SolarWinds Security Event Manager vs. Splunk Enterprise Security

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.

Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) is a data-centric, modern security information and event management (SIEM) solution that delivers data-driven insights for full breadth visibility into your security posture so you can protect your business and mitigate risk at scale. With unparalleled search and reporting, advanced analytics, integrated intelligence, and prepackaged security content, Splunk ES accelerates threat detection and investigation, letting you determine the scope of high-priority threats to your environment so you can quickly take action.