We performed a comparison between Splunk Cloud Platform and syslog-ng based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Visualization solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Index manager is most valuable because we do not have to bother about internal storage. It is all managed by the Splunk team."
"It's made searching for data easier. Users like it. We're still in the migration process, but overall, it's a lot easier to use."
"The Splunk search is powerful compared to similar solutions. We get millions of data points within seconds."
"I like the Cloud monitoring console feature."
"Its interconnectivity with the cloud platforms, such as Azure and AWS, was valuable."
"It has definitely improved our organization by virtue of reducing the amount of overhead we would have had for those environments. Having to implement, maintain, or even update the existing stuff would have been extremely time-consuming. Splunk Cloud handles all of that for us. So it's definitely been helpful from that perspective. It's allowed them to maintain upgrades for far further than they are. Some of the hosts of that environment were still on version 7 so they could get upgraded feature parity."
"Splunk has sped up our response and reduced the time we spend manually monitoring any logs for ticketing tools or servers. It saves us around two hours daily."
"The solution is user friendly and has extensive uses."
"Syslog-ng provides easy access to all my logs. It helps me show managers and other clients precisely where an incident occurred. I also like it because you can integrate syslog-ng with multiple solutions to allow real-time monitoring."
"Syslog-ng has built-in features that we can use to create alerts for a SIEM solution. It isn't a true SIEM solution, but it's sufficient for the time being."
"The ability to extract and store the logs is the most valuable feature of syslog-ng."
"Syslog-ng has a separate config file in addition to the core configuration."
"For us, the most valuable feature is the use of compound search for searching logs at a specific time, by a specific user, or specific behavior."
"They need to provide more training options."
"When it comes to the integrations with the other platforms, there is a little bit of a lag in the observability part, making it an area where improvements are required."
"They can streamline the process of creating custom apps."
"Although there is documentation available, it is really hard for me to find relevant topics on what it is that I'm searching for."
"The on-premises version of Splunk includes all the integrations, while the Cloud platform lacks certain integrations and is limited in terms of the number of supported apps."
"Support could be improved."
"There is sometimes no documentation or updated documentation available."
"Splunk should increase the frequency of new feature releases, particularly those related to real-time operational flow monitoring and analytics reporting."
"Syslog-ng has built-in features that we can use to create alerts for a SIEM solution. It isn't a true SIEM solution, but it's sufficient for the time being."
"There is room for improvement in terms of observability."
"The filtering has room for improvement."
"It's hard to find people who know how to use syslog-ng. I often find problems with configurations, and solutions aren't integrated correctly with syslog-ng. For example, there might be data with extra decimals, or the collector agents are incorrectly named. It isn't a problem with the solution; it's a lack of professionals."
"There is always the potential for additional integration and protocol extensions."
Splunk Cloud Platform is ranked 3rd in Data Visualization with 36 reviews while syslog-ng is ranked 16th in Log Management with 5 reviews. Splunk Cloud Platform is rated 8.0, while syslog-ng is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Splunk Cloud Platform writes "Does not require backend maintenance, is easily integrated and utilized". On the other hand, the top reviewer of syslog-ng writes "It's a user-friendly open-source solution that can replace or augment a commercial product in some cases". Splunk Cloud Platform is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, AppInsights and Check Point Security Management, whereas syslog-ng is most compared with SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server, Graylog, Grafana Loki, Logstash and Elastic Security. See our Splunk Cloud Platform vs. syslog-ng report.
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