IBM Resilient vs Splunk SOAR comparison

IBM and Splunk are both solutions in the Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) category. IBM is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.5, while Splunk is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.1. IBM holds a 2.7% mindshare in SOAR, compared to Splunk’s 8.3% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 87% of Splunk users who would recommend it.

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87% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 8, 2024

IBM Resilient and Splunk SOAR both compete in the cybersecurity incident response and automation space. Splunk SOAR seems to have the upper hand due to its strong integration flexibility with third-party tools and automation capabilities.

Features: IBM Resilient is known for strong incident response capabilities, flexibility, and integration with other IBM products, offering a comprehensive stack of tools. It allows extensive customization and suits diverse environments, fostering action-oriented responses. Splunk SOAR excels in integration flexibility, especially with third-party tools, through powerful automation and machine learning-based analytics. It supports efficient playbook development, reducing response times, and provides strong orchestration capabilities.

Room for Improvement: IBM Resilient could improve third-party integration, pricing structures, and setup complexity. Support responsiveness and expanding automation features are also crucial areas. Splunk SOAR may benefit from enhanced integration capabilities, better documentation, and refined pricing models. Users also desire advanced automation options and simplified playbook development processes.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM Resilient primarily offers on-premises deployment with responsive technical support, although resolution times have room for improvement. Splunk SOAR offers cloud and hybrid deployment models and provides adequate technical support, though users wish for swifter support and better data source integration.

Pricing and ROI: IBM Resilient’s high pricing, based on user licenses, is considered a barrier for large implementations. Some users report significant ROI via time savings. Splunk SOAR faces criticism for high pricing but is seen as valuable for its performance benefits. Subscription-based pricing is costly, but automation and cost savings offer potential ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Resilient

Ranking in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

8th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Incident Response (3rd)

Splunk SOAR

Ranking in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

3rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) category, the mindshare of IBM Resilient is 2.7%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk SOAR is 8.3%, down from 9.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

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Usman Bhatti

Senior Officer Security Operations Center at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Simple deployment, scalable, but lacking third-party solution compatibility

Integrating IBM Resilient with other applications can be very difficult and technically challenging. Often, they use the excuse that you are using the latest version of an application, such as an endpoint security system, and they don't have an API or support for it at the moment. There is no automation in the SOAR solution. It's worth noting that many third-party add-on applications needed to be purchased separately to integrate with IBM Resilient. While there were built-in applications available for incident remediation, the selection was limited. Additionally, integrating third-party applications was often a difficult and time-consuming process due to the technical complexity involved.

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Shubham Sinha.

Senior Principal Information Security Analyst at Veritas Technologies LLC

Helped eliminate repetitive and redundant tasks, but custom functions and reporting need a lot of work

The visibility of the solution’s playbook viewer depends on the right you assign to the analyst. SOAR has the flexibility to distinguish between the roles of analyst and owner. If the analyst's role is to just work on a ticket, they cannot view the playbook design platform. That is limited to the owner. That can be both a good and bad thing. A major problem I have faced in SOAR's rights distribution is roles and responsibilities. Suppose I am initially granted user rights or analyst rights, but later on, I also get admin rights. SOAR is unable to amend the limitations of my role. I raised a support ticket with Splunk about this. They said it's a bug in their 5.3.5 version. To fix this, I had to reinstall the entire platform from scratch, just to amend the rights and responsibilities of one role. This bug was not fixed. Also, the latest GUI is terrible. The previous one was better. Another point is that while using Splunk SOAR in an investigation is not difficult, there are some complex parameters. We have SOAR case management, but the licensing is going to put a big hole in your pocket. Also, there is an issue with investigation node addition. When you are doing node additions you cannot grant the entire environment to have SOAR visibility into the incident. So when you integrate it with an ITSM tool, like ServiceNow or Jira for ticketing purposes, there is a challenge. When you do nodes for investigation on a regular basis, sometimes it does not update our ServiceNow platform, which is terrible. It is a redundant activity for an analyst to update that in the case management as well as in the ITSM tool. Although SOAR provides integration, the functionality of investigation and nodes is terrible when it comes to integration. An additional area for improvement is custom function creation. It's terrible. A newbie cannot create custom functions right away. They would require a solid understanding first. Also, the reporting is really awful. If I want to do a report for a customized time period, such as the last three days or the last four days, or from the 10th to the 12th of June, that is not available in SOAR at all. That kind of feature is available in Cortex XSOAR. Reporting is a real challenge.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"The product is very good at incident response."

"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."

"The most valuable thing about it is how easy it is to navigate the user interface."

"The solution is reliable in our usage."

"The integration with IBM SIM and the ability to block users during brute force attacks are particularly effective."

"The initial setup of IBM Resilient is not that complex since my company already has a support license that we use internally. In general, the product's deployment phase is not that complex."

"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"As a whole, the product is stable...Technical support is very good."

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"The most valuable feature of the solution is the playbook automation just because it allows us to reduce the manual actions that SOC has to handle."

"The customizable playbook is the most valuable aspect of the solution."

"The most valuable feature is the API connector, depending on how it's formatted and who made the actual app offering for it. The REST API is my favorite component. It's very easy to use. The filters are also really valuable. Those are the two primary features but I enjoy using the rest of it."

"Splunk SOAR's extensive library of pre-built integrations allows it to connect with a vast array of popular security and IT applications, streamlining workflows across our existing security stack."

