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Quest InTrust vs Splunk Enterprise Security comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 5, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Quest InTrust
Ranking in Log Management
59th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk Enterprise Security
Ranking in Log Management
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
303
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (1st), IT Operations Analytics (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of Quest InTrust is 0.1%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Enterprise Security is 8.7%, down from 12.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

it_user700032 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical support is knowledgeable and quick to respond
It is used for compliance Gathering information Scheduling It needs to have better reporting.  More than five years. We have not encountered any issues with stability. We have not encountered any issues with scalability. I would rate the technical support very well as they are…
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

"​I would rate the technical support very well as they are knowledgeable and quick to respond​."
"Splunk is quite flexible for our customers. Splunk does not filter from a specific lock, you can define it later."
"It is a very stable solution. I never really had a hiccup with the tool."
"Without Splunk Enterprise Security, it would be difficult for us to manage and prioritize alerts. There's a potential to lose track of important notifications, and it's essential to our security that we do not miss anything. Splunk has improved our investigations because the reporting and dashboarding make things so much easier. We can provide weekly or monthly reports. I also like Splunk's ability to integrate."
"We evaluated several solutions and selected Splunk due to the functionality and cost."
"The best part of Splunk Enterprise Security is its customizable settings."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the incident review, which gives a good overview of our security incidents."
"Easy to deploy and simple to use."
"Recently, Splunk upgraded to version 9.0.02, which includes excellent data dashboards and visualization effects."
 

Cons

"​It needs to have better reporting. ​"
"​It was very complex. There was poor native correlation. ​"
"The threat detection library needs to increase the frequency at which the playbooks are updated."
"Splunk Enterprise Security is complicated in terms of developing specific cybersecurity use cases."
"The ingestion happens quickly, so you can run up the data costs if you use the default settings. It isn't a problem for government agencies in the Saudi market, but many of the corporations in India are small or medium-sized enterprises that cannot afford that kind of ingestion system."
"We would like more integrations with other cloud products, not just AWS, e.g., Azure."
"Splunk could be improved by reducing the cost. The cost is one of the biggest challenges for us in keeping to our production requirements."
"The case management area of the ES could be improved. The ability to move cases through various stages and states. The ability to close a case would be key improvement."
"I would like the ability to view logs for specific instances and not have to pull the logs for the entire Cloud environment in Splunk."
"I would like Splunk to add more integration. QRadar has many indications with more products than Splunk."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Do a PoC. Make it detailed so it can help later."
"The price of Splunk Enterprise Security is reasonable, falling somewhere in the middle range."
"Pricing is probably its weakest spot. As compared to some competitors, Splunk is really expensive."
"Splunk is not free."
"Splunk has always been on the expensive side."
"Splunk's cost is very high. They need to review the pricing. They have to go back and totally readdress the market."
"Splunk Enterprise Security is expensive but the solution is equipped with a lot of features."
"The pricing modules could be improved."
"In addition to the licensing fee, there is also a support and maintenance charge."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
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Computer Software Company
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Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
9%
 

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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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