Splunk Enterprise vs 1Password: Which is a better fit?

Joe: Hi, this is Joe. I'm a software engineer. I give Splunk Enterprise five out of five. And for more reviews, click below. Before Splunk Enterprise, we had manual tools. We were using command line tools, like Grab, Sed, and ARK, and whatever kind of homegrown scripting we could come up with. And it was not really working for us very well. We had gigabytes of log files and it was difficult to find what we needed to. There was no way to do an index search. It was slow, cumbersome, and it really was limited for the type of data that we had. We chose Splunk Enterprise because a related project was having great success with it, and they had a similar dataset that we were going to be using so they strongly recommended that we use it. And they were correct. We were able to develop our own searches, our own dashboards, and for the type of data we had, Splunk worked beautifully and it came up with everything that we needed. So it was my responsibility to come up with Splunk Enterprise and get everything up and running, and I didn't have any background in data analysis or writing searches or queries or dealing with data ingestion. So what we did was I went to training from the Splunk University in California, and I also was able to use online videos that Splunk had available for free. And after doing all of that, I went back to the office and I was able to install Splunk. I was able to get the data ingested and then write some dashboards and searches and queries. And from that, quite a few visualizations were available to us. And so I took that to the team. I showed off what we could learn from the data we had. They had a lot of comments, and I made quite a few iterations through the system. All of that was quite easy to do and it really did not take very long at all, especially from someone that didn't have a background in doing this before. So we were quite pleased with it. Well, if you're new to the world of big data and data ingestion and visualizations, I would definitely recommend watching the videos that Splunk has available that can teach you how to use the software. I would also recommend their training courses were very helpful and they're great for beginners, and they also have advanced courses if you want to continue onward. And I would recommend using the internet. There's a lot of blogs out there. There's a lot of news articles you can read. There's a lot of tutorials, a lot of help in video form and in written form. So the great thing about Splunk is it's so popular and there is just a lot of information out there available to you. You don't have to struggle through things on your own.

Andrew P.: My name is Andrew. I'm a director of Family Ministries. I give 1Password five out of five. And for more reviews like this, click below. Before we used 1Password, we used LastPass, which worked until it didn't. LastPass was clunky in terms of the user interface, and it did not have the regular schedule updates and feature improvements that we came to rely on and really appreciate about 1Password. We chose 1Password for a number of reasons. One that was very important in our context is that it is platform neutral, works well for Windows, Mac, mobile device, on whatever platform. It also has a command line interface. So there was one member of my staff who really wanted to use that, and so that was available. One other important piece was the watch tower feature. It keeps track of the potential of compromised login information wandering around the web. And that was important for us to be able to know that, not only was our information secure in 1Password, but that 1Password was actively working to keep our information secure. Plus, it was really easy to use, and folks were excited to have something that looked and felt what you would like a security app to look and feel like. Getting 1Password deployed and users onboarded was really simple. It was really easy. The one small challenge we had was related to the browser extensions, and 1Password has made significant improvements in making sure that the browser extensions are easy to install and work seamlessly. So they've made good improvements on that front. And everything else, getting it set up, was very easy. If you're considering getting 1Password, you should just do it. Go ahead, make the switch. You'll be happy that you did. One small thing to keep in mind is that what kind of pricing your organization needs can depend on how many users that you are going to want to equip with this product. For smaller organizations, a family plan may work just fine, and you also might be able to take advantage of some occasional discounts. But in general, if you're thinking about getting 1Password, go get it.