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We performed a comparison between Splunk Enterprise Security and VMware Aria Operations for Logs based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Log Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Splunk Enterprise Security vs. VMware Aria Operations for Logs Report (Updated: April 2024).
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Pros
"We have a one stop dashboard for health of some of our services where you can click in and it takes you to other dashboards that have custom near real-time metrics that show the application's health.""The graph visualization is the most valuable feature.""The solution is the market leader.""The data analysis part is good in Splunk, which is something that I like the most. It is also quite easy to use. Its dashboards, visualizations, and analytics are good.""It provides a lot of analytics with the underlying AI engine, and it is a lot easier than other solutions. There are some products that do automated AI-based detection and drawing up charts, but for network monitoring and all of the monitoring aspects, it is quite a nice tool. It is very convenient for business users because they get more or less a lot of data readily available. If you're familiar with the Splunk query language, you can pretty much do whatever you want.""It is user-friendly. It is more effective than other solutions. The support and help for troubleshooting and the documentation from Splunk make it very effective.""The client site login is pretty extensible and probably cost-effective.""The correlation capabilities are the first value that our clients say they like with Splunk."

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"The virtualization solution supports data center virtualization, network and security.""It gives the customer a quick overview, so they don't have to dig. There's a clear dashboard with many sensors in a single space. He gets a helicopter view of his environment, but he can investigate further if there are serious issues. It's pretty user-friendly.""It is a highly stable solution...It is a highly scalable solution.""I like the interface.""The interface of the solution is good.""The setup and installation are very easy.""We use the on-premises version of this solution for log analysis and to find details about certain issues.""The solution's simplicity, flexibility, and extensibility are valuable features as we can integrate everything in vRealize."

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Cons
"They should make data onboarding easier.""The implementation and the scanning of the logs can be difficult.""We are waiting for Dashboard Studio to mature a little bit more. There are some things that we are using with Classic Dashboards which have not yet made it to Dashboard Studio. We are waiting for that.""It needs to improve the way to install third-party apps and enable installation without logging into splunk.com.""An improved user interface along with multi-tenancy support would be beneficial.""The solution could improve by making it more business analysis oriented. The way it is now is designed more for developers.""Deployment is not difficult but the lock sources and configurations can take time.""Delays in responses from the technical team can pose challenges for both vendors and clients, especially considering that Splunk applications and machine solutions are critical assets."

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"The solution should be more user-friendly. The user interface and dashboard could be simplified.""I think that it should be able to integrate with other third-party backup and recovery solutions, more that it does now.""The tool does not provide a centralized pane for monitoring.""The product's price falls on the higher end of the spectrum, making it an area of concern.""The monitoring landscape is getting bigger. When it comes to infrastructure monitoring, we need more visibility. VMware needs to integrate more related applications and third-party products. That would make it more appealing to an audience beyond the VMware team.""It's great for VMware, but it would be good if they had third-party logins.""Paid or free does not matter, but it is complex to find good training material for vRealize Log Insight.""From an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made more user-friendly."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Pricing and licensing is quite expensive. But for the value the product provides, it seems at par in the market."
  • "Although Splunk is an expensive product, it is designed to be utilized across your organization in order to maximize your ROI and lower your TCO."
  • "It is not cheap."
  • "Splunk Enterprise becomes extremely expensive after the 20GB/month license."
  • "You will eat up whatever you purchase quickly. The level of insights that Splunk empowers is addictive."
  • "Splunk licensing model might seem expensive but with all the gain in functionalities you will have compared to traditional SIEM solutions I think it’s worth the price."
  • "Pricing is pretty fair."
  • "While licensing can be a concern, there are ways to reduce the licensing costs including filtering some events."
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  • "Pricing could always be lower. If it were free, I would be more satisfied."
  • "The license cost for any other monitoring tool is too high compared to this product."
  • "Pricing is good because it is part of the suite package. It comes in a bundle for us."
  • "The licensing cost for vRealize Log Insight is a little higher, so in terms of cost, it all depends upon what kind of environment you have. If you have a complete virtualized environment, or at least you're using a ninety-five percent virtualized environment, then vRealize Log Insight will play a very good role because it is a VMware component, so it has very tight integration with other VMware components and systems. This means you don't have to procure any other monitoring and management tool, and you don't need a separate automation tool. vRealize Log Insight will have an upper hand if your environment is purely virtualized on VMware. If you're using a mix of physical and virtual components, for example, a 50:50 ratio, then you need to have a third-party component to manage overall monitoring."
  • "I am not sure what the exact cost is. However, I believe the vRealize suite costs $2,500.00 per year."
  • "I rate the product's price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
  • "I think it is a reasonably priced product."
  • "The pricing has been updated recently."
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    Top Answer: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,… more »
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    Overview

    Splunk Enterprise Security is a SIEM, log management, and IT operations analytics tool. The solution provides users with the ability to secure their information and manage their data in the cloud, data centers, or other applications. Splunk Enterprise Security also offers visibility from different areas, levels, and devices, rather than from a single system, thus, providing its users with flexibility. Splunk Enterprise Security can monitor data and analyze, detect, and prevent intrusions. This benefits users as it provides alerts to possible intrusions, helps users to be proactive, and reduces risk factors. 

    Full visibility across your environment

    Break down data silos and gain actionable intelligence by ingesting data from multicloud and on-premises deployments. Get full visibility to quickly detect malicious threats in your environment.

    Fast threat detection

    Defend against threats with advanced security analytics, machine learning and threat intelligence that focus detection and provide high-fidelity alerts to shorten triage times and raise true positive rates.

    Efficient investigations

    Gather all the context you need and initiate flexible investigations with security analytics at your fingertips. The built-in open and extensible data platform boosts productivity and drives down fatigue.

    Open and scalable

    Built on an open and scalable data platform, you can stay agile in the face of evolving threats and business needs. Splunk meets you where you are on your cloud journey, and integrates across your data, tools and content.

    Manage data at scale with centralized log management, deep operational visibility and intelligent analytics for troubleshooting and auditing across private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
    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.
    Wildlands Adventure Zoo, Medic Mobile, IBM, Seventy Seven Energy, Baystate Health, Osis, Oxford University, Columbia University, Siemens, Cardinal Health, Ashdod Port, Vasakronan, Sydney Adventist Hospital, University of Derby
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Government10%
    Energy/Utilities Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Comms Service Provider25%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Government14%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise57%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise68%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise33%
    Large Enterprise42%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise66%
    Buyer's Guide
    Splunk Enterprise Security vs. VMware Aria Operations for Logs
    April 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Splunk Enterprise Security vs. VMware Aria Operations for Logs and other solutions. Updated: April 2024.
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    Splunk Enterprise Security is ranked 1st in Log Management with 228 reviews while VMware Aria Operations for Logs is ranked 10th in Log Management with 24 reviews. Splunk Enterprise Security is rated 8.4, while VMware Aria Operations for Logs is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Splunk Enterprise Security writes "It has a drag-and-drop interface, so you don't need to know SQL or Java to construct a query ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Aria Operations for Logs writes "Gives a clear forecast about existing machines, and has an automation feature that helps in reducing a lot of ambiguities and managing operational efficiencies". Splunk Enterprise Security is most compared with Wazuh, Dynatrace, IBM Security QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel and Elastic Security, whereas VMware Aria Operations for Logs is most compared with Elastic Security, LogRhythm SIEM, Graylog, IBM Security QRadar and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. See our Splunk Enterprise Security vs. VMware Aria Operations for Logs report.

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