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Lumu vs Splunk User Behavior Analytics comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.9
Lumu saves engineers 10-20 hours weekly by blocking malicious sites, with quick ROI and validation from Albert service.
Sentiment score
5.9
Splunk User Behavior Analytics improves productivity and ROI, with significant investment offset by enhanced data integration and strategic implementation.
It self-reports as saving 10 to 20 hours a week of engineer time.
Director, Information Technology at a educational organization with 201-500 employees
The solution can save costs by improving incident resolution times and reducing security incident costs.
Enterprise Architect at Wipro Limited
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.5
Lumu's customer service is highly praised for speedy and effective support, especially during setup, with notable Colombian excellence.
Sentiment score
6.8
Splunk User Behavior Analytics support is generally well-rated, with satisfaction varying by support tier and community resources valued.
It picks up on borderline issues that matter.
Director, Information Technology at a educational organization with 201-500 employees
Mission-critical offering a dedicated team, proactive monitoring, and fast resolution.
Enterprise Architect at Wipro Limited
From the responsiveness perspective, Splunk is very responsive with SLA-bound support for premium tiers.
Enterprise Architect at Wipro Limited
I would rate their technical support as 8.5 out of 10.
Director at Techpace
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Lumu offers robust scalability across environments, with easy deployment and a flexible licensing structure, despite network-size-dependent variability.
Sentiment score
7.3
Splunk User Behavior Analytics excels in scalability, supporting vast data and devices, despite some storage limitations for long-term logs.
Splunk User Behavior Analytics is highly scalable, designed for enterprise scalability, allowing expansion of data ingestion, indexing, and search capabilities as log volumes grow.
Enterprise Architect at Wipro Limited
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.9
Lumu is praised for its stability, reliable performance, and minimal impact during maintenance, earning high user satisfaction ratings.
Sentiment score
7.9
Splunk User Behavior Analytics is stable, reliable, and user-friendly, excelling in enterprise environments with high log volumes.
Stability has been excellent.
Director, Information Technology at a educational organization with 201-500 employees
With built-in redundancy across zones and regions, 99.9% uptime is achievable.
Enterprise Architect at Wipro Limited
Splunk User Behavior Analytics is a one hundred percent stable solution.
Cloud Solution Architect at Tech Mahindra Limited
Splunk User Behavior Analytics is highly stable and reliable, even in large-scale enterprise environments with high log injection rates.
Enterprise Architect at Wipro Limited
 

Room For Improvement

Lumu users seek improved integration, reporting, community support, and refined threat discovery, anticipating these enhancements in future updates.
Splunk User Behavior Analytics needs enhancements in dashboards, integration, pricing, support, automation, machine learning, configuration, and storage management.
Having some sort of certification or training, along with more periodic webinars might be helpful.
Director, Information Technology at a educational organization with 201-500 employees
Global reach allows deployment of apps and services closer to users worldwide, but data sovereignty concerns exist and region selection must align with compliance requirements.
Enterprise Architect at Wipro Limited
I encountered several issues while trying to create solutions for this advanced version, which seem unrelated to query or data issues.
System Engineer at Infosys
High data ingestion costs can be an issue, especially for large enterprises, as Splunk charges based on the amount of data processed.
Enterprise Architect at Wipro Limited
 

Setup Cost

Lumu is an affordable, cloud-native tool with straightforward pricing based on network traffic, offering competitive value compared to alternatives.
Splunk User Behavior Analytics is costly, with pricing based on processed data, transitioning to subscription models, and includes additional costs.
In our environment, it costs approximately 1200 a month.
Director, Information Technology at a educational organization with 201-500 employees
Reserved instances with one or three-year commitments offer lower rates, providing up to 70% savings.
Enterprise Architect at Wipro Limited
Compared to all other products in the market, it is the most expensive one in all aspects including professional service and licenses, even the cloud version.
Director at Techpace
Comparing with the competitors, it's a bit expensive.
Regional Director at iSecureMind Integrated Solutions
 

Valuable Features

Lumu provides real-time threat detection and integration, enhancing response times and simplifying data analysis with minimal false positives.
Splunk User Behavior Analytics offers advanced threat detection, scalability, and integration for robust security and data analysis solutions.
It provides peace of mind knowing that any device on our network, whether it is our own, BYOD device, or an unauthorized device, is being tracked and analyzed at multiple levels.
Director, Information Technology at a educational organization with 201-500 employees
I also utilize it for anomaly detection and behavior analysis, particularly using Splunk's machine learning environment.
Cloud Solution Architect at Tech Mahindra Limited
The dashboards themselves are nice, very good, and very helpful, but the accuracy of the data or the information that will be presented on the dashboard is something that needs to be questioned.
Director at Techpace
Features like alerts and auto report generation are valuable.
System Engineer at Infosys
 

Categories and Ranking

Lumu
Ranking in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS)
14th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Network Detection and Response (NDR) (11th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (23rd)
Splunk User Behavior Analytics
Ranking in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS)
10th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) category, the mindshare of Lumu is 2.2%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk User Behavior Analytics is 3.2%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk User Behavior Analytics3.2%
Lumu2.2%
Other94.6%
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS)
 

Featured Reviews

JJ
Director, Information Technology at a educational organization with 201-500 employees
Constant monitoring and analysis boosts network security
There is always room for improvement. I am not giving it a perfect score because I am sure there is something that could be enhanced.Having some sort of certification or training, along with more periodic webinars might be helpful. Having a larger support network would be beneficial. Nobody I know has heard of Lumu, so they are in the same space as Darktrace or CrowdStrike, but people give blank stares. As the community grows for Lumu then that will improve, but that is not really a criticism of Lumu, they simply have not been around that long.
Ahmed Naguib - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Techpace
Dashboard design excels while prediction algorithms need improvement
Splunk User Behavior Analytics is still an immature product, so it still needs some R&D to be able to be mature in the market. The prediction, algorithms, and ML codes behind Splunk User Behavior Analytics need to be more tuned. The logic needs to be reviewed because it has many false positives. For Splunk User Behavior Analytics, it is not yet a mature product and we are not recommending this to mature customers for now. The machine learning algorithm in Splunk User Behavior Analytics is actually the core thing that needs to be updated because this feeds all the other functions inside it. If the ML functions are not good enough, that means the risk scoring and all other related information will not be correct.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Educational Organization
7%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise12
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Lumu?
There is always room for improvement. I am not giving it a perfect score because I am sure there is something that could be enhanced.Having some sort of certification or training, along with more p...
What is your primary use case for Lumu?
We use it as our managed SOC instead of contracting with an MSP. It coordinates endpoint and gives us a single pane of glass for our security events.It fulfills the role of a SIEM, serving as our d...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Lumu?
In our environment, it costs approximately 1200 a month.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk User Behavior Analytics?
Splunk User Behavior Analytics is a premium product. Compared to all other products in the market, it is the most expensive one in all aspects including professional service and licenses, even the ...
What needs improvement with Splunk User Behavior Analytics?
Splunk User Behavior Analytics is still an immature product, so it still needs some R&D to be able to be mature in the market. The prediction, algorithms, and ML codes behind Splunk User Behavi...
What is your primary use case for Splunk User Behavior Analytics?
The main use cases for Splunk User Behavior Analytics include threat detection. I detect insider threats, compromised users, account misuse, and all those things. I use unsupervised and supervised ...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Caspida, Splunk UBA
 

Overview

 

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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