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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 (75th), Log Management (56th), Observability Pipeline Software (8th)
Splunk Cloud Platform
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
87
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (2nd), IT Alerting and Incident Management (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Systems Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Mezmo is designed for Observability Pipeline Software and holds a mindshare of 3.3%, up 2.0% compared to last year.
Splunk Cloud Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Data Visualization, holds 1.0% mindshare, up 0.8% since last year.
Observability Pipeline Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Mezmo3.3%
Cribl36.8%
Onum11.3%
Other48.60000000000001%
Observability Pipeline Software
Data Visualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk Cloud Platform1.0%
Tableau Enterprise9.7%
Qlik Sense4.8%
Other84.5%
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."
"The solution aggregates all event streams, so that if there are any issues, it's all in the same interface."
"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."
"Splunk Cloud Platform's visibility into multiple environments offers excellent monitoring capabilities, whether I am using it in the cloud, on-premises, or in hybrid environments."
"In an enterprise, you need a universal or heavy forwarder. If you don't have that, you need an HSE token or API request call and all the different components. In Splunk Cloud, you just have one instance to search all the data in your index. You don't need to manage it because Splunk handles that."
"We haven't had any limitations or problems connecting to our network devices."
"Overall, I find that Splunk is pretty good; it is a very mature product and I can see that compared to when I used it five years ago as an end-user, they have been improving in every way."
"I like the Cloud monitoring console feature."
"The real-time search capability of this product enhances operational decision-making, and it's very convincing."
"The cloud is very fast."
"The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud Platform is the alerting feature."
 

Cons

"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."
"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."
"The pricing model makes the product costly."
"Splunk Cloud Platform needs to be made more user-friendly because it's not user-friendly."
"They can streamline the process of creating custom apps."
"However, there is one issue: when our storage limit is crossed, they directly charge higher."
"The only thing I would say is an issue is the cost. It matches other products. The costs can be justified for the value that we gain. The entire threat analysis stack should come in a bundle. If the cost was matchable with other products I think Splunk would pick up in the market."
"For betterment, there is definitely a cost concern."
"It needs to mature; it's just getting established in the industry on a wider scale."
"The disadvantage of Splunk Cloud Platform is that its integration process should be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The cost of using Splunk Cloud Platform is high, but the value it provides is worth the investment."
"Splunk Cloud Platform is more expensive than some of its competitors, but it offers a wider range of features."
"It is not that expensive."
"Splunk Cloud Platform fell within our budget so we pulled the trigger and implemented it."
"Splunk Cloud Platform's pricing is a little on the higher end."
"I am familiar with the pricing and licensing model a little bit. I am not sure about the particulars of the actual price that we have, but I do like the idea of going towards a more CPU-based approach rather than the ingest approach because it allows us the ability to ingest more data if we need it."
"The cost of the Splunk Cloud Platform is high, and in addition to the standard licensing fee, we also have a premium support fee."
"It was a good model."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Transportation Company
18%
Construction Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
11%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business37
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise54
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Cloud Platform?
As an entry level user working mainly in cybersecurity labs and training environments, I did not directly manage pricing or licensing decisions. My experience was mainly focused on using the platfo...
What needs improvement with Splunk Cloud Platform?
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 ...
What is your primary use case for Splunk Cloud Platform?
Splunk Cloud Platform is my main use case, which we sell to our channel partners within the channel community that then sell it to their customers, primarily as a cloud-based platform that collects...
 

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