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Panther vs Splunk Cloud Platform comparison

 

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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

Panther
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (41st), AI Data Analysis (26th)
Splunk Cloud Platform
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
65
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (3rd), IT Alerting and Incident Management (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Panther and Splunk Cloud Platform aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Panther is designed for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and holds a mindshare of 1.0%, up 0.2% compared to last year.
Splunk Cloud Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Data Visualization, holds 1.0% mindshare, up 0.6% since last year.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Panther1.0%
Splunk Enterprise Security7.2%
Wazuh5.8%
Other86.0%
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Data Visualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk Cloud Platform1.0%
Tableau Enterprise11.0%
Domo5.7%
Other82.3%
Data Visualization
 

Featured Reviews

RT
Infosec Analyst at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Detection capabilities and helpful support team enhance log analysis and integration flexibility
I find Panther's detection capabilities and integrations to be highly valuable. It allows integration with anything as long as I am willing to write detections, and their team is very helpful. I find its log analysis capabilities valuable. It enables me to filter down to individual roles in AWS, and if I am skilled at SQL queries, I can query anything. The infrastructure as code feature allows me to use Git repositories to manage detections and import detections from other Git repositories.
Tejas Shah - PeerSpot reviewer
Splunk Certified Architect at Data Elicit Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Unified data monitoring has enabled proactive alerts and predictive analysis for daily operations
I don't see any new requirements in terms of improvements for Splunk Cloud Platform at this time. Splunk's dashboarding, reporting, and visualizations are evolving at a larger scale with the new Splunk Dashboard Studio in place. There were some limitations with the classic dashboard where you had to be aware of different HTML, CSS, and custom JavaScript for better visualizations. That's being migrated towards Splunk Dashboard Studio, which is evolving at a great pace, providing similar functionalities. I have not faced any current challenges regarding Splunk Cloud Platform's limitations. I still think, however, that better configuration and customization options for workload management could be enhanced, but that applies to Splunk Enterprise as well. It's just my understanding and what I foresee, but I'm not sure if it will be a priority right now, as even without workload management, a lot can be done, and the product team might have a different roadmap.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I find Panther's detection capabilities and integrations to be highly valuable."
"We only buy the services we need. We don't have to pay for other things we don't."
"he cloud performance is good."
"Splunk Cloud Platform's most valuable features are enterprise security and ticketing integration."
"The most valuable feature is the SPL because without it we wouldn't be able to correlate and build our use cases and manage what we have for our data inside Splunk."
"The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud Platform is the ability to correlate events together and combine the data into one event."
"The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud is the quick setup."
"The Splunk search is powerful compared to similar solutions. We get millions of data points within seconds."
"Splunk reduced our mean time to resolve by 30%. If an application starts misbehaving, we send logs to Splunk and check to see what's going on and see what's happening."
 

Cons

"The solution could be improved by providing more built-in integrations, which would reduce the need for me to build them myself."
"There is sometimes no documentation or updated documentation available."
"The pricing model makes the product costly."
"The training models can only be accessed for 30 days, even if it is paid training."
"Splunk Cloud's SVC licensing model lacks transparency."
"The dashboards should be easier to customize."
"There can be more modules and more integration with other areas in the cloud and on-prem. I am not sure whether it includes network devices and things like that."
"They need to provide more training options."
"Splunk currently manages the components, which restricts our ability to access them directly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"I do not personally deal with that side, but from discussions, I know that it is one of the more expensive tools. I do not have anything to compare it with."
"It was a good model."
"The pricing was negotiated through Trustwave and for our first contract in three years, we got a good deal."
"Splunk Cloud Platform fell within our budget so we pulled the trigger and implemented it."
"The pricing model makes this an expensive solution."
"I am familiar with the pricing and licensing model a little bit. I am not sure about the particulars of the actual price that we have, but I do like the idea of going towards a more CPU-based approach rather than the ingest approach because it allows us the ability to ingest more data if we need it."
"The licensing costs depend on the state of your environment and the fees are paid on a monthly basis."
"The cost makes more sense for organizations that have a large amount of data ranges."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Wholesaler/Distributor
7%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise46
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Panther?
I find the pricing to be reasonable, although I can't recall the exact cost.
What needs improvement with Panther?
The solution could be improved by providing more built-in integrations, which would reduce the need for me to build them myself.
What is your primary use case for Panther?
We use Panther ( /products/panther-reviews ) for our SIEM ( /categories/security-information-and-event-management-siem ) solution. It is used for aggregating logs and analyzing user activities. We ...
What do you like most about Splunk Cloud Platform?
Splunk has sped up our response and reduced the time we spend manually monitoring any logs for ticketing tools or servers. It saves us around two hours daily.
What needs improvement with Splunk Cloud Platform?
I don't see any new requirements in terms of improvements for Splunk Cloud Platform at this time. Splunk's dashboarding, reporting, and visualizations are evolving at a larger scale with the new Sp...
 

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