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Splunk Security Essentials vs ThoughtSpot comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 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

Splunk Security Essentials
Ranking in Data Visualization
20th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
IT Alerting and Incident Management (14th), Security Incident Response (11th)
ThoughtSpot
Ranking in Data Visualization
14th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (18th), Embedded BI (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Data Visualization category, the mindshare of Splunk Security Essentials is 0.1%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ThoughtSpot is 2.1%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Srinivas Prudhivi Reddy - PeerSpot reviewer
Enables us to examine the parameters of the events found and take appropriate actions as necessary
Once we've configured our logs, for example, if we need to monitor processes and IP addresses, we ensure these logs are being ingested into our Splunk instance. The logs gathered from various endpoints are then consolidated into our Splunk platform. Once the data is collected, we can create searches and dashboards to analyze it. With these searches and dashboards, we gain insights into events and can make informed decisions based on them. We'll examine the parameters of these events and take appropriate actions as necessary.
Sushma Polavarapu - PeerSpot reviewer
Creates user-friendly analysis environments for large datasets
The tool is user-friendly for the end users. It is primarily a search-based tool. Users do not need a technical background to work directly on the dataset. Its compatibility with most databases, including the latest from FlexMovely and Redshift, allows users to create joins and worksheets easily. ThoughtSpot is fast, even with one to ten terabytes of data.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The network monitoring feature is particularly valuable for gathering information about users, login times, and other statistics."
"We are focusing on security to ensure incidents are reported efficiently. In addition to that, for reporting purposes, we are utilizing our dashboards or creating new ones. We will be using free visualization tools for this purpose."
"The scalability is good."
"ThoughtSpot is much easier to work with and maintain than other BI solutions, and it significantly reduces costs related to manual labor."
"ThoughtSpot takes the modifying of existing reports out of our hands."
"ThoughtSpot excels in being self-service oriented, allowing users who aren't developers to easily create their own reports and visualizations, making it very intuitive."
"It's easy to drill down or expand data to get more details right out of the box."
"The main core of ThoughtSpot is to create models, connect data pipelines, and create business models and dashboards on top of them."
"I would say the return on investment is good. Whatever we invested, we got results. We have been finding it easy to use and onboard new use cases."
"Stability is very important, and ThoughtSpot performs well."
 

Cons

"The reporting feature needs to be more user-friendly."
"The price could be improved."
"ThoughtSpot is a fairly new product, so some usability aspects aren't as mature as we'd like them to be. One example is their organizational methodology, like how objects are organized in their dashboards inside the product. They're all on a flat list, which works if you've got five or 10 dashboards. However, it's insufficient when you're a large enterprise with multiple groups looking at the same dashboards. It isn't organized well."
"A crucial feature we needed is missing, which involves restricting views of certain KPIs when users select conflicting parameters. We had to create a workaround, which impacted performance by loading pinboards slowly."
"I would like to see more flexibility in adding the pins. Currently, we have four different sizes in which I can add pins, but I would like to be able to resize my pins."
"The dashboards could give you more ability to fine tune the appearance. You get a great deal more control over how something looks in Power BI than you do in ThoughtSpot."
"The visualization customization needs improvement."
"A customized visualization is lacking in this product."
"Some areas for improvement include the pixel-perfect dashboards, which are not as refined as those in Tableau."
"In terms of features, I'd like to be able to pivot data - for example, going from rows to columns. It's not easy to do."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I give the pricing a six out of ten."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Healthcare Company
8%
 

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Security Essentials?
Pricing and licensing are managed by our vendor management team and are not under my purview.
What needs improvement with Splunk Security Essentials?
The reporting feature needs to be more user-friendly. It would help if it were easier to generate reports similar to other cybersecurity tools. Additionally, more automation in alert systems would ...
What is your primary use case for Splunk Security Essentials?
I use Splunk Security Essentials for monitoring as part of my organization. We use it for our security processes and to gather reports on performance, security, and bottlenecks. It's primarily util...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ThoughtSpot?
ThoughtSpot is expensive. When compared with Tableau and Sisense, it is around seven or eight on the expense scale.
What needs improvement with ThoughtSpot?
The visualization customization needs improvement. Currently, it is not as customizable as the options available on Power BI or Tableau. It mainly offers basic chart options.
What is your primary use case for ThoughtSpot?
I use ThoughtSpot as one of the visualization tools. I mainly create some live boards and provide access to the data sources and worksheets to users so they can create their own analyses and answer...
 

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