OpenText Diagnostics vs Splunk Observability Cloud comparison

OpenText and Splunk are both solutions in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category. OpenText is ranked #58, while Splunk is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.4. OpenText holds a 0.5% mindshare in APM, compared to Splunk’s 2.1% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Splunk users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 28, 2025

OpenText Diagnostics and Splunk Observability Cloud are products competing in IT management and monitoring. Splunk Observability Cloud has an upper hand due to its comprehensive features and perceived value, while OpenText Diagnostics attracts with competitive pricing and support.

Features: OpenText Diagnostics features in-depth diagnostics, easy integration, and detailed tracing capabilities. Splunk Observability Cloud offers real-time data analytics, a broad ecosystem, and advanced dashboard creation.

Room for Improvement: OpenText Diagnostics could enhance its cloud adaptation, agent flexibility, and user interface. Splunk Observability Cloud could improve deployment simplicity, cost efficiency, and user training resources.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OpenText Diagnostics is praised for a streamlined deployment process and accessible customer support. Splunk Observability Cloud has more complex deployment but offers extensive documentation and responsive support, providing a balanced experience.

Pricing and ROI: OpenText Diagnostics is cost-effective with straightforward setup and favorable ROI. Splunk Observability Cloud’s pricing aligns with its advanced features, offering significant long-term value through operational enhancements and insights.

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText Diagnostics

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

58th

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Splunk Observability Cloud

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

8th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (6th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (7th), Cloud Monitoring Software (7th), Container Management (6th), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of OpenText Diagnostics is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Observability Cloud is 2.1%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Splunk Observability Cloud	2.1%
OpenText Diagnostics	0.5%
Other	97.4%

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

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Ravi Suvvari

Performance and Fault-tolerance Architect with 1,001-5,000 employees

Very good for transaction level monitoring, but expensive and HP needs better support and training

HP Diagnostics is a very good monitoring tool especially for transaction level monitoring -- it shows hot spots which can be drilled down to DB level, table, query, SP's, record and field level and also at Object level, Classes level,method or Augment levels instead of pinpointing bottlenecks at layer level it goes deep inside for information. It has very good tracing capabilities despite being an agent based tool compared to other agent less monitoring tools. Overall a very good tool for monitoring application diagnostics for quick and easy resolution with help of thread information. Drills down from slow, end-user transactions to the bottle necked component, method, or SQL statement, helping to solve memory, exception, and other common problems Key features and benefits • Automatically detects all components touched by a business process and traces them with no user intervention • Provides complete application visibility across the application lifecycle, enabling higher application quality when applications go live • Reduces mean time to resolution (MTTR) in your J2EE, .NET, ERP, or CRM (SAP, Oracle®, PeopleSoft) environment • Integrates fully with HP Business Availability Center software, HP LoadRunner, and HP Performance Center.

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Taiwo Ige

IT Operations Engineer at ABC Supply Co. Inc.

Alerting improves incident response across teams and enables faster awareness before customer impact

Splunk Observability Cloud could be improved in terms of integrations with more technical add-ons, such as Zoom. Although they have one with Zoom, it's not available in the cloud, so having that feature would be beneficial. Essentially, Splunk should continue expanding to create easier ways to ingest logs from different products. The out-of-the-box customizable dashboards in Splunk Observability Cloud are very effective in showcasing IT performance to business leaders. However, there are aspects that could be improved, such as linking dashboards to one another. While IT leaders may not drill down, it's crucial to create levels of dashboards for technical users to find root causes, making it effective for stakeholders.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"For banking and telecom solutions, it's been quite useful."

"The diagnostics and configuration are the solution's most valuable aspects."

"The most valuable feature of Micro Focus Diagnostics is the information reported from an application that has timed out. For example, when you're Googling, or you're booking a ticket for Burj Khalifa here, the longest tower in the world, there are situations where the system can time out. There are times when you might not receive a response on the payment gateway or you are not able to find the reservation. The customer only receives the information that the session has timed out."

