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Cyware vs Splunk

Cyware sells an AI-powered threat intelligence platform that combines AI agents and collective defense networks to help security teams act on the threat intelligence relevant to them. Splunk sells a data platform for security, observability, and AI, and says the platform unifies petabyte-scale machine data wherever it lives. CISO Tribune files both under SOAR and security automation. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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Cyware vs Splunk: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
CywareCyware sells an AI-powered threat intelligence platform that combines AI agents and collective defense networks to help security teams act on the threat intelligence relevant to them.cyware.comSplunkSplunk sells a data platform for security, observability, and AI, and says the platform unifies petabyte-scale machine data wherever it lives.splunk.com
What it sells
  • Cyware Intel Exchange[4][8]An AI-powered threat intelligence platform that turns raw threat data into actionable intelligence.
  • Cyware Intelligence Suite[5]A packaged threat intel program-in-a-box built on Cyware Intel Exchange.
  • Cyware Collaborate[9]A secure, bi-directional threat intelligence sharing and collaboration platform.
  • Cyware Orchestrate[10]A low-code/no-code security orchestration and automation platform.
  • Splunk Cloud Platform[12][22][23][24]A platform to collect, index, and visualize data in the cloud.
  • Splunk Enterprise[1][12][14][17][18][22][24]A platform to collect, index, and visualize data using an on-premises engine.
  • Splunk Enterprise Security[1][14][17][18]A Splunk solution for security operations.
  • Federated Search[15][19]A search layer across the data estate.
  • Splunk AI Assistant[19]A natural-language entry point to the search workflow.
  • Splunk Edge Processor[21]A processor that applies cryptographic functions to data as it flows on-premises.
  • Splunk AI Toolkit[20]Guided workflows to build and deploy models.
  • Splunk Log Observer Connect[22]An integration that links logs to Splunk Observability Cloud.
Categories
Headquarters
Not stated on its pagesSan Jose, United States[4]
Founded
Not stated on its pages2003[3]
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesOwned by Cisco[2][15][16][25]
Named customers
Not stated on its pages
Recent news
  • October 22, 2026Cyware launched Cyware Last Mile Agents, a new class of AI agents for smaller member organizations in threat-sharing networks.[12]
  • July 22, 2026Cyware appointed Alvaro Warden as Global Head of Channel Sales and Marketplace Ecosystems.[13]
  • March 18, 2026Cyware announced Agentic Fabric, an AI strategy introducing agent-driven workflows for investigation, detection engineering and response.[14]
  • September 15, 2026Cisco released Cisco AI POD for Splunk, which brings Splunk AI features to on-premises customers on Cisco infrastructure with NVIDIA computing.[10]
  • May 28, 2026Splunk reported that Cisco has completed its acquisition of Galileo, with plans to integrate Galileo technology into Splunk Observability.[25]
  • April 9, 2026Cisco agreed to buy AI observability startup Galileo Technologies to add its agent monitoring tools to the Splunk observability platform.[11]
  • February 18, 2026Splunk announced that its hosted AI models are generally available for Splunk Cloud Platform customers.[23]
  • January 16, 2026Splunk announced the release of Splunk Enterprise 10.2 and Splunk Cloud Platform 10.2.[24]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: listed, seen November 3, 2026[16]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, Cyware sells to enterprises that want to operationalize threat intelligence across their security tools. Cyware also sells to intel sharing networks, naming ISACs, ISAOs, CERTs, national SOCs, and state, federal, and defense government agencies. Cyware Collaborate is described as used by enterprises, managed security service providers, ISACs, ISAOs, and CERTs. Its sector-specific feeds are aimed at energy, finance, healthcare, and manufacturing organizations.From its own pages, Splunk sells mainly to organisations that want security, observability, and AI data on one platform. Splunk describes SOC teams that index authentication and firewall data for real-time detections. Splunk describes a healthcare organization that monitors logs from medical devices. Splunk offers material for CISOs and boards on priorities, budgeting, compliance, and success metrics. Splunk describes deployments on Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud Platform.
Last verified
September 27, 2026October 10, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Cyware and Splunk are both filed under SOAR and security automation.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Cyware's primary category is Threat intelligence; Splunk's is SIEM.
  • Splunk is also filed under Security data lakes and pipelines.
  • Cyware lists Cyware Intel Exchange, Cyware Intelligence Suite, Cyware Collaborate and Cyware Orchestrate. Splunk lists Splunk Cloud Platform, Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Federated Search, Splunk AI Assistant and 3 more.
  • Splunk is headquartered in San Jose, United States.
  • Splunk was founded in 2003.
  • Splunk is owned by Cisco.
  • Splunk publicly names Carrefour, Intel, FINRA, Alaska Airlines and Honda of Alabama.

