McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator vs Splunk SOAR comparison

McAfee and Splunk are both solutions in the Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) category. McAfee is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.8, while Splunk is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.3. McAfee holds a 0.7% mindshare in SOAR, compared to Splunk’s 7.6% mindshare. Additionally, 81% of McAfee users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of Splunk users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 15, 2025

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and Splunk SOAR compete in cybersecurity, each with unique advantages. McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is favored for its cost-effectiveness and outstanding support, while Splunk SOAR is distinguished by its powerful automation features, which many find worth the higher price.

Features: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator offers centralized management, comprehensive endpoint security integrations, and effective configuration capabilities from a single interface. It provides automatic patch updates and virus signature reporting. Splunk SOAR has superior playbook automation, extensive integration capabilities, and customizable playbooks for detailed investigative processes, enhancing efficiency and adaptability.

Room for Improvement: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator could improve its user interface complexity, expand integration with third-party systems, and enhance real-time threat intelligence. Splunk SOAR might focus on simplifying deployment processes, reducing its hardware demands, and enhancing its documentation, making it more accessible to newer users.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator facilitates straightforward deployment and offers notable support, making integration into environments seamless. In contrast, Splunk SOAR's deployment involves complexities due to its advanced features, but its responsive support helps ensure successful transitions.

Pricing and ROI: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is a cost-effective solution aligning well with budget-conscious implementations, ensuring greater value for security investments. Splunk SOAR, though requiring a higher initial investment, provides significant ROI through advanced automation and efficiency, appealing to those seeking long-term advantages.

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Categories and Ranking

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

Ranking in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

15th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Splunk SOAR

Ranking in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) category, the mindshare of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is 0.7%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk SOAR is 7.6%, down from 8.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

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DavidJones7

Head of Content at Pharmaflow

Offers automation alert features with easy integrations and impressive scalability

I would rate the initial setup an eight out of ten. There are a few technical challenges with the deployment, but it can easily solved by an experienced professional but not by a beginner user of the tool. The complete implementation and migration to McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator will take around three months. If someone is using a software platform already with implemented use cases in their environment, it might be difficult to implement the same use cases when the customer is migrating to McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator. The conditions and prior alert settings needs to be accurate when migrating to McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator, otherwise false positive alerts might get generated.

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SAURABHYADAV4

Consultant at HCL Technologies

Enables optimization by reducing manual intervention and increasing automation in the workflow

The product provides 100% automation for certain processes. It needs no manual intervention. We can integrate various tools like VirusTotal and ServiceNow. We can automate all the tasks. It is one of the best things about the tool. It also provides workforce protection. Whenever we get any alerts or make any configurations, we develop workflow automation using the playbooks. We can fully automate some of the security incident resolutions. We can also do identification and redirection using the product. I have integrated Splunk Phantom with Splunk Cloud. Previously, I used it with Splunk on-premise to get the logs into Splunk for tracking and audit purposes. Since Splunk is a SaaS-based product, it has certain maintenance windows. Over time, the vendor does some maintenance during off-production hours. Creating playbooks using the solution’s playbook editor is not tough. For someone who knows the solution, I rate the ease of creating playbooks as four out of five. The solution’s playbook viewer provides full visibility. The product provides different integrations. We can easily integrate the tool with VirusTotal, ServiceNow, and the asset and identity management system. The product is somewhat easier to use in an investigation. We have been able to identify the false positives using the product. The tool has helped reduce false positives by 30%. Splunk SOAR has helped reduce our mean time to detect by 10% to 15%. Splunk SOAR has a major impact on our meantime to resolve. Our mean time to resolve has been reduced by 35% to 40%. I have integrated VirusTotal with Splunk SOAR. Instead of doing manual checks, I can easily get the score by integrating the tool with Splunk SOAR. I have also synced Active Directory with the asset and identity management system. It's been a long time since we have implemented Splunk SOAR. It brings value to our organization. Before Splunk SOAR, everything was done using manual intervention. We had to educate the SOC team on how to do tasks. We also had to create playbooks for them. With Splunk SOAR, we only have to educate the team about how things are done so that they can perform a manual intervention when there is a failure, which is rare. After deploying the product, we had to provide some training to the SOC team. After getting trained, it was hands-on. Along with other Splunk solutions, Splunk SOAR provides the resilience to face any issues and hardships. We easily cope with downtimes. Splunk SOAR offers us end-to-end visibility across our environment. It depends on how much we utilize it. Visualizing and troubleshooting our cloud-native environment using Splunk SOAR is somewhat easy. I have to coordinate with the Phantom administrators if there is any issue. I work mostly on playbook development and integrating it with security instances.