"The product provides 100% automation for certain processes."

"The most valuable feature is the risk-based access control."

"Surprisingly, the mobile app is valuable because it is very convenient for our on-call analysts to respond and get alerted to security alerts and events wherever they are. We are able to harness the power of Splunk SOAR and everything that we are doing, and we are also able to alert our on-call analysts 24/7. From their mobile phone, they can respond to those alerts."

"The tool's most valuable feature is its searchability and ease of action on the logs. I can easily search within the logs and take action on them, and I can trace them back to my environment because the way the logs are written is very helpful for us."

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Cons

"The initial setup is complex."

"What could make IBM Resilient better is if IBM increased the number of built-in integrations with different products from other vendors or third-party products."

"The product must provide more integration with other tools."

"The tool needs to improve its documentation on license scripts."

"One thing to improve is how it handles data formats, which currently might require scripting for conversion to CSV before uploading."

"The ability to analyze incidents needs to be improved in the solution."

"Integration with some devices, including Cisco PowerPower and certain antivirus products, has limitations."

"The implementation could be a bit simpler."

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"In my opinion, the focus should be on improving its simplicity, specifically the interface, and configuration."

"Providing Splunk app developers and playbook developers Python Stub files so that way when they create custom code through their IDE, they can have IntelliCode suggestions."

"The UI can be more customizable for the clients."

"It could be easier to implement."

"Creating playbooks using the solution’s playbook editor, for me, is very cumbersome. There have been instances where I have said to myself that I just don't want to use this editor. I might just use a code block and write my own code within it... The functionality in the playbook editor is 80 percent there, but that 20 percent is still lacking. They could make it more efficient."

"There is a lot of room for improvement with the UI."

"What we have seen is if the workflow gets halted or if we want to halt a workflow, it cannot be resumed."

"The technical support for the Splunk SIEM solution was average."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing cost for IBM Resilient is not too expensive, but it's not affordable, so it's moderately expensive. Regarding price, I'm rating the solution seven out of ten. The company pays for the license yearly, based on the number of users. Apart from the cost of the license you need to pay for each user, you also need to spend an initial investment for the base platform. You also have to pay for IBM Resilient support."

"There are no costs except for the support services that our company pays in addition to the licensing charges attached to the solution."

"It is very expensive."

"Pricing for the solution is good, in my opinion."

"We could create unlimited users using the license we had purchased."

"There is a license you need to pay for in order to use this product."

"The cost of the product is quite high."

"I would rate the tool’s pricing a three out of ten. The tool’s pricing is on a yearly basis."

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"We renewed it this year. This year was the first time there was a dramatic increase in the price. It was kind of non-negotiable. It was just a high increase. We had internal communications, and it was definitely a surprise to us. In a short time frame, we renewed it this year. Prices are going up everywhere, but they are not always justifiable, at least not to our eyes. The pricing this year was definitely a big shock."

"Splunk SOAR is more expensive compared to other options for SOAR."

"The licensing cost is reasonable."

"Splunk SOAR is an expensive solution for an organization of our size."

"The cost is high and the licensing is on an annual basis."

"I don't know the exact price, but for my region, it is very expensive."

"While I can't confirm the exact pricing, some colleagues have mentioned that Splunk SOAR may be on the costlier side."

"It's very overpriced because it is based on the number of users. There is no bulk licensing."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

28%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Government

10%

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Midsize Enterprise

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Resilient?

It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Resilient?

I am not the one in charge of pricing, so I am not sure about the costs.

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What needs improvement with IBM Resilient?

Integration with some devices, including Cisco PowerPower and certain antivirus products, has limitations.

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What do you like most about Splunk Phantom?

Splunk SOAR's quick response to incidents is the most valuable part.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Phantom?

I rate Splunk SOAR two out of 10 for affordability. Splunk is a fast enterprise tool, but it costs too much. At the same time, it's worth what we pay, in my opinion. We can efficiently perform all ...

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What needs improvement with Splunk Phantom?

The dashboard could be improved and some other features. SOAR should integrate network capabilities, allowing us to also monitor the WLAN network. Splunk is also expensive and difficult for beginne...

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Overview

The Resilient Incident Response Platform (IRP) is the leading platform for orchestrating and automating incident response processes.

The Resilient IRP quickly and easily integrates with your organization’s existing security and IT investments. It makes security alerts instantly actionable, provides valuable intelligence and incident context, and enables adaptive response to complex cyber threats.

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Splunk SOAR offers features like automation and orchestration of manual tasks, speeding up work, detection and response to advanced and emerging threats.

Go from overwhelmed to in-control

Automate manual tasks. Address every alert, every day. Establish repeatable procedures that allow security analysts to stop being reactive and focus on mission-critical objectives to protect your business.

Force multiply your team

Orchestrate and automate repetitive tasks, investigation and response to increase efficiency and productivity, and do more with the people you already have. Make a team of three feel like a team of 10.

From 30 minutes to 30 seconds

Work faster with Splunk SOAR. Respond to threats in seconds. Lower your mean time to respond (MTTR) by automating security tasks and workflows across all of your security tools.

End-to-end security operations made easy

Take advantage of Splunk Enterprise Security and Splunk SOAR joining forces to provide a seamless and intuitive SecOps platform to prevent, detect and respond to advanced and emerging threats.

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Sample Customers

Golden Living, Health Equity, USA Funds

Recorded Future, Blackstone

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