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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 (76th), Log Management (55th), Observability Pipeline Software (7th)
Splunk Cloud Platform
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
111
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 3.6%, up 1.4% compared to last year.
Splunk Cloud Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Data Visualization, holds 1.1% mindshare, up 1.1% since last year.
Observability Pipeline Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Mezmo3.6%
Cribl35.1%
BindPlane OP9.6%
Other51.699999999999996%
Observability Pipeline Software
Data Visualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk Cloud Platform1.1%
Tableau Enterprise9.3%
Qlik Sense4.7%
Other84.9%
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

"The solution aggregates all event streams, so that if there are any issues, it's all in the same interface."
"We haven't had anything yet that we couldn't do through LogDNA."
"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 use Splunk Cloud primarily as a troubleshooting tool, so the most valuable features are the analysis and visualization."
"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 initial setup was straightforward and took approximately 20 minutes."
"Splunk Cloud Platform is a data analysis tool that works on big data and unstructured data, and what I appreciated about it is that Splunk data processing is very good, and when I performed search and threat hunting on Splunk, I was very satisfied."
"There is definitely the ease of the infrastructure administration. It frees up a lot of time."
"The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud is the quick setup."
"Splunk Cloud Platform has positively impacted my organization by enhancing the observability of the environment, allowing us to detect threats faster."
"It has simplified our cyber operations; it has helped us respond to threats and investigations much quicker than with our previous SIEM, is honestly less headache for me as an admin, and is much easier because a lot of people in the industry in cyber know Splunk already."
 

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."
"Pricing is too high for Splunk Cloud Platform."
"The pricing models should be improved and optimized. Right now, the pricing is a bit too expensive."
"However, there is one issue: when our storage limit is crossed, they directly charge higher."
"Splunk Cloud Platform can be improved by providing dedicated documentation, especially regarding the edge processors and MCP, along with continuous updates."
"The only thing that is missing from Splunk Cloud is the command-line interface."
"The Splunk Cloud Platform deployment process could be improved to reduce the time required."
"The initial learning curve should be more personalized for new users who just started using Splunk Cloud Platform."
"It would be nice to see more comparisons between Splunk and other log management tools. There are some legacy tools that people are often coming off. It will ease the transition if you are coming off a Windows LogViewer or any other logging tool. Splunk could offer more advice on how to transition into it or onboard it."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I do not know what that is anymore. I have not been involved with that for a couple of years, but I know we are paying a lot."
"As far as the pricing goes, it was what was expected. It is a premium product. There were no surprises there."
"The licensing is based on the amount of data that we send to the cloud on a daily basis."
"It is not that expensive."
"The price is something that people complain about."
"It is a touchy subject because we are locked into it. That goes back to the rehydrating data. We cannot have the retention that we want to store for legal and compliance purposes because that is seven years' worth of data for some of the indexes, so we ship them off into S3 buckets and install them there, at which point they are invisible to Splunk, so we have to rehydrate them, but we cannot rehydrate those pockets into Splunk Cloud. We have to rehydrate them into a self-hosted version of Splunk, which can take days to set up and get going. I would not call Splunk's licensing and pricing predatory, but they have made it very difficult to maintain the independence of your own data."
"Splunk Cloud Platform fell within our budget so we pulled the trigger and implemented it."
"It was a good model."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
19%
Transportation Company
14%
Construction Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business37
Midsize Enterprise17
Large Enterprise79
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Cloud Platform?
Splunk Cloud Platform is a Gartner leading product. Splunk is superior in comparison with any other SIEM.
What needs improvement with Splunk Cloud Platform?
There is always room for improvement. Splunk can improve because it is a very expensive product. Because of the cost, we do not have as many skilled resources for Splunk, which makes it very diffic...
What is your primary use case for Splunk Cloud Platform?
I was a consumer using Splunk Cloud Platform at that time. I have been familiar with Splunk Cloud Platform. I was a user of Splunk Cloud Platform and a customer also.
 

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