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Splunk Enterprise Security vs Veritas NetBackup IT Analytics comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 5, 2025

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

Splunk Enterprise Security
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
305
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (2nd), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (1st)
Veritas NetBackup IT Analytics
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
11th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the IT Operations Analytics category, the mindshare of Splunk Enterprise Security is 25.9%, down from 29.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas NetBackup IT Analytics is 1.7%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Operations Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

ROBERT-CHRISTIAN - PeerSpot reviewer
Has many predefined correlation rules and is brilliant for investigation and log analysis
It is very complicated to write your own correlation rules without the help of Splunk support. What Splunk could do better is to create an API to the standard SIEM tools, such as Microsoft Sentinel. The idea would be to make it less painful. In ELK Stack, Kibana is the query language with which you can search log files. I believe Splunk has also a query language in which they search their log files, but once you have identified the log file that you want to use for further security correlation, you want to very quickly transport that into your SIEM tool, such as Microsoft Sentinel. That is something that Splunk could make a little bit less painful because it is a lot of effort to find that log file and forward it. An API with Microsoft Sentinel or a similar SIEM tool would be a good idea.
Alejandro Padilla - PeerSpot reviewer
A highly scalable and affordable product that provides insights into an organization’s infrastructure
I use the product to prevent ransomware attacks and know how my environment is working The product gives me insights into what's happening in my data, the infrastructure, and how my backups work. If there are problems in my network, the product enables me to check it on time. The most valuable…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Its alerting is most valuable. We have alerts set up in our environment for certain attacks, such as an SQL injection attempt. We have a front-facing server for the website. It is out there, and anybody can access it. When those SQL injection attempts come in, we are able to detect that with the alert."
"The search lookups are useful."
"We solve issues that we previously could not since we now have the data."
"You can check up on security from the dashboards."
"The most valuable features are how stable and easy to use Splunk is."
"I have found the installation can be of medium difficulty to very complex depending on the use case."
"The indexing and data collection are valuable."
"You can use it to gather syslog messages from anything."
"The most valuable feature of the product is the insight it provides on the console."
"The scalability is great. It is one of the best advantages that I find important."
"The most valuable aspects of Veritas NetBackup IT Analytics are its reporting capabilities and the ability to integrate with third-party tools, such as an ITSM system, for automated checks on live backup statuses."
"The valuable features include getting an overview of the backup status and gaining an understanding of my backup environment."
"The deduplication engine compared to Azure backups is a cost-efficient feature regarding storage."
"Veritas NetBackup IT Analytics is technically much simpler than many backups, which provides a competitive advantage."
"The deduplication engine compared to Azure backups is a cost-efficient feature regarding storage."
 

Cons

"It is a good product, but the Achilles heel for a lot of organizations is the cost model for it because it gets expensive. That's because the model is based on how much data it processes a day, which can be prohibitive, especially if you have a lot of data. A lot of customers may not be ready for the sticker shock on how to fully leverage the product. I realized that the reason for that is that when it was originally designed, it was kind of like a big data modeling application. If they want to have a bigger customer base, they can come out with subsets of their product that are focused on specific things and have different pricing models. It may help with the cost."
"Some of the search functions can be better. There has been a lot of talk at the conference about the update of SPL before each iteration. That will be a lot of help."
"The ingestion happens quickly, so you can run up the data costs if you use the default settings. It isn't a problem for government agencies in the Saudi market, but many of the corporations in India are small or medium-sized enterprises that cannot afford that kind of ingestion system."
"The tool itself is very difficult to configure. It's great for its number of inputs, for the different types of systems devices, and things that it could collect information from. To actually make good use of it, you need a fairly dedicated team of people that have some reasonably good programming or modeling skills to be able to do the things that you need to do with it. Whereas a lot of the other tools are better packaged for that, and so require a lot less training and a lot less dedication."
"I'd say I am happy with the technical support, not elated. They provide great support, but sometimes they don't have the answers that I need."
"It takes time to train people."
"It would be nice if Splunk provided a little more documentation and instructions on how to upload. The steps are short, but sometimes it's not so intuitive."
"Splunk Enterprise Security would benefit from a more robust rule engine to reduce false positives."
"NetBackup is not great in disaster recovery (DR) and data center to DR setup, especially in the Cloud environment."
"NetBackup is not great in disaster recovery (DR) and data center to DR setup, especially in the Cloud environment. Veritas Resiliency Platform is not very handy for cloud-to-cloud, cross-platform replication."
"The technical support from Veritas is disappointing as they take a long time, often over a month or two, to resolve issues."
"The solution should allow users to export data to Tableau."
"The process should be made easier. It is very complicated, and there is more with NetBackup; it is very difficult for me to oversee."
"The quality of technical support has decreased over time with slower response times compared to before."
"The process should be made easier."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I think the price could be improved."
"We have seen ROI and improvements as we have continued to use the product, but they are more reactive."
"In terms of pricing, I believe Splunk is unreasonably costly for the majority of mid and small-sized companies."
"Its pricing model can be improved."
"The price can always be lower, but it is fair at the moment. The cost efficiencies depend on the licensing and how much data we are bringing in. We have a fairly large footprint, so it is cost-effective."
"The pricing could be made more competitive."
"The price of Splunk Enterprise Security fluctuates based on the customer, but I believe it's quite costly, especially for our clientele."
"The price of Splunk Enterprise Security is reasonable, falling somewhere in the middle range."
"The product has a fair price."
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Comparison Review

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
30%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

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...
What do you like most about Veritas NetBackup IT Analytics?
The most valuable feature of the product is the insight it provides on the console.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas NetBackup IT Analytics?
They have changed their licensing model and increased the pricing, which has caused some concern. Additionally, I have to pay for maintenance and support separately.
What needs improvement with Veritas NetBackup IT Analytics?
Their licensing model and pricing have changed, which poses challenges. Additionally, it would be advantageous to have AI tools integrated to enhance prediction and provide insights on ongoing issues.
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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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