We use the solution to search the logs, check the threat indicators, threat tasks, etc. It helps us check any alerts that we get in the alert report. Based on that, we react to that particular alert.
Manager Product Security and Operations at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Helps to save time and offers details into alerts
Pros and Cons
- "The tool's most valuable feature is its searchability and ease of action on the logs. I can easily search within the logs and take action on them, and I can trace them back to my environment because the way the logs are written is very helpful for us."
- "The tool's response is slower because it has to search through a huge dataset, which can be improved for latency."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The tool's most valuable feature is its searchability and ease of action on the logs. I can easily search within the logs and take action on them, and I can trace them back to my environment because the way the logs are written is very helpful for us.
Overall, if any incident or anything happens in terms of security, then Splunk SOAR is the tool we look at first.We have a nice dashboarding and alerting system when we see an alert. It gives us direct access to the specific alert, detailing what happened when it occurred and where it originated. It helps us to identify the affected site faster.
Splunk SOAR helps us to save a lot of time. We have integrated it with some SIEM tools.
What needs improvement?
The tool's response is slower because it has to search through a huge dataset, which can be improved for latency.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the product for three years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The only issue I've noticed is the latency when accessing data for longer periods. Sometimes, fetching data from the API can take a lot of time. However, apart from that, everything else seems stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The tool is scalable. We have scaled it to about thousands of assets.
How are customer service and support?
I haven't had much direct interaction with customer service and technical support. Our central Splunk team manages those aspects for us. I have heard that the response time is good.
What about the implementation team?
The tool's deployment is done in-house.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the overall solution an eight to nine out of ten. It's helpful from both an operations and product security perspective.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Versatile with good version control and excellent support
Pros and Cons
- "My understanding is the initial setup isn't too hard."
- "The pricing could be a bit more reasonable. It would be great if it were feasible for smaller organizations."
What is our primary use case?
This is a DevOps product.
We use the solution to monitor the activity of users and integrate Splunk UEBA, monitoring traffic, packages, external attacks, left movement, and lateral movements. We also use it maybe inside the person's C2 servers, and for exercise and SQL injections. Basically, we use the solution for any type of attack that can happen regarding the meter attack grid.
What is most valuable?
The solution is very versatile.
It's a multi-functioning solution.
My understanding is the initial setup isn't too hard.
The version control is excellent.
Technical support is extremely helpful and responsive.
What needs improvement?
The pricing could be a bit more reasonable. It would be great if it were feasible for smaller organizations.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for two years now as a part of the bigger Splunk Enterprise deployment.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is great. It offers easy version control. There are no bugs and glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. The team is doing great managing releases.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability is very high. It is easy to expand as needed.
I use it in a very large organization with well over one million users worldwide.
How are customer service and support?
We have a premium and dedicated team for tech support as well as a dedicated account manager. Everything is dedicated to the deployment. I can't say I'm not satisfied. Their response is usually very fast - within 30 minutes - and we have good experience with them.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
While I use other products as well, 90% of my day is on Splunk.
How was the initial setup?
While I didn't handle the implementation directly, I understand it's pretty easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
While the pricing is high, I don't care as long as the enterprise pays for it. For developers, it is free for 6 months and 500 GBs of ingestion per day.
From an enterprise standpoint, I'd rate the pricing ten out of ten as they are doing a great job and we are getting value for what we pay.
What other advice do I have?
I'm an end-user.
I'd advise new users to spend some time at the outset learning the commands. It will make it very easy to deal with.
I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.
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Account-Manager at Consist ITU Environmental Software GmbH
Reliable with helpful support and the capability to expand
Pros and Cons
- "Technical support is helpful."
- "It could be easier to implement."
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use the solution for supporting or automating the email spam items and some ISMS monitoring items, et cetera.
What is most valuable?
I'm not implementing the solution. I'm selling the concept. Therefore, my technical knowledge is limited.
The solution is stable.
It is very scalable.
Technical support is helpful.
What needs improvement?
There are only problems if the customer is not ready with emergency plans or standard procedures if something breaks. There is some homework to be done before you can really properly use Splunk SOAR.
Resolution times could be faster in terms of support.
It could be easier to implement.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've used the solution for two to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of the product is pretty good. It's really stable and the customers are satisfied with the solution, however, they must be always aware that it's a living project. It's always run against hackers.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's pretty scalable. It's outstanding in administration, so you don't have to put too many HR resources on it. That's one of the advantages. The implementation must be proper and thoroughly thought through. However, afterwards it's really working very well and with less administration compared to QRadar or something like that.
