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Monte Carlo vs Splunk Observability Cloud comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.4
Monte Carlo enhances ROI by reducing data downtime and resource hours, boosting confidence, and increasing productivity with timely alerts.
Sentiment score
6.4
Splunk Observability Cloud boosts ROI by enhancing efficiency, reducing costs, and improving monitoring, workflow, and API management.
It definitely reduces resource hours needed for work, lessening the effort required significantly compared to when Monte Carlo is not in place.
Data Engineer & Management & Governance Senior Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Monte Carlo saves me roughly 30% to 40% of my time in doing verifications or data quality checks.
Enterprise Network Architect at Concordia University-Wisconsin
We have saved more than three-fourths of the time in the testing phase.
AI Machine Learning Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
We have saved considerable amounts of money, reducing our expenditures from around three to four crores to approximately one to one point two crores.
Senior Manager at Agriculture Skill Council of India
We have been able to save a great deal of money, and our profits have increased by twenty percent.
Project Manager at AGRICULTURE SKILL COUNCIL OF INDIA (ASCI)
Using Splunk has saved my organization about 30% of our budget compared to using multiple different monitoring products.
Senior Manager at Bank of America
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.6
Monte Carlo's customer service is proactive and efficient, with high satisfaction due to rapid, effective support and AI integration.
Sentiment score
7.3
Splunk Observability Cloud's support is praised for responsiveness and effectiveness, though some seek quicker responses and more experienced staff.
When I requested help regarding the deletion of monitors, I received a very good and quick response.
Data Engineer & Management & Governance Senior Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Monte Carlo's customer support team responds very fast.
Staff Data Engineer at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Technical support is satisfactory from them. Even though the product application team is not that much larger, they are still giving better support.
Data Engineer at cmc
On a scale of 1 to 10, the customer service and technical support deserve a 10.
Systems Administrator at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
They have consistently helped us resolve any issues we've encountered.
Software Engineer at UKG
The customer support system is the foundational pillar of any successful business.
Project Manager at AGRICULTURE SKILL COUNCIL OF INDIA (ASCI)
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Monte Carlo effectively manages data growth with high scalability, robust performance, and ease of integration, though pricing needs improvement.
Sentiment score
6.9
Splunk Observability Cloud scales well with organizational growth, though costs and custom metric limits can challenge users.
Monte Carlo demonstrates scalability in adopting new models automatically, which should serve organizations well.
Data Engineer at cmc
Monte Carlo's scalability is impressive.
Data Engineer & Management & Governance Senior Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
As our company's business grows and the data volume increases, Monte Carlo scales very well.
Staff Data Engineer at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees
We've used the solution across more than 250 people, including engineers.
Splunk Observability Expert
As we are a growing company transitioning all our applications to the cloud, and with the increasing number of cloud-native applications, Splunk Observability Cloud will help us achieve digital resiliency and reduce our mean time to resolution.
Application Developer at UMB Financial
We have never seen any kind of downtime or crashes, as it has been absolutely very easy to scale.
Project Manager at AGRICULTURE SKILL COUNCIL OF INDIA (ASCI)
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.6
Monte Carlo provides stable, accurate performance with no downtime, effectively resolving issues and ensuring seamless, reliable functionality.
Sentiment score
7.7
Users find Splunk Observability Cloud stable and reliable but note occasional performance issues, outages, and room for improvement.
The accuracy is 100% from what I have noticed.
Data Engineer at cmc
I did not see any issues with respect to stability.
Principal Data Engineer at Teradata Corporation
Monte Carlo is stable, with ongoing feature improvements.
Senior Data Engineer at a transportation company with 201-500 employees
When downtime occurs, it raises concerns about how we measure and receive alerts, as everything needs to be in place.
Aws Dev Ops Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Splunk Observability Cloud is very stable.
Software Engineer at Titanslab Inc.
It is highly scalable because it can handle approximately up to one hundred applications at a time without any lapse or lag.
Project Manager at AGRICULTURE SKILL COUNCIL OF INDIA (ASCI)
 

