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AppInsights vs Splunk Cloud Platform comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

AppInsights
Ranking in Data Visualization
40th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk Cloud Platform
Ranking in Data Visualization
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
57
Ranking in other categories
IT Alerting and Incident Management (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Data Visualization category, the mindshare of AppInsights is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Cloud Platform is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Karen Trinidad - PeerSpot reviewer
Cost-efficient, good analytics, and stable
Since our application is hosted in the cloud, there is no need for installation. I can simply access the portal and navigate to App Insights for easy access. I give the initial setup a ten out of ten. The deployment took approximately 24 hours to complete due to the large amount of data that had to be transferred. We had about fifteen people involved in the configuration, with two main people taking the lead and the rest on standby in case something happened.
Ian Gatundu - PeerSpot reviewer
It improves our visibility and decision-making while helping us meet compliance standards
The Cloud Platform interface is cleaner than Splunk Enterprise's monitoring console. You can easily understand what's happening with your indexes. It's more refined than Splunk Enterprise's console, but they have the same feel and function. It's easy to monitor multiple cloud environments because you can create custom dashboards for any use case you may have. It offers good visibility because it integrates with the ITSI app, providing a clear overview of your environment. Integrating Splunk with other components on the cloud and network resources is effortless because it can collect data from various sources, including stored data from long-term storage. Splunk's reporting offers a good visualization of your data. You can visualize the statistics based on your searches. It produces some helpful graphs that enable you to easily compare what's happening in your search. It's very comprehensive.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature of the solution is analytics."
"It's made searching for data easier. Users like it. We're still in the migration process, but overall, it's a lot easier to use."
"For my current requirements, the tool theme seems to be meeting my requirements, from a cost and requirements perspective."
"The ability to correlate data and then present it in a meaningful and valuable way is crucial."
"The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud Platform is its flexibility and readiness because it's already prebuilt, and everything is click-to-go."
"For my purposes, I like the ability to aggregate lots of data from different sources. I like being able to report for management and being able to get alerts on thresholds being out of sync."
"The cloud is very fast."
"The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud is the quick setup."
"Splunk Cloud has helped us to be able to focus on getting more information out of our data."
 

Cons

"The UI of the solution is not user-friendly and has room for improvement."
"When one of my customers needs an app, and I am able to find that app on the Splunk base, I have to create a ticket and wait for five days for them to download the app into the cloud environment. That is probably one of the main things. It is painful because I have to wait to get that app in the cloud."
"Its stability and performance can be better. Very rarely does a day go by when we do not see an error in the console, such as a health check error. Because it is cloud-hosted, we do not have access to the backend to figure it out ourselves. We are reliant on their support to figure it out, and a couple of days later, the error comes back or it is a different error. It is a never-ending cycle of support tickets. Their support is also not great."
"Extracting meaningful insights beyond essential log data proves challenging due to the product's reliance on manual processes."
"Although there is documentation available, it is really hard for me to find relevant topics on what it is that I'm searching for."
"I have not come across anything that I would consider missing as such. If anything, sometimes we have dashboards that would not go into the dark mode. It is a minor issue, but it is the only thing that I wish was there. The dark mode would definitely help."
"The only thing that is missing from Splunk Cloud is the command-line interface."
"In the case of knowledge objects, even a Splunk admin does not have access to delete them. If we want to remove a knowledge object, we need to contact Splunk support and raise a case. After that, they delete it. They should give us access to delete knowledge objects."
"First-time users may struggle with the user interface. When I first used Splunk, I entered my username and password. After that, we get a dashboard on the left side with apps. At the top, you can click the gear icon to view the settings. Within those settings, there's a distributed console option with several settings. It's a bit overwhelming for a beginner. The user knows what they want and can search for it in the search bar. If I see several apps, my first instinct is to scroll down to find the app, or perhaps you will find that search and report. That bugged me when I was learning."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is cost-efficient and I give it an eight out of ten."
"Splunk is a bit more expensive than some solutions, but customers can derive more value from it due to the features it has."
"I would rate the cost an eight out of ten, with ten being the most costly."
"I know that Splunk Cloud Platform is an expensive product."
"As far as the pricing goes, it was what was expected. It is a premium product. There were no surprises there."
"The lack of transparency around the SVC licensing makes it difficult to explain the costs to our clients."
"We were on ingest. We were on-prem, and when we switched to the cloud, we went to an SVC model, and that has been a huge help. We are now able to ingest more data than before."
"Splunk Cloud Platform fell within our budget so we pulled the trigger and implemented it."
"The Splunk Cloud Platform is expensive."
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Computer Software Company
27%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Retailer
5%
Comms Service Provider
5%
 

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What do you like most about Splunk Cloud Platform?
Splunk has sped up our response and reduced the time we spend manually monitoring any logs for ticketing tools or servers. It saves us around two hours daily.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Cloud Platform?
Splunk Cloud is considered too expensive, with its two product offerings both being costly. I would rate the cost an eight out of ten, with ten being the most costly.
What needs improvement with Splunk Cloud Platform?
Splunk Cloud Platform needs improvement in its security offerings, specifically in cybersecurity. It has not kept pace with competitors over recent years, and integration with the Cisco ecosystem a...
 

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