We have customers that have users that range from 100 to 10,000 people.
How are customer service and support?
The support is quite good. Sometimes, of course, you want to have a shorter resolution time, however, it also depends on the service that you buy.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup requires some work. It may not be easy for everyone to implement.
The deployment times differ. You can't say, for example, every time you need 100 days or 10 days or something like that. It's specific due to the use case and what you want to implement or automate.
We have around five and up to ten people in the core security team that deal with the product in terms of deployment and maintenance.
What about the implementation team?
We are able to implement the solution for our clients.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Usually, you have a yearly license. However, Splunk must be more flexible and they have to be more sensitive about this topic. My understanding is that they're working on a new pricing model.
What other advice do I have?
We install the solution for our customers and use the solution as well. We're an implementor.
I'd advise new users to start at a small scale, since you have to learn about it. You can't implement it with a big bang. You must really go through it and do your homework. You have to have your backup plans, you have to have a real transparent view of your IT landscape. If you have this and your logs are quite good and the playbooks are implemented properly, then you can really scale up. You just have to do it step by step, as it's a bit of a learning curve that you have to go through.
I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Reseller
Deputy Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Multiple deployment options, simple customization, and highly mature functionality
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Splunk SOAR that stands out is it has a great SOAR. The automation and orchestration module is highly mature. A lot of use cases are on user entity and behavioral analytics (UEBA), which is artificial intelligence and machine learning-based (AIML)."
- "Splunk SOAR can improve IoT/OT security-related case studies or your use cases. Their integration with identity and access management (IAM) solutions is a bit shaky. They don't have good integration with a lot of IAM solutions. They do have good capability in terms of user access management internally, but even with privileged user access, they have a good module. However, if they have to integrate with solutions, such as CyberArk or IBM IAM solutions they are lacking, the visibility of user access is not that much."
What is our primary use case?
Splunk SOAR can be deployed on the cloud, on-premise, and hybrid. If you want to put it to your cellphone or public cloud to use cloud services, such as Amazon AWS or Google Cloud Platform it is possible.
The main usage is for security monitoring, insider threat protection, user and entity behavioral analytics (UEBA), Security orchestration, automation, privileged user and account protection, and security against attacks, such as phishing and advanced malware attacks.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Splunk SOAR that stands out is it has a great SOAR. The automation and orchestration module is highly mature. A lot of use cases are on user entity and behavioral analytics (UEBA), which is artificial intelligence and machine learning-based (AIML).
What needs improvement?
Splunk SOAR can improve IoT/OT security-related case studies or your use cases. Their integration with identity and access management (IAM) solutions is a bit shaky. They don't have good integration with a lot of IAM solutions. They do have good capability in terms of user access management internally, but even with privileged user access, they have a good module. However, if they have to integrate with solutions, such as CyberArk or IBM IAM solutions they are lacking, the visibility of user access is not that much.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Splunk SOAR for approximately 10 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of Splunk SOAR is good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Splunk SOAR is highly scalable.
How are customer service and support?
I rate the support from Splunk SOAR a three out of five.
The support knowledge of use cases from the telecom industry, and IoT industry are good. They're good at accommodating normal IT use cases, but when it comes to operating our OT devices, or telecom-related use cases, they're not really flexible or good at it. In terms of developing use cases for them, they are not that good. For example, if they are approached by some vendor and they say, "Devise up some use cases for Nokia and Huawei", these are our basic telecom providers, it's really difficult for Splunk SOAR to make use cases for them. They're good at IT, but they're not good at OT and IoT.
How was the initial setup?
Splunk SOAR is easy to deploy. It has a lot of already built-in use cases, and it is very easy to customize. For the deployment of Splunk SOAR, it takes approximately two engineers. For a medium complexity, 3000 DPS-sized deployments, it will take a half month. If there are a lot of custom use cases, you can add another month for those customizations to be completed.
What about the implementation team?
We need approximately four to five engineers for maintenance for a dedicated sizing. If you are going for a shared model, then two to three engineers would be sufficient. Both have 24 hours a day seven days a week operating windows.
What was our ROI?
