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Splunk Cloud Platform vs Unit 42 Managed Detection and Response comparison

 

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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

Splunk Cloud Platform
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
58
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (2nd), IT Alerting and Incident Management (3rd)
Unit 42 Managed Detection a...
Average Rating
0.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP) (60th), Managed Detection and Response (MDR) (42nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Splunk Cloud Platform and Unit 42 Managed Detection and Response aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Splunk Cloud Platform is designed for Data Visualization and holds a mindshare of 1.0%, up 0.3% compared to last year.
Unit 42 Managed Detection and Response, on the other hand, focuses on Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP), holds 1.5% mindshare, up 0.1% since last year.
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Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP)
 

Featured Reviews

Ian Gatundu - PeerSpot reviewer
It improves our visibility and decision-making while helping us meet compliance standards
The Cloud Platform interface is cleaner than Splunk Enterprise's monitoring console. You can easily understand what's happening with your indexes. It's more refined than Splunk Enterprise's console, but they have the same feel and function. It's easy to monitor multiple cloud environments because you can create custom dashboards for any use case you may have. It offers good visibility because it integrates with the ITSI app, providing a clear overview of your environment. Integrating Splunk with other components on the cloud and network resources is effortless because it can collect data from various sources, including stored data from long-term storage. Splunk's reporting offers a good visualization of your data. You can visualize the statistics based on your searches. It produces some helpful graphs that enable you to easily compare what's happening in your search. It's very comprehensive.
MohammedSirajuddin - PeerSpot reviewer
Flexible and reduces IT operations but requires local data sovereignty and competitive pricing
I prefer having local data sovereignty. It would be advantageous for Palo Alto to have local data centers across different countries to adhere to this requirement. I also have a concern regarding pricing, which is perceived as high compared to competitors. Improvements should focus on response times and reducing the time taken to reach solutions.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is we don't have to deal with any back-end server maintenance because the solution is cloud-based."
"Splunk reduced our mean time to resolve by 30%. If an application starts misbehaving, we send logs to Splunk and check to see what's going on and see what's happening."
"I have done health checks several times now, and those have been very valuable in getting more information about what is going on in my platform. There are also recommendations on what is going on in my environment."
"I can trace an event back to its root cause. I can find the root cause instead of just looking at the symptoms across different things."
"Index manager is most valuable because we do not have to bother about internal storage. It is all managed by the Splunk team."
"Previously when in our company, we had logs everywhere on multiple systems, it was a really big pain for me trying to find what I wanted. Now that it is all aggregated and centralized in one place with one interface, it is just a lot easier to get the information that I need."
"The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud Platform is the ability to correlate events together and combine the data into one event."
"he cloud performance is good."
"Unit 42 MDR provides us with managed detection and response functionalities, eliminating the need for capital expenditure since it is an operational expenditure-based service."
"Unit 42 MDR provides us with managed detection and response functionalities, eliminating the need for capital expenditure since it is an operational expenditure-based service."
 

Cons

"The on-premises version of Splunk includes all the integrations, while the Cloud platform lacks certain integrations and is limited in terms of the number of supported apps."
"Using basic natural language in English instead of writing a regex expression will be helpful."
"The current visuals on the dashboard could be more impactful."
"They can offer more self-service capability to their customers. Currently, most of the things happen behind the Splunk Cloud Platform. As a customer, I do not have an opportunity to see my platform. If they can offer more self-service to see the health of my endpoints and stack, it would be appreciated."
"Support is the bigger issue when we have a problem. When we need their help, it takes weeks or months to actually get resolved."
"The pricing model makes the product costly."
"There is sometimes no documentation or updated documentation available."
"The administration could use improvement. We have to rely on support more often than we're used to."
"I also have a concern regarding pricing, which is perceived as high compared to competitors."
"I have a concern regarding pricing, which is perceived as high compared to competitors."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Splunk is a bit more expensive than some solutions, but customers can derive more value from it due to the features it has."
"As far as the pricing goes, it was what was expected. It is a premium product. There were no surprises there."
"There are additional features that you would need to purchase depending on your use case."
"The price for Splunk Cloud Platform is the same as our maintenance costs for Splunk Enterprise on-premises."
"I do not know what that is anymore. I have not been involved with that for a couple of years, but I know we are paying a lot."
"I would rate the cost an eight out of ten, with ten being the most costly."
"The cost of using Splunk Cloud Platform is high, but the value it provides is worth the investment."
"The licensing is based on the amount of data that we send to the cloud on a daily basis."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
29%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Comms Service Provider
5%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Insurance Company
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Marketing Services Firm
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Splunk Cloud Platform?
Splunk has sped up our response and reduced the time we spend manually monitoring any logs for ticketing tools or servers. It saves us around two hours daily.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Cloud Platform?
If I were to rate the price for the product from 1 to 10, I would rate it nine.
What needs improvement with Splunk Cloud Platform?
The disadvantage of Splunk Cloud Platform is that its integration process should be improved. The challenges I have encountered while integrating Splunk Cloud Platform include that integration is a...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Unit 42 Managed Detection and Response?
I find the pricing to be expensive, especially when compared with competitors who offer significant discounts. Palo Alto has room to become more competitive in its pricing.
What needs improvement with Unit 42 Managed Detection and Response?
I prefer having local data sovereignty. It would be advantageous for Palo Alto to have local data centers across different countries to adhere to this requirement. I also have a concern regarding p...
What is your primary use case for Unit 42 Managed Detection and Response?
Unit 42 is a Managed Detection and Response solution with MDR capabilities. I use it in a managed service context where my organization's security needs are catered to by Palo Alto. Generally, it i...
 

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