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Pendo vs Splunk User Behavior Analytics comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Pendo
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Web Analytics (10th)
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) (9th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Pendo and Splunk User Behavior Analytics aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Pendo is designed for Web Analytics and holds a mindshare of 2.7%, down 4.4% compared to last year.
Splunk User Behavior Analytics, on the other hand, focuses on User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), holds 4.9% mindshare, down 8.4% since last year.
Web Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Pendo2.7%
Amplitude13.1%
Google Analytics10.7%
Other73.5%
Web Analytics
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk User Behavior Analytics4.9%
Exabeam8.8%
IBM Security QRadar7.4%
Other78.9%
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1291614 - PeerSpot reviewer
Customer Success Marketing Manager at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Targeted in-app messaging has increased event registrations and deepened insight into customer behavior
The best feature Pendo offers is the ability to relatively quickly get a message out to a highly segmented audience, though it does require some work. You can target anybody who hasn't logged in in the past 30 days or anybody who has logged in in the past 30 days, enabling very targeted communications.We saw direct impact on revenue through event registrations. When we did a webinar and invited customers, we could see that approximately 50% of our registrations came from Pendo as opposed to email.It impacted the organization positively because we have much more data as to how people interact with our product when they're in the product itself and what they click on. On a level of one to ten, I would say the impact was a nine.
Ahmed Naguib - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Techpace
Dashboard design excels while prediction algorithms need improvement
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 Behavior Analytics need to be more tuned. The logic needs to be reviewed because it has many false positives. For Splunk User Behavior Analytics, it is not yet a mature product and we are not recommending this to mature customers for now. The machine learning algorithm in Splunk User Behavior Analytics is actually the core thing that needs to be updated because this feeds all the other functions inside it. If the ML functions are not good enough, that means the risk scoring and all other related information will not be correct.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The best feature Pendo offers is the ability to relatively quickly get a message out to a highly segmented audience, enabling very targeted communications and driving direct impact on revenue through event registrations."
"The solution works very well with large data sets."
"This product is the easiest way to check if the work's correct."
"Splunk is a very powerful platform; when it comes to functionality and ease of use, Splunk is one of the market leaders in this area."
"The solution is fast, flexible, and easy to use."
"Our main use of this solution is threat intelligence and we are very satisfied with it, as it is exactly what we need in our situation."
"The dashboards are one of the very core functions of Splunk User Behavior Analytics; they are very good in dashboarding, and the dashboards themselves are nice, very good, and very helpful."
"We have logs everywhere and trying to look at those logs on an individual basis is quite cumbersome, so taking a tool like this that brings all the logs together for us to dissect and analyze is something that we knew would provide great value."
"From my experience and from the security perspective, I recommend this product for all the people that need good security for investigation."
 

Cons

"Customer support was very good at the beginning, but they changed their structure and customer support declined after that."
"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."
"Currently, a lot of network operations need improvement. We still need people to handle incidents. Our vision is to leverage status and convert it directly from the network devices. It would be ideal if we could take action using APIs and API code and remove manual processes."
"The price of Splunk UBA is too high."
"There are occasional bugs."
"Currently, a lot of network operations need improvement. We still need people to handle incidents."
"I'm not aware of any lacking features."
"I would like to see a better tracking intelligence module with lower costs fully integrated with a user behavior analytics module."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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."
"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."
"There are additional costs associated with the integrator."
"I am not aware of the price, but it is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
12%
Performing Arts
12%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise12
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pendo?
We did not purchase through AWS Marketplace. The implementation experience was expensive, but we completed it. I do not recall there being a setup cost and the licensing was relatively easy.
What needs improvement with Pendo?
Pendo could be improved by making it easier to launch a campaign, as it took a fair amount of time and energy to do so.
What is your primary use case for Pendo?
Pendo was primarily used for in-app messaging to communicate with customers while they were in the application itself, and we relied heavily on segmentation.A great example was when we had customer...
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...
What is your primary use case for Splunk User Behavior Analytics?
The main use cases for Splunk User Behavior Analytics include threat detection. I detect insider threats, compromised users, account misuse, and all those things. I use unsupervised and supervised ...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Caspida, Splunk UBA
 

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Sample Customers

Coupa, FICO, Optimizely, AOL, Mattermark, Infor, Neustar, Act-on
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