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We performed a comparison between SolarWinds Pingdom and Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) 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.
To learn more, read our detailed SolarWinds Pingdom vs. Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The most valuable features are monitoring and reporting.""Once you set the threshold on your environment, it feels very real-time""There are alerting mechanisms in place to let us know, for example, if a device is not responding to a ping test and is probably not going to work.""One notable feature of this software is its page speed setup, which is highly commendable. Additionally, the metrics it provides are also impressive."

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"The flexibility to develop and consolidate many solutions into one platform is great.""The solution is easy to scale.""We liked the built-in calculation of health scores.""The glass tables are very helpful.""ITSI's most valuable feature is that it's easy to integrate DLP.""The feature that stood out to me most from Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI) was automated dashboarding or reporting. The solution lists the severity level of issues, and the response times.""It's scalable and expands well.""Customers have noted the solution helps streamline incident management."

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Cons
"Technical support could use some improvement.""Some of the functions could improve by making them easier.""Pingdom is always improving everything in its product. So, they should work on the GUI.""I would like to see better integration with other products."

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"We have problems doing upgrades and operating alternate new versions.""We also faced challenges relating to UI development.""The solution should integrate more features in NEAP.""Microservices is the only area where Splunk ITSI can be improved. When things come from one EC2 instance to another, there's a lack of exposure to microservices, so we can't know what's happening. Apart from that, it's doing pretty well.""The license cost is expensive.""Splunk ITSI generates numerous false positives and has the potential for enhancement.""ITSI could benefit from a security model that would allow operations team members to get involved in model building, KPI implementation, and model maintenance, while maintaining appropriate segregation of duties.""Integration is the most critical area to improve in Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI). It wasn't a great experience because you had to do a little back and forth to integrate the solution."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "This price of this solution is reasonable."
  • "The license was paid yearly and included technical support."
  • "While I wouldn't describe it as excessively expensive, if you require specific and reliable monitoring, SolarWinds can be a suitable option. The advantage is that SolarWinds offers a free version as well. If you don't heavily rely on its monitoring capabilities and are content with its basic features, the free version could suffice for your needs."
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  • "I would prefer that the price be reduced, as it would be easier to implement it and to sell it."
  • "Splunk pricing is high."
  • "The pricing of Splunk is a bit high."
  • "Splunk ITSI is a pay-per-use service that is priced fairly based on the amount of data we use."
  • "Its pricing has been changed as per the market. You get a good support service with it as well. They have 24/7 customer support. There is a portal, and if you are having issues, they are available in order to resolve them. So, its pricing isn't too much."
  • "Splunk ITSI is expensive; however, with the appropriate use case, it justifies the cost."
  • "Splunk ITSI is an expensive tool, and we need to purchase the utility license."
  • "Pricing has some room for improvement."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:One notable feature of this software is its page speed setup, which is highly commendable. Additionally, the metrics it provides are also impressive.
    Top Answer:Some of the functions could improve by making them easier. There is room for improvement when it comes to the graphs provided by the software. Additionally, there seems to be an issue with the ping… more »
    Top Answer:SolarWinds Pingdom and Cloudflare are third-party applications that we utilize through a browser without any additional setup. We simply rely on their services, which is why I lack familiarity with… more »
    Top Answer:One particularly useful feature of Splunk ITSI is the ability to create custom services.
    Top Answer:The product is expensive. It's one of the most expensive options, although maybe not as expensive as Datadog.
    Top Answer:In Splunk ITSI, thresholds automatically trigger incidents when a service value falls below the threshold. This prevents us from automatically triggering alerts for situations where the service value… more »
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    Overview

    SolarWinds® Pingdom® is a powerful and affordable SaaS-based web app performance monitoring solution. It’s one product providing comprehensive web app performance and user experience monitoring consisting of four major capabilities:

    1. Uptime monitoring for webpages and other critical components like APIs, CDNs, DNS, networks, email, and more.

    2. Page speed performance monitoring and page rankings.

    3. Synthetic transaction monitoring from the simplest to the most complex transactions. 

    4. Real user monitoring (RUM), enabling a deeper and wider understanding of the user’s digital experience, and web application availability and performance. 

    Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI) is a powerful analytics-driven monitoring and analytics solution that provides real-time insights into the health and performance of IT services. 

    It enables organizations to proactively identify and resolve issues, optimize service delivery, and improve overall IT operations. With its advanced machine learning capabilities, ITSI automatically detects anomalies, predicts future events, and prioritizes alerts based on business impact. 

    The solution offers a centralized view of IT services, allowing users to visualize and analyze data from multiple sources in a single dashboard. ITSI also provides customizable KPIs, service-level agreements (SLAs), and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure and track service performance. 

    With its intuitive interface and powerful analytics capabilities, Splunk ITSI empowers IT teams to deliver reliable and efficient services, ensuring maximum uptime and customer satisfaction.

    Sample Customers
    Spotify, MailChimp, Slack, Twitter
    TransUnion, Cox Automotive, Carnival Cruises, Leidos, Econocom, National Ignition Factory, Entrust Datacard, Molina Healthcare, United States Census Bureau
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization54%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Manufacturing Company3%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm38%
    Insurance Company13%
    Logistics Company13%
    Computer Software Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm19%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Government13%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business11%
    Midsize Enterprise61%
    Large Enterprise28%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business10%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise73%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise79%
    Buyer's Guide
    SolarWinds Pingdom vs. Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence)
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about SolarWinds Pingdom vs. Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    SolarWinds Pingdom is ranked 47th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 4 reviews while Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) is ranked 12th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 27 reviews. SolarWinds Pingdom is rated 7.8, while Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SolarWinds Pingdom writes "High performance, quick setup, but lacking ease of use". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) writes "Provides great end-to-end visibility into our network environment and helped us reduce alert noise". SolarWinds Pingdom is most compared with Azure Monitor, Grafana, Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor and New Relic, whereas Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) is most compared with ServiceNow IT Operations Management, Grafana, Dynatrace, BMC TrueSight Operations Management and Splunk APM. See our SolarWinds Pingdom vs. Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) report.

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