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Quest InTrust vs Splunk Enterprise Security comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Quest InTrust
Ranking in Log Management
60th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk Enterprise Security
Ranking in Log Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
312
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (1st), IT Operations Analytics (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of Quest InTrust is 0.1%, down from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Enterprise Security is 7.3%, down from 10.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

it_user700032 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical support is knowledgeable and quick to respond
It is used for compliance Gathering information Scheduling It needs to have better reporting.  More than five years. We have not encountered any issues with stability. We have not encountered any issues with scalability. I would rate the technical support very well as they are…
ROBERT-CHRISTIAN - PeerSpot reviewer
Has many predefined correlation rules and is brilliant for investigation and log analysis
It is very complicated to write your own correlation rules without the help of Splunk support. What Splunk could do better is to create an API to the standard SIEM tools, such as Microsoft Sentinel. The idea would be to make it less painful. In ELK Stack, Kibana is the query language with which you can search log files. I believe Splunk has also a query language in which they search their log files, but once you have identified the log file that you want to use for further security correlation, you want to very quickly transport that into your SIEM tool, such as Microsoft Sentinel. That is something that Splunk could make a little bit less painful because it is a lot of effort to find that log file and forward it. An API with Microsoft Sentinel or a similar SIEM tool would be a good idea.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"​I would rate the technical support very well as they are knowledgeable and quick to respond​."
"UBA, User Behavior Analytics, is a key feature."
"We used it to create a custom anomaly detection data model to monitor the activity of our back-end services on an hourly basis relative to the past three months of activity."
"Search language is easy to understand and teach to new users."
"The benefits my company has seen from the use of Splunk Enterprise Security revolve around the speed of detection it offers."
"The dashboard is amazing. Out-of-the-box dashboard is very good. It is very user-friendly."
"The metrics and trends that Splunk Enterprise Security generates using all the data points we send allow customers to understand better what their users are doing."
"The integration is seamless with many devices and operating systems."
"It is a very stable solution. I never really had a hiccup with the tool."
 

Cons

"​It needs to have better reporting. ​"
"​It was very complex. There was poor native correlation. ​"
"The complexity could be worked on so that it's even easier and faster."
"It needs integration with a configuration management solution."
"The threat detection library needs to increase the frequency at which the playbooks are updated."
"Splunk Enterprise Security can provide more details and help CISOs resolve vulnerability situations better. The reason is that the tools we choose for data analysis and log collection cannot collect all the data and logs. Splunk Enterprise Security should help me with this, but it cannot."
"The UI could be better. This is applicable to Splunk in general. I know that a lot of people who get their hands on Splunk are hesitant to use it just because they find it overwhelming. There are a lot of options."
"Certain sections of the developer documentation could use some updating and clarification."
"Having analysts put their notes directly within the investigation feature in the incident review would be beneficial."
"This is not really a monitoring solution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Do a PoC. Make it detailed so it can help later."
"Unlike other security tools, Splunk provides a fixed amount of gigabytes per day, and we are required to pay for any additional usage beyond that limit, in addition to our monthly cost."
"I assume that the pricing is reasonable, because if it was too costly, there are other alternatives."
"Splunk Enterprise Security's pricing is based on data volume, which generally suits large enterprises."
"Splunk Enterprise Security is expensive but the solution is equipped with a lot of features."
"Splunk Enterprise Security is not a cheap product, but I think it is worth every dollar that you pay."
"Splunk Enterprise Security is expensive."
"The price is comparable."
"The pricing of Splunk Enterprise Security is high."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
 

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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...
 

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