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Monte Carlo vs Splunk APM comparison

Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Monte Carlo
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Data Observability (1st)
Splunk APM
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (12th)
 

Featured Reviews

PR
Provides centralized data observability features and has an easy-to-use user interface.
The product's initial setup is in a daily improvement stage, deploying new plugins for upstream and downstream resources. It takes 25 minutes to complete. The process involves integrating with third-party services for Single Sign-On (SSO). It requires only one executive for maintenance as it has easy-to-use navigation and user interface.
Lakshmi Padaga - PeerSpot reviewer
Collaborates performance metrics with log data to pinpoint the exact cause of issues and offers error detection
Splunk APM is a robust tool with many capabilities. There are always areas for potential improvement to enhance its functionality and user experience. For Splunk APM, there could be simplified navigation, like streamlining the user interface to make navigation more intuitive for our users, especially those new to APM, which can enhance usability. We can provide more customization options for dashboards and visualizations to help users tailor the platform to their specific needs. There could be more integration capabilities with a wider range of third-party tools and platforms would also be beneficial. By focusing on these areas, Splunk APM can enhance its value proposition, improve user satisfaction, and better meet the evolving needs of organizations monitoring their application performance.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It makes organizing work easier based on its relevance to specific projects and teams."
"The features are pretty much ready out of the box."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"This solution is very quick to deploy as it is a SaaS solution and integrates with tools like ServiceNow."
"The solution's service map feature allows us to have a holistic overview and to see quickly where the issues are."
"It supports proactive management, enhances security, and improves operational efficiency."
"Detectors are a powerful feature."
"Splunk's dashboards are great."
"The most valuable features are troubleshooting and optimizing application performance."
 

Cons

"For anomaly detection, the product provides only the last three weeks of data, while some competitors can analyze a more extended data history."
"The UI enhancements could be a way to improve the solution in the future."
"We currently lack log analysis capabilities in Splunk APM."
"The UI enhancements could be a way to improve the solution in the future."
"Primarily, the logs in Slunk APM can be challenging to navigate and comprehend, making it difficult to understand the details within each log. Compared to other tools like LogDNA, which are more intuitive in this aspect, the logs in Slunk APM can require more effort to understand."
"Splunk isn't an ideal tool for application performance management due to the extensive setup required."
"Splunk APM's performance could be improved - at the moment, it's very slow and takes forever to give me what I want."
"There is room for improvement in the alerting system, which is complicated and has less documentation available."
"They can improve the flow system and the keyword language. It has predefined keywords, but they can be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product has moderate pricing."
"Splunk APM is expensive."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"The price of Slunk APM is less than some of its competitors."
"Splunk APM is a very cost-efficient solution."
"Splunk offers a 14-day free trial and after that, we have to pay but the cost is reasonable."
"It appears to be expensive compared to competitors."
"The pricing is based on several factors, including the scale of deployment."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
8%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Retailer
11%
 

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Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Monte Carlo?
It makes organizing work easier based on its relevance to specific projects and teams.
What needs improvement with Monte Carlo?
For anomaly detection, the product provides only the last three weeks of data, while some competitors can analyze a more extended data history. This feature needs improvement. Its price could be a ...
What do you like most about SignalFx?
The most valuable feature is dashboard creation.
What needs improvement with SignalFx?
There is room for improvement in the alerting system, which is complicated and has less documentation available. We sometimes encountered issues in setting up alerts. The custom detector could be m...
What is your primary use case for SignalFx?
The main purpose of using Splunk APM is to optimize our application. We use Splunk APM primarily to understand how the application works, how it uses resources, and its response time in connection ...
 

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