We performed a comparison between SolarWinds AppOptics and Splunk Enterprise Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The sum solution, NTA, and DPA."
"The reporting of the solution is very good."
"Some of the most valuable features of SolarWinds are the topology discovery and network performance analysis."
"The product has a great dashboard."
"I have found the most valuable feature is application performance management."
"Technical support is always live and they're supportive."
"We can ingest and correlate data from virtually any type of system."
"The solution is very fast and succinct."
"Its dashboard is valuable. If you have a good knowledge of how to create a dashboard, you can create any dashboard related to cybersecurity. If fine-tuned, the alarms that are triggered for instant review are also very valuable and useful."
"It's better than IBM, in my opinion, because it's an independent entity."
"My favorite example of improving of organization is saving a $60k/mo in payroll fraud and $10k/mo in wasted API credits by using simple searches and clear reports."
"From the class that I took this week, being able to create notable events from whatever you find in the data set is pretty useful."
"From my experience, the visual aid that it provides is most valuable. There are charts and other means to provide information."
"It's the completeness of the solution that we like the most."
"In terms of the technology, I think they need to put some more advanced troubleshooting into SolarWinds, in terms of AI capabilities. That's the next generation, especially in the cases of APIs which have already adopted AI capabilities into their products."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"The implementation needs improvement. It needs to get modernized with the newer cloud scenario in both public and private deployment models."
"AppOptics would benefit from having a much more centralized view."
"The integration with Unix services should be a bit more straightforward."
"I would like to see more integration with other tools that are available on the market."
"Certain sections of the developer documentation could use some updating and clarification."
"Make it easier to include roles and user controls, as it is horrible now."
"Features related to content management must be improved."
"Licensing costs can be a barrier for those with limited budgets."
"The product was difficult to back up the first time."
"The difficult part is related to integration with sources of data that are used to create the logs as this depends on the infrastructure of the client."
"It can be tough to get a hold of somebody in technical support depending on the complexity of the issue."
"Their technical support sucks."
SolarWinds AppOptics is ranked 43rd in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 9 reviews while Splunk Enterprise Security is ranked 1st in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 251 reviews. SolarWinds AppOptics is rated 7.8, while Splunk Enterprise Security is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of SolarWinds AppOptics writes "Unique features allow consolidating and combing metrics into a single dashboard, but don't monitor mobile solutions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk Enterprise Security writes "It has a drag-and-drop interface, so you don't need to know SQL or Java to construct a query ". SolarWinds AppOptics is most compared with Dynatrace, SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor, Zabbix, Datadog and New Relic, whereas Splunk Enterprise Security is most compared with Wazuh, IBM Security QRadar, Dynatrace, Elastic Security and Microsoft Sentinel. See our SolarWinds AppOptics vs. Splunk Enterprise Security report.
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