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We performed a comparison between Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring and VMware Aria Operations for Applications based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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Pros
"Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring gives us complete visibility without the need for storage.""The initial setup was straightforward. We didn't find it to be too complex.""The solution's basic visibility is one of its most valuable features. So, it is a solution that is easy to use...The solution's initial setup process was straightforward.""It's a very easy-to-use solution.""The most valuable feature is log reporting.""The tool is efficient in collecting, monitoring and evaluating logs.""It is very easy to monitor multiple cloud environments. It's like a single pane of glass for us. We can use it to monitor our on-prem and both of our cloud environments as opposed to having different tools for each environment. It makes it all come together in one tool.""It is a great resource for us because we have so many different data sources and to be able to aggregate that and put it through a concise dashboard or an alert really helps."

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"VMware comes with a support team, and if you have trouble, you can easily create a ticket, and VMware will help you. Therefore, the best aspect is the support.""This solution allows me to have true visibility for any metrics when it comes to my cloud, and private.""The solution is great for virtualization and preparing the infrastructure in Tanzu to test products. It's very fast and has good visibility.""The features I find most valuable is the querying and alerting capabilities.""Tanzu itself, integrated with multiple solutions, bestows support and security upon a container platform, especially when it comes to managing open-source container platforms such as Kubernetes.""The most valuable aspects of the solution are its ease of use and its ease of implementation.""People are very pleased with the implementation.""No issues with stability."

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Cons
"The solution should have more sensors regarding fiber intelligence for security measures.""In the next release, I would like to see more integration with other solutions.""We have both on-prem and cloud, and the challenge is getting all our log data aggregated or streams aggregated so that it is real-time. We do a pretty good job of that, but our organization is not using it as a security platform when it can do a great job of that.""The solution's stability is an area that has room for improvement. It needs to provide constant stability to its users.""The implementation can be more user-friendly.""A lot of customers had a hard time effectively searching within the data in Splunk. There is a learning curve from searches to indexes and using all the macros that we have created. It is a little difficult for somebody who has not used it quite a bit and does not have a lot of practice with it, but the AI features that we have been hearing about through Splunk will make it a lot easier for us to use human language to search this data. That is big. That is pretty powerful, and that will help a lot with our customers.""It does not have a user-friendly interface and it is difficult to use.""Splunk could be better integrated with configuration manager solutions so we can automatically resolve issues without human interference."

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"The implementation is a long process that should be improved.""They could make it more easy to plug-in data so that a nontechnical person will be able to use it, like accountants or finance people. That way they don't have to ask us.""Its billing model is consumption-based. I understand the consumption-based model, but it is not necessarily easy to estimate and guess how many points or how much we are going to consume on a specific application up until we get to that point. So, for us, it would be helpful to have more insights or predictability into what we can expect from a cost perspective if we are starting to use specific features. This can potentially also drive our consumption a bit more.""The main problem I have is that the license cost is very high.""It could use a URL document server. Everything in the market is moving towards automation and everybody's looking for the single click operations as well relational data locality.""I would like to see integration with Kubernetes cluster and APIs so that you can manage the entire stack.""The documentation and integration with Kubernetes could be improved.""In the new version, I would love to see more prediction capabilities. It would be great if one could see the alerts get a little more enriched with information and become more human-friendly instead of the technical stuff that they put in there. I think those would be really awesome outcomes to get."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The product is a bit expensive considering the competition but the company may negotiate the price."
  • "This is an expensive solution."
  • "The solution's pricing is competitive. I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten. The price of the solution could be cheaper."
  • "Splunk has been fairly expensive, but it has been predictable."
  • "I would rate the price of Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring as an eight out of ten, with ten being the most expensive."
  • "I am not in that circle, but we are currently licensing based on our queries. That is working out for us. Previously, it was by volume of data, and now, we can store as much data as we want."
  • "It is expensive."
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  • "Different locations require different setups. In your terms, around 300 to around 400K USD."
  • "I don't have the details. In our case, there is a mixture in place. We have production usage, and we are also doing training for VMware. So, we also have a training instance. It is worth the money you would spend on it. That's because if you were to build all of this yourself by using some of the open source tools, then you would need a lot of time."
  • "The licensing costs are very high, particularly when you consider that we have to purchase a level 1 license for every integration, such as the load balancer, HAProxy, and the MSSP. And if you want to use vSAN, that's another license. Then, of course, Tanzu Observability has its own separate license."
  • "I would rate the pricing as three out of five."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring gives us complete visibility without the need for storage.
    Top Answer:Splunk is expensive, but it's the best solution for the job.
    Top Answer:Splunk could be better integrated with configuration manager solutions so we can automatically resolve issues without human interference.
    Top Answer:VMware comes with a support team, and if you have trouble, you can easily create a ticket, and VMware will help you. Therefore, the best aspect is the support.
    Top Answer:It's hard to set up Tanzu clusters. It's hard to do a POC. Once you set up a customer's environment, you easily see the problems. The initial setup should be easier and more seamless.
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    Also Known As
    Splunk Insights for Infrastructure
    Tanzu Observability, Wavefront, Wavefront by VMware, VMware Tanzu Observability
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    Overview

    Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring offers features including, Instant visualization, real-time actionable alerts, centralized enterprise controls, and scalability. 

    Instant visualization

    Get fast time to value with over 250+ cloud service integrations and pre-built dashboards out of the box for rapid, full-stack visualization. Autodiscover, break down, group, and explore clouds, services and systems in minutes.

    Real-time actionable alerts

    Act before infrastructure performance affects end-user experience. Instantly detect and accurately alerts on dynamic thresholds, multiple conditions and complex rules to eliminate alert storms and dramatically reduce MTTD/MTTR.

    Centralized, enterprise controls

    Answer business-critical questions in context and monitor service-level objectives and indicators instantly. Track custom metrics for business KPIs to token based access and usage controls.

    Scale with confidence

    Troubleshoot across thousands of microservices, multiple ephemeral deployments, application versions and billions of events. Release better apps faster and drive closed-loop automation for a flawless end-user experience.

    VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront is a powerful tool for monitoring and analyzing the performance and availability of applications and infrastructure in real-time. 

    With its comprehensive monitoring capabilities, visualizing and analyzing data becomes effortless. The real-time alerting system ensures timely issue resolution, while scalability and a user-friendly interface provide a seamless experience for smooth operations.

    Sample Customers
    Entrust Datacard
    1. Atlassian 2. Cisco 3. Databricks 4. DigitalOcean 5. Equinix 6. Fidelity Investments 7. Google 8. Hewlett Packard Enterprise 9. Honeywell 10. IBM 11. Intel 12. JetBlue Airways 13. LinkedIn 14. Lyft 15. Mastercard 16. Microsoft 17. MongoDB 18. Netflix 19. Nvidia 20. Oracle 21. PayPal 22. Pinterest 23. Qualcomm 24. Red Hat 25. Salesforce 26. SAP 27. Spotify 28. Square 29. TMobile 30. Twitter 31. Uber 32. VMware
    Top Industries
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    Comms Service Provider27%
    Healthcare Company20%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Logistics Company13%
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    Financial Services Firm19%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Government6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise28%
    Large Enterprise40%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise72%
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    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise60%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise68%
    Buyer's Guide
    Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring vs. VMware Aria Operations for Applications
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring vs. VMware Aria Operations for Applications and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is ranked 14th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 12 reviews while VMware Aria Operations for Applications is ranked 34th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 4 reviews. Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is rated 8.2, while VMware Aria Operations for Applications is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring writes "Helps to ingest a massive amount of raw data and use it effectively". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Aria Operations for Applications writes "Easy to deploy, worth the money, and helpful for uptime monitoring and performance insights". Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is most compared with ServiceNow IT Operations Management, ITRS Geneos, Cisco Intersight, Nagios XI and ControlUp, whereas VMware Aria Operations for Applications is most compared with Dynatrace, Grafana, Datadog, Zabbix and Prometheus. See our Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring vs. VMware Aria Operations for Applications report.

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