company pays annually for renewal, support, and follow-up."

"There is a license you need to pay for in order to use this product."

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"The cost is high and the licensing is on an annual basis."

"When we first purchased our Splunk SOAR license, it was based on an event-count model. It was based on the number of events. I had strong opinions at the time that automation should not be stifled by the amount of automation you can accomplish, so the previous structure was not as beneficial for us. Later that year, we got told or saw at a conference that they announced user-based pricing. We are now in a renewal period, so we migrated to a user-based license model, which is more appropriate for us so that we no longer have to worry about stifling our automation based on the quantity."

"I found the price of Splunk SOAR to be good."

"I don't know the exact price, but for my region, it is very expensive."

"Splunk is a fast enterprise tool, but it costs too much. At the same time, it's worth what we pay, in my opinion. We can efficiently perform all the functions and tie together the data. It's the perfect tool for our needs."

"The licensing cost is reasonable."

"Splunk SOAR is moderately priced, neither cheap nor overly expensive."

"In my opinion, the price is high, but if you want good products, you have to be willing to pay for them."

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"Pricing for this solution could be made lower."

"VMware Carbon Black Cloud is an expensive solution."

"You need to pay for the licensing of the product. The pricing is costly."

"We had no issues purchasing through our preferred reseller and were able to get a fair price even when not purchasing direct. Carbon Black Enterprise Response didn’t break the bank, though adding on the matching antivirus and anti-malware components of the Protect product was more than we could afford, even with some discounting. Cb Response is really designed to complement Carbon Black’s Defense product. While Response can be used on its own, coupling with Defense seems like the best strategy if you can afford the price tag."

"The solution is very inexpensive so there is great cost savings to using it."

"Purchase Professional Services up front as part of the implementation package, then renew hours annually to ensure you have adequate support for upgrades and enhancements. Overbuy by at least 10% to account for infrastructure growth."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

36%

Computer Software Company

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

University

Healthcare Company

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Real Estate/Law Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	28

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	7

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Resilient?

It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Resilient?

I am not the one in charge of pricing, so I am not sure about the costs.

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What needs improvement with IBM Resilient?

Integration with some devices, including Cisco PowerPower and certain antivirus products, has limitations.

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What do you like most about Splunk Phantom?

Splunk SOAR's quick response to incidents is the most valuable part.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Phantom?

The solution is free for us, which is a beneficial aspect.

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What needs improvement with Splunk Phantom?

It would be nice if we could put it on other search heads, not just Enterprise Security. We have an ad hoc search hea...

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What to choose: an endpoint antivirus, an EDR solution or both?

I can recommend Carbon Black, an award-winning next-gen anti-virus (NGAV) and endpoint detection and response (EDR) s...

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What's the difference between Carbon Black CB Response and Carbon Black CB Defense?

Carbon Black offers two different levels of Endpoint Detection and Response. One is the VM Carbon Black Cloud Endpoin...

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What do you like most about Carbon Black CB Response?

Threat hunting is the most valuable feature of VMware Carbon Black Cloud.

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Comparisons

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR vs IBM Resilient

Compared 29% of the time

IBM Security QRadar vs IBM Resilient

Compared 14% of the time

Fortinet FortiSOAR vs IBM Resilient

Compared 9% of the time

Proofpoint Threat Response vs IBM Resilient

Compared 7% of the time

ServiceNow Security Operations vs IBM Resilient

Compared 7% of the time

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Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR vs Splunk SOAR

Compared 18% of the time

Cortex XSIAM vs Splunk SOAR

Compared 13% of the time

Fortinet FortiSOAR vs Splunk SOAR

Compared 11% of the time

Tines vs Splunk SOAR

Compared 9% of the time

Microsoft Sentinel vs Splunk SOAR

Compared 4% of the time

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Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR vs VMware Carbon Black Cloud

Compared 28% of the time

VMware Carbon Black Endpoint vs VMware Carbon Black Cloud

Compared 18% of the time

Rapid7 InsightIDR vs VMware Carbon Black Cloud

Compared 14% of the time

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Overview

The Resilient Incident Response Platform (IRP) is the leading platform for orchestrating and automating incident response processes.

The Resilient IRP quickly and easily integrates with your organization’s existing security and IT investments. It makes security alerts instantly actionable, provides valuable intelligence and incident context, and enables adaptive response to complex cyber threats.

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Splunk SOAR offers features like automation and orchestration of manual tasks, speeding up work, detection and response to advanced and emerging threats.

Go from overwhelmed to in-control

Automate manual tasks. Address every alert, every day. Establish repeatable procedures that allow security analysts to stop being reactive and focus on mission-critical objectives to protect your business.

Force multiply your team

Orchestrate and automate repetitive tasks, investigation and response to increase efficiency and productivity, and do more with the people you already have. Make a team of three feel like a team of 10.

From 30 minutes to 30 seconds

Work faster with Splunk SOAR. Respond to threats in seconds. Lower your mean time to respond (MTTR) by automating security tasks and workflows across all of your security tools.

End-to-end security operations made easy

Take advantage of Splunk Enterprise Security and Splunk SOAR joining forces to provide a seamless and intuitive SecOps platform to prevent, detect and respond to advanced and emerging threats.

Splunk

Fortify Endpoint and Workload Protection

Legacy approaches fall short as cybercriminals update tactics and obscure their actions. Get advanced cybersecurity fueled by behavioral analytics to spot minor fluctuations and adapt in response.

Recognize New Threats

Analyze attackers’ behavior patterns to detect and stop never-before-seen attacks with continuous endpoint activity data monitoring. Don’t get stuck analyzing only what’s worked in the past.

Simplify Your Security Stack

Streamline the response to potential incidents with a unified endpoint agent and console. Minimize downtime responding to incidents and return critical CPU cycles back to the business.

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