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AppInsights vs Splunk Cloud Platform comparison

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Categories and Ranking

AppInsights
Ranking in Data Visualization
41st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk Cloud Platform
Ranking in Data Visualization
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
116
Ranking in other categories
IT Alerting and Incident Management (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Data Visualization category, the mindshare of AppInsights is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Cloud Platform is 1.1%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Visualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk Cloud Platform1.1%
AppInsights0.5%
Other98.4%
Data Visualization
 

Featured Reviews

Karen Trinidad - PeerSpot reviewer
Jr data engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Cost-efficient, good analytics, and stable
Since our application is hosted in the cloud, there is no need for installation. I can simply access the portal and navigate to App Insights for easy access. I give the initial setup a ten out of ten. The deployment took approximately 24 hours to complete due to the large amount of data that had to be transferred. We had about fifteen people involved in the configuration, with two main people taking the lead and the rest on standby in case something happened.
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 most valuable feature of the solution is analytics."
"The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud Platform is the ability to correlate events together and combine the data into one event."
"he cloud performance is good."
"The biggest benefit we have seen from Splunk Cloud Platform is that it has made troubleshooting and monitoring much faster."
"I like the fact that we do not have to maintain all the cloud infrastructure. That is probably the main thing about the Splunk Cloud Platform."
"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."
"What I like about Splunk Cloud Platform is the easy reading of the dashboards and finding the data, which brought me the biggest benefits."
"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."
"Splunk Cloud Platform has impacted my organization positively by capturing all alerts, monitoring the dashboards, and analyzing issues immediately, which has improved efficiency in my company."
 

Cons

"The UI of the solution is not user-friendly and has room for improvement."
"More guardrails can be implemented, and workload management can be improved in Splunk Cloud Platform."
"It needs to mature; it's just getting established in the industry on a wider scale."
"The Splunk Cloud Platform dashboard could benefit from some improvements."
"We face occasional downtime issues where when we try to scale up, we face a considerable amount of challenges."
"Sometimes, the technical support case persons are not sufficiently technical; they are not technical enough or not understanding the issues."
"Splunk should offer various options for real-time monitoring."
"There is always room for improvement. Splunk can improve because it is a very expensive product."
"The pricing models should be improved and optimized. Right now, the pricing is a bit too expensive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is cost-efficient and I give it an eight out of ten."
"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."
"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."
"Splunk Cloud Platform is more expensive than some of its competitors, but it offers a wider range of features."
"It is not that expensive."
"I do not know what that is anymore. I have not been involved with that for a couple of years, but I know we are paying a lot."
"The cost makes more sense for organizations that have a large amount of data ranges."
"There are additional features that you would need to purchase depending on your use case."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business39
Midsize Enterprise17
Large Enterprise85
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Cloud Platform?
I think the pricing of Splunk Cloud offers a good quality-price ratio.
What needs improvement with Splunk Cloud Platform?
I see room for improvement in the area of reporting, especially the reporting dashboard for Splunk Cloud. I am not expecting any additional features in the future because I have not explored the cu...
What is your primary use case for Splunk Cloud Platform?
I have not utilized Splunk Cloud's machine learning capabilities as we just started. I have not used Splunk Cloud's integration with third-party applications. I track some false-positive indicators...
 

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