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ArcSight Analytics vs Splunk User Behavior Analytics comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 4, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

ArcSight Analytics
Ranking in User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
17th
Average Rating
6.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk User Behavior Analytics
Ranking in User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) category, the mindshare of ArcSight Analytics is 1.9%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk User Behavior Analytics is 4.9%, down from 8.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk User Behavior Analytics4.9%
ArcSight Analytics1.9%
Other93.2%
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1311453 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Good filtering and reporting tools but can be difficult to use
It can scale as needed. It's not a problem. There are different teams using it. We have CSOC, which is internal, which is onshore, then we have a security operations center that is offshore, which would be in India. The onshore team might be a group of three, and the offshore might be a group of five. Likely, we have eight to ten people in total using the product directly.
SK
Enterprise Architect at Wipro Limited
Offers intuitive deployment with strong customer support and advanced analytics features
There are improvements that could be made to Splunk User Behavior Analytics as any product will have advantages and disadvantages. Scalability is one consideration. For example, the advantages include rapid auto scaling to meet demand. A disadvantage is that it can lead to cost overrun if not properly factored or governed. The speed of deployment offers faster provisioning as an advantage, but it can require substantial automation skills and infrastructure as code expertise, which can be challenging. Cloud provides major operational benefits such as agility, automation, resilience, and global access when setting up on Cloud. However, it introduces challenges such as cost control, complexity, and vendor dependency. For example, global reach allows deployment of apps and services closer to users worldwide, but data sovereignty concerns exist and region selection must align with compliance requirements.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The ability to correlate different logs is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The correlation engine is good."
"This solution makes it easy to create use cases, and it is easy to move queries from use cases to the report to the dashboard."
"Our organization has improved because ArcSight allows multiple integrations with multiple systems which we did not do before using the product."
"The data collection and the integration with different products are valuable features."
"The most valuable features are that you get lots of connectors, which make it easy to log in to my ASM, and lots of prebuilt roles from the company."
"Less resource consumption in terms of memory and processing."
"Allows multiple integrations with multiple systems in a stable and flexible fashion."
"This product is the easiest way to check if the work's correct."
"Splunk User Behavior Analytics is a one hundred percent stable solution."
"It's easily scalable."
"The solution is definitely scalable."
"It's straightforward in terms of configuration and troubleshooting and log management and monitoring as well. These are the edge points in addition to it being a modular solution where you can capitalize on your current licenses with extra licensing models, which can match the customer's business requirement and it can help the customer to design or to actually plan for their own roadmap."
"This intelligent user behavior analytics package is easy to configure and use while remaining feature filled."
"Splunk is more user-friendly than some competing solutions we tried."
"We have seen a decrease in the mean time to detect threats by about 15 to 20 percent."
 

Cons

"I faced stability issues with Windows Operating System. The installed connectors hang if they remain idle for a long period of time."
"I would like to see integration with automation products, such as Phantom Automation."
"It needs more user analytics and aggregation user queries. And it's slow. When you query over ArcSight, it is very slow."
"Their support team could be better."
"The ArcSight Analytic is not so easy."
"There is a GUI, but it is not complete and lacks functionality that needs to be performed using the console."
"[There is] complexity in maintaining it and managing it. It's not easy to use. It requires a lot of training."
"This is not a solution that I would recommend."
"The dashboard part could be improved. While using it, I noticed two options: Classic, which is adequate yet only in black and white, and another one that is more advanced or smart."
"It would be good if the solution had an analytics tool that allowed us to analyze the data without writing specific queries."
"There are occasional bugs."
"I would like to see an enhancement in the automation of creating the rules."
"The dashboard part could be improved."
"We'd like the ability to do custom searches."
"Currently, a lot of network operations need improvement. We still need people to handle incidents."
"I would like to see a better tracking intelligence module with lower costs fully integrated with a user behavior analytics module."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The monthly licensing fee is around $20,000. There aren't any costs in addition to the standard licensing fee."
"In addition to the costs of standard licensing fees, there is the cost of labor for maintenance."
"ArcSight Analytics is a bit expensive compared with other tools in terms of licensing costs, training, hardware implementation, and support."
"It can range between $30,000 and $40,000 USD, and can go up to $500,000 and $600,000 USD."
"This solution is expensive."
"My customers pay a yearly licensing fee for ArcSight Analytics."
"The licensing costs is around 10,000 dollars."
"Pricing varies based on the packages you choose and the volume of your usage."
"There are additional costs associated with the integrator."
"I hope we can increase the free license to be more than 5 gig a day. This would help people who want to introduce a POC or a demo license for the solution."
"My biggest complaint is the way they do pricing... You can never know the pricing for next year. Every single time you adjust to something new, the price goes up. It's impossible to truly budget for it. It goes up constantly."
"I am not aware of the price, but it is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise12
 

Questions from the Community

What SOC product do you recommend?
For tools I’d recommend: -SIEM- LogRhythm -SOAR- Palo Alto XSOAR Doing commercial w/o both (or at least an XDR) is asking to miss details that are critical, and ending up a statistic. Also, rememb...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk User Behavior Analytics?
Splunk User Behavior Analytics is a premium product. Compared to all other products in the market, it is the most expensive one in all aspects including professional service and licenses, even the ...
What needs improvement with Splunk User Behavior Analytics?
Splunk User Behavior Analytics is still an immature product, so it still needs some R&D to be able to be mature in the market. The prediction, algorithms, and ML codes behind Splunk User Behavi...
What is your primary use case for Splunk User Behavior Analytics?
The main use cases for Splunk User Behavior Analytics include threat detection. I detect insider threats, compromised users, account misuse, and all those things. I use unsupervised and supervised ...
 

Also Known As

ArcSight User Behavior Analytics, ArcSight UBA
Caspida, Splunk UBA
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Information Not Available
8 Securities, AAA Western, AdvancedMD, Amaya, Cerner Corporation, CJ O Shopping, CloudShare, Crossroads Foundation, 7-Eleven Indonesia
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