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CloverETL vs Splunk Cloud Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

CloverETL
Ranking in Data Visualization
35th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (58th)
Splunk Cloud Platform
Ranking in Data Visualization
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
88
Ranking in other categories
IT Alerting and Incident Management (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Data Visualization category, the mindshare of CloverETL is 0.9%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Cloud Platform is 1.0%, 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 Platform1.0%
CloverETL0.9%
Other98.1%
Data Visualization
 

Featured Reviews

it_user856614 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Programmer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Very easy to schedule jobs and monitor them, however we run out heap space even with a high allocation
Flexibility: We can bring in data from multiple sources, e.g., databases, text files, JSON, email, XML, etc. This has been very helpful Connectivity to various data sources: The ability to extract data from different data sources gives greater flexibility. Server features for scheduler: It is…
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

"Connectivity to various data sources: The ability to extract data from different data sources gives greater flexibility."
"No dependence on native language and ease of use.​​"
"Familiar, intuitive GUI coming from a Java development background, in-depth, descriptive, and well-laid-out documentation, responsive support through forums directly from Clover staff, a wealth of customizable pre-defined components, descriptive logging for error messages, and ease of install with a light footprint make it very effective to use."
"Key features include wealth of pre-defined components; all components are customizable; descriptive logging, especially for error messages."
"Server features for scheduler: It is very easy to schedule jobs and monitor them. The interface is easy to use."
"We switched to CloverETL because of its flexibility to connect to various data sources and no dependence on native language and ease of use."
"Operationally, Splunk Cloud Platform has provided wide observability where we had almost none before, significantly improving our security posture and our ability to defend the organization."
"It has definitely improved our organization by virtue of reducing the amount of overhead we would have had for those environments. Having to implement, maintain, or even update the existing stuff would have been extremely time-consuming. Splunk Cloud handles all of that for us. So it's definitely been helpful from that perspective. It's allowed them to maintain upgrades for far further than they are. Some of the hosts of that environment were still on version 7 so they could get upgraded feature parity."
"The Splunk search is powerful compared to similar solutions, and we get millions of data points within seconds."
"Everything is maintained by the Splunk support team. Users do not have to maintain any physical servers. They do not have to maintain indexes and searches. It reduces a lot of work on the user side."
"The favorite feature of Splunk Cloud Platform is the infrastructure that has been provided to us, and the pricing that has been given to us is very low and fits within our budget, and the main feature is the reduction in time and manpower."
"It is a stable product."
"We use Splunk Cloud primarily as a troubleshooting tool, so the most valuable features are the analysis and visualization."
"Splunk Cloud Platform is the easiest solution we found; every time we worked with Splunk and other IBM solutions, it proved to be reliable."
 

Cons

"​Resource management: We typically run out of heap space, and even the allocation of high heap space does not seem to be enough.​"
"Needs easier automated failure recovery, more and more intuitive auto-generated or filled-in code for components, and easier or more automated sync between CloverETL Designer and CloverETL Server."
"Its documentation could be improved.​"
"I believe Splunk Cloud Platform can be improved as this project has helped me understand how the system works. I think Splunk Cloud Platform could be improved by making it easier for beginners to learn and use."
"Splunk support isn't so great. It takes a lot of time for them to respond."
"Support is the bigger issue when we have a problem. When we need their help, it takes weeks or months to actually get resolved."
"It needs to mature; it's just getting established in the industry on a wider scale."
"The security connection should have a seamless integration. Other than that, the way we are using it, so far, it seems quite good."
"It is worth reconsidering the syntax language and changing it to KQL."
"Splunk should increase the frequency of new feature releases, particularly those related to real-time operational flow monitoring and analytics reporting."
"They need to provide more training options."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Splunk Cloud Platform is an expensive solution."
"The Splunk Cloud Platform is expensive."
"We were on ingest. We were on-prem, and when we switched to the cloud, we went to an SVC model, and that has been a huge help. We are now able to ingest more data than before."
"The licensing costs depend on the state of your environment and the fees are paid on a monthly basis."
"Splunk Cloud Platform fell within our budget so we pulled the trigger and implemented it."
"The licensing is based on the amount of data that we send to the cloud on a daily basis."
"Splunk is a bit more expensive than some solutions, but customers can derive more value from it due to the features it has."
"The cost of the Splunk Cloud Platform is high, and in addition to the standard licensing fee, we also have a premium support fee."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
26%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Construction Company
12%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise56
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Cloud Platform?
The pricing of Splunk Cloud Platform is a concern for me; it is very costly, making it hard for small to medium vendors to afford. Splunk does not actually save resources for us because it only hel...
What needs improvement with Splunk Cloud Platform?
Splunk Cloud Platform has room for improvement because managing the architecture for a newcomer, such as an intern, can be hard. They could provide better documentation and videos to help with lear...
What is your primary use case for Splunk Cloud Platform?
My use case for Splunk Cloud Platform involves working in an organization that provides a daily full dashboard showing daily searches, daily ingestion, daily alerts, and more.
 

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Sample Customers

IBM, Oracle, MuleSoft, GoodData, Thomson Reuters, salesforce.com, Comcast, Active Network, SHOP.CA
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