We performed a comparison between Grafana and Splunk APM 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 thing was that it had a good visualization tool."
"We like the alert features."
"It is easy to change and move virtual servers."
"Compatibility with Prometheus databases and the Spring Boot application make it the first choice when moving toward an SRE model."
"The dashboards are the most valuable features."
"The initial setup is straightforward with just a few clicks on the solution's cloud."
"What I found most valuable in Grafana is that it has a lot of integrations and features that I need for data processing and visualization."
"The solution can scale well."
"Detectors are a powerful feature."
"The most valuable feature is dashboard creation."
"It is a good tool. It allows you to set alerts for application and infrastructure monitoring, and it allows you to create dashboards."
"I like the fact that Splunk APM makes it easy to connect to the application database and run queries against the data."
"Splunk's dashboards are great."
"The most valuable features are troubleshooting and optimizing application performance."
"The features are pretty much ready out of the box."
"The volume it handles is very good, including the number of metrics, the volume number of traces, and more."
"Setting up alerts via Grafana is a bit complicated, and alerting needs to improve."
"The solution should include online support."
"Its interface could be more accessible."
"We need different kinds of applications in our infrastructure to see information in Grafana."
"It would be helpful if Grafana provided more information and training on how to use Prometheus."
"Lacks event management which affects our DevOps people."
"It would be helpful if they simplified the data source."
"The main drawback is the necessity for endpoint monitoring."
"We currently lack log analysis capabilities in Splunk APM."
"It is essential for the monitoring tool to deliver quick response times when generating analytical reports, instead of prolonged delays."
"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."
"There are some predefined metrics.......we may want to create customized metrics."
"The monitoring of workloads when using SignalFx could be improved."
"The UI enhancements could be a way to improve the solution in the future."
"They can improve the flow system and the keyword language. It has predefined keywords, but they can be improved."
"The cardinality is pretty low."
Grafana is ranked 6th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 39 reviews while Splunk APM is ranked 13th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 13 reviews. Grafana is rated 8.0, while Splunk APM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Grafana writes "Agent-free with great dashboards and an active community". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk APM writes "Provides great visibility, analysis, and data telemetry". Grafana is most compared with New Relic, Sentry, Azure Monitor, Elastic Observability and Dynatrace, whereas Splunk APM is most compared with Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence), Sentry, Monte Carlo, Elastic Observability and Datadog. See our Grafana vs. Splunk APM report.
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