I won't say ROI's not there for Splunk SOAR. It's a value-for-money solution, but if they charge less, then it will bring more value. Currently, the ROI is flat, you will hardly have an ROI.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Splunk SOAR follows very flat pricing and most of the time it's very high when compared to the other competitors. They can improve their pricing. The licensing model is a subscription and is consumption-based.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Splunk SOAR an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
VP - Security Automation Lead at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Feature rich, useful automation playbook, and reliable
Pros and Cons
- "I have found all the security automation platform features of Splunk SOAR to be good. The Automation playbook development is highly useful."
- "The Splunk SOAR platform was not designed specifically for case management which is why this area needs improvement."
What is our primary use case?
Security Operations and Incident response processes automation and alerts enrichment.
What is most valuable?
I have found all the security automation platform features of Splunk SOAR to be good. The Automation playbook development is highly useful.
What needs improvement?
The Splunk SOAR case management feature lacks some of the functionalities like the possibility to fully customize the fields for the tickets/events and create custom statuses.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used Splunk SOAR within the last 12 months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Splunk SOAR is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of Splunk SOAR is good.
We have approximately 100 people using this solution in my organization.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Splunk SOAR is complex. It has multiple integrations, deployable on many different development infrastructure stages of production. It has a full life cycle.
What about the implementation team?
We have approximately two people for the maintenance and support of Splunk SOAR.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price of Splunk SOAR is reasonable.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others is they will need some Python developers for Splunk SOAR because it's not possible to only throw some blocks of Python code and it will work. You will need some experienced Python developers if you want to work with this platform.
I rate Splunk SOAR a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
General Manager at Adeline
Robust, easy to expand, and thoroughly documented
Pros and Cons
- "Our customers find it easy to conduct searches and consider it an excellent content management system."
- "In my opinion, the focus should be on improving its simplicity, specifically the interface, and configuration."
What is our primary use case?
We use Splunk SOAR internally.
We are resellers and an integration company.
What is most valuable?
Our customers find it easy to conduct searches and consider it an excellent content management system.
What needs improvement?
The initial setup could be simplified.
In my opinion, the focus should be on improving its simplicity, specifically the interface, and configuration.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been familiar with Splunk SOAR for six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
In our experience, Splunk is very good. When it comes to stability, it's the best of the best.
We have worked with many other products, and we have not encountered any issues or received any negative feedback regarding Splunk's stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Splunk SOAR is a scalable product.
Splunk is used by 20 of our customers. They are large enterprises such as banks and government agencies.
How are customer service and support?
My engineer recently stated that there was no need to reach out to Splunk support because the product is very stable and well-documented.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We work with both Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Enterprise Security.
We only have limited expertise with Splunk SOAR.
We work with various other products besides Symantec. Around six or seven years ago, we also worked with Symantec, where we evaluated Symantec Closet, our Configuration Management (CM) solution. However, we eventually chose Splunk as our preferred product and currently use only Splunk, not any other products.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is complex.
We don't have much experience with this project as we have only been working with it for a year. I may not be able to provide you with extensive information about it.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
In my opinion, the price is high, but if you want good products, you have to be willing to pay for them.
There is a licensing fee required.
I believe that the cost per customer typically ranges from one hundred thousand to one million US Dollars.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I believe that Splunk is essential for us and our customers, and we require qualified engineers to use it effectively. However, if we have a skilled engineer, they will likely not have any further questions or issues with the solution.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Splunk SOAR a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Senior Analyst at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Easy to install wth good documentation and automation capabilities
Pros and Cons
- "The automation part of the product is great."
- "The scalability could be better."
What is most valuable?
The automation part of the product is great.
Splunk SOAR can easily be connected with a lot of solutions that are available out there. The in-built apps are pretty useful to me.
It's easy to install and offers good documentation.
What needs improvement?
I don't have much experience with that. I'm not sure as I don't have much technical knowledge about SOAR in general. I have a little bit of experience with SOAR. I can't speak to any shortcomings right now.
The scalability could be better.
It's an expensive solution.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've worked with the solution for the last year or so.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We faced a couple of issues scalability-wise, I would say it is average.
How are customer service and support?
I've never contacted technical support. I wouldn't be able to comment on their level of helpfulness.
How was the initial setup?
The solution's initial setup is easy and straightforward. They do offer great documentation, which helps with the process.
I'm not sure how many people were involved in the deployment or maintenance of the product.
What about the implementation team?
I can't speak to if consultants or integrators were involved. I just have general knowledge of the setup and the solution itself.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I use a trial version, not an actual version. We are partners. We have our work license. My understanding is that the cost is pretty high compared to others, however, I'm not sure of the exact price.
