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IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor vs Splunk Observability Cloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 19, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

IDERA Uptime Infrastructure...
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
111th
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
69th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk Observability Cloud
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
6th
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
7th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
56
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (8th), Cloud Monitoring Software (8th), Container Management (7th), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is 0.1%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Observability Cloud is 0.8%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Nafiu Garba - PeerSpot reviewer
It offers different licensing types that allow you to extend the services to clients; it lets you look into device performance and optimization and helps apply best practices
What I like best about IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is that it offers different licensing types. Hence, it allows my organization to extend the services to clients and not just use the solution within the organization. My organization can leverage IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor to learn more about how clients perform because the solution lets you monitor and optimize devices and apply best practices.
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

"My organization can leverage IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor to learn more about how clients perform because the solution lets you monitor and optimize devices and apply best practices."
"The most valuable feature in this solution is the log searching."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to customize dashboards based on my queries or any other customization I may need."
"Once configured correctly, the analysis reporting the Splunk APM provides is better than that of the other APM tools."
"The tool is efficient in collecting, monitoring and evaluating logs."
"I have primarily used it to go back into the past and understand why something happened. It provides enough information to do research and figure things out."
"The alerts are the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is log reporting."
"Splunk's GUI and dashboard capacity are the most valuable features of Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring."
 

Cons

"What I want to improve in IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is the community aspect, where IDERA would provide customers with updates on functionalities, what comes next, what IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor upgrades would be released, etc. I also want the sustainability of IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor to improve."
"Splunk APM should include a better correlation between resources and infrastructure monitoring."
"We currently lack log analysis capabilities in Splunk APM."
"Splunk isn't an ideal tool for application performance management due to the extensive setup required."
"The price has room for improvement."
"The cost needs to be re-examined. It's extremely expensive to run. It's also expensive to expand. That's the number one complaint all of my customers have when it comes to Splunk. It's way too expensive compared to other solutions."
"The cardinality is pretty low."
"The product collects a lot of data but it does not assure that it collects all of it."
"The end-to-end visibility is lacking because Splunk cannot directly monitor network devices."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I'm based in Nigeria, and the conversion rate affects the pricing for IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor, but globally, pricing is reasonable. I'm rating pricing for the solution seven on a scale of one to ten."
"I would rate the price of Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring as an eight out of ten, with ten being the most expensive."
"It appears to be expensive compared to competitors."
"This is an expensive solution."
"Splunk has been fairly expensive, but it has been predictable."
"Splunk Observability Cloud is expensive."
"Licensing cost is the biggest argument I get from those divesting from Splunk. There are those within our organization who say we are going to go to other tools since Splunk is too expensive."
"Splunk offers a 14-day free trial and after that, we have to pay but the cost is reasonable."
"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."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
15%
Government
7%
Retailer
7%
 

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Also Known As

IDERA UIM, uptime software up.time
Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring, Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM), Splunk Synthetic Monitoring
 

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Sample Customers

TeleComputing; Manitoba Hydro; Blevins Inc.; City of Malmö
Sunrun, Yelp, Onshape, Tapjoy, Symphony Commerce, Chairish, Clever, Grovo, Bazaar Voice, Zenefits, Avalara
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