What it sells: Cyware

What Cyware Intel Exchange does[4][8]
Cyware Intel Exchange automates the ingestion, de-duplication, enrichment, correlation, analysis, sharing, and actioning of threat data. It normalizes ingested data to STIX 2.1.
What Cyware Collaborate does[9]
Cyware Collaborate lets organizations aggregate intelligence from multiple sources, contextualize it, and share it in real time with internal teams and trusted external partners. It supports a Detection Engineering Agent that auto-generates production-ready TDL detection rules.
What Cyware Orchestrate does[10]
Cyware Orchestrate lets teams build, deploy, and manage automated workflows across 400+ security, IT, and OT tools. Cyware offers 150+ pre-built playbook templates.

What it sells: Splunk

What Splunk Cloud Platform does[12][22][23][24]
Splunk Cloud Platform is described as a way to collect, index, and visualize data in the cloud. Splunk says data can be brought in with agents, Splunk-supported integrations, and developer add-ons.
What Splunk Enterprise Security does[1][14][17][18]
Splunk names Splunk Enterprise Security among its solutions that use pre-written macros. Splunk describes AI Assistant in Security as available to cloud customers of Splunk Enterprise Security.
What Federated Search does[15][19]
Federated Search is described as the unifying search layer across the data estate. It covers Splunk-managed locations and supported customer-managed stores such as Amazon S3 and Snowflake.
What Splunk AI Assistant does[19]
Splunk AI Assistant provides a natural-language entry point to the search workflow. With Agent Mode enabled, an analyst can describe the investigation to perform instead of constructing each search.

Questions about Cyware and Splunk

What do Cyware and Splunk sell?
Cyware sells Cyware Intel Exchange, Cyware Intelligence Suite, Cyware Collaborate and Cyware Orchestrate. Splunk sells Splunk Cloud Platform, Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Federated Search, Splunk AI Assistant and 3 more.
Are Cyware and Splunk in the same category?
They share SOAR and security automation. Cyware's primary category is Threat intelligence and Splunk's is SIEM.
Where are Cyware and Splunk headquartered?
Splunk is headquartered in San Jose, United States.
When were Cyware and Splunk founded?
Splunk was founded in 2003.
Who owns Cyware and Splunk?
Splunk is owned by Cisco.
Which customers do Cyware and Splunk name?
Splunk publicly names Carrefour, Intel, FINRA, Alaska Airlines and Honda of Alabama.
Who are Cyware and Splunk sold to?
From its own pages, Cyware sells to enterprises that want to operationalize threat intelligence across their security tools. From its own pages, Splunk sells mainly to organisations that want security, observability, and AI data on one platform.
What have Cyware and Splunk announced recently?
October 22, 2026: Cyware launched Cyware Last Mile Agents, a new class of AI agents for smaller member organizations in threat-sharing networks. September 15, 2026: Cisco released Cisco AI POD for Splunk, which brings Splunk AI features to on-premises customers on Cisco infrastructure with NVIDIA computing.

About Cyware

Cyware sells an AI-powered threat intelligence platform that combines AI agents and collective defense networks to help security teams act on the threat intelligence relevant to them. Cyware's home page says its combination of AI agents and collective defense networks gives customers the context and bandwidth to action relevant threat intelligence.[7]

Cyware organises its offer around two audiences. Cyware for Enterprises is described as a way to collect, contextualize, and operationalize threat intelligence automatically across security tools and workflows.

For enterprises, Cyware says its platform ingests and prioritizes threat intelligence from every source, ranked by relevance using organizational context and PIRs. Cyware states that it connects threat intel with DRP and exposure management, and that it operationalizes intelligence through automated, governed actioning across SIEM, EDR, ITSM, and 400+ security tools.[5]

The threat intelligence core is Cyware Intel Exchange, which the Cyware pages call an AI-powered TIP that turns raw threat data into actionable intelligence. Cyware Intel Exchange automates the ingestion, de-duplication, enrichment, correlation, analysis, sharing, and actioning of threat data. It normalizes ingested data to STIX 2.1, and its AI agents include the Tag Grouping Agent, the Alias Consolidation Agent and the Priority Intelligence Requirement Agent.[4]

Cyware Intelligence Suite is a packaged threat intel program-in-a-box. Cyware says the Suite lets organizations operationalize threat intelligence in a matter of days.[5]

