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We performed a comparison between BigPanda and Splunk APM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"The main thing that we like about BigPanda is the user interface.""A user-friendly solution.""Alert deduplication and correlation - In an environment like the NOC where you're ingesting hundreds and thousands of alerts from various monitoring sources, it's time consuming and difficult to go through individual alerts and also difficult to spot critical issues. It's been great to have BigPanda not only deduplicate alerts but also correlate alerts that are seemingly unrelated, to create a clearer picture.""Easy integration - We've had challenges in the past integrating all of our various monitoring sources and tools into one central system. BigPanda, with the integrations that it already has, as well as offering webhook/REST API, has made it very easy for us to plug everything in.""We have also made extensive use of the outbound integrations to ticketing systems (JIRA) and collaboration tools (Slack). The main driver for us has been getting all alerting into a single UI and enabling us to streamline our incident management process.""One of the most valuable features of BigPanda is its user-friendly interface.""The most useful feature has been the AI/ML. The way BigPanda uses the AI/ML is good compared to other SRE tools.""Alert aggregation was the primary requirement. BigPanda pulls all this together into a single UI for us, allowing us to see related alerts grouped together into an incident, and enables us to easily create a JIRA ticket and Slack channel to manage an issue."

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"Splunk APM has helped us to standardize logging and monitoring procedures.""This solution is very quick to deploy as it is a SaaS solution and integrates with tools like ServiceNow.""Detectors are a powerful feature.""The volume it handles is very good, including the number of metrics, the volume number of traces, and more.""I like the fact that Splunk APM makes it easy to connect to the application database and run queries against the data.""The most beneficial aspect of Slunk APM is the ATM, which is the map displaying the inbound and outbound relationships of the microservices, as well as the traffic between these dependencies. This feature provides us with valuable insights and helps us understand the interactions between different microservices.""The solution's service map feature allows us to have a holistic overview and to see quickly where the issues are.""The solution is stable and reliable."

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Cons
"The cost of this product is too high compared to New Relic.""The usability needs to improve, because it is a pure code environment.""BigPanda can improve the correlations. We didn't see any big value. It is still good at the same event deduplication, event processing, and ticket creation, but I was more looking at event analysis and event correlation. In that area, it is still no big difference between the other solutions on the market. All of them, are in the same immature stage.""BigPanda could improve by syncing its threshold settings with Dynatrace to align with users' familiarity.""Lacks sufficient dashboard features.""Analytics is an area for improvement, being able to break down the actions that are being taken by users of BigPanda, as well as the auto-magical work that is being done by BigPanda.""The solution could improve by having better integration.""The observability can be enriched with regards to infrastructure and the application-integrated environment. The dashboard and reports could be improved."

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"The UI enhancements could be a way to improve the solution in the future.""They can improve the flow system and the keyword language. It has predefined keywords, but they can be improved.""The monitoring of workloads when using SignalFx could be improved.""The UI enhancements could be a way to improve the solution in the future.""We currently lack log analysis capabilities in Splunk APM.""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.""It is essential for the monitoring tool to deliver quick response times when generating analytical reports, instead of prolonged delays.""Splunk APM's performance could be improved - at the moment, it's very slow and takes forever to give me what I want."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "They were great to work with on pricing/licensing. Given we are a high-growth company, we needed a flexible site license."
  • "We pay $200,000 USD per year."
  • "The price of BigPanda is in the middle compared to other solutions."
  • "BigPanda is cheaper than the competitors."
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  • "The price of Slunk APM is less than some of its competitors."
  • "The pricing is reasonable."
  • "Splunk APM is a very cost-efficient solution."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:There are many factors and we know little about your requirements (size of org, technology stack, management systems, the scope of implementation). Our goal was to consolidate APM and infra… more »
    Top Answer:One of the most valuable features of BigPanda is its user-friendly interface.
    Top Answer:Detectors are a powerful feature.
    Top Answer:We currently lack log analysis capabilities in Splunk APM. Implementing this functionality would be very beneficial. With log analysis, we could eliminate our dependence on Splunk Enterprise and rely… more »
    Top Answer:We use Splunk APM to monitor the performance of our applications.
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    Overview

    BigPanda Autonomous Operations platform is a cutting-edge solution that helps IT Ops, NOC and DevOps teams detect, investigate, and resolve IT incidents faster and more easily than ever before. Powered by Open Box Machine Learning, BigPanda correlates IT noise into insights, automates incident management, and unifies fragmented IT operations.

