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SOAR platforms · November 2026 Edition

ManageEngine Log360 vs Splunk SOAR

Zero of fourteen models named ManageEngine Log360 first on the direct prompt; zero named Splunk SOAR. ManageEngine Log360 was named by eight of the fourteen models and Splunk SOAR by fourteen and ManageEngine Log360 carries 18 labels and Splunk SOAR 57, so the shares are not directly comparable.

ManageEngine Log360

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

Splunk SOAR

criticized challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share4%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate11%35%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels1857A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, ManageEngine Log360 reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Tines was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Tines vs ManageEngine Log360 · Tines vs Splunk SOAR · Shuffle vs ManageEngine Log360

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the SOAR platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ManageEngine Log360First choices, of fourteen modelsSplunk SOAR
Direct002 against Splunk SOAR
Paraphrase022 against Splunk SOAR
Comparative00
Budget-constrained203 against Splunk SOAR
Scale-constrained002 against Splunk SOAR
Negative002 against ManageEngine Log360 · 11 against Splunk SOAR
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, ManageEngine Log360 and Splunk SOAR were named in the same answer thirty-five times, of the 139 answers naming ManageEngine Log360 and the 197 naming Splunk SOAR. In those answers Splunk SOAR took the first choice zero times and ManageEngine Log360 four.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where ManageEngine Log360 and Splunk SOAR stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
ManageEngine Log360 Splunk SOAR first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, ManageEngine Log360 on the left and Splunk SOAR on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where ManageEngine Log360 and Splunk SOAR stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Rapid7 InsightConnect alternatives: Splunk SOAR, Swimlane Turbine
GPT-5.4 miniTines alternatives: Cortex XSOAR, FortiSOAR, Splunk SOAR
Perplexity SonarTines alternatives: ManageEngine Log360, Microsoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightConnect, Swimlane Turbine
DeepSeek V4 FlashTines alternatives: Splunk SOAR, Swimlane Turbine
Llama 4 MaverickTines alternatives: Cortex XSOAR, IncMan SOAR, Logsign Unified SO Platform, Splunk SOAR, Torq
GLM 4.7 FlashXCortex XSOAR alternatives: ManageEngine Log360, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk SOAR, Tines
Muse Glimmer 30BTines alternatives: ManageEngine Log360, Rapid7 InsightConnect, Shuffle, Swimlane Turbine

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashTines alternatives: Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel, Prophet Security, Simbian, Swimlane Turbine, Torq
Grok 4.20Tines alternatives: Microsoft Sentinel, Torq
Mistral SmallTines alternatives: Cortex XSOAR, Microsoft Sentinel, Swimlane Turbine
Qwen 3.7 FlashSwimlane Turbine, Tines alternatives: Microsoft Sentinel
Kimi K2Tines alternatives: Cortex XSOAR, ORNA
MiniMax M2.5Cortex XSOAR, Swimlane Turbine alternatives: Microsoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightConnect
GPT-6 LunaTines alternatives: Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, Torq

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
ManageEngine Log360 leads by twelve points.
ManageEngine Log36012%#2 of 13
Splunk SOAR0%#12 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
ManageEngine Log3604%#5 of 13
Splunk SOAR4%#6 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Splunk SOAR leads at enterprise.
Splunk SOAR4%#6 of 11
ManageEngine Log3600%#– of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about ManageEngine Log360

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.

“To Avoid | ManageEngine Log360 | Performance & Support issues” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid entirely if your primary need is SOAR.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“ManageEngine Log360 seems to be one of the most affordable options, with pricing starting at around $795 per year for 10 log sources.” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“My top recommendation for most budget-conscious companies: ManageEngine Log360 at $795/year” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Splunk SOAR

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Avoid for tight budgets: Enterprise-heavy tools like Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, or FortiSOAR” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid for Mid-Sized B2B: ... Splunk SOAR – Similarly heavy on licensing and complexity” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Avoid being swayed by the largest enterprise platforms (Splunk SOAR, IBM QRadar SOAR)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · hard negative
“Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR and Splunk SOAR are top recommendations” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I recommend Splunk SOAR (formerly Phantom) as the top choice.” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Choose Microsoft Sentinel or Splunk SOAR if your SIEM is already based in Azure/Sentinel or Splunk Enterprise Security.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared
Tines vs ManageEngine Log360Tines vs Splunk SOARShuffle vs ManageEngine Log360Shuffle vs Splunk SOARSwimlane Turbine vs ManageEngine Log360Swimlane Turbine vs Splunk SOARCortex XSOAR vs ManageEngine Log360Cortex XSOAR vs Splunk SOARManageEngine Log360 vs TorqManageEngine Log360 vs Rapid7 InsightConnectSplunk SOAR vs TorqSplunk SOAR vs Rapid7 InsightConnectAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full SOAR standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.