Adversary-informed vulnerability intelligence is powered by Securin.[6]

For sharing and response, Cyware Collaborate is a secure, bi-directional threat intelligence sharing and collaboration platform. Cyware says it is used by enterprises, managed security service providers, ISACs, ISAOs, CERTs, and other security-sharing communities. Cyware Orchestrate is a low-code/no-code security orchestration and automation platform with 400+ integrations and 150+ playbook templates. Cyware Respond is an AI-driven incident management platform that unifies threat intelligence with security orchestration, automation, and response.[9][10][11]

Cyware's pages also refer to Space ISAC as a customer.[1][2][4][6][7][9][11]

Cyware on the record

Sources

Cyware full record

  1. [1]AboutCyware · cyware.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Forbes recognizes cyware as one of americas best startup employers of 2026 302709209Cyware via PR Newswire · prnewswire.com · published March 10, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Cyware - AI-Powered Threat Intelligence Platform | HomeCyware · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) | Cyware Intel ExchangeCyware · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Cyware Intelligence Suite – Unified Threat Intelligence Program in a BoxCyware · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Comprehensive Cyber Threat Feeds for Enhanced Security | CywareCyware · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Digital Risk Protection (DRP) | Cyware Intelligence SuiteCyware · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Privacy-First Real-Time Malware Sandboxing for Faster Threat Investigations | CywareCyware · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Cyware Collaborate – Secure Bi-Directional Threat Intelligence SharingCyware · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Cyware Orchestrate – AI-Powered Hyper-Orchestration & AutomationCyware · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Cyware Respond - Real-time Security Orchestration and AutomationCyware · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Cyware Launches New "Last Mile" Agents to Help Smaller Organizations Act on the Threat Intelligence They Already ReceiveCyware · published October 22, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Cyware Strengthens Partner-First Strategy with Appointment of Alvaro WardenPRNewswire · published July 22, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Cyware Introduces Agentic AI Fabric to Enable Threat Intelligence-Driven Workflows Across the Security EcosystemBusiness Wire · published March 18, 2026 · Tier A

Splunk full record

  1. [1]ProductsSplunk · splunk.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Cisco completes acquisition of splunkCisco · newsroom.cisco.com · published March 18, 2024 · Tier A
  3. [3]Get the most out of splunk infrastructure monitoring and splunk itsiSplunk · splunk.com · published November 17, 2020 · Tier A
  4. [4]Contact usSplunk · splunk.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]CarrefourSplunk · splunk.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]IntelSplunk · splunk.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]FinraSplunk · splunk.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Alaska airlinesSplunk · splunk.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]HondaSplunk · splunk.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Cisco delivers trusted ai at scale through new splunk advancementsCisco · newsroom.cisco.com · published September 15, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Cisco buys galileo strengthen splunks agentic monitoring capabilitiesSiliconANGLE · siliconangle.com · published April 9, 2026 · Tier B
  12. [12]Get Data In | Platform (last updated lastModifiedISO)Splunk · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Analytics Story: Warzone RAT | Splunk Security ContentSplunk · published May 13, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Analytics Story: Trickbot | Splunk Security ContentSplunk · published May 13, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Splunk | Data Platform for Security, Observability & AISplunk · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]Splunk Enterprise Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & FeaturesG2 · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier C
  17. [17]Using advanced macros - Splunk LanternSplunk Lantern · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  18. [18]L’IA au service de la sécurité | SplunkSplunk · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  19. [19]Investigating and searching across your data estate with Cisco Data Fabric powered by the Splunk platform - Splunk LanternSplunk Lantern · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  20. [20]Preparing data for use with the Splunk AI Toolkit - Splunk LanternSplunk Lantern · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  21. [21]De-identifying PII consistently with hashing in Edge Processor - Splunk LanternSplunk Lantern · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  22. [22]Using Log Observer Connect with Cloud Platform - Splunk LanternSplunk Lantern · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  23. [23]Splunk Launches Hosted Generative AI Models: Native-AI Insights, Zero Setup, Maximum SecuritySplunk · published February 18, 2026 · Tier A
  24. [24]Announcing Splunk Enterprise 10.2 & Splunk Cloud Platform 10.2 – Next Generation Querying & AnalyticsSplunk · published January 16, 2026 · Tier A
  25. [25]Splunk Observability + Galileo: Bridging the AI Trust GapSplunk · published May 28, 2026 · Tier A

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