We performed a comparison between Grafana and Splunk Enterprise Security 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."The most valuable aspect is customization. There are many customizations possible, so I like that."
"Grafana is a very scalable product. It's a really good product."
"The most important feature of Grafana is its alarm formatting capability."
"The comparison feature is very good."
"It has good stability."
"Compatibility with Prometheus databases and the Spring Boot application make it the first choice when moving toward an SRE model."
"The solution can scale well."
"The initial setup is straightforward with just a few clicks on the solution's cloud."
"Splunk setup is easy and straightforward. "
"Splunk has significantly reduced the time in performing the task of aggregating logs, reviewing as well as time spent during investigations."
"Correlating data across different systems via one interface will allow you to know your environment or identify incident data in ways you never imagined."
"The solution's newly developed dashboard is pretty amazing."
"Splunk would be my choice for the presentation layer because it comes with inbuilt reports and a dashboard that you can customize."
"The best part of Splunk Enterprise Security is its customizable settings."
"Splunk Enterprise Security is able to process a huge amount of data without any issues."
"Splunk Enterprise Security offers valuable features like seamless integration and a SQL-standard Structured Query Language for easy searching."
"The security needs to be improved, such as the capacity to add permissions on dashboards."
"I find issues with Grafana. For example, I am unable to open some services there. Then, we have to open ten different tabs to get it fixed. And it's annoying when there's something going on; we want to check Grafana, and it throws four different errors."
"We need different kinds of applications in our infrastructure to see information in Grafana."
"The documentation or training provided by Grafana is limited compared to its competitors, like Splunk."
"I would like the ability to download my results into any format in order to share the information with my clients."
"The service dashboard is very hard and needs improvement."
"There is a need for improvement in automating daily monitoring reports, especially when alerts are triggered due to system downtimes or fluctuations."
"Multiple dashboards combined into one dashboard has slowed things down for us."
"In terms of the interface, it could include some improvements for the look and feel."
"The cluster environment should be improved. We have a cluster. In the Splunk cluster environment, in the case of heavy searches and heavy load, the Splunk cluster goes down, and we have to put it in the maintenance mode to get it back. We are not able to find the actual culprit for this issue. I know that cluster has RF and SF, but it has been down so many times. There should be something in Splunk to help users to find the reason and the solution for such issues."
"The configuration could be better."
"Could be more user friendly."
"I would like additional features in different programming models with the support for writing queries in SQL or other languages, such as C#, Java, or some other type of query definitions."
"Our two main complaints are about the difficulty of the initial setup and the licensing model."
"The product's price may be an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Many of my clients want to get better at Splunk, but they're afraid of using the tool because they feel it's too complex for them."
Grafana is ranked 6th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 39 reviews while Splunk Enterprise Security is ranked 1st in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 240 reviews. Grafana is rated 8.0, while Splunk Enterprise Security is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Grafana writes "Agent-free with great dashboards and an active community". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk Enterprise Security writes "It has a drag-and-drop interface, so you don't need to know SQL or Java to construct a query ". Grafana is most compared with New Relic, Azure Monitor, Sentry, Dynatrace and Elastic Observability, whereas Splunk Enterprise Security is most compared with Wazuh, Dynatrace, IBM Security QRadar, Elastic Security and Microsoft Sentinel. See our Grafana vs. Splunk Enterprise Security report.
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