We performed a comparison between Elastic Observability and Splunk APM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is open-source and helps with back-end logging. It is also easy to handle."
"The solution has been stable in our usage."
"For full stack observability, Elastic is the best tool compared with any other tool ."
"Elastic APM has plenty of features, such as the Elastic server for Kibana and many additional plugins. It's a comprehensive tool when used as a logging platform."
"It is a powerful tool that allows users to collect and transform logs as needed, enabling flexible visualization and analysis."
"We can view and connect different sources to the dashboard using it."
"The Elastic User Interface framework lets us do custom development when needed. You need to have some Javascript knowledge. We need that knowledge to develop new custom tests."
"Good design and easy to use once implemented."
"This solution is very quick to deploy as it is a SaaS solution and integrates with tools like ServiceNow."
"I like the fact that Splunk APM makes it easy to connect to the application database and run queries against the data."
"The most beneficial aspect of Slunk APM is the ATM, which is the map displaying the inbound and outbound relationships of the microservices, as well as the traffic between these dependencies. This feature provides us with valuable insights and helps us understand the interactions between different microservices."
"The most valuable feature is dashboard creation."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"Splunk APM has helped us to standardize logging and monitoring procedures."
"The volume it handles is very good, including the number of metrics, the volume number of traces, and more."
"The features are pretty much ready out of the box."
"The price is the only issue in the solution. It can be made better and cheaper."
"They need more skills in the market. There are not enough skills in the market. It is not pervasive enough on the market, in my opinion. In other words, there isn't a big enough user base."
"Improving code insight related to infrastructure and network, particularly focusing on aspects such as firewalls, switches, routers, and testing would be beneficial."
"The cost must be made more transparent."
"Elastic Observability’s price could be improved."
"The interface could be improved."
"Elastic Observability needs to improve the retrieval of logs and metrics from all the instances."
"There is room for improvement regarding its APM capabilities."
"Splunk APM's performance could be improved - at the moment, it's very slow and takes forever to give me what I want."
"The UI enhancements could be a way to improve the solution in the future."
"Splunk's functionality could be improved by adding database connectors for other platforms like AWS and Azure."
"They can improve the flow system and the keyword language. It has predefined keywords, but they can be improved."
"The licensing model is expensive. We need to monitor the amount of data ingested because the cost is based on the data collected."
"The cardinality is pretty low."
"Primarily, the logs in Slunk APM can be challenging to navigate and comprehend, making it difficult to understand the details within each log. Compared to other tools like LogDNA, which are more intuitive in this aspect, the logs in Slunk APM can require more effort to understand."
"It is essential for the monitoring tool to deliver quick response times when generating analytical reports, instead of prolonged delays."
Elastic Observability is ranked 7th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 22 reviews while Splunk APM is ranked 13th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 13 reviews. Elastic Observability is rated 7.8, while Splunk APM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Elastic Observability writes "The user interface framework lets us do custom development when needed. ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk APM writes "Provides great visibility, analysis, and data telemetry". Elastic Observability is most compared with Dynatrace, New Relic, Azure Monitor and Sentry, whereas Splunk APM is most compared with Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence), Sentry, Monte Carlo, Observe and Dynatrace. See our Elastic Observability vs. Splunk APM report.
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