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Loom Systems vs Splunk User Behavior Analytics comparison

 

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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

Loom Systems
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
IT Infrastructure Monitoring (61st), Anomaly Detection Tools (4th)
Splunk User Behavior Analytics
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) (14th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Loom Systems and Splunk User Behavior Analytics aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Loom Systems is designed for IT Infrastructure Monitoring and holds a mindshare of 0.5%, up 0.2% compared to last year.
Splunk User Behavior Analytics, on the other hand, focuses on User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), holds 5.7% mindshare, down 9.7% since last year.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Loom Systems0.5%
Zabbix6.8%
Datadog4.0%
Other88.7%
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Splunk User Behavior Analytics5.7%
Exabeam8.3%
IBM Security QRadar6.5%
Other79.5%
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
 

Featured Reviews

Keerthi Kumar Sangaraju - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Stable, easy to set up, flexible, and has multiple functionalities, but needs to define priority levels for each incident
What's lacking in Loom Systems is the level of priority for each incident. For example, after implementation and there was a huge impact on the client, and the client comes back to you and says that there's an incident, that there needs to be an immediate resolution for it, you'll see severity one, severity two, etc., in Loom Systems, rather than priority levels. It would be better if the incidents can be defined as low priority, medium priority, or high priority.
SK
Enterprise Architect at Wipro Limited
Offers intuitive deployment with strong customer support and advanced analytics features
There are improvements that could be made to Splunk User Behavior Analytics as any product will have advantages and disadvantages. Scalability is one consideration. For example, the advantages include rapid auto scaling to meet demand. A disadvantage is that it can lead to cost overrun if not properly factored or governed. The speed of deployment offers faster provisioning as an advantage, but it can require substantial automation skills and infrastructure as code expertise, which can be challenging. Cloud provides major operational benefits such as agility, automation, resilience, and global access when setting up on Cloud. However, it introduces challenges such as cost control, complexity, and vendor dependency. For example, global reach allows deployment of apps and services closer to users worldwide, but data sovereignty concerns exist and region selection must align with compliance requirements.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"You can develop your own apps within Loom, and they can be configured very simply."
"The solution is absolutely scalable. If an organization needs to expand it out they definitely can."
"What I like best about Loom Systems is that you can use it for infrastructure monitoring. I also like that it's a flexible solution."
"The RFS portion of the solution is the product's most valuable feature."
"Because of some of the visualizations that we utilize, we are able to understand strange, unusual traffic on our networks."
"It's straightforward in terms of configuration and troubleshooting and log management and monitoring as well. These are the edge points in addition to it being a modular solution where you can capitalize on your current licenses with extra licensing models, which can match the customer's business requirement and it can help the customer to design or to actually plan for their own roadmap."
"The best features in Splunk User Behavior Analytics include anomaly detection, behavioral profiling, and risk scoring and prioritization functionality."
"The solution appears to be stable, although we haven't used it heavily."
"The most valuable features are the indexing and powerful search features."
"The solution is extremely scalable. Our customers are regularly scaling up after installing Splunk."
"Splunk's technical support is amazing."
"Splunk User Behavior Analytics is known for its advanced analytics and data correlation capabilities, which help in detecting patterns, anomalies, and security threats."
 

Cons

"The discovery and mapping still takes a lot of human intervention, it's quite resource heavy,"
"The change management within the solution needs to be improved. There needs to be more process automation."
"What's lacking in Loom Systems is the level of priority for each incident. For example, after implementation and there was a huge impact on the client, and the client comes back to you and says that there's an incident, that there needs to be an immediate resolution for it, you'll see severity one, severity two, etc., in Loom Systems, rather than priority levels. It would be better if the incidents can be defined as low priority, medium priority, or high priority."
"The reporting is a bit weak. They should work to improve this aspect of the product."
"I would like to see an enhancement in the automation of creating the rules."
"In terms of improvements, advanced reporting could see enhancements as there are some issues with latency. Additionally, there are challenges with configuration findings during lexical analysis."
"The initial setup was complex because some of the configurations that we required needed customization."
"High data ingestion costs can be an issue, especially for large enterprises, as Splunk charges based on the amount of data processed."
"It could be easier to scale the solution if you are using it on-premise, not in the cloud."
"The solution is much more expensive than relative competitors like ArcSight or LogRhythm. It makes it hard to sell to customers sometimes."
"I would like improved downward integration with other tools such as McAfee and other GCP solutions."
"The price of Splunk UBA is too high."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I am not aware of the price, but it is expensive."
"I hope we can increase the free license to be more than 5 gig a day. This would help people who want to introduce a POC or a demo license for the solution."
"There are additional costs associated with the integrator."
"My biggest complaint is the way they do pricing... You can never know the pricing for next year. Every single time you adjust to something new, the price goes up. It's impossible to truly budget for it. It goes up constantly."
"Pricing varies based on the packages you choose and the volume of your usage."
"The licensing costs is around 10,000 dollars."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
8%
Educational Organization
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise12
 

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What do you like most about Splunk User Behavior Analytics?
The solution's most valuable feature is Splunk queries, which allow us to query the logs and analyze the attack vectors.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk User Behavior Analytics?
Splunk User Behavior Analytics is a premium product. Compared to all other products in the market, it is the most expensive one in all aspects including professional service and licenses, even the ...
What needs improvement with Splunk User Behavior Analytics?
Splunk User Behavior Analytics is still an immature product, so it still needs some R&D to be able to be mature in the market. The prediction, algorithms, and ML codes behind Splunk User Behavi...
 

Also Known As

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Caspida, Splunk UBA
 

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Sample Customers

Citrix, Amdocs, Sysaid, Hexaware, Effibar, Revtrak, Taptica
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