Microsoft Sentinel vs Swimlane comparison

Microsoft and Swimlane are both solutions in the Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) category. Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.4, while Swimlane is ranked #15 with an average rating of 7.5. Microsoft holds a 21.0% mindshare in SOAR, compared to Swimlane’s 3.7% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Swimlane users who would recommend it.

Microsoft Sentinel

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93% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

Swimlane and Microsoft Sentinel compete in security orchestration and response. Microsoft Sentinel offers a superior feature set, while Swimlane provides better cost-effectiveness for budget-conscious organizations.

Features: Swimlane emphasizes automation capabilities, flexibility in customizing workflows, and an easy-to-use interface. Microsoft Sentinel is equipped with advanced analytics, seamless integration with Microsoft tools, and comprehensive threat detection capabilities, positioning it well for environments utilizing Microsoft services.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Swimlane's deployment is straightforward due to its adaptable architecture and minimal integration effort. Swimlane’s dedicated support offers personalized assistance. Microsoft Sentinel uses cloud-native deployment with advantages in Microsoft's ecosystem but requires alignment with Azure services. Sentinel depends on Microsoft's extensive global support network, which may be less personalized.

Pricing and ROI: Swimlane's lower upfront setup costs and transparent pricing make it attractive for budget management. Microsoft Sentinel may involve higher initial investment due to Azure dependencies but offers higher ROI through integrated features, leveraging Microsoft environments for enhanced threat management.

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Sentinel

Ranking in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (3rd), Microsoft Security Suite (5th), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (5th)

Swimlane

Ranking in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

15th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) category, the mindshare of Microsoft Sentinel is 21.0%, up from 20.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Swimlane is 3.7%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

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Nitin Arora

Security Delivery Senior Analyst at Accenture

Gives us one place to investigate and respond to threats, and automation eliminates manual work

They can work on the EDR side of things. It is already really superb, because of the kinds of features we get with the EDR solution. It's not a standard EDR and they have recently enhanced things. But the problem is with onboarding devices. I have different OS flavors, including a large number of Linux, Windows, macOS, and some on-prem machines as well. Every time we need to onboard these kinds of machines into the EDR, we need to do it with the help of Intune, to sync up the devices, and do the configuration. I'm looking for something on the EDR side that will reduce this kind of work. They can eliminate having to do manual configuration for the machines, and check the different types of configurations for each OS. In some cases, it does not support some OSs. If they could reduce this type of work, that would be really amazing.

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Srikanth Nuthalapati

Software Engineering Manager at Deloitte

Great support, scalable, and easier to code

The stability of the solution has room for improvement. I would like Swimlane to provide a single space where we can go to code, build, and automate. Where we have a provision to create tables, playbooks, and tables to produce results, connect all the dots, and make the flow automated. This would make it much easier to navigate than having to jump to different places. I would like to have a single button to click that would start me on the journey of creating my own code from the ground up, from the workflow algorithm to the automation process. This would be simpler than what I had with Splunk Phantom, where I had to piece things together and connect the dots to get the full picture. With this new feature, I could create the full picture with just one button click.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Mainly, this is a cloud-native product. So, there are zero concerns about managing the whole infrastructure on-premises."

"If you know how to do KQL (kusto query language) queries, which are how you query the log data inside Sentinel, the information is pretty rich. You can get down to a good level of detail regarding event information or notifications."

"Sentinel's most important feature is the ability to centralize all the logs in one place. There's no need to search multiple systems for information."

"The automation feature is valuable."

"One of the most valuable features of Microsoft Sentinel is that it's cloud-based."

"Native integration with Microsoft security products or other Microsoft software is also crucial. For example, we can integrate Sentinel with Office 365 with one click. Other integrations aren't as easy. Sometimes, we have to do it manually."

"The SOAR playbooks are Sentinel's most valuable feature. It gives you a unified toolset for detecting, investigating, and responding to incidents. That's what clearly differentiates Sentinels from its competitors. It's cloud-native, offering end-to-end coverage with more than 120 connectors. All types of data logs can be poured into the system so analysis can happen. That end-to-end visibility gives it the advantage."

"One of the most valuable features is that it creates a kind of a single pane of glass for organizations that already use Microsoft software. So, when they have things like Microsoft 365, it is very easy for them to kind of plug in or enroll those endpoints into the Azure Sentinel service."

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"The technical support from Swimlane is very good."

"It provides us with a single portal for our logs from different solutions."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the support."

Cons

"The learning curve could be improved. I am still learning it. We were able to implement the basic features to get them up and running, but there are still so many things that I don't know about all its features. They have a lot of features that we have not been able to use or apply. If they could work on reducing the solution's learning curve, that would be good. While there is a training course held by Microsoft to learn more about this solution, there is a cost associated with it."

"If you're looking to use canned queries, the interface could be a little more straightforward. It's not immediately intuitive regarding how you use it. You have to take a canned query and paste it into an operational box and then you hit a button... They could improve the ease of deploying these queries."

