We performed a comparison between Elastic Observability and Splunk Enterprise Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Log Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The architecture and system's stability are simple."
"It has always been a stable solution."
"The price is very less expensive compared to the other solutions."
"It's easy to deploy, and it's very flexible."
"The most valuable feature of Elastic Observability is the text search."
"The solution has been stable in our usage."
"We use AppDynamics and Elastic. The reason why we're using Elastic APM is because of the license count. It's very favorable compared to AppDynamics. It's inexpensive; it's economical."
"Machine learning is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"You can run reports against multiple devices at the same time. You are able to troubleshoot a single application on a thousand servers. You can do this with a single query, since it is very easy to do."
"Splunk allows us to customize processing and dashboards, which helps us take care of our customers' needs."
"We can easily configure things as required in relation to our use cases."
"Deployment server for deploying changes in one go."
"I like the search feature and the indexing. It's very fast and comprehensive."
"Integration with the cloud is pretty important and good for us. We found the integration with a lot of tools, not all tools yet, valuable. It does make the transfer of data, log files, and other things easier for us."
"There are quite a lot of things that we find useful. Splunk agents are useful and good. Its UI is quite impressive."
"Positive features include replication capabilities, software development kits, and the architecture."
"The solution would be better if it was capable of more automation, especially in a monitoring capacity or for the response to abnormalities."
"There could be more low-code features included in the product."
"Elastic Observability is difficult to use. There are only three options for customization but this can be difficult for our use case. We do not have other options to choose the metrics shown, such as CPU or memory usage."
"In the future, Elastic APM needs a portfolio iTool. They can provide an easy way to develop the custom UI for Kibana."
"More web features could be added to the product."
"The interface could be improved."
"There's a steep learning curve if you've never used this solution before."
"Elastic Observability is reactive rather than proactive. It should act as an ITSM tool and be able to create tickets and alerts on Jira."
"It is important to make sure that everything is built off of the threat models and all the underlying items within Splunk."
"Many of my clients want to get better at Splunk, but they're afraid of using the tool because they feel it's too complex for them."
"Enterprise security: Splunk must work on clarifying the solution to customers and explain how to gain more from it."
"The documentation is in definite need of improvement."
"While there aren't any major areas where the solution has to be improved, there are certain integrations that are still not available. I would specifically like to see legacy applications integrated."
"The historical data extraction needs improvement. I would like the capability of taking data and having it trend longer."
"The product was designed for security and IT with business intelligence needs, such as PDF exporting, but this has not been the highest priority. While the functionality is there, it could be developed more."
"Sometimes the communication with support happens with multiple staff. They should reduce the time to resolution."
Elastic Observability is ranked 14th in Log Management with 22 reviews while Splunk Enterprise Security is ranked 1st in Log Management with 240 reviews. Elastic Observability is rated 7.8, while Splunk Enterprise Security is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Elastic Observability writes "The user interface framework lets us do custom development when needed. ". 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 ". Elastic Observability is most compared with Dynatrace, New Relic, AppDynamics, Azure Monitor and Sentry, whereas Splunk Enterprise Security is most compared with Wazuh, Dynatrace, IBM Security QRadar, Elastic Security and Microsoft Sentinel. See our Elastic Observability vs. Splunk Enterprise Security report.
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