    BigPanda’s Autonomous Operations platform increases the ease with which IT administrators are able to both manage their systems and respond to issues that arise. It combines machine learning and automation, which not only provide administrators with reliable suggestions concerning future issues that may arise, but also allows for certain tasks to be assigned to the system itself. These allow organizations to save both time and resources that can be dedicated to more critical tasks.

    BigPanda’s Autonomous Operations platform possesses a simplified and unified user interface, enabling users to manage the solution from one place. The UI allows users to view and manage all of the information and controls that IT teams need to be able to easily access, providing a level of visibility that ensures users will be able to view all of their system’s most up-to-date and critical information at any time that they wish.

    Benefits of BigPanda Autonomous Operations Platform

    Some the benefits of using BigPanda’s Autonomous Operations platform include:

    • The ability to autonomously detect and respond to IT issues. BigPanda’s Autonomous Operations software autonomously searches for and detects issues. When found, its level-zero feature can then handle elementary tasks such as threat prioritization, which would otherwise require a dedicated team to handle. The solution can be adapted to meet your organization’s specific requirements.
    • The ability to receive new threat suggestions based on historical data. Armed with this knowledge, BigPanda’s Autonomous Operations’s machine learning algorithm makes reliable predictions of issues that might come up in the future.
    • The ability to manage BigPanda’s Autonomous Operations platform and view both real-time and historical data from a single interface. BigPanda’s Autonomous Operations platform UI is a centralized location where all levels of your organization’s IT teams can view system data and manage situations that may arise. The data displayed on this interface is always up-to-date. IT teams have the latest relevant information available to them at all times without having to conduct a search.

    Reviews from Real Users

    BigPanda’s Autonomous Operations platform stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its centralized user interface and its ability to easily integrate with other security solutions. The centralized UI gives users the ability to clearly see all their alert data in a single location without having to search for it. Its easy integration allows administrators to augment their IT security capabilities when they find it necessary to do so.

    PeerSpot user Larry C., the principal engineer in charge of site operations for a tech vendor, notes this benefit when he writes, "Alert aggregation was the primary requirement. BigPanda pulls all this together into a single UI for us, allowing us to see related alerts grouped together into an incident, and enables us to easily create a JIRA ticket and Slack channel to manage an issue."

    Another PeerSpot user, who is an independent entrepreneur in the IT environment at a tech services company, notes the flexibility of this platform when they write “BigPanda integrates well with other solutions, such as WatchGuard.”


    Splunk APM is a comprehensive application performance monitoring solution that provides real-time insights into the performance and availability of your applications. 

    It offers end-to-end visibility across the entire application stack, from the front-end user experience to the back-end infrastructure. With Splunk APM, you can proactively identify and resolve performance issues, optimize application performance, and ensure a seamless user experience. 

    Splunk APM leverages machine learning and AI-powered analytics to automatically detect anomalies and provide actionable insights. The product supports a wide range of programming languages and frameworks, making it suitable for both monolithic and microservices-based architectures. It also integrates seamlessly with other Splunk products, allowing you to correlate APM data with logs, metrics, and other operational data for a holistic view of your application environment. 

    With its intuitive interface and powerful features, Splunk APM empowers developers, operations teams, and business stakeholders to deliver high-performing applications and drive better business outcomes.

    Sample Customers
    Nagios, ServiceNow, ITSM, NOC, CMDB Evolved, RemedyIncident Management Process
    Sunrun, Yelp, Onshape, Tapjoy, Symphony Commerce, Chairish, Clever, Grovo, Bazaar Voice, Zenefits, Avalara
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Insurance Company6%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm33%
    Computer Software Company22%
    Pharma/Biotech Company11%
    Educational Organization11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Healthcare Company10%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business42%
    Large Enterprise58%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise77%
    REVIEWERS
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise93%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise76%
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    BigPanda is ranked 40th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 12 reviews while Splunk APM is ranked 14th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 12 reviews. BigPanda is rated 7.2, while Splunk APM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of BigPanda writes "Offers comprehensive alert monitoring and a user-friendly interface but requires manual validation to provide accurate alerts". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk APM writes "Provides great visibility, analysis, and data telemetry". BigPanda is most compared with ServiceNow, Moogsoft, PagerDuty Operations Cloud, IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus and ServiceNow IT Operations Management, whereas Splunk APM is most compared with Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence), Sentry, Elastic Observability, Monte Carlo and Grafana.

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