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HPE Aruba Networking UXI vs Splunk Observability Cloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 19, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

HPE Aruba Networking UXI
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
51st
Ranking in Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
11th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk Observability Cloud
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
6th
Ranking in Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
56
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (8th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (7th), Cloud Monitoring Software (8th), Container Management (7th)
 

Featured Reviews

BP
Reliable network operations improved by seamless technology, though efficiency could benefit from reduced manual tasks
Aruba products have significantly improved our network reliability, as none of my teammates have logged a call to Aruba in the past year. The performance, elasticity, and efficiency of Aruba products have been exceptional. Extreme Ethernet fabric technology offers less administrative effort in extending VLANs due to its loop-free environment. We have been satisfied with this robust performance.
Lakshmi Padaga - PeerSpot reviewer
Collaborates performance metrics with log data to pinpoint the exact cause of issues and offers error detection
Splunk APM is a robust tool with many capabilities. There are always areas for potential improvement to enhance its functionality and user experience. For Splunk APM, there could be simplified navigation, like streamlining the user interface to make navigation more intuitive for our users, especially those new to APM, which can enhance usability. We can provide more customization options for dashboards and visualizations to help users tailor the platform to their specific needs. There could be more integration capabilities with a wider range of third-party tools and platforms would also be beneficial. By focusing on these areas, Splunk APM can enhance its value proposition, improve user satisfaction, and better meet the evolving needs of organizations monitoring their application performance.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Aruba products have significantly improved our network reliability, as none of my teammates have logged a call to Aruba in the past year."
"The performance, elasticity, and efficiency of Aruba products have been exceptional."
"The most valuable feature of HP Aruba Networking UX-I is its 24/7 monitoring capability."
"The features are pretty much ready out of the box."
"The product's deployment phase is good and very easy because it is done with OpenTelemetry for most of the parts."
"The best features in Splunk Observability Cloud are the metrics; I can see any logs or anything related to the server or services we want to monitor, and the metrics are a good function."
"The volume it handles is very good, including the number of metrics, the volume number of traces, and more."
"Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) has one great advantage in that if they have SAP users, they can monitor their SAP applications."
"The most beneficial aspect of Splunk 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."
"Splunk's dashboards are great."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the data integration."
 

Cons

"Some manual administrative tasks still need to be triggered manually, leading to lower efficiency."
"Some manual administrative tasks still need to be triggered manually, leading to lower efficiency."
"It would be beneficial if the tool offered a less expensive subscription as it is currently costly for our clients."
"The initial setup of Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) was easy. The solution is deployed on-premises."
"There is room for improvement in the alerting system, which is complicated and has less documentation available."
"I would like to see an improvement and some innovation in the customer interface."
"Splunk could be better integrated with configuration manager solutions so we can automatically resolve issues without human interference."
"Primarily, the logs in Splunk 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 Splunk APM can require more effort to understand."
"Support from Splunk is not very helpful because Splunk doesn't have a dedicated APM; they only have one APM engineer in Korea."
"The clustering part of indexes can be more refined."
"Technical support is good but could be improved, particularly concerning the time taken for ticket resolution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Splunk offers a 14-day free trial and after that, we have to pay but the cost is reasonable."
"Splunk has been fairly expensive, but it has been predictable."
"It is expensive."
"I would rate the price of Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring as an eight out of ten, with ten being the most expensive."
"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."
"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."
"The solution's pricing is costly."
"Splunk APM is a very cost-efficient solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Insurance Company
46%
Healthcare Company
10%
Educational Organization
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
15%
Government
7%
Retailer
7%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE Aruba Networking UXI?
Aruba UX UI pricing is in the medium range, neither high nor low, making it affordable. Similarly, Extreme campus LAN switches are priced reasonably, in a medium range when compared to Juniper, Cis...
What needs improvement with HPE Aruba Networking UXI?
Some manual administrative tasks still need to be triggered manually, leading to lower efficiency. This room for improvement is especially pertinent in the administrative aspect, although scalabili...
What is your primary use case for HPE Aruba Networking UXI?
We use Aruba access points, specifically models 515 and 635, in conjunction with our wireless controller. We also utilize Aruba network switches, specifically the 8325 model, and integrate Extreme ...
What do you like most about SignalFx?
The most valuable feature is dashboard creation.
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...
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 ...
 

Also Known As

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

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Sample Customers

Information Not Available
Sunrun, Yelp, Onshape, Tapjoy, Symphony Commerce, Chairish, Clever, Grovo, Bazaar Voice, Zenefits, Avalara
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