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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
5.7
Number of Reviews
90
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

"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."
"LogDNA consolidates all logs into one place, which is super valuable."
"The solution aggregates all event streams, so that if there are any issues, it's all in the same interface."
"Splunk Cloud has helped us to be able to focus on getting more information out of our data."
"What I like about Splunk Cloud Platform is the easy reading of the dashboards and finding the data, which brought me the biggest benefits."
"Not having to maintain any infrastructure is valuable. That frees up a lot of time as well."
"The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud Platform is its flexibility and readiness because it's already prebuilt, and everything is click-to-go."
"Overall, I find that Splunk is pretty good; it is a very mature product and I can see that compared to when I used it five years ago as an end-user, they have been improving in every way."
"We became pretty complete with our reporting using Splunk for all the log and event capabilities."
"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."
"The biggest benefit we have seen from Splunk Cloud Platform is that it has made troubleshooting and monitoring much faster."
 

Cons

"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."
"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."
"Some of the implementation is challenging. They're not very proxy-aware."
"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."
"The only thing that is missing from Splunk Cloud is the command-line interface."
"The disadvantage of Splunk Cloud Platform is that its integration process should be improved."
"The current visuals on the dashboard could be more impactful."
"It is sometimes slow. Some of that has to do with the queries themselves not being efficient, but sometimes it is slow."
"From my perspective, customization needs to be simplified and I'd like to see a reduction in the cost of the solution."
"I believe there are a few areas of Splunk Cloud Platform that have room for improvement, particularly in user customization and documentation clarity."
 

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."
"The price is something that people complain about."
"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."
"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."
"We were on ingest. We were on-prem, and when we switched to the cloud, we went to an SVC model, and that has been a huge help. We are now able to ingest more data than before."
"The pricing was negotiated through Trustwave and for our first contract in three years, we got a good deal."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
18%
Transportation Company
14%
Construction Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Construction Company
10%
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 Enterprise16
Large Enterprise57
 

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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