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Mezmo vs Splunk Cloud Platform comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

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

"We haven't had anything yet that we couldn't do through LogDNA."
"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."
"The solution aggregates all event streams, so that if there are any issues, it's all in the same interface."
"LogDNA consolidates all logs into one place, which is super valuable."
"The initial setup was straightforward and took approximately 20 minutes."
"The log search capabilities are very good."
"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."
"Operationally, Splunk Cloud Platform has provided wide observability where we had almost none before, significantly improving our security posture and our ability to defend the organization."
"The ability to correlate data and then present it in a meaningful and valuable way is crucial."
"Splunk Cloud Platform's search modes are a powerful feature."
"Splunk Cloud has helped us to be able to focus on getting more information out of our data."
"Its interconnectivity with the cloud platforms, such as Azure and AWS, was valuable."
 

Cons

"No ability to encapsulate a query or a filter, and communicate or share that among the team."
"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."
"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."
"The training models can only be accessed for 30 days, even if it is paid training."
"Splunk Cloud Platform needs to be made more user-friendly because it's not user-friendly."
"Every time they launch new versions, we experience a few bugs. The most recent version had a couple of bugs in the databases. We contacted the vendor and got assistance solving these bugs, so the environment is more stable."
"The disadvantage of Splunk Cloud Platform is that its integration process should be improved."
"The on-premises version of Splunk includes all the integrations, while the Cloud platform lacks certain integrations and is limited in terms of the number of supported apps."
"In my opinion, there isn't much to improve in Splunk Cloud Platform, but one suggestion would be to integrate AI or provide a more graphical query builder to reduce the learning curve for new users wanting to learn SPL."
"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."
"There is something that they say will be improved, and I am still waiting for it."
 

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 is a bit more expensive than some solutions, but customers can derive more value from it due to the features it has."
"The certifications are costly."
"The price for Splunk Cloud Platform is the same as our maintenance costs for Splunk Enterprise on-premises."
"The pricing was negotiated through Trustwave and for our first contract in three years, we got a good deal."
"I do not have much idea. We previously used 1 GB at the cost of $600. Both on-prem and cloud licenses have the same price. There is no difference. It did not impact the cost because the costs of the on-prem license and the cloud license are the same. We did not have any issues with that. Overall, its price is reasonable."
"Splunk Cloud Platform's pricing is a little on the higher end."
"The Splunk Cloud Platform is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Transportation Company
18%
Construction Company
17%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Outsourcing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise56
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Cloud Platform?
We are Splunk partners, so in Splunk Cloud Platform, pricing is not an issue. It is balanced, and from a pricing perspective, it is good for us.
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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