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Mezmo vs Splunk Cloud Platform comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Mezmo
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (78th), Log Management (55th), Observability Pipeline Software (8th)
Splunk Cloud Platform
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
116
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (3rd), IT Alerting and Incident Management (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Systems Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Mezmo is designed for Observability Pipeline Software and holds a mindshare of 3.9%, up 1.4% compared to last year.
Splunk Cloud Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Data Visualization, holds 1.1% mindshare, down 1.1% since last year.
Observability Pipeline Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Mezmo3.9%
Cribl34.1%
BindPlane OP10.1%
Other51.9%
Observability Pipeline Software
Data Visualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk Cloud Platform1.1%
Tableau Enterprise9.5%
Qlik Sense4.7%
Other84.7%
Data Visualization
 

Featured Reviews

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President and Founder at STILLWATER SUPERCOMPUTING INC
It consolidates all logs into one place and provides required features and functionalities
Every once in a while, our IBM cloud operational implementation gets behind. Sometimes, when we have a customer event, we do not get access to the latest logs for about 30 minutes, particularly for the sites that are heavily utilized. This is clearly not good. It is impossible to do RCA when you can't look at the logs that pertain to the time period in which the event occurred. It could be more of an operational problem than a feature problem. I don't have visibility about whether it is a LogDNA issue or just an operational issue.
reviewer2805510 - PeerSpot reviewer
Partner Account Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 51-200 employees
Unified log analytics has transformed security monitoring and cuts breach detection to minutes
Splunk Cloud Platform has areas for improvement, including the fact that it is obviously an enterprise tool and can be expensive, which is the biggest complaint I have noted. Costs can rise due to high data ingestion and long retention periods, along with a complex licensing structure that makes pricing difficult to predict as usage grows, especially since more systems send logs. There are also performance concerns at scale where users have reported slower searches and expensive long-term storage needs, particularly in multi-terabyte environments. Additionally, operational complexity exists as enterprises still need to do data onboarding, create dashboards, handle retention policies, access control, and performance tuning. These are the three key areas of improvement I have identified.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"LogDNA consolidates all logs into one place, which is super valuable."
"With LogDNA, which brings all the logs together in an interleaved stream, it allows us to take a transaction and relate it to other contextual events making the gathering of evidence for auditors and our internal RCA much more productive."
"We haven't had anything yet that we couldn't do through LogDNA."
"The solution aggregates all event streams, so that if there are any issues, it's all in the same interface."
"Splunk Cloud Platform has positively impacted my organization because earlier we were an on-premise enterprise having issues with availability and management, and the cloud platform has made availability much better, and customers love the experience as it is very quick and responsive."
"After Splunk Cloud Platform was introduced to us, we saved a considerable amount of time, and our team size went from more than 300 people to less than 30 people over five years because fewer employees are needed and we spend little effort since logs track everything and help us in our day-to-day tasks."
"I like the fact that we do not have to maintain all the cloud infrastructure. That is probably the main thing about the Splunk Cloud Platform."
"Splunk Cloud has helped us to be able to focus on getting more information out of our data."
"What I appreciate about Splunk Cloud Platform is that observability is strong, and we can have real-time data with fast time to value."
"The most valuable feature for me is the flexibility of being able to send the log to the https endpoint."
"Splunk Cloud Platform has positively impacted our organization by giving us real-time data whenever we migrate applications from on-premises to the cloud and by providing insights on customer interaction, customer activity, and orders coming in for the application."
"Splunk Cloud Platform has positively impacted my organization by providing accessibility to data and the speed at which we can access that data and troubleshoot."
 

Cons

"Every once in a while, our IBM cloud operational implementation gets behind. Sometimes, when we have a customer event, we do not get access to the latest logs for about 30 minutes, particularly for the sites that are heavily utilized. This is clearly not good. It is impossible to RCA when you can't look at the logs that pertain to the time period in which the event occurred. It could be more of an operational problem than a feature problem. I don't have visibility about whether it is a LogDNA issue or just an operational issue."
"No ability to encapsulate a query or a filter, and communicate or share that among the team."
"Scalability could be improved; we are using it through the IBM cloud deployment and on some of the data centers that are very heavily used, there is a significant lag in the event stream, sometimes 10, 15 minutes behind, which makes the RCA impossible."
"To be honest, I don't think it's beginner-friendly. It takes time and multiple meetings to actually understand how to create different types of alerts or how to search for them."
"Support could be improved."
"They can streamline the process of creating custom apps."
"I want to have the ability to process the ingestion before it is sent to the back end and Splunk just announced that the feature is coming, so now it just needs to be released."
"Sometimes it can feel slightly slow in what it brings up, but I don't know if a lot of times that's on our end with the data that's getting in."
"It is worth reconsidering the syntax language and changing it to KQL."
"Although there is documentation available, it is really hard for me to find relevant topics on what it is that I'm searching for."
"The only thing that is missing from Splunk Cloud is the command-line interface."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The Splunk Cloud Platform is expensive."
"It was a good model."
"The cost makes more sense for organizations that have a large amount of data ranges."
"The pricing was negotiated through Trustwave and for our first contract in three years, we got a good deal."
"The price is something that people complain about."
"I would rate the cost an eight out of ten, with ten being the most costly."
"We were on ingest. We were on-prem, and when we switched to the cloud, we went to an SVC model, and that has been a huge help. We are now able to ingest more data than before."
"My company has a license for Splunk Cloud Platform. My company also has a license for Splunk Enterprise."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
19%
Transportation Company
14%
Construction Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business39
Midsize Enterprise17
Large Enterprise85
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Cloud Platform?
I think the pricing of Splunk Cloud offers a good quality-price ratio.
What needs improvement with Splunk Cloud Platform?
I see room for improvement in the area of reporting, especially the reporting dashboard for Splunk Cloud. I am not expecting any additional features in the future because I have not explored the cu...
What is your primary use case for Splunk Cloud Platform?
I have not utilized Splunk Cloud's machine learning capabilities as we just started. I have not used Splunk Cloud's integration with third-party applications. I track some false-positive indicators...
 

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Sample Customers

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