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Oracle Log Analytics Cloud Service 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

Oracle Log Analytics Cloud ...
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
15th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk Enterprise Security
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
304
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (1st), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the IT Operations Analytics category, the mindshare of Oracle Log Analytics Cloud Service is 2.5%, down from 2.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Enterprise Security is 26.3%, down from 31.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Operations Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

Niranjan Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides different types of logs, but the logs are dispersed in different layers
As per RBI's regulations, we have to perform active log collection and retention of logs for a certain period. The market is too competitive, and various technologies are being adopted. Different cloud providers are available in the market. I am an SIEM service provider. My technology should be well-versed to accommodate all kinds of landscapes from where I can actively collect and process real-time events. I might lose a customer if I miss something due to a technical glitch. Once I address a specific requirement, Oracle should consider it a universal problem. We have to secure the information assets in today's world. This information should be secure in all kinds of environments and geographies, whether deployed on-premise or on the cloud. All different types of logs are available in a unified manner in Oracle. Overall, I rate the solution a five or six out of ten.
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 IT analysis provides the best solution as to how the infrastructure is going."
"The most valuable feature is mapping."
"The solution provides different types of logs like audit, service, and API logs."
"Splunk works based on parsing log files."
"The ability to manipulate data in Splunk is unparalleled. Splunk’s powerful, flexible query language can morph difficult to understand log formats into usable data."
"The risk-based alerting (RBA) is one of the valuable features."
"The initial deployment was straightforward."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its data modeling."
"The alerts are very effective."
"The most valuable feature is that it brings all of the components necessary to identify, analyze, and respond together."
"The client site login is pretty extensible and probably cost-effective."
 

Cons

"The pricing could be improved."
"Reporting is sometimes a little slow."
"The logs in the solution are dispersed in different layers, so we have to pick the logs from different areas."
"Splunk could enhance its offerings by incorporating modules for network detection and response and fraud management, along with improving its threat intelligence management capabilities."
"AngularJS/ReactJS inclusion could be made easier in GUI."
"It is a hugely complicated product."
"An area of improvement would be the licensing of the solution. They need a free license, which would allow faster lead times."
"There are new services which are coming up. If Splunk can catch up with the speed of Amazon, and with the integration, instead of us waiting for another year or so, that would be good."
"It'd be really nice if Splunk Enterprise Security had a better and solid configuration guide."
"The initial setup is complex, but this is necessary. We needed to take into consideration how to direct log files from thousands of machines to Splunk, and how to ingest those files."
"Custom visualizations are real hard. While the default visualizations are good, creating enhanced visualizations are complex."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is cheap compared to its alternatives."
"It's more expensive than the other tools, but it's worth it. Every penny is worth it."
"The price of Splunk is reasonable."
"The price of Splunk Enterprise Security is reasonable, falling somewhere in the middle range."
"It is economical than other solutions."
"I remember Splunk being relatively affordable. Kibana was more reasonable, but you get more with Splunk. If I was suggesting something, I would probably suggest Splunk because it is better to pay a little bit more and get a lot more."
"Be upfront about your needs and expectations. Splunk is great to work with."
"It is expensive. I used to buy it early on, but then they combined it into a higher-up organization. They buy it for multiple systems now. Last time, I paid around 60K for it. There is just the licensing fee. That's all."
"Splunk Enterprise Security is expensive but the solution is equipped with a lot of features."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
8%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Log Analytics Cloud Service?
The solution provides different types of logs like audit, service, and API logs.
What needs improvement with Oracle Log Analytics Cloud Service?
We had issues getting the OCI Event and audit logs on both Azure and AWS infrastructure. The process was much more flexible with Sentinel and FortiSIEM. The logs in the solution are dispersed in di...
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...
 

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Sample Customers

Safexpress, Optima, Astute Business Solutions
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