Compare Scalyr vs. Splunk

Scalyr is ranked 37th in Log Management while Splunk is ranked 1st in Log Management with 58 reviews. Scalyr is rated 0, while Splunk is rated 8.8. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk writes "Its AMIs make it easy to spin up a Splunk cluster or add a new node to it". Scalyr is most compared with ELK Logstash and Splunk, whereas Splunk is most compared with IBM QRadar, Dynatrace and Graylog.
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Monitors all machine logins and actions taken on those machines under each user
Splunk has helped our organization mainly on our increased use of the security side. We use Splunk to monitor all machine logins (both successful... Read more »
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Splunk is really expensive.Splunk should be able to integrate with other product using the free version.The pricing and licensing of the product are quite high.Splunk's cost is very high. They need to review the pricing. They have to go back and totally readdress the market.It's a little bit expensive for a small to medium enterprise.I think the price could be improved.I am not personally involved with the pricing of the solution.Some of the insights that we have obtained as a part of using Splunk have greatly helped us in increasing our revenue in terms of selling our products.

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Ranking
37th
out of 45 in Log Management
Views
153
Comparisons
134
Reviews
0
Average Words per Review
0
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1st
out of 45 in Log Management
Views
95,486
Comparisons
77,036
Reviews
56
Average Words per Review
332
Avg. Rating
8.8
Top Comparisons
ELK Logstash vs. Scalyr
Compared 53% of the time.
Splunk vs. Scalyr
Compared 47% of the time.
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IBM QRadar vs. Splunk
Compared 11% of the time.
Dynatrace vs. Splunk
Compared 9% of the time.
Graylog vs. Splunk
Compared 8% of the time.
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Overview

Unlike other log management alternatives, we made Scalyr for the engineers building today’s software-driven world. Whether on-premise or in the cloud, using traditional or microservice architectures, pushing code once a month or multiple times a day, you need to be able to observe your software in action and quickly resolve issues. Scalyr seamlessly integrates into your workflow with lightning-fast search, built-in security, scalability and redundancy, rich collaboration features and a simple point-and-click interface that all users can pick up with no training.

Splunk software has been around since 2006 and the company has since grown to become an industry leader. Splunk's vision is to make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everybody. The company offers a wide range of products to turn machine data into valuable information by monitoring and analyzing all activities. This is known as Operational Intelligence and is the unique value proposition of Splunk.

Splunk is well-known for its Log Management capabilities and also for its Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions.

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Sample Customers
CareerBuilder, ReturnPath, Grab, FanTV, Zalando, NBC Universal, Giphy, TiVo, OkCupid, Business Insider, WaveFront, BaiduSplunk has more than 7,000 customers spread across over 90 countries. These customers include Telenor, UniCredit, ideeli, McKenney's, Tesco, and SurveyMonkey.
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REVIEWERS
Financial Services Firm20%
Energy/Utilities Company14%
Retailer12%
Insurance Company8%
VISITORS READING REVIEWS
Software R&D Company24%
Financial Services Firm13%
Comms Service Provider12%
Media Company6%
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REVIEWERS
Small Business29%
Midsize Enterprise13%
Large Enterprise58%
VISITORS READING REVIEWS
Small Business17%
Midsize Enterprise17%
Large Enterprise66%
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