We compared Splunk Enterprise Security and USM Anywhere based on our users' reviews across several parameters. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Splunk Enterprise Security stands out for its efficiency, extensive integration options, and powerful search functionality. USM Anywhere is highly regarded for its extensive reporting capabilities, thorough vulnerability assessment, seamless file integration, and user-friendly management features. Users say Splunk is a highly scalable and customizable solution.
Room for Improvement: Splunk users recommended improvements in AI capabilities, user-friendliness, and analytics. USM Anywhere users have suggested improvements in self-service plugin management, database optimization, and third-party threat intelligence integration.
Service and Support: While some users found Splunk support to be responsive and helpful, others reported slow response times and a lack of expertise. Reviews of USM Anywhere's support were likewise mixed. Some users say that USM Anywhere's customer service is knowledgeable and responsive, while others have faced delays and incomplete answers.
Ease of Deployment: Some users thought Splunk Enterprise Security was easy to deploy, while others found it challenging and needed assistance from Splunk engineers or third-party integrators. The initial setup for USM Anywhere is generally considered to be straightforward if the user has technical knowledge. Vendor assistance is also available during the deployment phase.
Pricing: Some users consider Splunk Enterprise Security to be expensive, but others said the price is reasonable. A few users expressed concerns about the cost of scaling up the solution and managing large volumes of data. USM Anywhere is seen as more cost-effective than premium solutions like IBM QRadar and Splunk, with pricing considered reasonable and relatively low.
ROI: Users said that it’s challenging to calculate an ROI for Splunk Enterprise Security, and the return varies depending on individual circumstances. While some users have observed a substantial ROI, others have not actively explored or been engaged in ROI conversations. USM Anywhere has garnered favorable feedback regarding its ROI.
Comparison Results: Splunk is highly regarded for its efficient data processing and powerful search capabilities. Users like Splunk's customization options and ability to quickly process data from multiple sources. However, reviews noted that Splunk could be more user-friendly and improve its analytics. USM Anywhere earned praise for its intuitive management interface and vulnerability assessment features, but users say the solution could integrate third-party threat intelligence better.
"Microsoft Sentinel comes preloaded with templates for teaching and analytics rules."
"The best feature is that onboarding to the SIM solution is quite easy. If you are using cloud-based solutions, it's just a few clicks to migrate it."
"Previously, it was a little bit difficult to find where an incident came from, including which IP address and which country. So in Sentinel, it's very easy to find where the incident came from since we can easily get the information from the dashboard, after which we take action quickly."
"Sentinel has an intuitive, user-friendly way to visualize the data properly. It gives me a solid overview of all the logs. We get a more detailed view that I can't get from the other SIEM tools. It has some IP and URL-specific allow listing"
"One of the most valuable features of Microsoft Sentinel is that it's cloud-based."
"The AI and ML of Azure Sentinel are valuable. We can use machine learning models at the tenant level and within Office 365 and Microsoft stack. We don't need to depend upon any other connectors. It automatically provisions the native Microsoft products."
"The initial setup is very simple and straightforward."
"If you know how to do KQL (kusto query language) queries, which are how you query the log data inside Sentinel, the information is pretty rich. You can get down to a good level of detail regarding event information or notifications."
"The most valuable features are how stable and easy to use Splunk is."
"Splunk works based on parsing log files."
"Integration with the cloud is pretty important and good for us. We found the integration with a lot of tools, not all tools yet, valuable. It does make the transfer of data, log files, and other things easier for us."
"It is the best tool if you have a complex environment or if data ingestion is too huge."
"Splunk Enterprise Security is able to process a huge amount of data without any issues."
"The solution has made us more secure."
"The product is good, it satisfies our customers."
"Recently, Splunk upgraded to version 9.0.02, which includes excellent data dashboards and visualization effects."
"AT&T AlienVault USM is good for ELK Stack, the user experience is great because of its architecture. The ELK has a great performance and it has very good speed in the search and Kibana. Additionally, the visuals and dashboards and very nice and customizable."
"What I find the most valuable about USM Anywhere is its compliance. It shows a list of all the administrators logged on and does it quite well. There are no whistles and bells, it's reliable and simple to use."
