We performed a comparison between Microsoft System Center and Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It can generate KPIs and management reports with monthly presentations on activities and updating the environment (success and failure)."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft System Center is its GUI (graphical user interface)."
"Step-by-step documentation that clarifies the implementation procedure."
"Managment Packs for Microsoft-specific products, help us implement the best practices for each product."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The deployment and asset management features are the most valuable. These are the product's main features."
"The solution is easily available. That's its most valuable aspect."
"System Center helps to create the basis for ITIL alignment."
"The Add data feature lets you gather any type of log and easily analyze it."
"The tool is efficient in collecting, monitoring and evaluating logs."
"Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring gives us complete visibility without the need for storage."
"The most valuable feature is log reporting."
"The data collection from our VMs, containers, databases, and backend components is valuable."
"We haven't really experienced any glitches or bugs."
"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."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the data integration."
"The platform's performance could be improved. Additionally, its UI needs to be well-upgraded and work faster."
"Something super important that we need is this integration via Intune Configuration Manager."
"Less server consumption would help, as would better, more flexible reports."
"For me, the tool's UI seems to be too old."
"In Microsoft System Center, it is difficult to follow the steps to create dataflows at times."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"The multi-tenancy support needs to be improved. We need to have the ability to manage several different environments from one central point of administration."
"They should have some customized solutions or internal development, then maybe it could be easier to use different solutions or some self-developed solution."
"The solution should have more sensors regarding fiber intelligence for security measures."
"Splunk could be better integrated with configuration manager solutions so we can automatically resolve issues without human interference."
"The price has room for improvement."
"The deployment can be quite complex."
"We still use Splunk Enterprise licensing. A lot of the newer features go into Splunk Cloud before Enterprise. We're not looking to switch our licensing over, so we're falling behind on the newer features."
"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."
"I would like to see an improvement and some innovation in the customer interface."
"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."
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Microsoft System Center is ranked 29th in Cloud Monitoring Software with 18 reviews while Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is ranked 13th in Cloud Monitoring Software with 24 reviews. Microsoft System Center is rated 7.8, while Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft System Center writes "Makes user management and application management easy for users". 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". Microsoft System Center is most compared with Oracle SOA Suite, whereas Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is most compared with ServiceNow IT Operations Management, Nagios XI, Amazon CloudWatch, Cisco Intersight and ITRS Geneos. See our Microsoft System Center vs. Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring report.
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