"The feature of Splunk Observability Cloud that I prefer most is the easy deployment on the cloud."

"After moving to Splunk Observability Cloud, it is almost zero downtime."

"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 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."

"Dashboards help the application support teams to have a quick look at how their systems are running. It helps other teams as well."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to customize dashboards based on my queries or any other customization I may need."

"The solution monitors attacks or unauthorized access to the information we want to protect."

"The dashboards in Splunk Observability Cloud are amazing, and if you configure them correctly, they are amazing, and it is quite fast as well."

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Cons

"The interface is very old, and not very user-friendly. Most of our clients don't like the UI."

"The interface could be more user friendly."

"The GUI and metrics of Micro Focus Diagnostics can be improved. The metrics the solution gathers can be limited and could be enhanced by giving more details."

"We currently lack log analysis capabilities in Splunk APM."

"In Splunk Observability Cloud, I notice room for improvement in synthetic monitoring. It does not provide output based on server names."

"The product collects a lot of data but it does not assure that it collects all of it."

"The integrations need to be improved for Splunk Observability Cloud."

"The out-of-the-box customizable dashboards in Splunk Observability Cloud are very effective in showcasing IT performance to business leaders. However, there are aspects that could be improved, such as linking dashboards to one another."

"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."

"Splunk isn't an ideal tool for application performance management due to the extensive setup required."

"If a customer utilizes third-party tools and wants to forward data from Splunk Observability Cloud, seamless integration would be beneficial."

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"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 has been fairly expensive, but it has been predictable."

"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 pricing is reasonable."

"Splunk offers a 14-day free trial and after that, we have to pay but the cost is reasonable."

"The product is a bit expensive considering the competition but the company may negotiate the price."

"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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Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

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Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	46

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Also Known As

Micro Focus Diagnostics, MF Diagnostics

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

Overview

Diagnostics software monitors application transaction health in traditional, virtualized and cloud environments allowing quick isolation and resolution of issues. It gives you a common tool to easily collaborate across the entire application lifecycle and release higher-quality applications. Diagnostics software provides deep drill down into transactions from the end user through the back end. And it uniquely serves as a single tool set for pre-production and production to diagnose application performance bottlenecks quickly and improve quality.

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Splunk Observability Cloud offers sophisticated log searching, data integration, and customizable dashboards. With rapid deployment and ease of use, this cloud service enhances monitoring capabilities across IT infrastructures for comprehensive end-to-end visibility.

Focused on enhancing performance management and security, Splunk Observability Cloud supports environments through its data visualization and analysis tools. Users appreciate its robust application performance monitoring and troubleshooting insights. However, improvements in integrations, interface customization, scalability, and automation are needed. Users find value in its capabilities for infrastructure and network monitoring, as well as log analytics, albeit cost considerations and better documentation are desired. Enhancements in real-time monitoring and network protection are also noted as areas for development.

What are the key features?

Log Searching: Efficiently search and analyze logs from various sources.
Data Integration: Seamlessly integrate with multiple environments.
Dashboard Customization: Tailor dashboards to specific monitoring needs.
Monitoring Capabilities: Provides comprehensive insights into application performance.
Security Features: Analyze and address security threats across systems.
Visualization Tools: Enhance data analysis and system performance optimization.

Why consider this for ROI?

Comprehensive Visibility: Gain complete insights into IT infrastructure.
Performance Optimization: Improve overall system performance and efficiency.
Rapid Deployment: Quick setup to meet organization demands swiftly.
Enhanced Security: Strengthen security measures through detailed analytics.

In industries, Splunk Observability Cloud is implemented for security management by analyzing logs from detection systems, offering real-time alerts and troubleshooting for cloud-native applications. It is leveraged for machine data analysis, improving infrastructure visibility and supporting network and application performance management efforts.

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Sample Customers

BSkyB, Alior Bank

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

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