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Value at a Glance

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

20 months

User Insights

Average based on 434 real user reviews.

Implementation Time

3 months

Perceived Cost

$$$$$

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4.3
434 reviews

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Users consistently praise the product for its ease of use and powerful data analysis capabilities, making it a valuable tool for monitoring and managing large volumes of logs. The ability to create custom dashboards and alerts enhances its functionality, although some users note that the licensing costs can be a barrier for smaller organizations.

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Darsh A.
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Darsh A.
Cyber Security Consultant
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Customizable and Stable with Great Support, but Pricing and AI Lag Behind"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Splunk Enterprise?

Splunk Enterprise provides high level of customizability in terms of creating custom queries, integrations and other knowledge objects. Overall the UI/UX is good and the performance is highly stable. The Splunk support is excellent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Splunk Enterprise?

The pricing is too expensive compared to other products and the use of AI is very less compared to the offerings by other solutions available in the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nishith J.
NJ
Nishith J.
Devops intern
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"SPL search and dashboards are really useful"
4/5
What do you like best about Splunk Enterprise?

What I like most about Splunk Enterprise is its powerful search capabilities using SPL, which make it easy to analyze large volumes of log data quickly. It’s very useful for monitoring systems, identifying issues, and building dashboards for real-time insights. The flexibility in creating custom queries and visualizations is a big advantage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Splunk Enterprise?

One of the main drawbacks is the cost, especially as data ingestion increases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RB
Robert B.
Lead Support Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Splunk Enterprise Makes Endpoint Data Collection and Troubleshooting Easy at Scale"
4/5
What do you like best about Splunk Enterprise?

Splunk Enterprise stands out because it makes it easy to collect data from endpoints at scale. It can pull in logs, events, and machine data from many different systems, then centralize that information so it is searchable and useful. That makes troubleshooting, monitoring, and security investigations much faster, because the data is already in one place instead of scattered across servers and devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Splunk Enterprise?

Splunk Enterprise can be expensive, and at times it feels like you don’t have enough control over your own data. Running into licensing limits is also frustrating, especially when data volume grows unexpectedly and starts impacting visibility or how the platform can be used. Another concern is that vulnerabilities in Windows collectors can add extra security risk and increase ongoing maintenance overhead. Taken together, these issues can make the platform feel restrictive, costly, and more difficult to manage than it should be. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sujit S.
SS
Sujit S.
Senior Associate Consultant
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Effortless Integration and Dynamic Dashboards Enhance Incident Management"
4/5
What do you like best about Splunk Enterprise?

It is easy to integrate with Ms Purview DLP technology. Dynamic Dashboard are very useful for incident management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Splunk Enterprise?

What I dislike about Splunk Enterprise is that it can get expensive, especially as the data volume grows. The initial setup and writing queries can also feel complex for new users, and it often takes skilled resources to manage it efficiently. As a result, day-to-day operations can be a bit challenging for smaller teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dominika T.
DT
Dominika T.
Cybersecurity Engineer - Data Protection
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Real-Time Log Analysis and Aggregation That Delivers"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Splunk Enterprise?

That it lets you to analyze and aggregate logs in real time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Splunk Enterprise?

At the beginning it’s a lot of False positives and it requires tunning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Splunk, The Best and What Needs Improvement"
4/5
What do you like best about Splunk Enterprise?

Splunk is an extremely versatile platform that offers a wide range of intuitive dashboards for viewing observability and security events within an organization. Its native integration capability stands out, which is very simple and efficient to implement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Splunk Enterprise?

Currently, following its acquisition by Cisco, the Splunk platform has stagnated. It is not advancing in innovation or improvements at the pace demanded by the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

karan j.
KJ
karan j.
BMC Control-M Adminstrator
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Great Log Management, but Dashboard Creation Needs Improvement"
4/5
What do you like best about Splunk Enterprise?

The main log management feature is extremely useful in our organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Splunk Enterprise?

Creating dashboards can sometimes be a cumbersome task. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Textiles
UT
Verified User in Textiles
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best SIEM tools with full flexibility"
4/5
What do you like best about Splunk Enterprise?

The tools is flexible to made configuration changes and there are multiple options of integrations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Splunk Enterprise?

splunk queries is the thing which becomes barrier for a fresher to operate this tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SV
Shivakumar V.
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"A tool to analyze your logs and data"
4/5
What do you like best about Splunk Enterprise?

It is easier to write SPL queries than SQL, and you can create your own custom Splunk commands where you can write your own Python scripts to handle complex data types like JSON, which has a nested level of 3 or 4. It is easy to create visualizations and get insights out of the data through commands like charts, stats, etc. It has a vast level of customer support, and when the developer or the user gets stuck, it has great documentation to resolve the issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Splunk Enterprise?

The resources splunk software takes when it handles a complex query makes you crazy and it has everything a developer needs, but when it comes to the licensing, it is a bit costly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Retail
UR
Verified User in Retail
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Great Platform for incident correlation and management"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Splunk Enterprise?

Great tool for enrichment, alert correlation, automations before an analyst looks at it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Splunk Enterprise?

Price, steep learning curve for full features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Pricing Insights

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

20 months

Average Discount

17%

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