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Compare Splunk Enterprise and Wireshark 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (65.4% of reviews)
Enterprise (41.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Splunk Enterprise
Star Rating
(419)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (65.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Star Rating
(145)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (41.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Splunk Enterprise vs Wireshark
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Splunk Enterprise easier to use and do business with overall. However, reviewers preferred the ease of set up with Wireshark, along with administration.
- Reviewers felt that Wireshark meets the needs of their business better than Splunk Enterprise.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Splunk Enterprise is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Wireshark over Splunk Enterprise.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Splunk Enterprise
No pricing availableWireshark
No pricing availableFree Trial
Splunk Enterprise
No trial information availableWireshark
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.9
332
9.4
117
Ease of Use
8.1
334
8.0
119
Ease of Setup
7.9
133
8.9
24
Ease of Admin
8.1
123
8.6
20
Quality of Support
8.4
275
8.3
94
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
123
8.2
19
Product Direction (% positive)
7.9
322
9.4
117
Features by Category
Data Sourcing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Intelligence
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Incident Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
7.0
9
Not enough data
6.5
9
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
7.1
11
Not enough data
6.8
10
Not enough data
6.8
10
Not enough data
Management
7.7
10
Not enough data
8.2
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
9.4
18
Not enough data
9.0
19
Not enough data
9.3
19
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
9.0
16
Not enough data
8.7
14
Not enough data
8.4
18
Not enough data
9.1
19
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Hardware Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
59
Not enough data
8.9
59
Not enough data
9.1
59
Not enough data
7.8
51
Not enough data
Management
8.3
52
Not enough data
8.9
58
Not enough data
8.5
58
Not enough data
9.1
58
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
ServiceNow Apps
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Agentic AI - ServiceNow Store Apps
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Preparation
9.0
65
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
64
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
Analysis
8.4
58
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
63
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
51
|
Verified
Not enough data
Visualization
8.8
64
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)Hide 14 FeaturesShow 14 Features
8.4
27
Not enough data
Network Management
9.1
26
Not enough data
7.3
23
Not enough data
9.2
26
Not enough data
Incident Management
8.8
26
Not enough data
7.8
26
Not enough data
8.5
26
Not enough data
Security Intelligence
7.3
24
Not enough data
6.5
22
Not enough data
8.5
24
Not enough data
8.3
24
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Splunk Enterprise and Wireshark share no categories
Unique Categories
Splunk Enterprise is categorized as Enterprise Monitoring, Hardware Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, ServiceNow Store Apps, Customer Data Platform (CDP), Log Analysis, and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Wireshark is categorized as Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Splunk Enterprise
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Wireshark
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
26.2%
Computer Software
10.6%
Financial Services
6.5%
Internet
6.3%
Computer & Network Security
6.0%
Other
44.3%
Information Technology and Services
21.6%
Computer & Network Security
15.8%
Computer Networking
11.5%
Computer Software
10.1%
Telecommunications
9.4%
Other
31.7%
Most Helpful Reviews
Splunk Enterprise
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Retail
Splunk is a fantastic tool that we depend on. It isn't just development work we rely on Splunk for, but we also use it for testing engineering changes as a standard before production releases. From ease-of-use, forwarding data from a variety of data...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Education Management
Verified User in Education Management
The query language is not intuitive and can feel difficult to use. Graphing and charting isn't easy to use either, though it seems like it could be a nice feature.
Wireshark
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Sunil W.
Verified User in Computer Software
It's free and easy to install across linux systems. It makes use of common, mature libraries, and it's great for helping system administrators learn about network protocols and their own network.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Retail
Splunk is a fantastic tool that we depend on. It isn't just development work we rely on Splunk for, but we also use it for testing engineering changes as a standard before production releases. From ease-of-use, forwarding data from a variety of data...
Sunil W.
Verified User in Computer Software
It's free and easy to install across linux systems. It makes use of common, mature libraries, and it's great for helping system administrators learn about network protocols and their own network.
Verified User in Education Management
Verified User in Education Management
The query language is not intuitive and can feel difficult to use. Graphing and charting isn't easy to use either, though it seems like it could be a nice feature.
Alternatives
Discussions
What does Splunk Enterprise do?
1 comment
SM
Splunk Enterprise is a powerful data analytics platform that allows organizations to collect, index, search, and analyze a wide variety of machine-generated...Read more
Which apps ship with Splunk Enterprise?
1 comment
SM
Splunk Enterprise comes with a variety of built-in apps and add-ons that provide additional functionality, visualizations, and preconfigured dashboards for...Read more
What are Splunk Enterprise components?
1 comment
IG
Splunk's 3 main components: Search Head (UI), Indexer (DB) and Forwarder (Endpoint Agent with Universal Forwarder or Aggregation Agent with...Read more
Wireshark has no more discussions with answers
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