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GroundWork Monitor vs Splunk Enterprise Security comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

GroundWork Monitor
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
21st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (104th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (76th), Cloud Monitoring Software (50th)
Splunk Enterprise Security
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
381
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (2nd), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the IT Operations Analytics category, the mindshare of GroundWork Monitor is 1.7%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Enterprise Security is 14.4%, down from 26.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Operations Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk Enterprise Security14.4%
GroundWork Monitor1.7%
Other83.9%
IT Operations Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

it_user186582 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr PC/Client Server Analyst II at a individual & family service with 10,001+ employees
It's easy to setup and the plugins are easy to write. When we need to, the threshold is easy to change.
It's easy to setup and the plugins are easy to write. When we need to, the threshold is easy to change It would be nice to have a centralized client-settings management. At the moment, the client settings have to be changed individually. I've used it since 2011. The deployment of the new server…
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

"It's easy to setup and the plugins are easy to write."
"Splunk has significantly reduced the time in performing the task of aggregating logs, reviewing as well as time spent during investigations."
"Splunk has significantly helped with aggregation and correlation of critical logs. Not having to grep on each individual server has made everyone more efficient."
"I would definitely recommend Splunk Enterprise Security because if you are really concerned about security and want to follow compliance rules, this product is really helpful."
"Splunk Enterprise Security helps my SOC team prioritize and investigate high-fidelity alerts more effectively by enabling us to quickly gather information, collaborate, and provide various teams with access to the same information, allowing them to follow the workflow to complete the task."
"The most valuable feature is the log aggregation, being able to scan through all of the logs."
"The best part of Splunk Enterprise Security is its customizable settings."
"We found that Splunk has more capacity to do more in less time and provides a faster speed to index all the events, which is a huge asset."
"It's the best solution on the market."
 

Cons

"Deploying an agent leaves much to be desired."
"It needs more thoroughly tested releases. Every new big version (6, 7, etc.) has had so many bugs that it makes me wary of customers upgrading right away."
"More training on PetaData using artificial intelligence techniques to identify the events which are not normal and exceptions that would help the organization identify threats and malware on the go with results."
"It would be great if I could have a certain dialogue box in Splunk that uses innovative AI tools like ChatGPT, which are available now in the tech department."
"The integration with all our tool sets felt like we were reinventing the wheel, which was a pain point for us."
"It could be more user friendly, in terms of the end-user experience."
"There is improvement needed when importing from some types of data sources. Most of the time you have to do some customization for the data because not everything is working the way it should."
"The solution could improve by giving more email details."
"The only improvement I am expecting is the cost of the licensing. Clients are going to other solutions just because of the cost."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price of this solution is expensive. However, it has great features. If you want a great solution you need to pay a price matching the features."
"Splunk is costly but it’s worth it due to the high-end features."
"The license for Splunk Enterprise Security is expensive."
"My customers have found the price of the solution to be high."
"You will eat up whatever you purchase quickly. The level of insights that Splunk empowers is addictive."
"Its pricing model can be improved."
"The pricing could be made more competitive."
"Splunk's cost is very high. They need to review the pricing. They have to go back and totally readdress the market."
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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

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Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business112
Midsize Enterprise50
Large Enterprise267
 

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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

Swiss Life, JBFCS, Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre
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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