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Pros

"The most valuable features of this solution are the antivirus and the DLP."

"Their support is really good. I would rate it a nine out of ten. I have never any issues with their support. They always reply and follow our queries on time."

"The graphical interface of the solution is its most valuable aspect."

"The most valuable features of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator are the easy-to-use console, and lots of reports, such as customized reports and inventory reports. Additionally, overall the centralized management is very good where you can see the compliance levels and inventory."

"If you set it up right, it can really manage a very complex environment which require fine tuning where there are a lot of exceptions. That's what it caters to. It can just do those specifics in those exceptional situations, which is good."

"It is a highly scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"The security is a key feature and the console is very user friendly."

"The automation alert for the ticketing tool is one of the vital features"

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"The ability to automate Splunk SOAR and customize the playbook use cases is the most valuable feature and is very exciting for me."

"The most valuable feature of Splunk SOAR is the automated playbooks, which saves analysts time."

"Splunk SOAR's quick response to incidents is the most valuable part."

"The most valuable features of Splunk SOAR are the easy integration with other solutions, including other Splunk solutions. The most important playbooks we need on the market come already on the Frontend. However, nowadays, Splunk changed its name, it's not Frontend anymore, it's Splunk Store. This is a very strong point."

"Its ability to integrate with other systems and applications in our environment is pretty easy. Sometimes if we see any complexity we try to involve a consultant to help us. Everything is through the built-in app. Splunk can connect to any assets through the built-in app. It could be in a platform, firewalls, or endpoints. It's easy if it's an app integration."

"The most valuable features are the Splunk SOAR apps and playbooks."

"The customizable playbook is the most valuable aspect of the solution."

"The customization of the playbook in Splunk SOAR is very beneficial."

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Cons

"McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator needs to upgrade the technology; it's like their area function is not quite as good as compared to other market vendors."

"The impact of the agent on the endpoint's performance - the resources it takes. Additionally, the difficulties we experience with inheriting and breaking inheritance on the organization's structure breakdown for policy inheritance and then for rules inheritance. We are actually struggling with this."

"There are some issues we are having with updating our Windows server. So we need to contact support or access our support portal."

"The solution could improve the EDR component in many areas, such as the zero-day and persistent threats. The implementation is also complex for this feature."

"The rollout to cover the online resources, such as SharePoint, One Drive, and Office 365 doesn't seem to have a very clear path."

"It's a little bit complex to configure it, but when you start using it, it is much easier. There are many policies that you need to create, and in three or four places"

"The detection aspect should be improved so that signatures are updated more quickly."

"The solution is difficult to tune to avoid false positives."

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"They can improve on what they are currently doing. They can provide more playbooks or at least template playbooks that are in their repository."

"In the beginning, we couldn't find any specific documents for every function. It wasn't easy to navigate to what we needed."

"In my opinion, the focus should be on improving its simplicity, specifically the interface, and configuration."

"The creation of playbooks is complex in Splunk SOAR, and the number of integrations needs enhancement. Although it enhances alert handling, it still has a journey to compete with Palo Alto SOAR and FortiSOAR."

"Splunk SOAR has room to improve its offering for small-sized customers. The price is not fair for smaller-sized customers."

"It could be easier to implement."

"have put a number of ideas on the ideas.splunk.com site for feature requests for the Splunk SOAR product. I posted one of them about three years ago, which finally got implemented in the latest release that just got announced, so the time to implement new features and things like that is a little bit concerning."