Room For Improvement

Monte Carlo requires improved alert management, UI navigation, code migration, data accessibility, anomaly detection, and enhanced documentation for usability.
Splunk Observability Cloud needs improvements in cost transparency, third-party integration, user interface, log management, machine learning, and onboarding.
Artificial intelligence can access multiple systems underneath Monte Carlo, such as any kind of database or any kind of real-time source systems.
Principal Data Engineer at Teradata Corporation
Monte Carlo has just updated the UI. The previous one was user-friendly, and now they have added AI-related elements in the current UI, which is good.
Data Engineer & Management & Governance Senior Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
They need to find their way back, establish a product roadmap, and have real engineers work on improvements rather than heavily push AI down users' throats.
Senior Data & Platforms Engineer at PepsiCo
The out-of-the-box customizable dashboards in Splunk Observability Cloud are very effective in showcasing IT performance to business leaders.
IT Operations Engineer at ABC Supply Co. Inc.
The next release of Splunk Observability Cloud should include a feature that makes it so that when looking at charts and dashboards, and also looking at one environment regardless of the product feature that you're in, APM, infrastructure, RUM, the environment that is chosen in the first location when you sign into Splunk Observability Cloud needs to stay persistent all the way through.
Systems Monitoring Engineer II at a government with 10,001+ employees
There should be a solution to update OTeL agents from Splunk Observability Cloud itself.
Senior Software Engineer at WorldPay US
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users find Monte Carlo clear and cost-effective, despite setup effort, with justified costs through AWS purchasing benefits.
Splunk Observability Cloud's pricing is considered high, leading to concerns about long-term affordability despite valued features.
In terms of pricing, setup cost, and licensing, I rate it a bit high on the pricing side; it is pricey, but given the features and flexibility it offers during implementation, it stands out against specific libraries that are less handy to use.
Senior Data Engineer at a transportation company with 201-500 employees
Splunk is a bit expensive since it charges based on the indexing rate of data.
Senior Manager at Bank of America
It is expensive, especially when there are other vendors that offer something similar for much cheaper.
Solutions Architect at Ikusi
I can confidently say our availability improved by forty percent, and downtime was reduced by approximately seventy to eighty percent.
Splunk Engineer at a recruiting/HR firm with 11-50 employees
 

Valuable Features

Monte Carlo enhances data reliability with automated anomaly detection, proactive alerting, and seamless cloud warehouse integration for improved accuracy.
Splunk Observability Cloud excels in real-time monitoring, scalability, and analytics, enhancing visibility and performance across multi-cloud environments.
Monte Carlo has accelerated the development process and has reduced the testing time significantly.
AI Machine Learning Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The system does not send false alerts.
Principal Data Engineer at Teradata Corporation
Monte Carlo has positively impacted my organization by significantly reducing manual tasks.
Data Engineer & Management & Governance Senior Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Splunk provides advanced notifications of roadblocks in the application, which helps us to improve and avoid impacts during high-volume days.
Senior Manager at Bank of America
For troubleshooting, we can detect problems in seconds, which is particularly helpful for digital teams.
Splunk Observability Expert
It offers unified visibility for logs, metrics, and traces.
Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Monte Carlo
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Data Quality (7th), Data Observability (1st)
Splunk Observability Cloud
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
89
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (5th), Network Monitoring Software (7th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (4th), Cloud Monitoring Software (4th), Container Management (5th), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Monte Carlo and Splunk Observability Cloud aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Monte Carlo is designed for Data Observability and holds a mindshare of 25.3%, down 35.0% compared to last year.
Splunk Observability Cloud, on the other hand, focuses on Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability, holds 2.5% mindshare, up 2.0% since last year.
Data Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Monte Carlo25.3%
Unravel Data12.9%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)10.3%
Other51.5%
Data Observability
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk Observability Cloud2.5%
Dynatrace5.0%
Splunk AppDynamics4.5%
Other88.0%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

