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ArcSight Analytics vs Splunk User Behavior Analytics comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 4, 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

ArcSight Analytics
Ranking in User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
13th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk User Behavior Analytics
Ranking in User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) category, the mindshare of ArcSight Analytics is 1.2%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk User Behavior Analytics is 9.5%, down from 11.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
 

Featured Reviews

Syed Ubaid Ali Jafri - PeerSpot reviewer
It has improved our system and network policy monitoring
They should improve on the following: * Timely resolution of issues and proper support once a ticket has been generated. * Systems appearing on the network which are not part of the domain controller. These should be monitored. * Inactive connections from servers, which are upgraded or downgraded within a VM, should be automatically revoked. * Logger monitoring should be separated from ESM monitoring. * Ability to integrate with cloud-based applications and monitor cloud-based events. * Ability to log and notify tailored rules via SMS/email. * Provide more ArcSight training and workshops.
Subhayu Chakraborty - PeerSpot reviewer
Automatic reports streamline tasks and offers easy report gathering
The dashboard part could be improved. While using it, I noticed two options: Classic, which is adequate yet only in black and white, and another one that is more advanced or smart, though I forgot the exact term. I encountered several issues while trying to create solutions for this advanced version, which seem unrelated to query or data issues.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features are that you get lots of connectors, which make it easy to log in to my ASM, and lots of prebuilt roles from the company."
"ArcSight Analytics has improved our system and network policy monitoring."
"This solution makes it easy to create use cases, and it is easy to move queries from use cases to the report to the dashboard."
"The two most valuable features of this solution are its stability and scalability."
"The correlation engine is good."
"This solution allows us to identify connections for all users."
"Less resource consumption in terms of memory and processing."
"The ability to correlate different logs is the solution's most valuable feature."
"This is a good security product."
"It's straightforward in terms of configuration and troubleshooting and log management and monitoring as well. These are the edge points in addition to it being a modular solution where you can capitalize on your current licenses with extra licensing models, which can match the customer's business requirement and it can help the customer to design or to actually plan for their own roadmap."
"Splunk User Behavior Analytics is a one hundred percent stable solution."
"Because of some of the visualizations that we utilize, we are able to understand strange, unusual traffic on our networks."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to search through a large amount of data."
"The solution's most valuable feature is Splunk queries, which allow us to query the logs and analyze the attack vectors."
"The solution is fast, flexible, and easy to use."
"It is a solution that helps test and measure customer satisfaction."
 

Cons

"ArcSight is not a user-friendly solution and the interface needs to be improved."
"The reporting and the way it is worded needs to be improved in future releases. The dashboards are quite poorly designed."
"The customer service could be improved, and additional integrations with other APIs could be added."
"Inactive connections from servers, which are upgraded or downgraded within a VM, should be automatically revoked."
"I faced stability issues with Windows Operating System. The installed connectors hang if they remain idle for a long period of time."
"It needs more user analytics and aggregation user queries. And it's slow. When you query over ArcSight, it is very slow."
"Their support team could be better."
"I would like to see orchestration."
"They should work to add more built-in correlation searches and more use cases based on worldwide customer experiences. They need more ready-made use cases."
"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."
"There are occasional bugs."
"I would like to see an enhancement in the automation of creating the rules."
"Enhancing the storage model that they are using is necessary."
"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."
"I'm not aware of any lacking features."
"In the future I would like to see simplified statistics and analytical threats."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"My customers pay a yearly licensing fee for ArcSight Analytics."
"In addition to the costs of standard licensing fees, there is the cost of labor for maintenance."
"This solution is expensive."
"ArcSight Analytics is a bit expensive compared with other tools in terms of licensing costs, training, hardware implementation, and support."
"It can range between $30,000 and $40,000 USD, and can go up to $500,000 and $600,000 USD."
"The monthly licensing fee is around $20,000. There aren't any costs in addition to the standard licensing fee."
"The licensing costs is around 10,000 dollars."
"Pricing varies based on the packages you choose and the volume of your usage."
"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 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."
"I am not aware of the price, but it is expensive."
"There are additional costs associated with the integrator."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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 do you like most about ArcSight Analytics?
ArcSight Analytics is used to get a deeper insight and threat analysis about the network.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ArcSight Analytics?
My customers pay a yearly licensing fee for ArcSight Analytics.
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?
Splunk is up to the mark in terms of pricing. However, I cannot provide specific comments on the pricing at the moment.
What needs improvement with Splunk User Behavior Analytics?
The dashboard part could be improved. While using it, I noticed two options: Classic, which is adequate yet only in black and white, and another one that is more advanced or smart, though I forgot ...
 

Also Known As

ArcSight User Behavior Analytics, ArcSight UBA
Caspida, Splunk UBA
 

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Sample Customers

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