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SolarWinds Security Event Manager vs. Splunk Enterprise

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricSolarWinds Security Event Manager

by SolarWinds Worldwide LLC

Splunk Enterprise

by Cisco

Overall rating4.04.3
Review count76434
Ease of use8.48.4
Ease of setup7.78.2
Quality of support8.48.7
Meets requirements8.89.1
NPS26.76056350.843373
Small Business9.3%8.1%
Mid-Market40.0%27.7%
Enterprise50.7%64.2%
Total page views234907
Total LLM citations3273,789

SolarWinds Security Event Manager

Security Event Manager (SEM) is a powerful, real-time Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution designed to act as a virtual Security Operations Center (SOC). It provides active monitoring and automated threat detection across multi-vendor network devices, servers, workstations, and applications. SEM is delivered as a downloadable virtual appliance for rapid deployment, and allows IT teams to centralize log data and enable real-time event correlation right out of the box. SEM goes beyond simple alerting by offering automated remediation actions.

Pros

  • Detection Efficiency
  • Ease of Use

Splunk Enterprise

Find out what is happening in your business and take meaningful action quickly with Splunk Enterprise. Automate the collection, indexing and alerting of machine data that's critical to your operations. Uncover the actionable insights from all your data — no matter the source or format. Leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning for predictive and proactive business decisions.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Log Management
  • Integrations
  • Features
  • Dashboards
  • Data Analysis