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Cribl vs Unifi comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 26, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Cribl
Ranking in Data Integration
37th
Ranking in Data Preparation Tools
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (36th), Log Management (37th), Cloud Data Integration (23rd)
Unifi
Ranking in Data Integration
51st
Ranking in Data Preparation Tools
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Data Governance (30th)
 

Featured Reviews

Pawel Kwiatkowski - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 7, 2024
Provides a robust framework for managing data flows, but the debugging capabilities need improvement
My primary use case for the platform was the internal management of events, parsing, and enriching events based on lookup files. It involved creating sources and destinations, managing data processing, and serializing data The solution has streamlined our data management and processing, making…
DT
Dec 24, 2021
Makes integration and monitoring users very easy
Unifi is a data integrated tool. I'm using the solution to manage the staff and the guests by WiFi. If a member of the staff has an account with the domain, then they're using it to connect directly to the WiFi. We have public WiFi for guests, and they use the public password for limited internet…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Cribl offers other valuable features. For instance, you can replay data from an edge device, store your daily data in a stream, and replay specific event data into Splunk if a security incident occurs"
"The product's most valuable features include the internal management of events, coding perspective, data processing, and serialization."
"The platform's most valuable feature is the ability to transform data in real-time within the pipeline without sending it to a destination."
"Cribl offers easy plugin configurations and source collection settings, allowing us to collect logs from any source."
"It's easy to manage and support the user, our guests, and our customers if they have a problem."
"The controller makes it easy to control everything from one platform. The management is easy."
 

Cons

"There is no alerting mechanism for the leader/worker nodes status."
"The sys logging could be enhanced to make it easier to identify errors, especially when dealing with multiple functions."
"Cribl could improve by offering easier integrations with enterprise products, similar to what Splunk provides."
"Cribl doesn't have as many packs available"
"There are issues with certain Apple devices."
"It's stable, but it depends on the office and location."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product pricing is reasonable compared to other solutions."
"There is no license. The solution is free."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
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Company Size

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

What needs improvement with Cribl?
Cribl has a good community base, but unlike some vendors like Splunk, which has many TAs, Cribl doesn't have as many packs available. They need to focus on developing more custom packs for various ...
What is your primary use case for Cribl?
We use Cribl for multiple purposes. One key use is migration to Splunk Cloud. Traditionally, we used Splunk as an intermediate forwarder but switched to Cribl for this role. Cribl collects and send...
What do you like most about Unifi?
The controller makes it easy to control everything from one platform. The management is easy.
What needs improvement with Unifi?
In a high-density location, we're running into connectivity drops. There may be too many rouge devices broadcasting, and the devices is getting interference from another channel. The only to fix th...
 

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Sample Customers

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Big Incites, Cloudera, Flywheel Data, Hortonworks, MapR, Platfora, Qlik, Tableau Software, zData Inc.
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