RUNREVEAL VS. SPLUNK
The modern SIEM for security teams that move fast.
RunReveal brings data management, detection, and response into a single platform built for modern security teams. Ingest and transform your logs, detect threats with AI-powered rules, and investigate incidents in minutes.
Trusted by industry-leading security teams who wanted something a little simpler—and a lot more affordable—to analyze their security logs
Why Modern Security Teams Choose RunReveal as their SIEM.
Splunk was built for a different era. RunReveal is designed for the way cloud-native security teams actually work today.
Predictable costs, finally
Splunk charges by the GB you ingest. Every new cloud service or traffic surge hits your bill. RunReveal prices on only what you store.
AI built in, not bolted on
Splunk’s AI features are add-ons to a platform that was never designed for AI workflows. RunReveal’s Autonomous Security Operations Agent is a core capability, not a premium SKU.
One platform, not three
Most Splunk customers end up paying separately for their SIEM, pipeline tool, and AI SOC to do basic log management. RunReveal replaces all of it–detection, pipelines, and AI investigation into a single platform.
What sets RunReveal apart from Splunk
RunReveal is a modern, AI-native SIEM platform and a direct alternative to Splunk. Unlike Splunk, which prices on data ingestion volume and requires third-party tools like Cribl for pipeline management, RunReveal bundles detection, pipelines, and AI investigations into a single platform with storage-based pricing.
Storage-Based Pricing Model
Built-In AI Capabilities
Native Pipeline Management
SQL Query Language
Native Sigma Detections
Data Backend
Time to Value
Deployment Options
Support Model
What our Customers are saying
I can add a new [source], write the detection, read queries, find the data that I want, and wire it up to get alerts for it, all within an hour or two. Pretty great compared to existing tool stacks that would be weeks or more.
Travis McPeak
Security
Data collection isn’t the goal, detection is. Pipelines let us enrich what we need and cut what we don’t, so we’re not buried under terabytes of irrelevant logs.
Dave Green
Threat Detection & Response Lead
RunReveal is our cloud security partner in crime. Their expertise in data security & commitment to technical collaboration is why ClickHouse selected RunReveal over legacy SIEM solutions.
Julio Jimenez
Cloud Security Lead
What makes Splunk hard to grow with?
Splunk taught us that log data had value (and that they mattered). But the data you're working with today looks nothing like 2010. The volume is different, the sources are different, and AI rewrote what's actually possible with it. The tools need to match the era.
Pricing that punishes growth
Pay for what you store, not what you send
Pipelines sold separately
Pipelines included — filter, drop, enrich
AI bolted-on, not built-in
AI that's native to the platform
A query language only Splunk speaks
SQL your whole team already knows
Proprietary backend with no way out
Built on ClickHouse, open and fast
Weeks of setup before your first alert
Live in days, not weeks or months
Deployment: Flexibility that creates more complexity
SaaS, BYO-Cloud, BYO-Database, and on-prem
Needs its own team to stay running
Runs itself. Your team focuses on real threats.
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