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Dell CloudIQ vs Splunk Observability Cloud comparison

Dell Technologies and Splunk are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Dell Technologies is ranked #32 with an average rating of 8.3, while Splunk is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.4. Dell Technologies holds a 0.9% mindshare in IM, compared to Splunk’s 1.8% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Splunk users who would recommend it.
Dell CloudIQ
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90% willing to recommend
Splunk Observability Cloud
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95% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 21, 2025

Splunk Observability Cloud and Dell CloudIQ compete in the cloud observability and infrastructure monitoring category. Splunk Observability Cloud appears to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive features for threat identification and real-time problem-solving.

Features: Splunk Observability Cloud offers comprehensive observability with advanced features for threat identification, end-to-end visibility, and real-time problem-solving capabilities. Dell CloudIQ focuses on monitoring Dell infrastructure, providing health status alerts, predictive capabilities, and compatibility with existing Dell hardware.

Room for Improvement: Splunk Observability Cloud could improve its AI and integration capabilities, simplify monitoring tools, and enhance its cost structure. Dell CloudIQ could expand support for non-Dell infrastructure, improve predictive maintenance, and offer more comprehensive reporting features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Splunk Observability Cloud provides deployment flexibility across on-premises, public, and hybrid clouds but may require complex setup. Dell CloudIQ has straightforward deployment for Dell infrastructures, with user-friendly support due to its ease of use within its ecosystem.

Pricing and ROI: Splunk Observability Cloud's pricing is perceived as high due to a data volume-based model, yet it yields significant ROI through enhanced IT efficiency. Dell CloudIQ offers a cost-effective solution as a free add-on with Dell solutions, primarily delivering ROI through operational efficiency.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell CloudIQ
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
32nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk Observability Cloud
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
7th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
70
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (8th), Network Monitoring Software (6th), Cloud Monitoring Software (8th), Container Management (6th), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Dell CloudIQ is 0.9%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Observability Cloud is 1.8%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Splunk Observability Cloud1.8%
Dell CloudIQ0.9%
Other97.3%
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Featured Reviews

ClaudioSalgado - PeerSpot reviewer
Has proactive monitoring with predictive insights and a user-friendly interface
Some of the most valuable features of CloudIQ include its health status alerts, which allow you to see quickly if there is something that needs immediate attention, preventing the need to check each system individually. It provides a status with traffic light colors, where red indicates danger, yellow means attention is needed, and green represents normal conditions to easily understand the health of the environment. The quick overview aids in decision-making. Additionally, CloudIQ's predictive capabilities, which are enhanced by artificial intelligence, have improved operational efficiency by providing proactive information to prevent issues before they arise.
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Taiwo Ige - PeerSpot reviewer
Alerting improves incident response across teams and enables faster awareness before customer impact
Splunk Observability Cloud could be improved in terms of integrations with more technical add-ons, such as Zoom. Although they have one with Zoom, it's not available in the cloud, so having that feature would be beneficial. Essentially, Splunk should continue expanding to create easier ways to ingest logs from different products. The out-of-the-box customizable dashboards in Splunk Observability Cloud are very effective in showcasing IT performance to business leaders. However, there are aspects that could be improved, such as linking dashboards to one another. While IT leaders may not drill down, it's crucial to create levels of dashboards for technical users to find root causes, making it effective for stakeholders.
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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Has really nice roll-up dashboards."
"Mobile application is the most valuable feature for us. We can monitor all the storages on our phones. It's really good."
"I rate CloudIQ a ten out of ten."
"CloudIQ allows us to monitor our servers centrally, and we can receive notifications in case of issues, like a potential hard drive failure."
"Some of the most valuable features of CloudIQ include its health status alerts, which allow you to see quickly if there is something that needs immediate attention, preventing the need to check each system individually."
"The tool for forecasting capacity is valuable."
"The dashboard is clear and user-friendly."
"Fewer vulnerabilities have been observed in the four years we have used the solution."
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"Splunk APM has helped us to standardize logging and monitoring procedures."
"It is very easy to monitor multiple cloud environments. It's like a single pane of glass for us. We can use it to monitor our on-prem and both of our cloud environments as opposed to having different tools for each environment. It makes it all come together in one tool."
"The solution monitors attacks or unauthorized access to the information we want to protect."
"Initially, before Splunk, we had a long time to resolve issues; now, with Splunk Observability Cloud, we will be able to solve them quickly and know exactly where the issue is."
"The tool is efficient in collecting, monitoring and evaluating logs."
"The most valuable feature is log reporting."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the data integration."
"What I appreciate most about Splunk Observability Cloud is the correlation feature, specifically the ease of correlating logs and issues to those traces to see where within the path of the business function is failing."
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Cons

