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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
88
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

"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."
"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 most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud Platform is its flexibility and readiness because it's already prebuilt, and everything is click-to-go."
"The biggest benefit we have seen from Splunk Cloud Platform is that it has made troubleshooting and monitoring much faster."
"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."
"The data management and instant search features are the most valuable ones for us, as they allow us to instantly retrieve information needed for reports and security compliance."
"The most valuable feature for me is the flexibility of being able to send the log to the https endpoint."
"Splunk Cloud's most valuable features are log aggregations, dashboarding, business management, reporting, and business controls. Additionally, it has awesome indexing and the solution is always improving"
"Splunk Cloud Platform's ingest and visualization features help with data reporting, and the platform's alerting mechanism is valuable, as there is software that makes alarms in case of attacks."
"Dashboards and alerting are the most valuable features. The dashboards let us see how the system looks in terms of anomalies, and the alerts trigger us to go and look at what possible problems are happening."
 

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."
"Sometimes, the technical support case persons are not sufficiently technical; they are not technical enough or not understanding the issues."
"Splunk Cloud Platform should improve its integrations and consider multiple integrations or direct integration with other platforms like Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or AWS."
"In Splunk Cloud Platform particularly, there is nothing specific that I would like to see improved or enhanced, but the cost is currently very high."
"The return on investment with Splunk Cloud Platform has been poor. There is a significant possibility we will be replacing it in the next quarter or two."
"Splunk currently manages the components, which restricts our ability to access them directly."
"There could be better searches, but mainly, it needs to improve the performance with a vast amount of data. That will make it better and easier to use."
"Regarding pricing for Splunk Cloud Platform, it is not cheap. It's cost-efficient if you are using it properly."
"The dislike about Splunk Cloud Platform is the learning resources and the learning materials that they have."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"As far as the pricing goes, it was what was expected. It is a premium product. There were no surprises there."
"The pricing model makes this an expensive solution."
"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."
"Splunk Cloud Platform fell within our budget so we pulled the trigger and implemented it."
"I do not personally deal with that side, but from discussions, I know that it is one of the more expensive tools. I do not have anything to compare it with."
"The price for Splunk Cloud Platform is the same as our maintenance costs for Splunk Enterprise on-premises."
"The cost of using Splunk Cloud Platform is high, but the value it provides is worth the investment."
"Splunk is a bit more expensive than some solutions, but customers can derive more value from it due to the features it has."
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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
20%
Construction Company
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise55
 

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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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