Users just need to pay for their package. There are no add-on costs on top of that.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I'm not able to compare it with other solutions as I don't have experience with other solutions.
What other advice do I have?
We're a Splunk partner.
I'm dealing with the latest version of the solution.
I'd recommend the solution to companies just starting out.
I would rate the solution eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
Technical Associate at Positka
Very stable with a straightforward setup and good performance
Pros and Cons
- "The customization continues to be excellent."
- "In the beginning, we couldn't find any specific documents for every function. It wasn't easy to navigate to what we needed."
What is our primary use case?
We are doing some automation on the SIM and we are getting some SIMS and we are looking for some automation to improve the security environment. That's how we are currently using Splunk.
What is most valuable?
Comparing this product to other SOAR tools, most of the items are the same, however, the UI of Phantom is pretty good if you compare it against other SOAR tools.
The work formation and the templates based on some use cases all look good.
The product is very easy to use and has a very good user experience.
The solution is very stable.
The initial setup is pretty straightforward.
We've found the written documentation to be excellent.
The performance is very good.
We've found the solution has recently improved its UI.
The customization continues to be excellent.
What needs improvement?
In the beginning, we couldn't find any specific documents for every function. It wasn't easy to navigate to what we needed. However, lately, it has improved and we are able to find Splunk documents for all the functionalities of Phantom.
It would be helpful, on the other hand, if there were videos regarding each functionality. That would make it even easier to work with Phantom. We are able to find some documentation in written form, and that's fine. If it is in a video format, then it would be better due to the fact that, in some environments, we find some other issues or something and it would be nice to have a visualization of the process.
The solution is a bit more expensive than other offerings.
I'd recommend that the solution add some new apps, or some average services, like bots or G-Suite. We may already have G Suite in Phantom. Bots, like any common VPN service, would be great, however.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used the solution for about one year or so. It hasn't been an extremely long amount of time just yet.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We haven't had any stability issues at all. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's not buggy. There aren't glitches that I've seen. It seems very stable and very reliable.
We have had an issue related to the firewall. However, that had nothing to do with Splunk directly.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have five or six individuals that handle Phantom at any given time, as needed.
We didn't try to scale Splunk due to the fact that we already have a VM and we are working on that. We don't use Phantom too much as we have some community license. Based on the license, we are running simple actions only, and therefore we are not giving that much of a workload to Phantom.
How are customer service and technical support?
I haven't been in contact with technical support at all. I can't speak to their responsiveness or how helpful they would be.
That said, some of my colleagues have done a boot camp with technical support, and they likely have had contact. I haven't heard of anything negative.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I didn't previously use a different tool. This is my first SOAR tool. I've also used Demisto. These are the two tools that I have and that I currently work with.
It's my understanding, from a customer's perspective, that the better solution is Demisto based on licensing costs, however, in terms of the performance and efficiency involved, it's Phantom. Phantom is a bit more expensive in general.
How was the initial setup?
The initial set up seems pretty easy. While I didn't personally handle any part of it, it's my understanding that it's not a big issue to implement everything. We were able to install the file easily. It was straight forward. When we were handling the clustering part, it was a little difficult as we had some license issues. We need a license to get that clustering part set up. It would be ideal if they offered at least a trial license so that we could see how it works and the formation, etc. Right now, without any license, we aren't able to do this clustering part.
I'm unsure as to how maintenance is handled on the solution. I believe we need to handle it manually as we did not install any bot that would handle anything. There may be alternative workarounds in newer versions.
What about the implementation team?
I'm not working deeply on Phantom. In fact, I'm concentrating more on SIM. My colleagues are the ones working on Phantom. Therefore, I'm not sure if we actually had outside assistance or handled everything internally.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We use a community license. We don't have to pay for any actual licensing. However, the solution, when you have a paid version, is quite costly. That said, in terms of performance, it's worth the extra cost. Also, it's my understanding that everything is included in the licensing cost, once you pay for the product. There aren't any added fees.
What other advice do I have?
We have a business relationship with Splunk. We're partners.
We're using the solution on our VM and also on our database cloud.
I'd recommend the solution to other organizations. Compared to other products, Phantom seems to be easy to use and the ability to customize is high. Compared to the older version, the newer version is very customizable. We can very easily create custom functions. The UI looks good and is also improved.
I would rate the solution eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
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