We performed a comparison between Prometheus and Splunk Enterprise Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is a scalable solution."
"It has lots of APIs and libraries to integrate with any kind of language."
"The product’s scalability is valuable."
"The most valuable feature is that we can receive information in different formats."
"The solution offers an easy way to install and scratch values."
"It is highly valuable as it serves as the foundation for our infrastructure monitoring tools."
"The feature I found most valuable is the number of integrations. It is the industry standard for metrics."
"I like its lightweight configuration functions."
"The most valuable features of Splunk Enterprise Security are its high-performance data collection, flexible query language, and its versatility across the organization."
"The flexibility of the search capability is most valuable. You can use it for more than just a basic log aggregator. It is powerful in that regard."
"Recently, Splunk upgraded to version 9.0.02, which includes excellent data dashboards and visualization effects."
"My favorite example of improving of organization is saving a $60k/mo in payroll fraud and $10k/mo in wasted API credits by using simple searches and clear reports."
"I really like the user interface and how it works."
"Positive features include replication capabilities, software development kits, and the architecture."
"We can quickly search for almost anything across many log sources in seconds."
"It is easy to use in any environment."
"The query language in Prometheus is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Lacks the ability to clusterize."
"There isn’t much clarity regarding the issues that happen at the server end. It is a push model and from the client’s point of view, it needs to look better and solve remote issues."
"The scalability must be improved."
"The DSL could be improved."
"If you want to collect details of metrics, you should be able to write a query for it directly. I want the product to offer better queries for the metrics."
"Its documentation could be clearer to understand."
"There is a need for a more comprehensive overview of exporters, especially when dealing with many of them."
". Having a trial version or more training on Splunk would be helpful."
"The integration could be a bit better. They charge for certain integrations."
"The product was difficult to back up the first time."
"The presence of multiple layers creates a significant challenge for monitoring across cloud environments."
"Being a SIEM solution with a centralized dashboard, we would like to have more options to customize it."
"Splunk needs to be able to hold more days of data. At the moment it only holds three months of data."
"This is a costly solution."
"When you get into large amounts of data, Splunk can get pretty slow. This is the same on-premise or AWS, it doesn't matter. The way that they handle large data sets could be improved."
Prometheus is ranked 9th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 32 reviews while Splunk Enterprise Security is ranked 1st in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 240 reviews. Prometheus is rated 8.4, while Splunk Enterprise Security is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Prometheus writes "A very flexible open box that can be used vastly to do anything you need". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk Enterprise Security writes "It has a drag-and-drop interface, so you don't need to know SQL or Java to construct a query ". Prometheus is most compared with Azure Monitor, New Relic, Dynatrace, Sentry and Honeycomb.io, whereas Splunk Enterprise Security is most compared with Wazuh, Dynatrace, IBM Security QRadar, Elastic Security and Microsoft Sentinel. See our Prometheus vs. Splunk Enterprise Security report.
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