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Exabeam vs Splunk

Exabeam sells security operations software for threat detection, investigation and response (TDIR), including cloud-native SIEM, behavioral analytics and an on-premises SIEM platform. 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 SIEM. 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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Exabeam vs Splunk: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
ExabeamExabeam sells security operations software for threat detection, investigation and response (TDIR), including cloud-native SIEM, behavioral analytics and an on-premises SIEM platform.exabeam.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
  • New-Scale Fusion[1][5][9]A cloud-native platform combining New-Scale SIEM and New-Scale Analytics.
  • New-Scale SIEM[5][9]A cloud-native SIEM with search, correlation and AI co-investigation in a TDIR workbench.
  • Exabeam Nova[1][5][9]A platform-wide co-investigator for analysts.
  • Outcomes Navigator[5][9]Maps data to use cases and frameworks.
  • LogRhythm SIEM[5][11][12]An on-premises SIEM platform.
  • LogRhythm Intelligence[5][12]An add-on bringing behavioral analytics to LogRhythm SIEM.
  • NetMon[13]Network traffic monitoring for LogRhythm or New-Scale deployments.
  • 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
Foster City, United States[4]San Jose, United States[4]
Founded
2013[2]2003[3]
Ownership and funding
Owned by Thoma Bravo since 2024[5][7][8]Owned by Cisco[2][15][16][25]
Named customers
Not stated on its pages
Recent news
  • October 1, 2026Exabeam introduced new Agentic SOC capabilities that bring AI-driven investigation, execution, and governance to cloud and on-premises environments.[15]
  • July 1, 2026Exabeam expanded its Behavior Intelligence capabilities to help organizations secure AI agents, autonomous workflows, and human-to-agent interactions.[6]
  • June 23, 2026Exabeam introduced Agent Behavior Verification and released Praxen, an open-source tool that tests an AI agent against its intended role before deployment.[16]
  • 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: listed, seen November 3, 2026[8]
  • G2: listed, seen November 3, 2026[16]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
Exabeam says its platform helps organizations of any size and maturity. Exabeam offers a cloud-native platform and an on-premises SIEM, so it addresses both cloud and self-hosted deployment preferences. Its pages describe replacing a legacy SIEM or augmenting an existing one with behavioral analytics and automation. Exabeam also targets organizations concerned with insider threats from both human users and AI agents.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

  • SIEM is the primary category of both Exabeam and Splunk.
  • Both are headquartered in the United States.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Exabeam is also filed under AI SOC analysts. Splunk is also filed under SOAR and security automation and Security data lakes and pipelines.
  • Exabeam lists New-Scale Fusion, New-Scale SIEM, Exabeam Nova, Outcomes Navigator, LogRhythm SIEM and 2 more. Splunk lists Splunk Cloud Platform, Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Federated Search, Splunk AI Assistant and 3 more.
  • Exabeam is headquartered in Foster City, United States. Splunk is headquartered in San Jose, United States.
  • Exabeam was founded in 2013. Splunk was founded in 2003.
  • Exabeam is owned by Thoma Bravo, since 2024. Splunk is owned by Cisco.
  • Splunk publicly names Carrefour, Intel, FINRA, Alaska Airlines and Honda of Alabama.

How they differ

CISO Tribune files Exabeam under SIEM and AI SOC analysts, and files Splunk under SIEM, SOAR and security automation, and Security data lakes and pipelines; both have SIEM as the primary category. Exabeam sells security operations software for threat detection, investigation and response, including the cloud-native New-Scale Fusion and New-Scale SIEM, and an on-premises platform called LogRhythm SIEM. Splunk sells a data platform for security, observability, and AI, offered as Splunk Cloud Platform and as Splunk Enterprise, which uses an on-premises engine. Splunk also lists Federated Search, Splunk Edge Processor and Splunk Log Observer Connect, which links logs to Splunk Observability Cloud. Exabeam also describes behavioral analytics applied to both humans and AI agents.

Exabeam is headquartered in Foster City, United States, was founded in 2013, and has been owned by Thoma Bravo since 2024. Splunk is headquartered in San Jose, United States, was founded in 2003, and is owned by Cisco. Exabeam names Resorts World Las Vegas, SA Power Networks, MTI Ltd and Port of Antwerp-Bruges among its customers. Splunk publicly names Carrefour, Intel, FINRA, Alaska Airlines and Honda of Alabama as customers.

On October 1, 2026, Exabeam introduced new Agentic SOC capabilities for AI-driven investigation, execution, and governance in cloud and on-premises environments. On June 23, 2026, Exabeam introduced Agent Behavior Verification and released Praxen, an open-source tool. On 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. On May 28, 2026, Splunk reported that Cisco had completed its acquisition of Galileo.

What it sells: Exabeam

What New-Scale Fusion does[1][5][9]
New-Scale Fusion unifies log management, behavioral analytics, dynamic risk scoring and automation in a modular platform. It can replace an existing SIEM or augment current tools. It runs on Google Cloud Platform.
What New-Scale SIEM does[5][9]
New-Scale SIEM combines fast search, advanced correlation and persistent AI co-investigation in a unified TDIR workbench. Threat Center unifies alerts, cases, detections and watchlists. New-Scale SIEM is delivered from GCP.
What Exabeam Nova does[1][5][9]
Exabeam Nova follows analysts through Threat Center, search timelines and Outcomes Navigator. It automates background context collection, secondary searches and triage assistance.
What LogRhythm SIEM does[5][11][12]
LogRhythm SIEM is deployed on-premises for complete data control. It includes 1,100+ prebuilt correlation rules mapped to MITRE ATT&CK and compliance mandates.
What LogRhythm Intelligence does[5][12]
LogRhythm Intelligence applies AI-driven behavioral analytics to surface user and entity anomalies in the LogRhythm SIEM platform. It is an add-on to LogRhythm SIEM and not available as a standalone product.

