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We performed a comparison between Nagios Log Server and Splunk Cloud Platform 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Nagios Log Server vs. Splunk Cloud Platform Report (Updated: March 2023).
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"The initial setup of Nagios Log Server was easy and straightforward.""It provides an easy way to identify errors and spot issues, making troubleshooting more efficient.""One of the most valuable features is the dashboard because the UI was effective and easy to use. The alert systems are good as well. We had no failovers and had high availability. We can search the queries fast as well in Nagios Log Server.""The product is scalable.""A great feature of the solution involves its internal portal."

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"The cloud is very fast.""We only buy the services we need. We don't have to pay for other things we don't.""For my current requirements, the tool theme seems to be meeting my requirements, from a cost and requirements perspective.""Dashboards and alerting are the most valuable features. The dashboards let us see how the system looks in terms of anomalies, and the alerts trigger us to go and look at what possible problems are happening.""The Splunk search is powerful compared to similar solutions. We get millions of data points within seconds.""We haven't had any limitations or problems connecting to our network devices.""The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud Platform is the alerting feature.""Everything is maintained by the Splunk support team. Users do not have to maintain any physical servers. They do not have to maintain indexes and searches. It reduces a lot of work on the user side."

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Cons
"As we are talking about a product which is open to the public, the pricing makes it challenging for us to profit off of its marketing.""It would be beneficial for Nagios to incorporate a tool that goes beyond log management and includes features to monitor overall system health and assess the effectiveness of antivirus solutions.""The configurations during initial setup could be improved. If they could be agentless, as in the case of the Ansible product, it would be better. I would like to be able to analyze the network bandwidth.""The support could be better.""The customization and dashboards have shortcomings and need to be improved to make the tool look more presentable."

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"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.""In the case of knowledge objects, even a Splunk admin does not have access to delete them. If we want to remove a knowledge object, we need to contact Splunk support and raise a case. After that, they delete it. They should give us access to delete knowledge objects.""The Splunk interface is on-premises, so we have limited access to Splunk Cloud. Splunk support is not so good on Splunk Cloud. The Splunk side of the Splunk Cloud should also be more customizable. Integrating Splunk UBA, Splunk Phantom, and Splunk Cloud is also a bit difficult.""Splunk Cloud Platform needs to be made more user-friendly because it's not user-friendly.""There can be more modules and more integration with other areas in the cloud and on-prem. I am not sure whether it includes network devices and things like that.""Splunk should increase the frequency of new feature releases, particularly those related to real-time operational flow monitoring and analytics reporting.""They need to provide more training options.""Its stability and performance can be better. Very rarely does a day go by when we do not see an error in the console, such as a health check error. Because it is cloud-hosted, we do not have access to the backend to figure it out ourselves. We are reliant on their support to figure it out, and a couple of days later, the error comes back or it is a different error. It is a never-ending cycle of support tickets. Their support is also not great."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "We found the pricing to be quite affordable."
  • "For a single instance, the price is around $4,000."
  • "On a scale of one to ten, where one is expensive, and ten is cheap, I rate the pricing an eight or nine."
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  • "The licensing is based on the amount of data that we send to the cloud on a daily basis."
  • "The price is something that people complain about."
  • "The licensing costs depend on the state of your environment and the fees are paid on a monthly basis."
  • "The pricing model makes this an expensive solution."
  • "There are additional features that you would need to purchase depending on your use case."
  • "The cost of using Splunk Cloud Platform is high, but the value it provides is worth the investment."
  • "I am familiar with the pricing and licensing model a little bit. I am not sure about the particulars of the actual price that we have, but I do like the idea of going towards a more CPU-based approach rather than the ingest approach because it allows us the ability to ingest more data if we need it."
  • "It is a touchy subject because we are locked into it. That goes back to the rehydrating data. We cannot have the retention that we want to store for legal and compliance purposes because that is seven years' worth of data for some of the indexes, so we ship them off into S3 buckets and install them there, at which point they are invisible to Splunk, so we have to rehydrate them, but we cannot rehydrate those pockets into Splunk Cloud. We have to rehydrate them into a self-hosted version of Splunk, which can take days to set up and get going. I would not call Splunk's licensing and pricing predatory, but they have made it very difficult to maintain the independence of your own data."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It provides an easy way to identify errors and spot issues, making troubleshooting more efficient.
    Top Answer:My company pays around 500 to 1,000 USD per year toward the licensing cost of the solution. For support, we need to pay extra to Nagios. The solution's price is low. On a scale of one to ten, where… more »
    Top Answer:It would be beneficial for Nagios to incorporate a tool that goes beyond log management and includes features to monitor overall system health and assess the effectiveness of antivirus solutions.
    Top Answer:Its interconnectivity with the cloud platforms, such as Azure and AWS, was valuable.
    Top Answer:Considering its price point, it does not need any improvement. However, it does require manual implementation. There can be more modules and more integration with other areas in the cloud and on-prem… more »
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    Overview

    Nagios Enterprises delivers official products, services, and solutions for and around Nagios – the industry standard in enterprise-grade IT infrastructure monitoring. With millions of users worldwide, Nagios is the undisputed champion in the IT monitoring space. Our team of dedicated professionals works to ensure total customer satisfaction with all the services we provide. Our extensive network of partners helps extend Nagios services and solutions to new organizations and markets worldwide to meet a variety of business needs. Nagios Enterprises was founded in 2007 by Ethan Galstad. Ethan created what would later become known as Nagios in 1999, and currently serves as the President of Nagios Enterprises.

    Splunk Cloud is the industry’s only enterprise-ready cloud service for machine data, offering a 100% uptime SLA and standard plans from 5GB/day to 5TB/day. Watch this video to find out how you can accelerate time-to-value and stay focused on your core business using Splunk Cloud.

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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Government8%
    Retailer8%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Pharma/Biotech Company8%
    Government8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    University6%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise66%
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    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise69%
    Buyer's Guide
    Nagios Log Server vs. Splunk Cloud Platform
    March 2023
    Find out what your peers are saying about Nagios Log Server vs. Splunk Cloud Platform and other solutions. Updated: March 2023.
    765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Nagios Log Server is ranked 36th in Log Management with 5 reviews while Splunk Cloud Platform is ranked 3rd in Data Visualization with 31 reviews. Nagios Log Server is rated 7.8, while Splunk Cloud Platform is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Nagios Log Server writes "A scalable and affordable tool for monitoring data centers ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk Cloud Platform writes "Does not require backend maintenance, is easily integrated and utilized". Nagios Log Server is most compared with Wazuh, Graylog, LogRhythm SIEM, syslog-ng and SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server, whereas Splunk Cloud Platform is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Check Point Security Management, AppInsights and Panther. See our Nagios Log Server vs. Splunk Cloud Platform report.

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