"Splunk SOAR should improve its ease of upgrade, which is a pain point for us right now."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is not an expensive solution."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."

"This solution is priced in the mid-range."

"For large enterprise companies, the price should be alright, but for small businesses, the uptake might be slow because, for these clients, the price doesn't look very attractive."

"$The price of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is expensive, it is approximately $6,000 to $9,000 per license annually."

"McAfee tries to package different things into different products, then sell them as different products with different licenses. They just split everything up into multiple things. That's just their sales pitch and how they do it."

"It's an expensive solution"

"Compared to other Antivirus products, the cost of this solution is a bit high."

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"We renewed it this year. This year was the first time there was a dramatic increase in the price. It was kind of non-negotiable. It was just a high increase. We had internal communications, and it was definitely a surprise to us. In a short time frame, we renewed it this year. Prices are going up everywhere, but they are not always justifiable, at least not to our eyes. The pricing this year was definitely a big shock."

"Splunk SOAR is an expensive solution for an organization of our size."

"I found the price of Splunk SOAR to be good."

"In my opinion, the price is high, but if you want good products, you have to be willing to pay for them."

"Splunk SOAR is more expensive compared to other options for SOAR."

"I don't know the exact price, but for my region, it is very expensive."

"Splunk is a fast enterprise tool, but it costs too much. At the same time, it's worth what we pay, in my opinion. We can efficiently perform all the functions and tie together the data. It's the perfect tool for our needs."

"The cost is high and the licensing is on an annual basis."

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Questions from the Community

Which is better - Mcafee's MVision ePO or ePolicy Orchestrator?

Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Mcafee's MVision ePO or ePolicy Orchestrator network security software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Mcafee's ePolicy O...

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What do you like most about McAfee MVISION ePO?

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator's performance is good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for McAfee MVISION ePO?

It's an expensive solution.

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What do you like most about Splunk Phantom?

Splunk SOAR's quick response to incidents is the most valuable part.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Phantom?

Splunk SOAR is moderately priced, neither cheap nor overly expensive.

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What needs improvement with Splunk Phantom?

There are areas in Splunk SOAR that have room for improvement. To make Splunk SOAR a better solution, there could be better built-in debugging tools, smarter playbook suggestions, and enhanced life...

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Also Known As

McAfee ePO, ePolicy Orchestrator, Intel Security ePolicy Orchestrator, McAfee MVISION ePO

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Overview

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (McAfee ePO) is the most advanced, extensible, and scalable centralized security management software in the industry. Unifying security management through an open platform, McAfee ePO makes risk and compliance management simpler and more successful for organizations of all sizes.

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Splunk SOAR offers features like automation and orchestration of manual tasks, speeding up work, detection and response to advanced and emerging threats.

Go from overwhelmed to in-control

Automate manual tasks. Address every alert, every day. Establish repeatable procedures that allow security analysts to stop being reactive and focus on mission-critical objectives to protect your business.

Force multiply your team

Orchestrate and automate repetitive tasks, investigation and response to increase efficiency and productivity, and do more with the people you already have. Make a team of three feel like a team of 10.

From 30 minutes to 30 seconds

Work faster with Splunk SOAR. Respond to threats in seconds. Lower your mean time to respond (MTTR) by automating security tasks and workflows across all of your security tools.

End-to-end security operations made easy

Take advantage of Splunk Enterprise Security and Splunk SOAR joining forces to provide a seamless and intuitive SecOps platform to prevent, detect and respond to advanced and emerging threats.

Splunk

Sample Customers

Brelje & Race, Cognizant, Sutherland Global Services, Eagle Rock Energy, Arab National Bank, Bank Central Asia, Kleberg Bank, Leading Mexican Bank, SF Police Credit Union, Macquarie Telecom, Seagate Technology, Blackburn & Darwen Council, California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation, IRCEP, Major U.S. State Government, State of Alaska, State of Colorado, Cemex, Deutsche Edelstahlwerke

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