"The reporting could be more structured."

"I would like Sentinel to have more out-of-the-box analytics rules. There are already more than 400 rules, but they could add more industry-specific ones. For example, you could have sets of out-of-the-box rules for banking, financial sector, insurance, automotive, etc., so it's easier for people to use it out of the box. Structuring the rules according to industry might help us."

"While I appreciate the UI itself and the vast amount of information available on the platform, I'm finding the overall user experience to be frustrating due to frequent disconnections and the requirement to repeatedly re-authenticate."

"The KQL query does not function effectively with Windows 11 machines, and in the majority of machine-based investigations, KQL queries are essential for organizing the data during investigations."

"Azure Sentinel will be directly competing with tools such as Splunk or Qradar. These are very established kinds of a product that have been around for the last seven, eight years or more."

"Not all information shows up in Sentinel. Sometimes there are items provided in 365 and if you looked in Sentinel you would not see them and therefore think they do not exist. There can be discrepancies between Microsoft tools."

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"We faced a lot of issues with the product’s stability."

"The stability of the solution has room for improvement."

"The initial setup and deployment are complex."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The current licensing is based on the logs that are being ingested on the platform. Most of the SIEM solutions utilize that pricing model, but Microsoft should give us a customization option for controlling the kind of logs that we feed into Microsoft Sentinel. That will be much better. Otherwise, the pricing is a bit higher."

"From a cost perspective, Microsoft Sentinel is quite costly."

"It's costly to maintain and renew."

"No license is required to make use of Sentinel, but you need to buy products to get the data. In general, the price of those products is comparable to similar products."

"Microsoft is costlier. Some organizations may not be able to afford the cost of Sentinel orchestration and the Log Analytics workspace. The transaction hosting cost is also a little bit on the high side, compared to AWS and GCP."

"The solution is expensive and there is a daily usage fee."

"The combination of the ease of accessibility and the free cost of the service is great. But we buy storage based on our events per second and on how many sources are integrated into the solution."

"I have had mixed feedback. At one point, I heard a client say that it sometimes seems more expensive. Most of the clients are on Office 365 or M365, and they are forced to take Azure SIEM because of the integration."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

Is there a common threat intelligence tool that aggregates multiple threat intelligence sources?

Yes, Azure Sentinel is a SIEM on the Cloud. Multiple data sources can be uploaded and analyzed with Azure Sentinel and its Threat Hunting functionality with AI available as templates or customized ...

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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 ...

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Which is better - Azure Sentinel or AWS Security Hub?

We like that Azure Sentinel does not require as much maintenance as legacy SIEMs that are on-premises. Azure Sentinel is auto-scaling - you will not have to worry about performance impact, you will...

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What do you like most about Swimlane?

It provides us with a single portal for our logs from different solutions.

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What needs improvement with Swimlane?

We faced a lot of issues with the product’s stability. Sometimes we find bugs in the plug-ins. We experience some latency when we have a huge amount of data.

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What is your primary use case for Swimlane?

I use the solution for receiving alerts and case creation. It is used as a ticketing system.

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 23% of the time

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Compared 15% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Overview

Microsoft Sentinel is a scalable, cloud-native, security information event management (SIEM) and security orchestration automated response (SOAR) solution that lets you see and stop threats before they cause harm. Microsoft Sentinel delivers intelligent security analytics and threat intelligence across the enterprise, providing a single solution for alert detection, threat visibility, proactive hunting, and threat response. Eliminate security infrastructure setup and maintenance, and elastically scale to meet your security needs—while reducing IT costs. With Microsoft Sentinel, you can:

- Collect data at cloud scale—across all users, devices, applications, and infrastructure, both on-premises and in multiple clouds

- Detect previously uncovered threats and minimize false positives using analytics and unparalleled threat intelligence from Microsoft

- Investigate threats with AI and hunt suspicious activities at scale, tapping into decades of cybersecurity work at Microsoft

- Respond to incidents rapidly with built-in orchestration and automation of common tasks

To learn more about our solution, ask questions, and share feedback, join our Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity Community.

Swimlane is a leader in security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR). By automating time-intensive, manual processes and operational workflows and delivering powerful, consolidated analytics, real time dashboards and reporting from across your security infrastructure, Swimlane maximizes the incident response capabilities of over-burdened and understaffed security operations.

Swimlane was founded to deliver scalable innovative and flexible security solutions to organizations struggling with alert fatigue, vendor proliferation and chronic staffing shortages. Swimlane is at the forefront of the growing market for security automation and orchestration solutions that automate and organize security processes in repeatable ways to get the most out of available resources and accelerate incident response.

Sample Customers

Microsoft Sentinel is trusted by companies of all sizes including ABM, ASOS, Uniper, First West Credit Union, Avanade, and more.

LinkedIn, TransUnion, Citrix, Aetna, Perspecta

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