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Splunk Cloud Platform

Composite Score
7.6 /10
CX Score
7.7 /10
Category
Splunk Cloud Platform
7.6 /10

What is Splunk Cloud Platform?

Splunk Cloud Platform, the Splunk platform capabilities delivered as a service, enables you to make confident decisions and take decisive action on insights from your data without needing to purchase, manage or deploy infrastructure. Splunk Cloud Platform transforms user productivity with streaming, search, analytics, visualization and mobile capabilities, changing the ways users work and interact with data to solve cloudscale problems.

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Awards & Recognition

Splunk Cloud Platform won the following awards in the Analytical Data Store category

Splunk Cloud Platform Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

82 Likeliness to Recommend

85 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

70 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Splunk Cloud Platform?

7% Negative
20% Neutral
73% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Respectful
  • Acts with Integrity
  • Continually Improving Product

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Metadata Management

84

Platform Administration

84

Data Security

83

Data Management

82

Data Visualization

81

Analytics and Reporting

81

Data Integration

80

Analytics and Data Science Tools

79

Workload Management and Monitoring

78

Real Time Capabilities

77

Distributed Processing

74

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 78

Ease of IT Administration

80

Quality of Features

79

Breadth of Features

79

Ease of Customization

78

Vendor Support

78

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

78

Business Value Created

77

Ease of Data Integration

77

Availability and Quality of Training

75

Usability and Intuitiveness

74

Ease of Implementation

74

Splunk Cloud Platform Reviews

Jaspreet S.

  • Role: Operations
  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2024

Splunk: A comprehensive observability solution

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Splunk Cloud Platform from other similar products?

1) Splunk provides real-time data processing and monitoring, offering immediate insights from data as it is ingested. 2) Splunk provides robust analytics capabilities including customizable dashboards for in-depth data visualization and analysis. with the help of advanced machine learning tools. 3) Splunk supports threat detection, compliance, and security incident management through the collection and analysis of security events.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

1) Splunk's unique Risk-Based Alerting (RBA) feature helps reduce false positives by triggering alerts only when risk surpasses predefined thresholds. This helps in prioritizing incidents effectively. 2) Splunk's versatility for integrating diverse data sets from various systems and applications.

What do you dislike most about this product?

1) Running Splunk requires significant computing resources as sometimes when you run complex queries or large datasets, you might run into performance bottlenecks. 2) Splunk's inability to send clear event notifications. Currently, Splunk can only send notification to event management tools when triggering condition is met, but when it goes back to normal, Splunk doesn’t have a capability to auto clear an alert.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Splunk is a powerful observability tool to be employed in every organization which not only gives data insights i.e., searching and analyzing the data at scale but also go beyond to help detecting the threats. Its risk-based alerting helps proactively prioritizing the issues so we can act decisively and reduce Mean-Time-To-Detect and Mean-Time-To-Respond.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Unique Features

Ravish K.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Engineering
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Very easy to get started with yet very powerful.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Splunk Cloud Platform from other similar products?

Splunk Cloud Platform distinguishes itself by offering a unified platform for security and observability, providing advanced analytics and AI/ML capabilities, ensuring robust security features, scaling effortlessly in the cloud, and simplifying deployment and management. Its comprehensive approach empowers organizations with deep data insights, proactive threat detection, and streamlined operations, all within a user-friendly environment backed by a rich ecosystem of integrations.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Splunk Cloud Platform is its unwavering stability, allowing me to confidently monitor my mission-critical applications without worrying about downtime or data loss.

What do you dislike most about this product?

My least favorite aspect of Splunk Cloud Platform is the initial sticker shock that can accompany its robust feature set, sometimes making it a challenging budgetary conversation for smaller organizations or those with limited resources.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

When considering Splunk Cloud Platform, define your needs clearly, test its capabilities through a POC, utilize available resources, plan for training, consider a phased implementation, evaluate the total cost of ownership, and consider partnering with experts for guidance, ensuring a successful deployment and maximized value from your investment.

Pros

  • Effective Service
  • Respectful
  • Fair
  • Acts with Integrity

Cons

  • Commodity Features
  • Charges for Enhancements
  • Leverages Incumbent Status

Premankur B.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Energy
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Good Product, But offered late in the market.

Likeliness to Recommend

3 /10

What differentiates Splunk Cloud Platform from other similar products?

Unified Data Platform Scalability and Flexibility Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning Search and Visualization Security and Compliance Integration and Extensibility Operational Intelligence User Experience and Community Managed Service

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

search and analytics capabilities

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost is one thing which company should consider in this competitive market

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Calculate the Pricing before start using this product

Pros

  • Trustworthy
  • Saves Time
  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product

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