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SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) vs. Splunk Enterprise Security

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds LEM is security information and event management (SIEM) software.N/A

    Splunk Enterprise Security

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/ASplunk Enterprise Security is an analytics-driven SIEM that helps to combat threats with actionable intelligence and advanced analytics at scale.N/A
    Pricing
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)Splunk Enterprise Security
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)Splunk Enterprise Security
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)Splunk Enterprise Security
    Considered Both Products
    SolarWinds
    Chose SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    We found that SolarWinds performed poorly when the Architecture included many large data centers spread across the globe. When evaluating the SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) solution we quickly realized that we needed a distributed architecture with log aggregation to …
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)Splunk Enterprise Security
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) and Splunk Enterprise Security
    Feature
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    8.9
    18 Ratings
    Splunk Enterprise Security
    8.4
    102 Ratings
    Centralized event and log data collection9.018 Ratings9.3100 Ratings
    Correlation8.015 Ratings8.699 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management8.018 Ratings8.5100 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility10.018 Ratings8.3101 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools8.013 Ratings7.896 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces9.017 Ratings9.2102 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection10.03 Ratings7.996 Ratings
    Data integration/API management00 Ratings8.498 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining00 Ratings7.795 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds00 Ratings8.596 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation00 Ratings7.087 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management00 Ratings8.695 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching00 Ratings9.2101 Ratings
    User Ratings
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)Splunk Enterprise Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (46 ratings)
    8.9
    (103 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.5
    (17 ratings)
    6.6
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.3
    (100 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)