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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 (74th), Log Management (56th), Observability Pipeline Software (8th)
Splunk Cloud Platform
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
89
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 3.4%, up 1.8% compared to last year.
Splunk Cloud Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Data Visualization, holds 1.0% mindshare, up 0.9% since last year.
Observability Pipeline Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Mezmo3.4%
Cribl36.6%
Onum11.3%
Other48.7%
Observability Pipeline Software
Data Visualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk Cloud Platform1.0%
Tableau Enterprise10.1%
Qlik Sense4.9%
Other84.0%
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."
"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."
"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."
"Splunk Cloud Platform has greatly improved my daily operations through enhanced integration with third-party tools."
"There is definitely the ease of the infrastructure administration. It frees up a lot of time."
"I have done health checks several times now, and those have been very valuable in getting more information about what is going on in my platform. There are also recommendations on what is going on in my environment."
"Splunk Cloud Platform's ingest and visualization features have helped improve our data reporting, truly the best available in terms of customizability."
"The best features of Splunk Cloud Platform include its powerful analytics and intuitive user interface, and I particularly appreciate how it simplifies complex data operations."
"The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud Platform is the ability to correlate events together and combine the data into one event."
"The solution is user friendly and has extensive uses."
"Splunk has sped up our response and reduced the time we spend manually monitoring any logs for ticketing tools or servers. It saves us around two hours daily."
 

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."
"Extracting meaningful insights beyond essential log data proves challenging due to the product's reliance on manual processes."
"Pricing is too high for Splunk Cloud Platform."
"When one of my customers needs an app, and I am able to find that app on the Splunk base, I have to create a ticket and wait for five days for them to download the app into the cloud environment. That is probably one of the main things. It is painful because I have to wait to get that app in the cloud."
"The administration could use improvement. We have to rely on support more often than we're used to."
"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."
"For betterment, there is definitely a cost concern."
"The search for bulk data needs to be improved. When we were looking for the flow, we had to search really hard. I wanted to request the Splunk team to add some features for better search because getting the flow of the bulk data was sometimes hard."
"There are a lot of functionalities that are missing for Splunk Cloud hosted on GCP but they are available on AWS. Adding more IPs to allow lists and many other functionalities are not supported on Splunk Cloud hosted on GCP. One good example is the ingest action which is not there in Splunk Cloud hosted on GCP. I wish they would add these missing features to the GCP platform."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The certifications are costly."
"There are additional features that you would need to purchase depending on your use case."
"Splunk Cloud Platform is an expensive solution."
"The Splunk Cloud Platform is expensive."
"The licensing costs depend on the state of your environment and the fees are paid on a monthly basis."
"Splunk Cloud Platform is more expensive than some of its competitors, but it offers a wider range of features."
"Splunk Cloud Platform's pricing is a little on the higher end."
"It is not that expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Transportation Company
18%
Construction Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Construction Company
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise56
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Cloud Platform?
I don't know much about the pricing of Splunk Cloud Platform, but I know that it is very less as compared to what we thought to manage this platform. It is very less, but I don't know the exact num...
What needs improvement with Splunk Cloud Platform?
The dislike about Splunk Cloud Platform is the learning resources and the learning materials that they have. In the starting of my phase with Splunk Cloud Platform, I was very new to this, and I wa...
What is your primary use case for Splunk Cloud Platform?
The main use case is for logs monitoring to get a clear vision about all the products and all the services that we have. We are giving multiple APIs to multiple platforms, and we have multiple serv...
 

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