AWS Auto Scaling vs Splunk Enterprise Security comparison

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

November 2025

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

1.0

AWS Auto Scaling optimizes costs and delivers significant ROI, reducing expenses for businesses and proving its financial value.

Sentiment score

6.3

Splunk Enterprise Security improves efficiency and threat detection, reducing time and costs despite its expense for larger organizations.

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The documentation for Splunk Enterprise Security is outstanding. It is well-organized and easy to access.

Akif Arayici

DevOps&Cloud Engineer Mentee at CertDirectory.io

We couldn't calculate what would have been the cost if they had actually gotten compromised; however, they were in the process, so every investment was returned immediately.

Dennis Mohn

Business Development Manager at Axians Germany

On average, my SecOps team takes probably at least a quarter of the time, if not more, to remediate security incidents with Splunk Enterprise Security compared to our previous solution.

Michael Waite

IT Orchestration Architect at Penn State University

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

4.4

Users praise AWS Auto Scaling's customer service for being efficient and helpful, despite occasional slow response times.

Sentiment score

6.3

Splunk Enterprise Security is highly rated for support expertise, though some users report delays and inconsistent experiences.

AWS support is very good.

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AWS Cloud at AeonX Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

We have paid for Splunk support, and we’re not on the free tier hoping for assistance; we are a significant customer and invest a lot in this service.

reviewer2746377

Senior System Administrator at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

I have had nothing but good experiences with Splunk support, receiving timely and helpful replies.

Adam Santilli

Cyber Security Associate at SAP

We've had great customer success managers who have helped us navigate scaling from 600 gigs to 30 terabytes.

MatthewSnyder

Principal Engineer at Aviatrix

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.2

AWS Auto Scaling offers easy, robust scalability for medium to large enterprises, efficiently handling user increases and traffic spikes.

Sentiment score

7.4

Splunk Enterprise Security offers excellent scalability, managing large data volumes and supporting effortless growth across industries.

Scalability is impressive, as it allowed us to go from 1,000 to 10,000 active users within a week during a traffic spike.

Mbula Mboma

AWS Cloud Re-Start Program Specialist at Orange RDC (Congo)

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We currently rely on disaster recovery and backup recovery, which takes time to recover, during which you're basically blind, so I'm pushing my leadership team to switch over to a clustering environment for constant availability.

David-Alfonso

IT Security Engineer at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

It is one of the things that separates it from other tooling, and if not, it is the most scalable solution out there.

reviewer2778402

Systems Development Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

They struggle a bit with pure virtual environments, but in terms of how much they can handle, it is pretty good.

ROBERT-CHRISTIAN

CTO at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

5.9

AWS Auto Scaling is stable and reliable, though occasional scaling delays and server issues require effective deployment and management.

Sentiment score

7.5

Splunk Enterprise Security is praised for stability and reliability, despite challenges with resource demands and custom configurations.

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They test it very thoroughly before release, and our customers have Splunk running for months without issues.

reviewer2701950

Splunk System Engineer at a non-tech company with 11-50 employees

Splunk has been very reliable and very consistent.

MatthewSnyder

Principal Engineer at Aviatrix

We need more SMEs, and there is no mechanism to tell us about indexer or search head issues.

reviewer1469784

Senior Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

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Room For Improvement

AWS Auto Scaling requires faster launches, better usability, improved documentation, enhanced security, automation, scalability, cost optimization, and clearer instructions.

Splunk Enterprise Security needs UI improvements, better integration, richer documentation, competitive pricing, and enhanced AI and threat detection.

This complexity led me to migrate to CloudFormation, which simplifies the deployment process.

Mbula Mboma

AWS Cloud Re-Start Program Specialist at Orange RDC (Congo)

It requires a downtime before deploying the Auto Scaling group.

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AWS Cloud at AeonX Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

If you could add more training on how to use it correctly and on the functions that I haven't used before or some people have not really used before, that would help.

Ishaka Michael Efe

DevOps Engineer Intern at HNG Tech

Improving the infrastructure behind Splunk Enterprise Security is vital—enhanced cores, CPUs, and memory should be prioritized to support better processing power.

Mustafa Ameen

Resident Consultant (Security Analyst) at helpag

Splunk Enterprise Security is not something that automatically picks things; you have to set up use cases, update data models, and link the right use cases to the right data models for those detections to happen.

reviewer2704098

Security & Risk Analyst at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

For any future enhancements or features, such as MLTK and SOAR platform integration, we need more visibility, training, and certification for the skilled professionals who are working.

