Cybersecurity · head to head
Splunk Enterprise Security vs Verint
Splunk Enterprise Security
Cybersecurity
The platform for operational intelligence
- From
- On request
- Rated
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Verint
Customer Support
Enterprise customer engagement and workforce optimisation, taken private by Thoma Bravo and merged with Calabrio
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Splunk Enterprise Security splunk Enterprise Security is licensed separately from the Splunk platform, so a SIEM deployment needs both; Verint thoma Bravo took Verint private in November 2025 and is combining it with the directly competing Calabrio, so buyers signing multi-year agreements now cannot know which of the two overlapping product lines survives as the strategic one.
- They diverge on capability: Splunk Enterprise Security covers Security monitoring, Verint covers Workforce management.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Splunk Enterprise Security and Verint actually diverge.
| Attribute | Splunk Enterprise Security | Verint |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | subscription | quote |
| Platforms | Web, Api | Web, Windows |
| Category | Cybersecurity | Customer Support |
| Founded | 2003 | Unknown |
Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Splunk Enterprise Security
- Security monitoring
- Incident review
- Risk-based alerting
- Threat intelligence
- Investigation workbench
- MITRE ATT&CK mapping
- Automated response
- Compliance reporting
Only in Verint
- Workforce management
- Interaction recording
- Speech and text analytics
- Quality management
- CX automation bots
- Voice of the customer
- Knowledge management
- Open platform connectors
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Splunk Enterprise Security
- Running a security operations centre on Splunk indexed log datanot Verint
- Correlation searches, risk based alerting and incident investigationnot Verint
- Compliance reporting from pooled security telemetrynot Verint
Verint
- A retail bank with 4,000 agents that must record and retain every advised sale under regulatory obligation and evidence retention on demandnot Splunk Enterprise Security
- A government service centre running an inherited Avaya estate that needs modern analytics without replacing the telephonynot Splunk Enterprise Security
- A multinational insurer forecasting across six sites and three languages where a spreadsheet-based rota has stopped scalingnot Splunk Enterprise Security
- An enterprise wanting analytics over one hundred per cent of interactions because sampled quality scoring keeps missing the failure modes that generate complaintsnot Splunk Enterprise Security
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Splunk Enterprise Security
- Splunk Enterprise Security is licensed separately from the Splunk platform, so a SIEM deployment needs both
- Splunk publishes no rate for Enterprise Security and directs buyers to contact a pricing expert
- UEBA, SOAR and automated threat analysis require the Premier edition rather than Essentials
- The platform underneath can be billed by ingest volume, workload or activity, so the total cost depends on a pricing model chosen at contract time rather than a list price
Verint
- Thoma Bravo took Verint private in November 2025 and is combining it with the directly competing Calabrio, so buyers signing multi-year agreements now cannot know which of the two overlapping product lines survives as the strategic one.
- The catalogue is licensed piece by piece, including individually priced automation bots, so the quoted platform figure is rarely the figure you end up paying once the analytics, recording and bot modules are all in scope.
- Implementations routinely run six to twelve months and effectively require a partner, which means the first year of a contract is spent paying for software that is not yet delivering.
- The interface reflects two decades of accumulated enterprise features, and new supervisors need formal training to do things that a mid-market tool exposes in one screen.
- It is priced and scoped for thousands of agents, so a 300-seat operation gets an enterprise contract, an enterprise implementation and enterprise complexity for a problem a lighter product would solve in weeks.
Pricing, plan by plan
Splunk Enterprise Security
On request- Workload PricingFree
- Pay per compute
- Flexible scaling
- All features
- Ingest PricingFree
- Pay per GB ingested
- Predictable costs
- All features
- Entity PricingFree
- Pay per monitored entity
- Security focused
- All features
Verint
On request- Verint Open Platform$undefined/year
- Workforce management and forecasting
- Compliance recording and quality management
- Speech and text analytics
Which should you pick?
Choose Splunk Enterprise Security if
- You need security monitoring.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want incident review.
Choose Verint if
- You need workforce management.
- You work on Web, Windows.
- You also want interaction recording.
Questions people ask
- Is Splunk Enterprise Security or Verint better?
- Neither clearly leads. Splunk Enterprise Security starts at On request and Verint at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Splunk Enterprise Security or Verint?
- Splunk Enterprise Security starts at On request and Verint at On request.
- Does Splunk Enterprise Security or Verint run on more platforms?
- Splunk Enterprise Security runs on Web, Api. Verint runs on Web, Windows.
- What is Splunk Enterprise Security best used for?
- Splunk Enterprise Security is most often used for running a security operations centre on splunk indexed log data, correlation searches, risk based alerting and incident investigation, compliance reporting from pooled security telemetry. Of those, running a security operations centre on splunk indexed log data and correlation searches, risk based alerting and incident investigation are not what Verint is typically brought in for.
- What can Splunk Enterprise Security do that Verint cannot?
- Splunk Enterprise Security covers Security monitoring, Incident review, Risk-based alerting, Threat intelligence. Verint covers Workforce management, Interaction recording, Speech and text analytics, Quality management.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Splunk Enterprise Security: How much does Splunk Enterprise Security cost?
Splunk Enterprise Security pricing is not published. The product is available in Essentials Edition with threat detection, investigation, and response capabilities, and Premier Edition with UEBA, SOAR, and Automated Threat Analysis. Customers must contact Splunk sales for pricing quotes on either edition.
SourceVerint: Who owns Verint now?
Thoma Bravo, which completed a 2 billion US dollar take-private in November 2025 and is combining Verint with its existing portfolio company Calabrio.
Splunk Enterprise Security: What editions of Splunk Enterprise Security are available?
Splunk Enterprise Security offers Essentials Edition with threat detection, investigation, and response capabilities, and Premier Edition which adds UEBA (User and Entity Behavior Analytics), SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation and Response), and Automated Threat Analysis.
SourceVerint: Does that affect an existing contract?
Existing contracts continue, but roadmap and product overlap with Calabrio is unresolved. Ask for written commitments on support horizon and migration terms before renewing.
Verint: Do I have to replace my telephony?
No. Verint is deliberately platform-agnostic and is commonly deployed over Avaya, Cisco, Genesys and Amazon Connect estates.
Verint: Is pricing published?
No. Verint sells multi-year enterprise agreements quoted per module and per agent, with professional services costed separately.
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