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Splunk Enterprise
What Is Splunk Enterprise?
Splunk is the key to enterprise resilience. Trusted by the world’s leading organizations to keep their digital systems secure and reliable, Splunk can prevent major issues, absorb shocks, and accelerate transformation. With visibility into all your digital systems, you can respond to incidents before they have bigger business impacts. Take the next steps to make your organization more resilient with the all-in-one unified security and observability platform.
Who Uses Splunk Enterprise?
AI-powered solutions for security and observability that accelerate detection, investigation and response. Supported by an enterprise-class platform that enables shared data, context and workflows.
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Reviews of Splunk Enterprise
Perfect solution to handle big data
Pros:
I love its versatility to handle different kinds of data. While monitoring our internal data, Splunk Enterprise saved a lot of code with its real-time data monitoring and logs analysis feature.
Cons:
With the growth of the data, costs grew intensively which was out of the budget for our startup company. Initially setting up Splunk was complex as we were new to this.
Splunk Enterprise is not just a tracing tool
Comments: My overall experience with Splunk Enterprise is really good. It is a powerfull tool to help you to tracing calls, using filters and customizable indexes.
Pros:
Intuitive, customizable and really usefull in everyday work. The different section "smart, quick and detailed" gives you the freedom to choice how to interact with the tool.
Cons:
Some bugs on the Alerts section to edit makes the experience worse than I expect.
Powerful tool to perform db queries
Comments: I used Splunk to surface and review platform logs
Pros:
Possibility to export query results in a variety of formats.
Cons:
User interface is not intuitive and it requires a steep learning curve
Great SIEM
Pros:
Incredibly powerful tool for log collection. It is very scalable and can be integrated with a wide variety of other tools and platforms. It is well-documented and supported by a large user community, making it easier to find solutions to common challenges.
Cons:
It feels somewhat dated compared to newer solutions on the market. Its interface and some functionalities haven't evolved as much as other modern tools. It can also be quite expensive.
Splunk is a great data management tool
Comments: I use it daily to locate information on users and devices.
Pros:
The ability to parse data and locate critical information is unparalleled
Cons:
Search tools could be a little more user friendly.
nice tool with functionality for everyone
Comments: very good tool to see your logging and get alerts when something is wrong.
Pros:
Splunk is easy to use, also non technical persons can also use and create their dashboards. Easy to implement and very easy to use the query language, the documentation is also sufficient
Cons:
We cannot setup the alerts for realtime. we only us it for logging and not for metrics. the maintenance of the dashboards are very time offering.
Splunk, a must try for all data management persons
Pros:
1. Excellent ML background 2. Dashboard looks classy 3. Multiple external entries possible unlike a lot other tools
Cons:
1. Very limited variations in reporting 2. Real-time model is not great 3. Not mobile friendly
Platform that generates very good reports and data extraction
Pros:
Produces analytical information with highly interactive tables, charts and graphics. Highly customizable to obtain specific data.
Cons:
It can be complex at first to customize search queries since Slpunk handles its own terms and typing methods.
Splunk is a solution
Pros:
It so easy to use and it is very smart and fast.
Cons:
They want to take it to the cloud, maybe is good maybe not
I use Splunk Enterprise to analyze and visualize data for better decision-making.
Pros:
Splunk Enterprise has powerful search capabilities and customizable dashboards.
Cons:
The learning curve for setting up queries can be steep, and the pricing can be high for smaller teams.
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Best Siem solution in market.
Comments: Overall experience is amazing, we are happy with this software as it can ingest any form of data and generate alerts quite swiftly.
Pros:
Easy to install agents on servers, it can parse any form of data easily, Splunk can detect anomalies quite easily and the UBEA feature is amazing.
Cons:
The cost of this solution is high, and customer service is bad. Apart from that Splunk SPL language is difficult to learn.
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Splunk Enterprise, not just a SIEM
Comments: We have been using Splunk Enterprise, ES, ITSI, and other Splunk parts for 6+ years in production. This has helped us reduce staff in some cases, increase response time in most cases, and allow non-IT teams to get data and metrics in a fast efficient way.
