We performed a comparison between Splunk APM 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 most valuable features are troubleshooting and optimizing application performance."
"The solution's service map feature allows us to have a holistic overview and to see quickly where the issues are."
"The features are pretty much ready out of the box."
"It is a good tool. It allows you to set alerts for application and infrastructure monitoring, and it allows you to create dashboards."
"Splunk's dashboards are great."
"The most valuable feature is dashboard creation."
"The volume it handles is very good, including the number of metrics, the volume number of traces, and more."
"This solution is very quick to deploy as it is a SaaS solution and integrates with tools like ServiceNow."
"The correlation capabilities are the first value that our clients say they like with Splunk."
"There are a lot of third-party applications that can be installed."
"The varied prebuilt feature is the most valuable because it ensures that we have complete coverage over all of the key questions."
"Our clients use the solution to find any threats or vulnerabilities inside their environment."
"You can integrate Splunk with third-party security automation solutions and set rules for automatic response."
"Its usability is the best part. It is easy for our developers to use if they want to search their logs, etc."
"On the cloud, we are pushing through less than half a petabyte of data. So far, it has been fairly stable because it runs on all the underlying AWS infrastructures."
"Splunk has machine learning which is a valuable feature."
"The UI enhancements could be a way to improve the solution in the future."
"I've been using the Splunk query language, and it can be a bit time-consuming to set up the queries I need."
"The monitoring of workloads when using SignalFx could be improved."
"The cardinality is pretty low."
"The UI enhancements could be a way to improve the solution in the future."
"Splunk's functionality could be improved by adding database connectors for other platforms like AWS and Azure."
"Primarily, the logs in Slunk APM can be challenging to navigate and comprehend, making it difficult to understand the details within each log. Compared to other tools like LogDNA, which are more intuitive in this aspect, the logs in Slunk APM can require more effort to understand."
"We currently lack log analysis capabilities in Splunk APM."
"We had some connections issues with the solution at the beginning."
"The implementation and the scanning of the logs can be difficult."
"The product must improve insider threat detection."
"The glass table feature does not perform as expected."
"Considering the contract thing and the whole legal area, it takes forever to get the contracts signed and to be able to agree to the terms and conditions for my company as well as for Splunk's team."
"Technical support needs to be more responsive."
"Its interface could be improved."
"The solution could improve by making it more business analysis oriented. The way it is now is designed more for developers."
Splunk APM is ranked 13th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 13 reviews while Splunk Enterprise Security is ranked 1st in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 246 reviews. Splunk APM is rated 8.2, while Splunk Enterprise Security is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Splunk APM writes "Provides great visibility, analysis, and data telemetry". 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 ". Splunk APM is most compared with Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence), Sentry, Monte Carlo, Elastic Observability and Observe, whereas Splunk Enterprise Security is most compared with Wazuh, IBM Security QRadar, Dynatrace, Elastic Security and Microsoft Sentinel. See our Splunk APM vs. Splunk Enterprise Security report.
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