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Avantra vs Splunk Enterprise Security comparison

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

Avantra
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (52nd), SAP Service Providers (15th), Server Monitoring (29th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (51st)
Splunk Enterprise Security
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
418
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (1st), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (1st), IT Operations Analytics (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Application Lifecycle Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Avantra is designed for SAP Service Providers and holds a mindshare of 3.1%, up 2.0% compared to last year.
Splunk Enterprise Security, on the other hand, focuses on Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), holds 7.6% mindshare, down 9.4% since last year.
SAP Service Providers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Avantra3.1%
Accenture SAP Services12.8%
Deloitte SAP Services11.4%
Other72.7%
SAP Service Providers
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk Enterprise Security7.6%
IBM Security QRadar5.5%
Wazuh4.1%
Other82.8%
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
 

Featured Reviews

Mani Velayudhan - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, SAP Basis at The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
Useful automation capabilities, scales well, and simple implementation
We are currently exploring automation options for various areas, and Avantra should consider implementing automation for change request management, an area they have not yet ventured into. While Avantra is currently excelling in monitoring and system refreshes, there is scope for improvement in automating change request management. In addition to primarily focusing on SAP, Avantra currently performs kernel patches which are core SAP patches. However, exploring more into OS patching could be another potential area for Avantra to expand its automation capabilities. Looking ahead to future releases, I would like to see more advanced automation features. As a long-term goal, I am considering the possibility of automating SAP system upgrades. While this would not be an easy feat, advancements in technology may make it feasible in the future. Overall, a key feature I hope to see in future releases is increased automation capabilities.
Sathis-Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at Bank of America
Helps us detect cyber threats quickly and integrate multiple feeds effectively
Overall, the product is good, but when it comes to some infrastructure issues, we have to dig into more logs. There is no straightforward indication of an issue. Health check kind of dashboards are not available. More AI would help us, and more optimization, since security products run more queries. The AI module could suggest solutions, optimizing queries or workload balancing. If the product itself advises on running queries during peak times, it would be similar to what ChatGPT currently offers. We see quite a few issues on stability. Even last week, we faced something, and identifying bottlenecks is not easy. We need more SMEs, and there is no mechanism to tell us about indexer or search head issues. Self-monitoring dashboards could be beneficial. The technical support still requires more improvement. Often, primary support takes a lot of time and forwards most solutions to the engineering side. The primary support team has very limited knowledge to provide.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Deployment was amazingly short and simple; I do not think I have seen any SAP-related product installs ready to work so fast, and out-of-box it included most of the functions and settings that we needed."
"I definitely recommend this solution, it provides good value for money."
"It prevented two major failures in our SAP production systems."
"The most valuable feature of Avantra is automation. The reduction of manual work and having them automated is one of the top reasons why I would use it."
"It's just very user-friendly, and it's very easy to monitor the servers using Avantra."
"It's very easy to manage and use."
"You can customize alerts based on need."
"Splunk Enterprise Security is able to process a huge amount of data without any issues."
"Splunk has helped improve our company's resilience level."
"Splunk Enterprise Security helps me detect threats faster depending on the type of log I'm using. If I have a current company's log, I can easily detect it faster."
"Technical support and the online community are some of the best for any product."
"Splunk simplifies the information, and it gives you charts and different means of seeing that information, making it easily understandable for people."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the ability to capture the different data streams."
"Its integration is most valuable, and its UI is also pretty much easy."
"The solution's most valuable feature is that it helps with our use cases to detect anomalies in our data and it is important to my company since we have a lot of data on different logs on the systems."
 

Cons

"The dashboard needs to improve."
"I think they can improve their UI, while very intuitive, I would like to see graphic updates."
"The machine-learning is lacking and should be improved."
"The dashboard needs to improve; it's not so clear right now and we need it to be more usable so we can have all of our reports in one easy-to-access place."
"A downside of Avantra is that it comes with predefined values."
"We are currently exploring automation options for various areas, and Avantra should consider implementing automation for change request management, an area they have not yet ventured into. While Avantra is currently excelling in monitoring and system refreshes, there is scope for improvement in automating change request management. In addition to primarily focusing on SAP, Avantra currently performs kernel patches which are core SAP patches. However, exploring more into OS patching could be another potential area for Avantra to expand its automation capabilities."
"Regarding areas of Splunk Enterprise Security that I think could be improved or enhanced, I am continuously getting the task of upgrading the system. For example, we have multiple heavy forwarders, and every time we upgrade the system, there should be some issue after an upgrade."
"I feel as though a major focus of upcoming releases should be set on Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, and I would enjoy to see more security focused add-ons and apps developed by the vendor."
"The CIM model is the method Splunk uses to normalize data and categorize its important parts, but it is quite complex."
"The UI can be improved. Dashboards and reports can be better in terms of graphics."
"While Splunk Enterprise Security is powerful, it presents significant complexity for users, as it's not particularly user-friendly for beginners."
"The support that is included with the standard licensing fee is very bad."
"The area of concern revolves around the fact that Splunk is an expensive product."
"We are waiting for Dashboard Studio to mature a little bit more. There are some things that we are using with Classic Dashboards which have not yet made it to Dashboard Studio. We are waiting for that."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Splunk Enterprise becomes extremely expensive after the 20GB/month license."
"Splunk is priced higher than other solutions."
"Regarding the product's pricing, I think it has always been difficult to have a conversation with Splunk."
"While Splunk offers generous developer licenses and obtaining annual licenses is straightforward, the cost is a major consideration."
"Splunk Enterprise Security is expensive."
"The subscription is monthly."
"Splunk Enterprise Security is affordable."
"My customers have found the price of the solution to be high."
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Comparison Review

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Manager, Enterprise Risk Consulting at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 26, 2015
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
14%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business129
Midsize Enterprise65
Large Enterprise285
 

Questions from the Community

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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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Sample Customers

Migros, Strauss, Migros, LAM research, Deloitte, Deloitte, Kiewit
Splunk has more than 7,000 customers spread across over 90 countries. These customers include Telenor, UniCredit, ideeli, McKenney's, Tesco, and SurveyMonkey.