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Cribl vs Splunk Synthetic Monitoring comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 14, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

Sentiment score
9.5
Cribl customer service is praised for prompt responses, effective support, and community assistance, with a high satisfaction rating.
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The community, including the engineering and sales teams, is available on Slack and is very supportive.
Technical support is good but could be improved, particularly concerning the time taken for ticket resolution.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
5.9
Cribl needs better legacy compatibility, intuitive logging, enhanced documentation, improved onboarding, and desktop server functionality for developers.
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Perhaps more flexibility in terms of metrics would be helpful.
I would like to see more predefined monitoring query solutions.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.5
Cribl is scalable and easily integrates with CI/CD pipelines, receiving praise for efficient deployment and seamless cloud management.
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Setup Cost

Sentiment score
8.0
Cribl offers a cost-effective, scalable pricing model with up to 30% cost reductions, appealing to mid-level and large enterprises.
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Splunk is a bit expensive since it charges based on the indexing rate of data.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Cribl is generally rated 7-8 for stability, with minor bugs quickly addressed and continuous development enhancing reliability.
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Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.7
Cribl streamlines real-time data transformation, log collection, and routing with user-friendly features, security, and extensive integration support.
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The community on Slack is excellent for solving questions and getting ideas.
The most valuable feature is the ability to customize dashboards based on my queries or any other customization I may need.
 

Categories and Ranking

Cribl
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
23rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (23rd), Log Management (18th), Cloud Data Integration (15th), Data Preparation Tools (4th)
Splunk Synthetic Monitoring
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
74th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (97th)
 

Featured Reviews

Hariram G - PeerSpot reviewer
Collects logs from various cloud sources with reduced costs and improved efficiency
Cribl has simplified many aspects of the onboarding process, but there's still room for improvement. Currently, no other tools in the market truly compete with Cribl in its niche. Splunk is trying to retain customers by developing ingest actions to reduce licensing costs, hoping to prevent them from switching to Cribl. There is no alerting mechanism for the leader/worker nodes status. Since Cribl plays a major role in the mid-layer between the source and destination, there's a slight risk of losing data at some points while receiving real time data. It would be helpful if Cribl could temporarily store or index the data for a specific time range. This would prevent data loss during downtime. Additionally, there's room for improvement in how Cribl handles historical data. Currently, I can't view trends beyond a week, and even then, it’s often limited to just 24 hours. Since Cribl doesn’t index the data but only forwards it, extending the period for viewing statistics and monitoring trends would be a valuable enhancement.
Sathis-Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Customized dashboards streamline log monitoring needs
Splunk is primarily used for log monitoring, where I collect all my security logs, system logs, and application logs into a centralized place. This helps me customize my monitoring models Splunk has provided me with a centralized platform to manage multiple features. Instead of using various…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
11%
Healthcare Company
8%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Government
13%
Computer Software Company
7%
Insurance Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cribl?
Cribl offers a reduction in pricing, up to thirty percent, which is beneficial. Although I'm not involved in licensing, I know that the price reduction is accurate and well-received.
What needs improvement with Cribl?
Cribl should consider adding more features that are applicable to smaller firms, allowing broader access to their data migration through Cribl. Additionally, there's room for more enhancement conce...
What is your primary use case for Cribl?
In this particular situation, we use Cribl to deploy data to various destinations. My role is to create and analyze data and deploy it to the appropriate location required by the organization. I al...
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