We performed a comparison between Azure Monitor and Splunk based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Splunk is clear the winner in this comparison. It is easier to deploy, more user-friendly, and has better support than Azure Monitor. In addition, Splunk received positive feedback in the ROI category.
"The solution is quite stable."
"It is a robust, stable product."
"Azure Monitor is a very easy-to-use product in the cloud environment."
"It's a Microsoft native tool, so it works well with other Microsoft technologies, which is predominantly what our customer end-user base is."
"The upside to the solution is if you are working in a Microsoft or Azure environment, it makes things easier."
"For me, the best feature is the log analysis with Azure Monitor's Log Analytics. Without being able to analyze the logs of all the activities that affect the performance of a machine, your monitoring effectiveness will be severely limited."
"We like this searchability and availability of the data."
"Log analytics and log queries are the most valuable features of Azure Monitor."
"Internal tracking is helpful because we do not like to deal with multiple ticketing systems, and I am not a fan of ServiceNow. We are able to keep everything internal and utilize Enterprise Security."
"We are using Microsoft 365 and we're using the Exchange Mail Service. It's good for monitoring that in particular."
"Splunk provides immediate visibility into key business metrics and new business insights that deliver immediate value."
"Recently, Splunk upgraded to version 9.0.02, which includes excellent data dashboards and visualization effects."
"The feature that I have found most valuable with Splunk is the ability to sift through a bunch of data very quickly."
"The initial setup is really straightforward. It's one of the easiest installations."
"The most valuable feature is the custom dashboard feature."
"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 price could be lower but it is not a must."
"This solution could be improved with more out-of-the-box functionalities and artificial intelligence to complete event correlation."
"The monitoring of Kubernetes clusters needs improvement to be on par with competitors."
"Azure Monitor is not user-friendly, and the interface is not exciting. Switching between the dashboards is not easy."
"The default interface should be improved."
"When something goes down, we want the option to have automation in place to get it back up again as quickly as possible."
"Azure Monitor could improve the visualization aspect and integrate better with other third-party services."
"The solution needs better monitoring. It requires better log controls."
"Endpoint access is the only issue I can think to mention, even though the endpoint access we have with Cisco is fine."
"This is a costly solution."
"The upgrading process could be smoother."
"The use cases provided by Splunk are a good starting point, but could cover many additional topics to ensure that a smaller or less experienced shop might maximize the value of an ES deployment."
"Not even Splunk's support guy, who came to our firm, could help with defining proper role management."
"Splunk can be an expensive solution. Technical support could be improved as well."
"Sometimes, there is latency in the logs."
"Splunk Enterprise Security should provide a better and richer integration."
Azure Monitor is ranked 4th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 44 reviews while Splunk Enterprise Security is ranked 1st in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 240 reviews. Azure Monitor is rated 7.6, while Splunk Enterprise Security is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Azure Monitor writes "A powerful Kusto query language but the alerting mechanism needs improvement". 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 ". Azure Monitor is most compared with Datadog, Dynatrace, Sentry, Prometheus and SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor, whereas Splunk Enterprise Security is most compared with Wazuh, Dynatrace, IBM Security QRadar, Elastic Security and AppDynamics. See our Azure Monitor vs. Splunk Enterprise Security report.
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Hi @Netanya Carmi,
Below are some comparisons on features and Integrations.
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 have problems somewhere or if we are not getting the flow we expect. It is very easy to search for queries and events and then do analysis. The flexibility of the search capability is extremely valuable. Splunk works well with other solutions. It is very easy to set up and very straightforward to deploy.
The more data you process with Splunk, the more expensive it gets; an improved pricing model is needed. It would be great if Splunk had more SIEM functionality with better customization and a better ticket tool. The on-premises scaling is a bit more limited than on the cloud. Splunk currently has some limited default rules and customizations. If they could concentrate more on compliance and security information, that would be an added bonus.
Azure Monitor has made it significantly easier for us to monitor applications and infrastructure for possible problems. This solution offers a survey of surveillance in real time and a very helpful dashboard. Azure Monitor, which is integrated with Azure DevOps, has good load gathering and very good analytics. We get useful alerts with Azure Monitor that make recommendations about the security and the platform.
There should be more specific detail about where problems lie. Azure Monitor is lacking somewhat in vulnerability assessment; this aspect could be better. Their automation also needs some improvement. From gathering metrics from more applications to getting processes quickly started when something goes down, automation should be better.
Conclusion:
For us, Splunk is the better solution. We use Splunk to search, monitor, analyze, and visualize machine data, which it does very well. The dashboard is very intuitive. The log collection and log management tools are very good. We find Splunk’s search capability to be very powerful and flexible. Splunk can access any kind of data and there is no limitation to the kind of structured or unstructured data you can extract. Our team also liked that Splunk offers better integration with more solutions.