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Splunk Enterprise Security vs Veritas NetBackup IT Analytics comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 2025

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 Enterprise Security
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
312
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (2nd), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (1st)
Veritas NetBackup IT Analytics
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
11th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the IT Operations Analytics category, the mindshare of Splunk Enterprise Security is 25.0%, down from 29.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas NetBackup IT Analytics is 1.8%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Operations Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Alejandro Padilla - PeerSpot reviewer
A highly scalable and affordable product that provides insights into an organization’s infrastructure
I use the product to prevent ransomware attacks and know how my environment is working The product gives me insights into what's happening in my data, the infrastructure, and how my backups work. If there are problems in my network, the product enables me to check it on time. The most valuable…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The Splunk user community and forum are most valuable."
"I like the search feature and the indexing. It's very fast and comprehensive."
"Splunk's advantage is its search capability. Its search is notably faster. With Splunk, I can search easily on keywords. That is great."
"Splunk Enterprise Security is amazing."
"The ability to ingest any data and display it in a way that anyone can understand."
"Our clients use the solution to find any threats or vulnerabilities inside their environment."
"Support is quick and competent."
"Compared to IBM QRadar, Splunk Enterprise Security offers faster alert resolution."
"The deduplication engine compared to Azure backups is a cost-efficient feature regarding storage."
"The most valuable aspects of Veritas NetBackup IT Analytics are its reporting capabilities and the ability to integrate with third-party tools, such as an ITSM system, for automated checks on live backup statuses."
"The deduplication engine compared to Azure backups is a cost-efficient feature regarding storage."
"Veritas NetBackup IT Analytics is technically much simpler than many backups, which provides a competitive advantage."
"The most valuable feature of the product is the insight it provides on the console."
"The valuable features include getting an overview of the backup status and gaining an understanding of my backup environment."
"The scalability is great. It is one of the best advantages that I find important."
 

Cons

"The Splunk platform is not unified. We have all of these different tools and they feel a bit disjointed."
"The security can be improved."
"The use cases provided by Splunk are a good starting point, but could cover many additional topics to ensure that a smaller or less experienced shop might maximize the value of an ES deployment."
"Many of my clients want to get better at Splunk, but they're afraid of using the tool because they feel it's too complex for them."
"Our two main complaints are about the difficulty of the initial setup and the licensing model."
"There's been a big push for SBC compute over the ingestion model, which will hamper us."
"We'd like to have the number of devices covered under the license to be increased."
"​Not even Splunk's support guy, who came to our firm, could help with defining proper role management.​"
"The quality of technical support has decreased over time with slower response times compared to before."
"NetBackup is not great in disaster recovery (DR) and data center to DR setup, especially in the Cloud environment. Veritas Resiliency Platform is not very handy for cloud-to-cloud, cross-platform replication."
"The solution should allow users to export data to Tableau."
"NetBackup is not great in disaster recovery (DR) and data center to DR setup, especially in the Cloud environment."
"The process should be made easier. It is very complicated, and there is more with NetBackup; it is very difficult for me to oversee."
"The technical support from Veritas is disappointing as they take a long time, often over a month or two, to resolve issues."
"The process should be made easier."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Splunk is costly but it’s worth it due to the high-end features."
"Its price is fair. Like with anything else, if you go into the cloud, different providers cost more, and you are able to throttle back or throttle up. The cost is comparable with anything else."
"The pricing seems good relative to the other vendors that we have had here. However, they need to find ways to be more flexible with the licensing and be able to deal with situations where we start generating more logs. Maybe having some controls in the Splunk interface to turn it off, so we don't have to change anything in our application."
"The Splunk licensing is high."
"It is expensive, but it is a good tool. It is worth the cost."
"It can be tough to determine if you are getting all of the value out of your investment at times."
"It is quite expensive."
"The licensing costs are high for Splunk Enterprise Security."
"The product has a fair price."
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Comparison Review

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
32%
Computer Software Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

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...
What do you like most about Veritas NetBackup IT Analytics?
The most valuable feature of the product is the insight it provides on the console.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas NetBackup IT Analytics?
They have changed their licensing model and increased the pricing, which has caused some concern. Additionally, I have to pay for maintenance and support separately.
What needs improvement with Veritas NetBackup IT Analytics?
Their licensing model and pricing have changed, which poses challenges. Additionally, it would be advantageous to have AI tools integrated to enhance prediction and provide insights on ongoing issues.
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Splunk has more than 7,000 customers spread across over 90 countries. These customers include Telenor, UniCredit, ideeli, McKenney's, Tesco, and SurveyMonkey.
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