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Mezmo vs Splunk Cloud Platform comparison

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

"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."
"LogDNA consolidates all logs into one place, which is super valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud Platform is the ability to correlate events together and combine the data into one event."
"Splunk Cloud has helped us to be able to focus on getting more information out of our data."
"Not having to manage Splunk Cloud's infrastructure is valuable."
"The most valuable features are reliability and logging. It's in the cloud so it has more stability and easy maintenance."
"Its monitoring is completely automated."
"The initial setup was straightforward and took approximately 20 minutes."
"We haven't had any limitations or problems connecting to our network devices."
"The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud Platform is its robustness and ability to ingest logs."
 

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."
"Regarding pricing for Splunk Cloud Platform, it is not cheap. It's cost-efficient if you are using it properly."
"Some of the implementation is challenging. They're not very proxy-aware."
"The expensive nature of the product is an area of concern that needs to be considered for improvement."
"There has been a bit of return on investment with the time savings, but because of the licensing, we have broken even."
"Although there is documentation available, it is really hard for me to find relevant topics on what it is that I'm searching for."
"I think the tool has some scalability issues, especially when used in larger organizations."
"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."
"It is sometimes slow. Some of that has to do with the queries themselves not being efficient, but sometimes it is slow."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price for Splunk Cloud Platform is the same as our maintenance costs for Splunk Enterprise on-premises."
"My company has a license for Splunk Cloud Platform. My company also has a license for Splunk Enterprise."
"The licensing costs depend on the state of your environment and the fees are paid on a monthly basis."
"We were involved in the renewal process, and our organization does reviews of all our partnerships that we have every two to three years to ensure they are meeting our needs, there isn't a better solution out there, and we won't save money by going somewhere else."
"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."
"It was a good model."
"I know that Splunk Cloud Platform is an expensive product."
"Splunk Cloud Platform is more expensive than some of its competitors, but it offers a wider range of features."
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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
20%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction 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?
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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