Madhu Gurindapalli

Security Consultant at Matiq

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Setup Cost

AWS Auto Scaling costs vary; perceived as reasonable or expensive, depending on scaling extent, application needs, and usage.

Splunk Enterprise Security offers robust insights but can be costly for high data volumes, challenging affordability for smaller businesses.

The pricing of Auto Scaling is medium range, neither high nor low.

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AWS Cloud at AeonX Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

I saw clients spend two million dollars a year just feeding data into the Splunk solution.

ROBERT-CHRISTIAN

CTO at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The platform requires significant financial investment and resources, making it expensive despite its comprehensive features.

Hamada Elewa

System Engineer - Security Presales at Raya Integration

I find it to be affordable, which is why every industry uses it.

Swayam Sopnic Nayak

Vice President Research And Development at OSINT Ambition

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Valuable Features

AWS Auto Scaling offers automated scaling, integrates with CloudWatch, supports Kubernetes, and enhances performance through efficient resource management.

Splunk Enterprise Security offers real-time threat detection, customization, and integration, enhancing security operations and data management capabilities.

During peak traffic times, the Auto Scaling group can be deployed to ensure that the client works well, and the traffic remains average.

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AWS Cloud at AeonX Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

The automation aspect where you can automate it to whatever you want is what I value the most about Auto Scaling.

Ishaka Michael Efe

DevOps Engineer Intern at HNG Tech

Its automatic scaling capabilities are very useful.

Mbula Mboma

AWS Cloud Re-Start Program Specialist at Orange RDC (Congo)

This capability is useful for performance monitoring and issue identification.

GautamKar

Staff Performance Engineer at ServiceNow

I assess Splunk Enterprise Security's insider threat detection capabilities for helping to find unknown threats and anomalous user behavior as great.

reviewer2701950

Splunk System Engineer at a non-tech company with 11-50 employees

Splunk Enterprise Security provides the foundation for unified threat detection, investigation, and response, enabling fast identification of critical issues.

Ashiq Ashraf

Specialist-Infrastructure Opertions at Allianz Technology

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Auto Scaling

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (14th)

Splunk Enterprise Security

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

374

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (2nd), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (1st), IT Operations Analytics (1st)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Application Lifecycle Management solutions, they serve different purposes. AWS Auto Scaling is designed for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability and holds a mindshare of 0.4%, up 0.1% compared to last year.
Splunk Enterprise Security, on the other hand, focuses on Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), holds 8.0% mindshare, down 10.4% since last year.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
AWS Auto Scaling	0.4%
Dynatrace	7.4%
Datadog	6.0%
Other	86.2%

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Splunk Enterprise Security	8.0%
Wazuh	8.3%
IBM Security QRadar	6.0%
Other	77.7%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Featured Reviews

Ishaka Michael Efe

DevOps Engineer Intern at HNG Tech

Automation has simplified traffic management and improved workload efficiency

I'm not really sure what improvements I would want to see in AWS Auto Scaling because I haven't really used it extensively or explored most of it. To the extent that I've used it so far, I think it is very good. I can't really say for certain what should be improved because I haven't really explored it a lot. However, what I've been using it for has been very good. If there could be training for AWS Auto Scaling, that would be fine. If you could add more training on how to use it correctly and on the functions that I haven't used before or some people have not really used before, that would help. If there could be more documentation and training on it, that would be beneficial.

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reviewer1469784

Senior Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Helps us detect cyber threats quickly and integrate multiple feeds effectively

Overall, the product is good, but when it comes to some infrastructure issues, we have to dig into more logs. There is no straightforward indication of an issue. Health check kind of dashboards are not available. More AI would help us, and more optimization, since security products run more queries. The AI module could suggest solutions, optimizing queries or workload balancing. If the product itself advises on running queries during peak times, it would be similar to what ChatGPT currently offers. We see quite a few issues on stability. Even last week, we faced something, and identifying bottlenecks is not easy. We need more SMEs, and there is no mechanism to tell us about indexer or search head issues. Self-monitoring dashboards could be beneficial. The technical support still requires more improvement. Often, primary support takes a lot of time and forwards most solutions to the engineering side. The primary support team has very limited knowledge to provide.

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Comparison Review

Vinod Shankar

Manager, Enterprise Risk Consulting at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Feb 26, 2015

HP ArcSight vs. IBM QRadar vs. McAfee Nitro vs. Splunk vs. RSA Security vs. LogRhythm

We at Infosecnirvana.com have done several posts on SIEM. After the Dummies Guide on SIEM, we are following it up with a SIEM Product Comparison – 101 deck. So, here it is for your viewing pleasure. Let me know what you think by posting your comments below. The key products compared here are…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

No data available

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	109
Midsize Enterprise	50
Large Enterprise	263

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AWS Auto Scaling?