Pros:
The versatility is amazing. The same data in logs, such as IIS, can be used for Security, Application performance, and even error handling. This allows us to use one log to help multiple teams. This is just one example.
Cons:
Start up takes someone who has had some training. While searching and output is easy, its the onboarding of custom apps that takes the know how.
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Splunk is a great solution for SIEM and also for monitoring your infrastructure
Comments: We needed a way to monitor our internal environment and start to be more proactive with issues, so we started sending all of our logs to Splunk and we we able to get insights we did not know we needed. It is a great solution and they are constantly innovating.
Pros:
Splunk makes it easy to search through various data including logs. In the past I have had to pour through logs in order to find the one lines among the 100 of thousands of lines. Splunk allows me to search through those logs in a matter of seconds vs the hours it used to take.
Cons:
Most of enterprise setup is done through the command line. It would be nice to have cluster configuration (index creation) as part of the UI.
Swiss Knife for everything about logs
Pros:
The product has a ton of Features. Everything what you Need when working with logs is already implemented
Cons:
Due to the rich set of capabilities regarding, searching, transforming and vizualzing data it‘s sometimes quite tricky to find all necessary query commands
best security tool for Enterprise Network
Pros:
splunk is the best tool for real time analysis and monitoring tool and also it is providing the powerful threat incident response.
Cons:
from my perspective, these no downside of the splunk . but about costing is too much for single user
Splunk is a great SIEM solution for anyone to use
Comments: Vey happy to user the product, it fits our client's need perfectly
Pros:
The easy of setup and integration makes this one of my favorites As well as the real time dashboard
Cons:
Not much i don't like yet, but maybe the interface can do with an update
Splunk Enterprise is a powerful data analytics software
Comments: I believe getting important data analysis in real-time saves us from threats
Pros:
Splunk Enterprise offers real-time data analysis tools makes it possible for my institution to see and take immediate action against security risks, performance difficulties, and other operational concerns.
Cons:
Splunk Enterprise is really expensive and it is a huge part in our annual budget because we require add-ons.
Powerful SIEM system that meets our expectations.
Comments: We are using Splunk Enterprise for log correlation, the analytics are accurate and it catches errors right away which improves our internal capabilities, it is a special service that collects data from different data sources very accurately to catch future issues, the reports are detailed and understandable. It has features that streamline manual work, improve our security and our protection in our IT infrastructure.
Pros:
I really like the platform, the data collection is ideal and the reports are detailed, it is the most appropriate SIEM service to monitor our IT infrastructure, it is an ideal software to take preventive measures, it is easy to customize the dashboards, the monitoring is constant and it gives us security in real time, the alerts are accurate and it helps us understand what is happening and fix it before it becomes serious.
Cons:
It is a somewhat expensive service but with more powerful features than other free SIEM systems, and it is a bit complex to set up and use for inexperienced users, so a lot of help should be sought from experienced staff and support team at first.
Splunk Enterprise Review
Comments: Good overall experience. It’s an expensive product and there is a learning curve, but it’s an amazing ing product once you are accustomed to using it
Pros:
The ability to set up queries and get data back quickly is invaluable
Cons:
Learning to structure queries is a bit of a challenge in the beginning
Splunk the best analytic tool
Comments: It gives best Return on Investment as analyzing the data and giving proper insights in form of Dashboards and notifying with help of Alerts if any kind of threat running in infrastructure and apart from that Deployment and use is very easy.
Pros:
There are lot of features which Splunk offers - 1) We can onboard data from any server, device or system using Universal Forwarder 2) Onboarded data are later stored in Indexers and searched further in Search Head for analyzing the internal logs 3) Using the data we can create customizable Dashboards and get proper insights of data and create Alerts to identify any kind of Threat or anomalies running in environment 4) Deployment is very easy on-prem servers 5) We can also use Hybrid Deployment on Cloud as well.
Cons:
1) As it give large amount of features but licensing is too high 2) There are lot of other Open Source software which can be used as alternative of Splunk as Analytic tool because Splunk is paid one.
