Director - Corporate Infrastructure at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Meets our requirements from a cost and requirements perspective
Pros and Cons
  • "For my current requirements, the tool theme seems to be meeting my requirements, from a cost and requirements perspective."
  • "The only thing I would say is an issue is the cost. It matches other products. The costs can be justified for the value that we gain. The entire threat analysis stack should come in a bundle. If the cost was matchable with other products I think Splunk would pick up in the market."

What is our primary use case?

We use it for Log Management and also for another bit of management. It feeds data into Splunk and Splunk writes the rules and based on that, it will pick up incidents. 

It is good from a cost perspective, in terms of the cost of the data you're looking at. There is no cost barrier. 

What is most valuable?

For my current requirements, the tool theme seems to be meeting my requirements, from a cost and requirements perspective.

What needs improvement?

The only thing I would say is an issue is the cost. It matches other products. The costs can be justified for the value that we gain. The entire threat analysis stack should come in a bundle. If the cost was matchable with other products I think Splunk would pick up in the market. 

I did evaluate other products and installations. I can't compare it to Splunk. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Splunk Cloud for a year. 

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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

There are two people who are part of admin that use Splunk in my company. 

We have a policy where we have to keep the domain controllers on lock with sensitive servers for about 90 days. We look at the controls around once a week to check if they need to be attended to. 

How are customer service and support?

We initially contacted their support during the implementation. It was not for a very complex issue. It was more for a consultation. 

Their support is good. 

How was the initial setup?

I was new to Splunk and had a problem with understanding the forwarders and worker safety management.

My team was able to install it themselves. 

In terms of how long it took to deploy, between coding, testing, and other things, it took about four weeks to complete the project to complete the initial installation. Altogether it was four to five weeks. They should improve the customization. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Splunk is a leader in its marker. 

Splunk offers more features than its competitors. Other solutions are not on the same level to be able to compare them. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Splunk a nine out of ten. 

The queries and pulling out the exact reports is a little challenging. I get complaints about it. I would like to see more reports or default out of the box reports. That would be more useful, useful, and then people can avoid writing inquiries.

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Owner at a reseller with 1-10 employees
Reseller
Quick to set up and the technical support is invaluable
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud is the quick setup."
  • "The only thing that is missing from Splunk Cloud is the command-line interface."

What is our primary use case?

We are a Splunk reseller and Splunk Cloud is one of the main products that we work with.

Our customers implement this product for log management, application management, application testing, and process management. They also have it for customer service use cases.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud is the quick setup.

What needs improvement?

The only thing that is missing compared with Splunk Enterprise is the ability to manually edit all config files. This task is easily handled with support tickets but sometimes is would be nice to experiment directly.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been selling Splunk products for ten years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have not heard any complaints about stability. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability with Splunk is the best because it scales to anything. Their promise to users is scalability and availability. Our customers range in size from very small companies to large ones.

How are customer service and technical support?

Over the past ten years that we have been selling Splunk products, they have been in constant contact for support. I would say that it is invaluable. They have great response time and great skills, and I couldn't compare it with any other software company.

How was the initial setup?

Installing Splunk Cloud, itself, is nothing. The length of time for the total deployment depends on how many log sources that you have. It can be completed in a matter of hours.

What about the implementation team?

Being a cloud-based product, Splunk does all of the maintenance. We don't have to do anything to maintain it.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The licensing costs depend on the data ingest volume. If you weigh the costs and the benefits, the benefits are great and it is money well spent. 

What other advice do I have?

I feel that Splunk Cloud is good as it is. It is the best tool on the market.

My advice to anybody who is considering this solution is to start now and don't wait. Every day that you wait, you can be wasting time and money.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Lead Developer, Solution Analyst at a university with 10,001+ employees
Real User
A flexible and feature-rich product, but the documentation needs to be improved
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature for me is the flexibility of being able to send the log to the https endpoint."
  • "Although there is documentation available, it is really hard for me to find relevant topics on what it is that I'm searching for."

What is our primary use case?

We have a public URL that allows anyone to authenticate for ADFS. This allows them to connect using Active Directory. 

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature for me is the flexibility of being able to send the log to the https endpoint. I know that it is possible to export the logs, although it is easier for me to communicate with the endpoints concerning what I am interested in.

This is a feature-rich product.

What needs improvement?

Although there is documentation available, it is really hard for me to find relevant topics on what it is that I'm searching for. For example, when something goes wrong, I can spend hours trying to figure out the problem and have nothing to refer to. I find that it confuses me somewhat, so it is something that can be improved.

I feel that technical support can be improved because it is always done through the use of a support ticket, which is not very convenient.

Setting up and configuring integrations are not easy to do. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We implement this solution within the past year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Splunk Cloud is quite stable. I do not remember having any issues with bugs or glitches.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would expect that the scalability is quite good, albeit expensive.

How are customer service and technical support?

Technical support is okay, although they are not as quick to respond as I believe they should be. I feel that some of the support processes are not very convenient.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward, although we still revisit it. We started several months ago and are still trying to set it up in a more structured way. Really, we are still in the deployment stage in some regards because we are struggling with exactly how it should be set up.

What about the implementation team?

We had some assistance from a consultant after the initial setup was completed. It worked well for simple uses, but now, we have some help in trying to configure it to meet our needs.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price is something that people complain about.

What other advice do I have?

My advice to anybody who is implementing Splunk Cloud is to dedicate the time and resources required to learn it and use it. Investigate the features.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Technical Lead at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
We use it for login collections, but the documentation available could be improved
Pros and Cons
  • "The initial setup was straightforward."
  • "There is sometimes no documentation or updated documentation available."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case for the solution is login collections.

What needs improvement?

The documentation available could be improved as there is sometimes no documentation or updated documentation available. For example, I tried to get the metrics from MongoDB, and there's very low documentation for the module.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using this solution for a few months.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We haven't used it enough to comment on its scalability. We have approximately 100 people utilizing the solution.

How are customer service and support?

We don't have experience with customer service and support.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward and took approximately 20 minutes.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution a five out of ten. The documentation available could be improved.

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Founder at a marketing services firm with 11-50 employees
Real User
User friendly and very extensive compared to similar tools
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is user friendly and has extensive uses."
  • "Customization could be simplified."

What is our primary use case?

My primary use case was trying to build a centralized log database and making some logs on my servers. I also use it to install tools in Splunk Forwarder. I'm a company founder.

What is most valuable?

Splunk is a very user-friendly tool and it's very extensive compared to other tools.

What needs improvement?

From my perspective, customization needs to be simplified and I'd like to see a reduction in the cost of the solution.

For how long have I used the solution?


What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's stable, but if you try to customize it, it will take some time because there's a specific language behind Splunk. Thankfully they have a good community which is a big help.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is very straightforward. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?


Licensing costs are paid annually and are quite expensive.

What other advice do I have?

I recommend this solution for any company that has the money to buy it and rate it eight out of 10. 

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