The tool's most valuable feature is vertical auto-scaling, which is easy to use. However, most companies now prefer horizontal scaling. I set up the health check integration to monitor CPU usage. W...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Auto Scaling?

I'm not sure about the pricing aspect of AWS Auto Scaling or the cost of it.

What needs improvement with AWS Auto Scaling?

What SOC product do you recommend?

For tools I’d recommend: -SIEM- LogRhythm -SOAR- Palo Alto XSOAR Doing commercial w/o both (or at least an XDR) is asking to miss details that are critical, and ending up a statistic. Also, rememb...

What is a better choice, Splunk or Azure Sentinel?

It would really depend on (1) which logs you need to ingest and (2) what are your use cases Splunk is easy for ingestion of anything, but the charge per GB/Day Indexed and it gets expensive as log ...

How does Splunk compare with Azure Monitor?

Splunk handles a high amount of data very well. We use Splunk to capture information and as an aggregator for monitoring information from different sources. Splunk is very good at alerting us if we...

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Compared 32% of the time

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IBM Security QRadar vs Splunk Enterprise Security

Compared 9% of the time

Wazuh vs Splunk Enterprise Security

Compared 6% of the time

Dynatrace vs Splunk Enterprise Security

Compared 5% of the time

Datadog vs Splunk Enterprise Security

Compared 4% of the time

Sentinel vs Splunk Enterprise Security

Compared 3% of the time

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Also Known As

AWS Auto-Scaling

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Overview

AWS Auto Scaling monitors your applications and automatically adjusts capacity to maintain steady, predictable performance at the lowest possible cost. Using AWS Auto Scaling, it’s easy to setup application scaling for multiple resources across multiple services in minutes. The service provides a simple, powerful user interface that lets you build scaling plans for resources including Amazon EC2 instances and Spot Fleets, Amazon ECS tasks, Amazon DynamoDB tables and indexes, and Amazon Aurora Replicas. AWS Auto Scaling makes scaling simple with recommendations that allow you to optimize performance, costs, or balance between them. If you’re already using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling to dynamically scale your Amazon EC2 instances, you can now combine it with AWS Auto Scaling to scale additional resources for other AWS services. With AWS Auto Scaling, your applications always have the right resources at the right time.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Splunk Enterprise Security delivers powerful log management, rapid searches, and intuitive dashboards, enhancing real-time analytics and security measures. Its advanced machine learning and wide system compatibility streamline threat detection and incident response across diverse IT environments.

Splunk Enterprise Security stands out in security operations with robust features like comprehensive threat intelligence and seamless data integration. Its real-time analytics and customizable queries enable proactive threat analysis and efficient incident response. Integration with multiple third-party feeds allows detailed threat correlation and streamlined data visualization. Users find the intuitive UI and broad compatibility support efficient threat detection while reducing false positives. Despite its strengths, areas such as visualization capabilities and integration processes with cloud environments need enhancement. Users face a high learning curve, and improvements in automation, AI, documentation, and training are desired to maximize its potential.

What Are the Key Features of Splunk Enterprise Security?

Log Management: Efficiently manages and organizes a vast amount of logs for better data handling.
Rapid Data Search: Quickly retrieves relevant data for fast decision-making.
Flexible Dashboards: Customizable dashboards provide clear data visualization.
Comprehensive Threat Intelligence: Offers detailed insights to preemptively defend against threats.
Real-Time Analytics: Analyzes data in real-time to enhance response times.
Integration with Third-Party Feeds: Streamlines information flow from multiple sources.

What Benefits Should Users Investigate in Reviews?

Efficient Incident Response: Enhances the ability to respond promptly to threats.
False Positive Reduction: Minimizes incorrect threat alarms, making monitoring more efficient.
Threat Detection Speed: Accelerates the identification and evaluation of security threats.
Cost-Effectiveness: Potential savings through better licensing options and operational efficiency.
User Adaptability: Enhancements in documentation and training resources aid in overcoming the learning curve.

In specific industries like finance and healthcare, Splunk Enterprise Security is instrumental for log aggregation, SIEM functionalities, and compliance monitoring. Companies leverage its capabilities for proactive threat analysis and response, ensuring comprehensive security monitoring and integration with various tools for heightened operational intelligence.

Splunk

Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers

Splunk has more than 7,000 customers spread across over 90 countries. These customers include Telenor, UniCredit, ideeli, McKenney's, Tesco, and SurveyMonkey.