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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 (23rd)
Splunk Cloud Platform
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
58
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 0.7%, up 0.3% compared to last year.
Splunk Cloud Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Data Visualization, holds 1.0% mindshare, up 0.4% since last year.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Panther0.7%
Splunk Enterprise Security7.4%
Wazuh7.3%
Other84.6%
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Data Visualization Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Splunk Cloud Platform1.0%
Tableau Enterprise11.3%
Qlik Sense5.6%
Other82.1%
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.
JA
Sr Manager at Continued
Needs better cybersecurity features but offers robust log ingestion
Splunk Cloud Platform needs improvement in its security offerings, specifically in cybersecurity. It has not kept pace with competitors over recent years, and integration with the Cisco ecosystem after Cisco's acquisition of Splunk has also been slow. The product should incorporate more readily available features, especially in security monitoring. The federated search feature is costly. Extracting meaningful insights beyond essential log data proves challenging due to the product's reliance on manual processes. Users must manually configure detections, develop logic for insights, and manage dashboards. While the product boasts numerous out-of-the-box capabilities, these often require extensive modification to align with specific user needs, limiting their practical applicability. Splunk Cloud Platform doesn't inherently provide visibility as a standalone product. It's a platform for building custom visibility solutions. We need to feed it data and then write logic to define what insights we want to extract. While pre-built solutions might be available in the marketplace, Splunk doesn't offer out-of-the-box visibility. If we know our requirements, we can utilize code and research to create custom dashboards, but it requires effort and expertise. The pre-built reports in Splunk Cloud Platform are generic and require manual adjustments to extract specific, granular information, which requires the user to be knowledgeable.

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."
"I can trace an event back to its root cause. I can find the root cause instead of just looking at the symptoms across different things."
"Index manager is most valuable because we do not have to bother about internal storage. It is all managed by the Splunk team."
"In my organization, Splunk Cloud Platform has improved the issue revolving around transactions."
"It has end-to-end visibility into our cloud-native environment, which is pretty important for us. About 80% of our infrastructure is on AWS."
"The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud Platform is its flexibility and readiness because it's already prebuilt, and everything is click-to-go."
"Dashboarding has been very powerful. I work with a lot of different customers, so being able to tailor the data for different customers has been valuable. I am able to make visuals and have reports where they can self-serve."
"In an enterprise, you need a universal or heavy forwarder. If you don't have that, you need an HSE token or API request call and all the different components. In Splunk Cloud, you just have one instance to search all the data in your index. You don't need to manage it because Splunk handles that."
"Previously when in our company, we had logs everywhere on multiple systems, it was a really big pain for me trying to find what I wanted. Now that it is all aggregated and centralized in one place with one interface, it is just a lot easier to get the information that I need."
 

Cons

"The solution could be improved by providing more built-in integrations, which would reduce the need for me to build them myself."
"The Splunk Cloud Platform deployment process could be improved to reduce the time required."
"The return on investment with Splunk Cloud Platform has been poor. There is a significant possibility we will be replacing it in the next quarter or two."
"The training models can only be accessed for 30 days, even if it is paid training."
"Splunk Cloud Platform should improve its integrations and consider multiple integrations or direct integration with other platforms like Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or AWS."
"The support from the Splunk team is generally good, but sometimes, there's a lack of coordination between our account reps and the hands-on technical people. This misalignment can lead to issues with getting what we need done and what is happening."
"Every time they launch new versions, we experience a few bugs. The most recent version had a couple of bugs in the databases. We contacted the vendor and got assistance solving these bugs, so the environment is more stable."
"They need to provide more training options."
"The security connection should have a seamless integration. Other than that, the way we are using it, so far, it seems quite good."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The Splunk Cloud Platform is expensive."
"The pricing model makes this an expensive solution."
"Currently, we have the ingest-based license. They are offering SVC-based licenses as well, but I am not a fan of SVC-based licensing. At the end of the day, I want to predict my budget and how much I am going to pay to the vendor so that I can plan my yearly budget."
"The price for Splunk Cloud Platform is the same as our maintenance costs for Splunk Enterprise on-premises."
"The cost of the Splunk Cloud Platform is high, and in addition to the standard licensing fee, we also have a premium support fee."
"Splunk Cloud Platform is an expensive solution."
"The price is something that people complain about."
"We were on ingest. We were on-prem, and when we switched to the cloud, we went to an SVC model, and that has been a huge help. We are now able to ingest more data than before."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
13%
Wholesaler/Distributor
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Performing Arts
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise42
 

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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Cloud Platform?
If I were to rate the price for the product from 1 to 10, I would rate it nine.
What needs improvement with Splunk Cloud Platform?
The disadvantage of Splunk Cloud Platform is that its integration process should be improved. The challenges I have encountered while integrating Splunk Cloud Platform include that integration is a...
 

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