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Splunk User Behavior Analytics vs Weka comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Splunk User Behavior Analytics
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
8.7
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) (16th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (5th)
Weka
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Data Mining (2nd), Anomaly Detection Tools (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Splunk User Behavior Analytics and Weka aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Splunk User Behavior Analytics is designed for User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) and holds a mindshare of 9.8%, down 11.8% compared to last year.
Weka, on the other hand, focuses on Data Mining, holds 20.5% mindshare, up 20.1% since last year.
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
Data Mining
 

Featured Reviews

Sharath Chander - PeerSpot reviewer
It's more user-friendly than other solutions we tried, but it could use more features like process mining and automation
We want to have an automated system for bot hunting that enables us to detect anomalies predictively based on historical data. It would be helpful if Splunk included process mining as an alternative option. We have a threat workflow, but it would be useful if we could supplement that with some process mining capabilities over time.
AwaisAnwar - PeerSpot reviewer
Open source, good for basic data mining use cases except for the visualization results
I haven't found it particularly useful. It lacks state-of-the-art algorithms and impressive outcomes. While it might offer insights for basic warehouse tasks, it falls short of deeper understanding and results. Moreover, a new user interface would be great, especially for beginners. Something that guides them through the available tools and helps them achieve their goals. I haven't seen anything like that myself, though maybe it's there and I missed it.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution appears to be stable, although we haven't used it heavily."
"The solution's most valuable feature is Splunk queries, which allow us to query the logs and analyze the attack vectors."
"The product is at the forefront of auto-remediation networking. It's great."
"The most valuable features are the indexing and powerful search features."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to search through a large amount of data."
"The solution is fast, flexible, and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is being able to take data and put it into other systems so that we could see the output, and to see where we need to apply our focus."
"It's easily scalable."
"Weka is a very nice tool, it needs very small requirements. If I want to implement something in Python, I need a lot of memory and space but Weka is very lightweight. Anyone can implement any kind of algorithm, and we can show the results immediately to the client using the one-page feature. The client always wants to know the story. They want the result."
"It is a stable product."
"It doesn’t cost anything to use the product."
"I mainly use this solution for the regression tree, and for its association rules. I run these two methodologies for Weka."
"Weka eliminates the need for coding, allowing you to easily set parameters and complete the majority of the machine learning task with just a few clicks."
"The interface is very good, and the algorithms are the very best."
"I like the machine algorithm for clustering systems. Weka has larger capabilities. There are multiple algorithms that can be used for clustering. It depends upon the user requirements. For clustering, I've used DBSCAN, whereas for supervised learning, I've used AVM and RFT."
"There are many options where you can fill all of the data pre-processing options that you can implement when you're importing the data. You can also normalize the data and standardize it in an easier way."
 

Cons

"I would like improved downward integration with other tools such as McAfee and other GCP solutions."
"Currently, a lot of network operations need improvement. We still need people to handle incidents. Our vision is to leverage status and convert it directly from the network devices. It would be ideal if we could take action using APIs and API code and remove manual processes."
"The correlation engine should have persistent and definable rules."
"We want to have an automated system for bot hunting that enables us to detect anomalies predictively based on historical data. It would be helpful if Splunk included process mining as an alternative option. We have a threat workflow, but it would be useful if we could supplement that with some process mining capabilities over time."
"It would be good if the solution had an analytics tool that allowed us to analyze the data without writing specific queries."
"The price of Splunk UBA is too high."
"The ability to do more complicated data investigation would be a welcome addition for pros, though the functionality now gives most people what they need."
"It could be easier to scale the solution if you are using it on-premise, not in the cloud."
"The visualization of Weka is subpar and could improve. Machine learning and visualization do not work well together. For example, we want to know how we can we delete empty cells or how can we fill in the empty cells without cleaning the data system and putting it together."
"The filter section lacks some specific transformation tools. If you want to change a variable from a numeric variable to a categorical variable, you don't have a feature that can enable you to change a variable from a numeric variable to a categorical variable."
"The product is good, but I would like it to work with big data. I know it has a Spark integration they could use to do analysis in clusters, but it's not so clear how to use it."
"In terms of scalability, I think Weka is not prepared to handle a large number of users."
"If you have one missing value in your dataset and this missing value belongs to a specific attribute and the attribute is a numeric attribute and there is only one missing data, whenever you import this data, the problem is that Weka cannot understand that this is a numeric field. It converts everything into a string, and there is no way to convert the string into numerical math. It's really very complicated."
"If there are a lot more lines of code, then we should use another language."
"A few people said it became slow after a while."
"I believe is there are a few newer algorithms that are not present in the Weka libraries. Whereas, for example, if I want to have a solution that involves deep learning, so I don't think that Weka has that capability. So in that case I have to use Python for ... predict any algorithms based on deep learning."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"My biggest complaint is the way they do pricing... You can never know the pricing for next year. Every single time you adjust to something new, the price goes up. It's impossible to truly budget for it. It goes up constantly."
"I am not aware of the price, but it is expensive."
"The licensing costs is around 10,000 dollars."
"There are additional costs associated with the integrator."
"Pricing varies based on the packages you choose and the volume of your usage."
"I hope we can increase the free license to be more than 5 gig a day. This would help people who want to introduce a POC or a demo license for the solution."
"We use the free version now. My faculty is very small."
"Currently, I am using an open-source version so I don't know much about the price of this solution."
"The solution is free and open-source."
"As far as I know, Weka is a freeware tool, and I am not aware if they have an online solution or if it is a commercial product."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
University
19%
Educational Organization
15%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Splunk User Behavior Analytics?
The solution's most valuable feature is Splunk queries, which allow us to query the logs and analyze the attack vectors.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk User Behavior Analytics?
I am not aware of the price, but it is expensive. A rough estimate would be around 150 gigabytes, given the huge amount of data. At the moment there are no additional costs for maintenance.
What needs improvement with Splunk User Behavior Analytics?
Sometimes, we need to write explicit queries. It would be good if the solution had an analytics tool that allowed us to analyze the data without writing specific queries. The solution's user interf...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Weka?
Weka is free and open-source software. That is why I used it over KNIME.
What needs improvement with Weka?
I haven't found it particularly useful. It lacks state-of-the-art algorithms and impressive outcomes. While it might offer insights for basic warehouse tasks, it falls short of deeper understanding...
 

Also Known As

Caspida, Splunk UBA
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Sample Customers

8 Securities, AAA Western, AdvancedMD, Amaya, Cerner Corporation, CJ O Shopping, CloudShare, Crossroads Foundation, 7-Eleven Indonesia
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