Hemanth Rama Kumar Garre - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineer at cmc
Automated monitoring has reduced manual checks and flags data incidents with precise alerts
The most valuable aspect of Monte Carlo's observability feature is its automation of the monitoring processes, which eliminates the need for an individual to manually monitor numerous models or tables. It flags issues with precision and ensures proactive resolutions only on the affected components, thereby enhancing efficiency vastly. Monte Carlo's scalable nature further bolsters its value proposition. Once integrations are established, future model updates are automatically captured without additional setup costs or actions. Given that the data platform's needs perpetually grow, Monte Carlo provides seamless adaptability. The software manages data auditing and monitoring across platforms like Snowflake with its robust algorithms. By analyzing metadata over an extended period, Monte Carlo's flagging system, based on deviations from historical averages, ensures precise incident identification. Its ability to utilize custom monitors further extends its value, as users can implement logic-based rules and receive targeted alerts. The introduction of a performance tab greatly aids optimization, visually displaying runtime graphs to identify model issues quickly. Monte Carlo's near perfection in accuracy ensures every flag corresponds to a genuine issue, attested by its consistent performance over time. Monte Carlo's AI troubleshooting agent, which mimics human oversight through tiered analysis, provides ample support in incident resolution. This ensures incidents are well-documented, analyzed, and tackled despite limited access to all data layers.
PK
Project Manager at AGRICULTURE SKILL COUNCIL OF INDIA (ASCI)
Unified observability has improved real-time governance and now drives data-led decisions
Log Observer Connect is embedded here, but we are facing some delays in centralized log collection and analysis, which can be further fastened. We are collecting all the data metrics and decision-making insights, but all these data-driven decisions coming from different applications are not connected somewhere. A consolidated form or correlation of these insights is not happening between each other due to which we feel we are missing something significant. Some generalized feedback includes that predictive alerts or alarms which can be integrated with AI-driven alarms and alerting features should be established so that there is AI-driven intelligence and anomaly detection happening with a complete systematic process in service delivery. Application dependencies are huge, and business and operational dashboards should be improved. Right now there are very interactive custom dashboards, and every now and then, the personalization of enhancements keeps happening. KPI monitoring, executive reporting, and analytics have definitely been introduced to a great extent. There are few things in cloud-native monitoring, such as integration with AWS and Azure, where we sometimes do face lags. Those things can definitely be improved upon. I have used Datadog and Dynatrace before using Splunk Observability Cloud. Datadog was definitely recommended by most of our peers because of its very strong comprehensive observability and very strong and unique dashboard systems. Dynatrace was also very good because they have offered a lot of AI-driven analysis methods and processes, which was helping our organization a lot. Since our organization has a very strong IT ecosystem for agriculture, very different kinds of customized things are required.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business33
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise56
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Monte Carlo?
In terms of pricing, setup cost, and licensing, I rate it a bit high on the pricing side; it is pricey, but given the features and flexibility it offers during implementation, it stands out against...
What needs improvement with Monte Carlo?
The biggest pain point with Monte Carlo is that we have created some rules, but those rules cannot judge everything, and I think the platform is a bit complex for someone new, so it can be more int...
What is your primary use case for Monte Carlo?
I work as a business analyst and I usually see data anomalies in our company's data set, and I also work a lot on Power BI reports to see our performance on the supplier side. When we receive data ...
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 ...
What advice do you have for others considering SignalFx?
We're a customer and end-user. Currently, in France, we cannot use the artificial intelligence option. While this option is enabled for the United States and many countries, it's not yet available ...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring, Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM), Splunk Synthetic Monitoring
 

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Sample Customers

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Sunrun, Yelp, Onshape, Tapjoy, Symphony Commerce, Chairish, Clever, Grovo, Bazaar Voice, Zenefits, Avalara
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