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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 28, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Torq
Sponsored
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (6th), AI-SOC (7th), AI-Powered Security Automation (2nd)
Splunk SOAR
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
53
Ranking in other categories
Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (2nd)
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (38th), Security Incident Response (7th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (36th), Ransomware Protection (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Splunk SOAR8.0%
Microsoft Sentinel12.4%
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR9.0%
Other70.6%
Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint1.8%
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint7.8%
CrowdStrike Falcon6.7%
Other83.7%
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
 

Featured Reviews

Nimrod Vardi - PeerSpot reviewer
Global IT Director at OpenWeb
Automation workflows have transformed our IT, enabling secure just-in-time access control
We work with them quite often, so we have a direct line regarding areas in Torq that have room for improvement. If we have a feature request, we can request it. I do not have anything in mind at the moment. We were a design partner for a short while, so we feel that they listen and that users of the system have an impact on the way the system is designed for the better. They have a new community, which is something that I personally suggested years ago. There are many people like me in different places and they might have already built the workflow that I need. Having the option to share workflows or to jump on a thread and say I have this need, did anyone ever build a workflow for it, is amazing. Someone would jump in and say yes, sure, here, take this workflow. I think this is an amazing thing and I really hope that the community will come alive because I think this is really powerful. This is something that I already suggested and it did happen eventually, and I am quite happy with it. I do not have any specific feature in mind that I have a need for at the moment.
SS
Manager cybersecurity at Hexion Inc.
Automates threat response and reduces investigation time but needs better threat intelligence integration
One thing that we would like to see with Splunk SOAR is the expandability to the threat intelligence feed. Currently, we have limited ingestion to the threat intelligence feed for the correlation purpose. We would like to see it being integrated, with license cost or without license cost, to leading threat intelligence sources such as Recorded Future, Feedly, or Flare. That is something we would appreciate having integrated. The second thing on the improvement side is about exposed credential-related information. If we start ingesting those data to Splunk SOAR or SIEM with some sort of integration with threat intelligence feed, that will also improve our detection and prediction method or help us with the investigation.
reviewer2689206 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior VP, Technology & Leading Technology Office at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Behavior analytics has strengthened threat prediction yet still needs to improve overall standing
Regarding the real-time monitoring feature with VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, it is helpful in addressing unseen threats. I find the behavior analysis feature beneficial. I assess VMware Carbon Black Endpoint's machine learning capabilities in detecting unknown threats as fantastic. The behavior and analytics feature employs machine learning, and these are features which make the product and give that distinguishing, differentiating factor. The intelligent threat hunting capabilities have impacted my customers' cybersecurity efforts by giving them the edge to be prepared well in advance. Whenever this feature provides prediction, you know what action to take. You are aware of a possible attack and what kind of attack it may be, so you are much better prepared.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"As an analyst, it has demonstrated potential to reduce workforce requirements and time needed for related activities."
"What I appreciate most about Torq is that it is an essential part of our system."
"If I review about 100 vendors that I might work with, Torq is definitely in the top five that gave me personally investment back, just because every bit of effort I put into Torq eventually became a workflow that gave it back to me."
"Once I started to use the system and I saw the potential, it changed all of our work in IT."
"Using that one piece of AI, we auto-closed 511 cases in quarter four alone."
"The playbooks are valuable. They are the core component. Being able to implement and build a code process to work through and scale out what we want to do is valuable."
"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."
"I like the integration capabilities of Phantom. It has a lot of integrations with other products. Its searching methodologies are also good. It is also easy to understand and easy to create playbooks."
"I have found all the security automation platform features of Splunk SOAR to be good. The Automation playbook development is highly useful."
"The customization continues to be excellent."
"Our customers find it easy to conduct searches and consider it an excellent content management system."
"In Splunk SOAR, I find the playbooks valuable. We get to create multiple playbooks, and within each playbook, there is a different type of investigation attached to it, which helps out an analyst or new analysts coming on board."
"Splunk SOAR has made a huge impact across security operations and the business overall."
"It uses machine learning and behavioral analytics for advanced threat detection and response."
"It gives you all of the information in a short and sweet fashion."
"The visibility provided has been great."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is one of the best EDR tools in the market."
"The EDR and reports were helpful in improving our organization."
"This product has the capability of uploading scripts to the tool and this is a very comprehensive feature."
"The data analysis is the most valuable because of the whitelist database. It is different than standard IDS solutions."
"The solution has a very nice API on the back end for remoting into a system and executing scripts or utilizing self automation."
 

