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We performed a comparison between Grafana Enterprise Stack and Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Grafana Enterprise Stack vs. Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring Report (Updated: May 2024).
771,212 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"The most valuable features of Grafana for data visualization are its ability to create intuitive dashboards and its wide range of visualization options like graphs, charts, and tables.""The most valuable feature of Grafana Enterprise Stack is the dashboards.""The tool's most valuable feature is real-time monitoring. It helps in securing the application or the node by allowing us to monitor and manage resource consumption during peak times. For instance, from 10 AM to 2 PM, we may experience high memory utilization. It helps us to solve these issues."

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"The alerts are the most valuable feature.""I find the monitoring console very helpful. With one click, I can see how we are performing, and at the same time, I can see what data is flowing.""Great monitoring of network devices.""The vibrant dashboards are valuable.""Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring gives us complete visibility without the need for storage.""The solution's most valuable aspect is its ability to get information about all of the security measurements in my environment.""Splunk has drawn our attention to how the network is running. If there are alarms on things that are not functioning, it gives us early warning on problems that could arise.""The solution's basic visibility is one of its most valuable features. So, it is a solution that is easy to use...The solution's initial setup process was straightforward."

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Cons
"I have encountered occasional issues with false inputs or incorrect data in Grafana.""The tool needs to show only fewer updates.""The solution should include integration with Power BI."

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"It does not have a user-friendly interface and it is difficult to use.""They need more EDR functionalities.""It's a bit difficult to use. It takes some time to get into it and to get it to do what you would like it to do. It is not straightforward to use it.""The solution should have more sensors regarding fiber intelligence for security measures.""The implementation can be more user-friendly.""There is a lot of room for improvement with the automation.""It would be useful if they provided some help pages. If you don't know too much about the tool, there should be more documentation readily available. It would be useful if they had a help button embedded in the solution so you could ask questions and get answers.""The end-to-end visibility is lacking because Splunk cannot directly monitor network devices."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The product is a bit expensive considering the competition but the company may negotiate the price."
  • "This is an expensive solution."
  • "The solution's pricing is competitive. I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten. The price of the solution could be cheaper."
  • "Splunk has been fairly expensive, but it has been predictable."
  • "I would rate the price of Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring as an eight out of ten, with ten being the most expensive."
  • "I am not in that circle, but we are currently licensing based on our queries. That is working out for us. Previously, it was by volume of data, and now, we can store as much data as we want."
  • "It 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."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The tool's most valuable feature is real-time monitoring. It helps in securing the application or the node by allowing us to monitor and manage resource consumption during peak times. For instance… more »
    Top Answer:The tool needs to show only fewer updates.
    Top Answer:I use Grafana Enterprise Stack primarily to monitor the metrics of Selenoid, focusing on checking the CPU, iOS, network, and additional metrics. I create dashboards to check the status of these… more »
    Top Answer:I find the monitoring console very helpful. With one click, I can see how we are performing, and at the same time, I can see what data is flowing.
    Top Answer:The clustering part of indexes can be more refined. They can cut down a bit at the monetary level for the long-time customers. We recently had a scenario where we were in discussions to see if there… more »
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    Also Known As
    Splunk Insights for Infrastructure
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    Overview

    Grafana Enterprise Stack is a powerful tool for real-time data monitoring and visualization. With its flexible and scalable features, it is widely used for creating dashboards, analyzing metrics, and gaining insights into infrastructure, databases, and applications. 

    Its valuable features include powerful visualization capabilities, extensive data source integrations, customizable dashboards, a user-friendly interface, and a robust alerting system. Users appreciate its flexibility, scalability, and ability to integrate with different data sources, making it suitable for a wide range of industries and use cases.

    Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring offers features including, Instant visualization, real-time actionable alerts, centralized enterprise controls, and scalability. 

    Instant visualization

    Get fast time to value with over 250+ cloud service integrations and pre-built dashboards out of the box for rapid, full-stack visualization. Autodiscover, break down, group, and explore clouds, services and systems in minutes.

    Real-time actionable alerts

    Act before infrastructure performance affects end-user experience. Instantly detect and accurately alerts on dynamic thresholds, multiple conditions and complex rules to eliminate alert storms and dramatically reduce MTTD/MTTR.

    Centralized, enterprise controls

    Answer business-critical questions in context and monitor service-level objectives and indicators instantly. Track custom metrics for business KPIs to token based access and usage controls.

    Scale with confidence

    Troubleshoot across thousands of microservices, multiple ephemeral deployments, application versions and billions of events. Release better apps faster and drive closed-loop automation for a flawless end-user experience.

    Sample Customers
    1. Uber 2. PayPal 3. eBay 4. Sony 5. Red Hat 6. IBM 7. Cisco 8. Adobe 9. Expedia 10. Booking.com 11. Airbnb 12. LinkedIn 13. Twitter 14. Netflix 15. Spotify 16. Pinterest 17. Slack 18. GitLab 19. Docker 20. Atlassian 21. Salesforce 22. Microsoft 23. Google 24. Amazon 25. Facebook 26. Apple 27. Intel 28. Oracle 29. SAP 30. VMware 31. HP 32. Dell
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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Insurance Company11%
    REVIEWERS
    Comms Service Provider27%
    Healthcare Company20%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Logistics Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise76%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise38%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise70%
    Buyer's Guide
    Grafana Enterprise Stack vs. Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Grafana Enterprise Stack vs. Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    771,212 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Grafana Enterprise Stack is ranked 55th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 3 reviews while Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is ranked 13th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 24 reviews. Grafana Enterprise Stack is rated 7.6, while Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Grafana Enterprise Stack writes "Offers simplicity and effectiveness in handling our monitoring needs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring writes "Helps to ingest a massive amount of raw data and use it effectively". Grafana Enterprise Stack is most compared with PRTG Network Monitor, OpsRamp, Dell CloudIQ and EV Observe, whereas Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is most compared with ServiceNow IT Operations Management, Nagios XI, Amazon CloudWatch, Cisco Intersight and ITRS Geneos. See our Grafana Enterprise Stack vs. Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring report.

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