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Microsoft Sentinel vs Splunk Enterprise Security

No leader: the top candidate Splunk Enterprise Security has only 0.30 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Microsoft Sentinel full profile →Splunk Enterprise Security full profile →
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Microsoft Sentinel36
Splunk Enterprise Security56
Score
vioscaleAI score
Microsoft Sentinel36 / 100medium · 63%
Splunk Enterprise Security56 / 100low · 30%
Pricing
Free tier
Microsoft Sentinel✗
Splunk Enterprise Security✓
Model
Microsoft Sentinelquote
Splunk Enterprise Securitycommercial
Price level
Microsoft Sentinelunknown
Splunk Enterprise Securityunknown
Transparent
Microsoft Sentinel✗
Splunk Enterprise Security✗
Integrations
Count
Microsoft Sentinel–
Splunk Enterprise Security2,000
Security
Disclosure policy
Microsoft Sentinel–
Splunk Enterprise Security✓
Gdpr
Microsoft Sentinel✓
Splunk Enterprise Security–
Iso27001
Microsoft Sentinel✓
Splunk Enterprise Security–
Reliability
Status page
Microsoft Sentinel✓
Splunk Enterprise Security✓
Market
Availability
Microsoft SentinelAvailable worldwide · HQ US
Splunk Enterprise SecurityAvailable worldwide · Popular in US
Content
Faq
Microsoft Sentinel6 items
Splunk Enterprise Security6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for siem & soar software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
SIEM (log correlation & detection)
Microsoft Sentinel✓
Splunk Enterprise Security✓
SOAR (playbooks / automated response)
Microsoft Sentinel-
Splunk Enterprise Security✓
Detection
UEBA (behavioural analytics)
Microsoft Sentinel-
Splunk Enterprise Security✓
Built-in threat intelligence
Microsoft Sentinel-
Splunk Enterprise Security✓
ML / anomaly detection
Microsoft Sentinel✓
Splunk Enterprise Security✓
MITRE ATT&CK detection mapping
Microsoft Sentinel-
Splunk Enterprise Security✓
Ops
Case / incident management
Microsoft Sentinel✓
Splunk Enterprise Security✓
Pricing
Pricing basis
Microsoft Sentinel-
Splunk Enterprise Security-
Deployment
Deployment
Microsoft SentinelCloud
Splunk Enterprise SecurityHybrid
Integration
Connector / content-pack breadth
Microsoft Sentinel-
Splunk Enterprise Security2,000+ integrations via Splunkbase
Licensing
Open-core available
Microsoft Sentinel-
Splunk Enterprise Security✗

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Microsoft Sentinel

A security information and event management system that enables organizations to identify threats across their infrastructure, respond to security incidents quickly, and reduce operational costs through integrated data storage and AI-powered threat detection.

Independently observed

Splunk Enterprise Security

Splunk Enterprise Security combines security analytics, automated response, behavioral analytics, and machine learning to enable comprehensive threat detection and faster investigation and response across security operations.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Microsoft Sentinel

Quote-based
as of verify ↗

Splunk Enterprise Security

Subscription14-day trial
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Microsoft Sentinel✓
Splunk Enterprise Security✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Microsoft Sentinel✓
Splunk Enterprise Security✓
Self-hosted
Microsoft Sentinel✗
Splunk Enterprise Security✓
On-premise
Microsoft Sentinel✗
Splunk Enterprise Security✓
Hybrid
Microsoft Sentinel✗
Splunk Enterprise Security✓
Air-gapped
Microsoft Sentinel✗
Splunk Enterprise Security✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Microsoft Sentinel

Not documented yet.

Splunk Enterprise Security

14 total
  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • ConnectWise Automate
  • Datadog
  • Google Stackdriver
  • Honeybadger
  • Hubot
  • Loadster
  • New Relic
  • Observium
  • Opsview
  • Pingdom
  • Prometheus
  • Cisco
  • Amazon S3
Independently observed
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Microsoft Sentinel or Splunk Enterprise Security: which one depends on you

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