Splunk Enterprise Reivew
Comments: My overall experience with splunk is too good. It helps our organization to set a real time monitoring system which keeps checking our server health and alert us if anything goes wrong. So, team can quickly resolve the issue and minimize the business impact.
Pros:
Real Time monitoring is the best feature which we like most about this software. It helps to send the notification or alerts if they are something wrong is going on in the server. So, team member can quickly resolve the issue.
Cons:
As of now, i don't have anything which i don't like about this software.
Splunk an Enterprise Business intelligent user tool
Comments: Is a robust and intelligent management tool that enables everyone with user computer knowledge to navigate in real-time, consolidate vast data into a visualized report of dashboard features , reliable and web based, no major equipment required for setup, user need a smartphone or compute to access the platform through the web, you can navigate the system as long as you have computer knowledge without any training required(user friendly) .
Pros:
It an intelligent business tool that provided me an opportunity to customize and build report from large volume of data from different departments within the 13 Africa countries in telecommunication sectors. The platform allows data to be consolidated accordingly to the organization need and produces visualized reports of dashboard features. I also noted that the system can analyst unstructured large volume of data speedily and is reliable and web based allowing for user flexible accessible from any part of the world if you have internet. The systems have been reliable and secured from the time (2 years) I started using it without any system intermittent, system errors and cyber-attack.
Cons:
The system is built and use-able with structured and unstructured organization though the price in foreign currency could hamper small and medium organization to use it especially in most Africa country where the local currency has depreciated against the major trading foreign currency.so the Forex pricing is a challenge. The navigation of the platform will require minor training though if the user is computer proficient, they would management with minor challenge and interpretation of the data. So, first time user it can be difficult to use it It will depend on internet for access and internet tend to be pricey in most African country and therefore could increase the business cost for small and medium enterprise. It can increase business cost if not fully used
Robust Solution for Enhancing Security and Resilience
Comments: Monitor endpoints to detect and remediate cyber threats in real-time.
Pros:
Block security threats on endpoints. It enhances applications development.
Cons:
The price is high but the results are remarkable.
Manipulate You Data
Comments: Splunk is widely used for manipulation of data and we encounter the use of this tool almostl twice a week. Even though it costs much more but still we have not found any alternative that is able to offer all these functionalities.
Pros:
Splunk is very easy to use due to high community support and many video tutorials available online for new users to learn. Functionalities are robust and simple to use. Data retrieval and visualisation is nice and easy if you know the right querying process. Machine Learning supports enhances performance for the cloud, especially. It collect wide variety of data and still it amaze you the way it retrievs it.
Cons:
There are many tools available in market which are potential competitors of this tool and that too at reasonable pricing. Splunk offers more functionalities but costs you too much if you look at the work it does. Complex queries may require large CPU usage and may even freeze or atleast slow down the system for a while. Need to be specific while querying the data.
Best tool for Distributed logs data analysis
Comments:
We have several micro-services deployed in production which require to lookup application access as well as server logs and analyze data for their usage. We created several reports/charts for visualization. We use splunk as security logs tool to see the firewall traffic, tracing any vulnerable access, any database related crash ..etc.
It helps easily to find issue and fixed quickly by black listed in system.
Pros:
Splunk Enterprise is best tool to analyze the data based on different visualization. It help us to lookup distributed logs for micro-services . It enables field based lookup. For complex logging, we can use search query using expression. We can create multiple reports/charts for visualization such as a pie or bar chart for our data. Best feature what i like , We can visualize our search results and share them with others using dashboard panels. If Already have a dashboard, we can add a new panel from a report, clone from another dashboard, or add a prebuilt panel. Fully customization available. Interfaces is very flexible. We export it in different formats, or refresh it to visualize the newest data. Online Support is available through different community.
Cons:
Search query builder is fully based on technical. for Non technical users, its really difficult to lookup logs. Sometimes, error thrown by query builder is more difficult to understand. Deep Learning is required to use splunk for production data. For Large application installation, it need to manage more.