"Easy to use, scalable, stable, and very intuitive platform that provides protection against security threats."
"Having everything in a central place has been helpful."
"Our main focus was intrusion detection, alerts, and correlation. It's easy to use AlienVault and integrate it with other alert tools because it includes lots of connectors. Either the tool is already there, or AlienVault will write an API for us if they don't have a connector for the solution that is providing the logs."
"The feature that I liked the most is that they have a vulnerability assessment package that comes along with the SIEM solution. So, whenever I find any threat or alert for any of the devices or servers, I could immediately initiate a vulnerability assessment scan on that machine. That is one of a kind. The price at which AlienVault operates is also valuable."
"Every activity on the firewall is recorded, and notifications are sent with this solution."
"The most valuable feature in AT&T AlienVault USM is the reporting."
"The solution could be more user-friendly; some query languages are required to operate it."
"Sometimes, we are observing large ingestion delays. We expect logs within 5 minutes, but it takes about 10 to 15 minutes."
"I believe one of the challenges I encountered was the absence of live training sessions, even with the option to pay for them."
"Documentation is the main thing that could be improved. In terms of product usage, the documentation is pretty good, but I'd like a lot more documentation on Kusto Query Language."
"We are invoiced according to the amount of data generated within each log."
"Sentinel provides decent visibility, but it's sometimes a little cumbersome to get to the information I want because there is so much information. I would also like to see more seamless integration between Sentinel and third-party security products."
"For certain vendors, some of the data that Microsoft Sentinel captures is redacted due to privacy reasons."
"I think the number one area of improvement for Sentinel would be the cost."
"Their technical support sucks."
"The prices are complicated as we operate in a small third-world country."
"It would be great if I could have a certain dialogue box in Splunk that uses innovative AI tools like ChatGPT, which are available now in the tech department."
"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."
"I would like Splunk to add more integration. QRadar has many indications with more products than Splunk."
"We had some connections issues with the solution at the beginning."
"The CIM model is the method Splunk uses to normalize data and categorize its important parts, but it is quite complex."
"We were inundated with the amount of alerts and alarms that we could get out of it. It is also a resource hog and we didn't have the resources to support it on-prem so we're taking it offline now."
"Sometimes the log is unclear, and the report is a bit ambiguous."
"The price of AT&T AlienVault USM could be reduced."
"I've been told that AlienVault doesn't have a full version of NES running in there, but I'm not sure if that's accurate or if my engineer made it that way. I'm not sure he was completely honest either because we had NES in the environment before. Those tools could be improved because AlienVault is a SIEM, and it added all these other features."
"The AT&T AlienVault USM is okay, but the relational database is not very good for large amounts of data. For example, many logs cannot be processed. It has been very slow for the queries and some data which are large, it is not very good in this case."
"I think plugin management should be self-service on AlienVault USM. The other product is self-service but on the USM side. You have to submit a ticket then AT&T creates and updates the plugins."
"USM Anywhere relies a lot on the community putting the data in. Often, you'll right-click on the attack, but nothing will be found. That's a weakness of it."
"The reporting and dashboards have room for improvement."
"Their threat intelligence platform needs to be broadened. They should integrate it with more threat intelligence platforms. For the threat feed that they get from open intelligence, I would like them to add a few premium threat intelligence platforms. They can provide a bundle in which AlienVault has the threat intelligence background of other premium products."
Splunk Enterprise Security is ranked 1st in Log Management with 71 reviews while USM Anywhere is ranked 12th in Log Management with 13 reviews. Splunk Enterprise Security is rated 8.4, while USM Anywhere is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Splunk Enterprise Security writes "Can be used to find any threats or vulnerabilities inside a user’s environment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of USM Anywhere writes "A very scalable solution with vulnerability management that helps avoid weaknesses, but needs broader compliance management capabilities". Splunk Enterprise Security is most compared with Wazuh, Dynatrace, Elastic Security, IBM Security QRadar and Azure Monitor, whereas USM Anywhere is most compared with Wazuh, AlienVault OSSIM, IBM Security QRadar, Rapid7 InsightIDR and LogRhythm SIEM. See our Splunk Enterprise Security vs. USM Anywhere report.
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