Cons

"Even now, we have workflows that are in production that use AI steps and I get different results, making it unusable to some degree."
"Regarding stability, I have noticed some lagging, crashing, and downtime, which is one of my largest gripes."
"It was able to capture data but was unable to differentiate between the agent hostname we are using and the hostname that resides on the back end of the Internet."
"The initial deployment of Torq was not easy."
"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 beginners to learn. It's hard for a new user to figure out how to visualize old threat data. It took two to three months to learn with hands-on experience how to use the dashboard, visualize events, and analyze threats."
"While there have been improvements to the investigation process, particularly with the playbook data, the current log review method is cumbersome."
"What we have seen is if the workflow gets halted or if we want to halt a workflow, it cannot be resumed."
"It would be ideal for us if Splunk SOAR could integrate with Teams."
"We've run into a few minor issues. Some of the playbook writing is a bit complicated. We've had a few hiccups with the source control. We'd really like to use GitHub deployment keys for a dedicated account. We haven't been able to do that. I think those are some of the major ones."
"The application does not work properly and does not pass the log-based configuration. I feel that some kind of review should happen in the application. This review should validate things so that we can get the right information. Splunk does not tell us where the IP address is associated with."
"Splunk's support for integration is subpar and has room for improvement."
"I haven't used it fully, but based on my usage, I could not find simulation tools and features. It currently lacks simulation features, which are important for me for creating a playbook. It is also very expensive for my region."
"The feature set for the firewall needs improvement."
"The tech support communicates, but it's just not with movement."
"It would be nice to have additional forensic tools that you can build into the back end."
"The directions for Splunk are spot on, but it is difficult to find anything on integration with AlienVault,"
"The endpoint machines need improvement."
"The solution has to mature on container security and a lot of cloud environment security."
"When you view the triage, it will show you everything within a given time frame, and not only the attack that caused the alert, which is what I want to see. It shows you all the events during that time, and that can be quite confusing."
"But here, we hardly can take any kind of a report out of Carbon Black, so I think that should be something that should be more user-friendly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Splunk SOAR is an expensive solution for an organization of our size."
"When we first purchased our Splunk SOAR license, it was based on an event-count model. It was based on the number of events. I had strong opinions at the time that automation should not be stifled by the amount of automation you can accomplish, so the previous structure was not as beneficial for us. Later that year, we got told or saw at a conference that they announced user-based pricing. We are now in a renewal period, so we migrated to a user-based license model, which is more appropriate for us so that we no longer have to worry about stifling our automation based on the quantity."
"I found the price of Splunk SOAR to be good."
"I don't know the exact price, but for my region, it is very expensive."
"In my opinion, the price is high, but if you want good products, you have to be willing to pay for them."
"While I can't confirm the exact pricing, some colleagues have mentioned that Splunk SOAR may be on the costlier side."
"The cost is high and the licensing is on an annual basis."
"It's very overpriced because it is based on the number of users. There is no bulk licensing."
"Overall, it was cost-effective too."
"The pricing is very high."
"The pricing [is] more or less the same as other similar solutions."
"Its pricing was very good, which is one of the reasons I went to it as an alternative. It is on a yearly basis. There are no additional fees."
"It's reasonable in price"
"Carbon Black provides competitive pricing."
"CB Defense is available on a yearly subscription and is priced by the number of endpoints."
"It is more expensive, but it's worth it. There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
University
6%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise33
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise31
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Torq?
Regarding the downsides of Torq, one issue is that as a SaaS product, I sometimes encounter transparency issues about...
What is your primary use case for Torq?
My role is Cyber Security Engineer, and we use Torq for our case management platform, automating some of our phishing...
What advice do you have for others considering Torq?
Torq's maintenance requirements depend on how you define maintenance. While Torq handles the platform's overall relia...
What do you like most about Splunk Phantom?
Splunk SOAR's quick response to incidents is the most valuable part.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Phantom?
I am familiar with the pricing aspect, setup cost, and licensing cost of Splunk SOAR, and it is pretty much similar t...
What needs improvement with Splunk Phantom?
The visibility of Splunk SOAR's playbook viewer is rather unclear to me; I wonder what the visibility is for. There a...
What to choose: an endpoint antivirus, an EDR solution or both?
I can recommend Carbon Black, an award-winning next-gen anti-virus (NGAV) and endpoint detection and response (EDR) s...
What's the difference between Carbon Black CB Response and Carbon Black CB Defense?
Carbon Black offers two different levels of Endpoint Detection and Response. One is the VM Carbon Black Cloud Endpoin...
What do you like most about Carbon Black CB Defense?
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is a highly stable solution.
 

Also Known As

No data available
Phantom
Carbon Black CB Defense, Bit9, Confer
 

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Sample Customers

Information Not Available
Recorded Future, Blackstone
Netflix, Progress Residential, Indeed, Hologic, Gentle Giant, Samsung Research America
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