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 Exabeam and Splunk

What do Exabeam and Splunk sell?
Exabeam sells New-Scale Fusion, New-Scale SIEM, Exabeam Nova, Outcomes Navigator, LogRhythm SIEM and 2 more. Splunk sells Splunk Cloud Platform, Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Federated Search, Splunk AI Assistant and 3 more.
Are Exabeam and Splunk in the same category?
Yes. SIEM is the primary category of both on CISO Tribune.
Where are Exabeam and Splunk headquartered?
Exabeam is headquartered in Foster City, United States. Splunk is headquartered in San Jose, United States.
When were Exabeam and Splunk founded?
Exabeam was founded in 2013. Splunk was founded in 2003.
Who owns Exabeam and Splunk?
Exabeam is owned by Thoma Bravo, since 2024. Splunk is owned by Cisco.
Which customers do Exabeam and Splunk name?
Splunk publicly names Carrefour, Intel, FINRA, Alaska Airlines and Honda of Alabama.
Who are Exabeam and Splunk sold to?
Exabeam says its platform helps organizations of any size and maturity. From its own pages, Splunk sells mainly to organisations that want security, observability, and AI data on one platform.
What have Exabeam and Splunk announced recently?
October 1, 2026: Exabeam introduced new Agentic SOC capabilities that bring AI-driven investigation, execution, and governance to cloud and on-premises environments. 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 Exabeam

Exabeam sells security operations software for threat detection, investigation and response (TDIR), including cloud-native SIEM, behavioral analytics and an on-premises SIEM platform.[9]

Exabeam says AI agents now act alongside human employees, often at machine speed and massive scale, and that traditional security tools were not built to see or understand this behavior. Exabeam says it applies behavioral analytics to both humans and AI agents to help organizations detect signals of compromised credentials, malicious activity and misaligned autonomous systems earlier. User and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) and Agent Behavior Analytics (ABA) automatically baseline activity and expose anomalies.[10]

New-Scale Fusion is the cloud-native platform. New-Scale Fusion combines New-Scale SIEM and New-Scale Analytics in a modular platform that unifies log management, behavioral analytics, dynamic risk scoring and automation. Exabeam says New-Scale Fusion can be deployed to replace an existing SIEM or to augment current tools with behavioral analytics and automation. New-Scale Fusion runs on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with a 99.5% uptime SLA, and customers select a hosting region at purchase.[1][9][14]

New-Scale SIEM combines fast search, advanced correlation and persistent AI co-investigation in a unified TDIR workbench. Exabeam Nova is a platform-wide co-investigator that follows analysts through Threat Center, search timelines and Outcomes Navigator. Threat Center unifies alerts, cases, detections and watchlists in one workbench.[1][9]

On data handling, Exabeam says prebuilt collectors process more than 2 million events per second (EPS) and that customers can start with 7,000+ prebuilt log parsers. The Common Information Model (CIM) normalizes data at ingestion. The Exabeam Threat Intelligence Service ingests and scores commercial and open-source threat feeds, updates every 24 hours, and is included at no extra cost.[9]

LogRhythm SIEM is deployed on-premises for complete data control. LogRhythm SIEM includes 1,100+ prebuilt correlation rules mapped to MITRE ATT&CK and compliance mandates. LogRhythm Intelligence applies AI-driven behavioral analytics to surface user and entity anomalies in the LogRhythm SIEM platform, and it is an add-on to LogRhythm SIEM rather than a standalone product. NetMon monitors network traffic for LogRhythm or New-Scale Security Operations Platform deployments.[11][12][13]

Exabeam names Resorts World Las Vegas, SA Power Networks, MTI Ltd and Port of Antwerp-Bruges among its customers. Exabeam says its platform helps organizations of any size and maturity improve security operations.[3][9][10][13][14]

Exabeam on the record

Sources

Exabeam full record

  1. [1]Exabeam new scale fusion security operations platformExabeam · exabeam.com · published July 1, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]About usExabeam · exabeam.com · published September 15, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Exabeam and logrhythm complete merger and announce new company detailsThoma Bravo · thomabravo.com · published July 17, 2024 · Tier B
  4. [4]Exabeam opens new office in plano tx expands customer service and support in north americaExabeam · exabeam.com · published November 3, 2022 · Tier A
  5. [5]Exabeam | Cybersecurity & Compliance with Security Log Management and SIEMExabeam · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Exabeam Expands Behavior Intelligence to Secure the Agentic EnterpriseBusiness Wire · published July 1, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Exabeam New-Scale Platform Reviews & Product Details - G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier C
  8. [8]Exabeam Reviews, Ratings & Features 2026 | Gartner Peer InsightsGartner Peer Insights · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier C
  9. [9]New-Scale SIEM | ExabeamExabeam · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Exabeam | Cybersecurity & Compliance with Security Log Management and SIEMExabeam · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]LogRhythm SIEM | ExabeamExabeam · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]LogRhythm Intelligence | ExabeamExabeam · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]NetMon | ExabeamExabeam · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]The Exabeam Difference | ExabeamExabeam · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]The Agentic SOC, Delivered: Exabeam Accelerates AI-Powered Security Operations to Machine SpeedExabeam · published October 1, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]Exabeam launches Praxen, an open-source tool to verify AI agent behaviorSiliconANGLE · published June 23, 2026 · Tier B

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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