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ExtremeAnalytics vs Splunk Enterprise Security comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 5, 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

ExtremeAnalytics
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
24th
Average Rating
0.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Network Management Applications (30th)
Splunk Enterprise Security
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
305
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (2nd), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the IT Operations Analytics category, the mindshare of ExtremeAnalytics is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Enterprise Security is 26.2%, down from 30.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Operations Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

Dushan  Niranga - PeerSpot reviewer
User-friendly initial setup, reliable, and effective wireless intrusion prevention
ExtremeAnalytics is used for reporting and monitoring The most valuable feature of ExtremeAnalytics is wireless intrusion prevention. ExtremeAnalytics could improve application control. The URL filtering is not working properly. We have had issues with the reports and heat maps not working as…
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The application response latency is valuable and suitable for troubleshooting."
"The solution's scalability is a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of ExtremeAnalytics is wireless intrusion prevention."
"The solution has proven to be quite stable."
"The end-to-end visibility into our environment that Splunk provides is impressive. We just need to use it better."
"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."
"Splunk has significantly reduced the time in performing the task of aggregating logs, reviewing as well as time spent during investigations."
"The most valuable features for us include its robust log management capabilities, which allow us to efficiently handle and retain logs for extended periods as needed."
"Splunk can extract all kinds of data. There's no limitation on what kind of structured and unstructured data one needs to extract — it can access any kind of data, including machine-generated data."
"The feature that I have found most valuable with Splunk is the ability to sift through a bunch of data very quickly."
"There are quite a lot of things that we find useful. Splunk agents are useful and good. Its UI is quite impressive."
 

Cons

"ExtremeAnalytics could improve application control. The URL filtering is not working properly. We have had issues with the reports and heat maps not working as expected. We have been receiving download errors when attempting to retrieve the heat maps and reports."
"The solution's stability needs to be improved."
"There are issues with cloud distribution of the servers, and it could be faster."
"If possible, we would like to have not only a log monitoring system but a network monitoring feature in this solution as well."
"I have concerns about the architecture as well since I can see it is not very well defined."
"The monitoring aspect of Splunk could be improved. We have to do some queries to get as much information as CrowdStrike or other solutions provide. If you run a big query, you will see a delay. That is the only concern we have because it will take some time if you query large data sets."
"AngularJS/ReactJS inclusion could be made easier in GUI."
"It needs integration with a configuration management solution."
"​Not even Splunk's support guy, who came to our firm, could help with defining proper role management.​"
"I'd like to see more integration with more antivirus systems."
"The CIM model is the method Splunk uses to normalize data and categorize its important parts, but it is quite complex."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is an eight out of ten."
"The price of the solution is approximately $100 to $120 and is paid annually."
"Splunk ES is quite expensive compared to some products on the market."
"The price of this solution is expensive. However, it has great features. If you want a great solution you need to pay a price matching the features."
"Splunk is a bit pricier, but the benefits and ROI are huge."
"Splunk differs from other SIEM solutions by using a gigabyte-based pricing model, rather than the agent-based licenses common with its competitors."
"While some clients find the cost of Splunk Enterprise Security to be on the higher end, its pricing is comparable to other SIEM solutions."
"Splunk is not a cheap solution and the license is billed annually."
"Splunk Enterprise Security is expensive."
"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."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
8%
 

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with ExtremeAnalytics?
The solution's stability needs to be improved.
What is your primary use case for ExtremeAnalytics?
It gives us insight into the network health. This helps us understand what is wrong with the limit of the wireless solution or device.
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...
 

Also Known As

Extreme Application Analytics, Purview
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Sample Customers

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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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