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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."
"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."
"The Cloud Platform interface is cleaner than Splunk Enterprise's monitoring console. You can easily understand what's happening with your indexes. It's more refined than Splunk Enterprise's console, but they have the same feel and function."
"Splunk Cloud Platform is a market leader known for its strengths in enterprise-scale log analysis, advanced security monitoring, complex event correlation, and deep search capabilities."
"I can trace an event back to its root cause. I can find the root cause instead of just looking at the symptoms across different things."
"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."
"Previously when in our company, we had logs everywhere on multiple systems, it was a really big pain for me trying to find what I wanted. Now that it is all aggregated and centralized in one place with one interface, it is just a lot easier to get the information that I need."
"This is a complete log reporting tool."
"The product's deployment phase was easy."
"It's made searching for data easier. Users like it. We're still in the migration process, but overall, it's a lot easier to use."
 

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."
"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."
"No ability to encapsulate a query or a filter, and communicate or share that among the team."
"The Search Processing Language of Splunk Cloud Platform has a steep learning curve."
"One improvement I would suggest is in the cost part."
"The security connection should have a seamless integration. Other than that, the way we are using it, so far, it seems quite good."
"The Splunk interface is on-premises, so we have limited access to Splunk Cloud. Splunk support is not so good on Splunk Cloud. The Splunk side of the Splunk Cloud should also be more customizable. Integrating Splunk UBA, Splunk Phantom, and Splunk Cloud is also a bit difficult."
"The expensive nature of the product is an area of concern that needs to be considered for improvement."
"The Splunk Cloud Platform deployment process could be improved to reduce the time required."
"Splunk should increase the frequency of new feature releases, particularly those related to real-time operational flow monitoring and analytics reporting."
"Since I work on data collection from external sources and send them into Splunk, I miss its ability to collect that data through REST API applications."
 

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."
"I would rate the cost an eight out of ten, with ten being the most costly."
"Currently, we have the ingest-based license. They are offering SVC-based licenses as well, but I am not a fan of SVC-based licensing. At the end of the day, I want to predict my budget and how much I am going to pay to the vendor so that I can plan my yearly budget."
"It is not that expensive."
"The licensing is based on the amount of data that we send to the cloud on a daily basis."
"There are additional features that you would need to purchase depending on your use case."
"The licensing costs depend on the state of your environment and the fees are paid on a monthly basis."
"The cost makes more sense for organizations that have a large amount of data ranges."
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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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Small Business
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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?
For betterment, there is definitely a cost concern. The cost is high, so there should be a somewhat lower cost. I am expecting a more competitive pricing structure from Splunk Cloud Platform, but o...
What is your primary use case for Splunk Cloud Platform?
For Splunk Cloud Platform, we perform analytics with a large scale of data pipelines and log data. We query logs and build dashboards to support our operational and business insights. We mainly wor...
 

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