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ExtremeAnalytics vs Splunk Enterprise Security comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

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

ExtremeAnalytics
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
15th
Average Rating
0.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Network Management Applications (25th)
Splunk Enterprise Security
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
387
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (1st), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the IT Operations Analytics category, the mindshare of ExtremeAnalytics is 2.3%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Enterprise Security is 13.4%, down from 25.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Operations Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk Enterprise Security13.4%
ExtremeAnalytics2.3%
Other84.3%
IT Operations Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

WA
Management Board Member and Network Engineer at NewLogics
Great solution to collect analytics on customer usage with valuable response latency
We use ExtremeAnalytics for public venues and to collect information about customer usage. We also use this solution to monitor the application performance and troubleshoot network or latency issues. We use it to collect analytics about the visitors for public opinion The application response…
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

"The application response latency is valuable and suitable for troubleshooting."
"The initial setup of ExtremeAnalytics is straightforward and user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of ExtremeAnalytics is wireless intrusion prevention."
"The solution's scalability is a ten out of ten."
"The integration and plugin availability are nice; the AI module is also great."
"You can check up on security from the dashboards."
"The compatibility with the add-ons helps us add more data in the same compatible format and use data models to elaborate and make it faster."
"With good domain knowledge, one can build almost anything. If you throw in Alert Manager or an integration with ServiceNow. Then, you have your own SIEM"
"I also provided Splunk as a recommendation because it is a market leader, really powerful, and really good to use."
"Splunk may be more costly upfront, but in the long run, it saves on time and man-hours."
"The investigation feature helps the team seamlessly put everything together, providing a consistent view of all relevant artifacts for incidents."
"It is easy to use, and easy to implement."
 

Cons

"ExtremeAnalytics could improve application control. The URL filtering is not working properly. We have had issues with the reports and heat maps not working as expected. We have been receiving download errors when attempting to retrieve the heat maps and reports."
"ExtremeAnalytics could improve application control. The URL filtering is not working properly."
"There are issues with cloud distribution of the servers, and it could be faster."
"The solution's stability needs to be improved."
"The first tier support is as bad as it is most places and getting worse all the time."
"The most significant challenges I face when using Splunk Enterprise Security for advanced threat detection include not having enough time to be in it, the resources and people to also be in there, and trying to configure it and teach people how to use it. A lack of resources prevents us from giving it the attention it needs."
"We were inundated with the amount of alerts and alarms that we could get out of it. It is also a resource hog and we didn't have the resources to support it on-prem so we're taking it offline now."
"The historical data extraction needs improvement. I would like the capability of taking data and having it trend longer."
"Having analysts put their notes directly within the investigation feature in the incident review would be beneficial."
"Splunk has a steeper learning curve, making it feel less user-friendly."
"It can be easier to setup and adding new sources which Splunk are improving with every new version."
"I haven't found a way for me to create my own plugins and integrate them into Splunk, but this isn't necessarily a limitation; it could simply be a lack of knowledge on my part."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is an eight out of ten."
"The price of the solution is approximately $100 to $120 and is paid annually."
"We have seen ROI and improvements as we have continued to use the product, but they are more reactive."
"Further reductions would be fantastic, and I believe that more and more people would flock to it."
"While some clients find the cost of Splunk Enterprise Security to be on the higher end, its pricing is comparable to other SIEM solutions."
"It can be expensive, especially the licensing costs. However, there is added value in what it can do, not just log aggregation."
"Splunk Enterprise Security is priced lower than competitors."
"The pricing depends on the bandwidth of an organization and is good compared to some SIEM tools. IBM, for example, is quite costly. But Microsoft Sentinel is notably cheaper."
"Splunk Enterprise Security incurs a significant cost because of the amount of data we send, but we are fine with the value we're getting for that price."
"The pricing of Splunk Enterprise Security is somewhat high, but comparing it with its benefits, it's acceptable. It depends on the type of business."
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Comparison Review

VS
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
No data available
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business118
Midsize Enterprise51
Large Enterprise269
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with ExtremeAnalytics?
The solution's stability needs to be improved.
What is your primary use case for ExtremeAnalytics?
It gives us insight into the network health. This helps us understand what is wrong with the limit of the wireless solution or device.
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...
 

Also Known As

Extreme Application Analytics, Purview
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Sample Customers

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