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Compare Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk Enterprise Security 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (41.2% of reviews)
Enterprise (62.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Pay As You Go
No pricing available
Microsoft Sentinel
Star Rating
(290)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (41.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Pay As You Go
Browse all 11 pricing plansSplunk Enterprise Security
Star Rating
(225)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (62.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Splunk Enterprise SecurityMicrosoft Sentinel vs Splunk Enterprise Security
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Microsoft Sentinel easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers preferred doing business with Splunk Enterprise Security overall.
- Reviewers felt that Splunk Enterprise Security meets the needs of their business better than Microsoft Sentinel.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Splunk Enterprise Security is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Microsoft Sentinel over Splunk Enterprise Security.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Microsoft Sentinel
Pay-As-You-Go
Pay As You Go
Effective Per GB Price - $2.46
Savings Over Pay as You Go: N/A
- Pay-As-You-Go
Splunk Enterprise Security
No pricing availableFree Trial
Microsoft Sentinel
Free Trial is available
Splunk Enterprise Security
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.6
224
8.8
175
Ease of Use
8.5
230
8.1
179
Ease of Setup
8.3
130
7.7
96
Ease of Admin
8.3
124
8.2
91
Quality of Support
8.5
219
8.6
163
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
119
8.9
89
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
219
7.8
171
Features by Category
Network Management
8.9
170
8.8
94
|
Verified
8.4
161
8.1
84
|
Verified
8.8
166
9.4
31
|
Verified
Incident Management
8.7
169
8.7
91
|
Verified
8.7
165
8.4
87
|
Verified
8.9
165
8.7
90
|
Verified
Security Intelligence
8.7
168
8.2
82
|
Verified
8.3
160
7.9
82
|
Verified
8.5
162
8.5
88
|
Verified
8.5
162
8.5
89
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR)Hide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
8.5
111
Not enough data
Automation
8.2
95
Not enough data
8.4
98
Not enough data
8.7
97
Not enough data
8.8
99
Not enough data
Orchestration
8.8
98
Not enough data
8.7
99
Not enough data
8.6
98
Not enough data
8.4
97
Not enough data
Response
8.6
100
Not enough data
8.1
94
Not enough data
8.5
91
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk Enterprise Security are categorized as Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Unique Categories
Microsoft Sentinel is categorized as Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR)
Splunk Enterprise Security has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Microsoft Sentinel
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Splunk Enterprise Security
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
26.2%
Computer & Network Security
14.6%
Computer Software
8.2%
Banking
4.1%
Security and Investigations
3.7%
Other
43.1%
Information Technology and Services
23.4%
Computer Software
10.0%
Financial Services
8.0%
Computer & Network Security
6.5%
Banking
5.0%
Other
47.3%
Alternatives
Discussions
What is Microsoft Sentinel used for?
3 Comments
RS
It's for SIEM tool for real time incident responder and threat intelligence .Read more
If I had to have a question, I would ask if there were any plans to add linux support to this program.
2 Comments
DY
need to ask Microsoft, but since dot.net core can be installed in Linux, I believe the agent will work as it uses the .net platform. please experiment Read more
How I able to install /integrated Azure Sentinel agents to collect data on IOT devices/ DLP/ Endpoint devices Computer / Laptops / Printers
1 Comment
DY
So couple of point for IOT devices. You can leverage with IOT Hub in Azure. Most IOT devices uses C as their programming language you will probaly need to...Read more
What is the difference between Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Enterprise Security?
1 Comment
AK
Splunk enterprise is a big data analysis platform (basic product needed for splunk enterprise security) that collects, stores and can analyze data (logs)...Read more
Splunk Enterprise Security has no more discussions with answers
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