"Supporting legacy systems is an area that can be improved."
"There is a need for improvement in predictive maintenance, which I assume is somewhat AI-driven."
"Doesn't do well in terms of integrating with technologies other than Dell."
"PowerScale is the only file system offered and that is limiting."
"The process of upgrading could be streamlined."
"The main limitation of CloudIQ is that it is intended to be used exclusively with Dell hardware."
"In terms of improvement, they should enhance the product range."
"It can improve the reporting facility to create custom reports or dashboards."
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"Technical support is good but could be improved, particularly concerning the time taken for ticket resolution."
"There is a lot of room for improvement with the automation."
"Splunk APM's performance could be improved - at the moment, it's very slow and takes forever to give me what I want."
"The UI enhancements could be a way to improve the solution in the future."
"Splunk APM should include a better correlation between resources and infrastructure monitoring."
"The solution's stability is an area that has room for improvement. It needs to provide constant stability to its users."
"There are always areas for potential improvement to enhance its functionality and user experience."
"Splunk Observability Cloud could be improved by having more integration with Splunk Cloud because at the moment they're two separate products. They're making great moves on what they call unified access; tighter integration is always a good thing."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I believe it is a free product because we don't pay for it."
"The solution is more expensive than NetApp which offers file systems in various price ranges."
"It appears to be expensive compared to competitors."
"Splunk offers a 14-day free trial and after that, we have to pay but the cost is reasonable."
"The pricing is based on several factors, including the scale of deployment."
"Splunk Observability Cloud is expensive."
"Splunk's infrastructure monitoring costs can be high because our billing is based on data volume measured in terabytes, rather than the number of devices being monitored."
"The solution's pricing is costly."
"The price of Splunk APM is less than some of its competitors."
"Splunk APM is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Healthcare Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
12%
Retailer
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise43
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Dell CloudIQ?
It can improve the reporting facility to create custom reports or dashboards.
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What is your primary use case for Dell CloudIQ?
I use it for monitoring environment security today. I look at security, capacity, and availability in our environment.
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What advice do you have for others considering Dell CloudIQ?
I would rate the overall product an eight out of ten.
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What do you like most about SignalFx?
The most valuable feature is dashboard creation.
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What needs improvement with SignalFx?
Regarding dashboard customization, while Splunk has many dashboard building options, customers sometimes need to create specific dashboards, particularly for applicative metrics such as Java and pr...
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What is your primary use case for SignalFx?
The solution involves observability in general, such as Application Performance Monitoring, and generally addresses digital applications, web applications, sites, and mobile applications. I worked ...
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Also Known As

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Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring, Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM), Splunk Synthetic Monitoring
 

Overview

CloudIQ is a no cost Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering that provides a simple monitoring interface for an unlimited number of Unity systems. CloudIQ accesses data in near real time to enable monitoring and troubleshooting for Unity systems.

Dell Technologies

Splunk Observability Cloud offers sophisticated log searching, data integration, and customizable dashboards. With rapid deployment and ease of use, this cloud service enhances monitoring capabilities across IT infrastructures for comprehensive end-to-end visibility.

Focused on enhancing performance management and security, Splunk Observability Cloud supports environments through its data visualization and analysis tools. Users appreciate its robust application performance monitoring and troubleshooting insights. However, improvements in integrations, interface customization, scalability, and automation are needed. Users find value in its capabilities for infrastructure and network monitoring, as well as log analytics, albeit cost considerations and better documentation are desired. Enhancements in real-time monitoring and network protection are also noted as areas for development.

What are the key features?
  • Log Searching: Efficiently search and analyze logs from various sources.
  • Data Integration: Seamlessly integrate with multiple environments.
  • Dashboard Customization: Tailor dashboards to specific monitoring needs.
  • Monitoring Capabilities: Provides comprehensive insights into application performance.
  • Security Features: Analyze and address security threats across systems.
  • Visualization Tools: Enhance data analysis and system performance optimization.
Why consider this for ROI?
  • Comprehensive Visibility: Gain complete insights into IT infrastructure.
  • Performance Optimization: Improve overall system performance and efficiency.
  • Rapid Deployment: Quick setup to meet organization demands swiftly.
  • Enhanced Security: Strengthen security measures through detailed analytics.

In industries, Splunk Observability Cloud is implemented for security management by analyzing logs from detection systems, offering real-time alerts and troubleshooting for cloud-native applications. It is leveraged for machine data analysis, improving infrastructure visibility and supporting network and application performance management efforts.

Splunk
 

Sample Customers

North Carolina State University
Sunrun, Yelp, Onshape, Tapjoy, Symphony Commerce, Chairish, Clever, Grovo, Bazaar Voice, Zenefits, Avalara
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