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OpenText Real User Monitoring vs Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024

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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

OpenText Real User Monitoring
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
42nd
Average Rating
6.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk ITSI (IT Service Int...
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
11th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
IT Alerting and Incident Management (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of OpenText Real User Monitoring is 0.7%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) is 0.8%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence)0.8%
OpenText Real User Monitoring0.7%
Other98.5%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

YA
Sr. Solution Architect, Project Manager at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
User-level monitoring with near-real-time analytics boosts service availability
The use case is about user-level monitoring and the availability of a service for a user. It's about whether the service is available, its performance, and the type of errors a user is receiving, from a user perspective The functions that Real User Monitor is intended for, which is to provide the…
DS
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Service health has been monitored and visual insights support proactive telecom operations
The installation process is the first aspect I dislike about Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence). If you do not configure it correctly, you will encounter issues in the search head. Because we use a distributed environment where each component has its own specific roles, installation is critical and requires careful attention. Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) is built with many applications. It is a compressed file, and when you extract the Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) app, you receive approximately 19 apps. Some applications, add-ons, and packages must be installed on specific components. If you do not configure an application correctly, it will not work. Sometimes we encounter issues during installation because of this complexity. I believe the installation process should be more uniform, meaning it could be deployed across all components to avoid post-installation issues. Sometimes after installation, you receive errors, and users cannot access Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence). We have experienced this type of issue due to installation errors. I believe there is currently room for improvement regarding scalability. When we create Glass Tables containing many searches, the Glass Tables sometimes fail due to memory constraints, and we receive error pages. Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) should have a lightweight version to address these concerns. I would rate current scalability as medium.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Real User Monitor has made it easier to drill down and see how users connect to and use our website."
"Very easy to implement."
"It is a good product."
"This solution is very reliable; it's stable."
"If you have an old-fashioned infrastructure with data center servers then this is a good solution for you."
"The technical support is good at resolving issues."
"The most useful feature of this solution is tracking, where the application's traffic is monitored, analyzed, and presented as a live session of that particular user so that, for example, everything you do in a bank application transaction can be tracked by the application."
"The Micro Focus technical support is quite good."
"The most valuable features are the agility, being able to ingest many data sources with no limitation on capacity."
"Whatever I have explored has been beneficial."
"Splunk's intuitive interface and scalability make it accessible to non-technical users, and its capacity to monitor every millisecond of data across multiple applications is truly impressive."
"The most valuable aspect lies in its utilization of predictive analytics to anticipate and prevent incidents within a window of twenty to thirty minutes."
"One particularly useful feature of Splunk ITSI is the ability to create custom services."
"ITSI's most valuable feature is that it's easy to integrate DLP."
"Overall, it's a very stable product."
"We liked the built-in calculation of health scores."
 

Cons

"When we want to monitor our encrypted traffic, this product doesn't work because our cipher is not supported."
"Most of the dashboards require a lot of configuration. We are not happy with the dashboard."
"The solution's technical support presents a lot of issues with too many delays."
"Real User Monitor needs to cover more protocols to provide more in-depth information. It could also be better at monitoring voice-related traffic."
"The diagnostics perspective, particularly in terms of the root cause analysis of failures, should be improved."
"One area to improve is the user interface, of course. The second one is their R&D has virtually stopped building a product roadmap."
"If it is a standalone solution, however, I would not recommend Micro Focus."
"Everybody is moving away from traffic and installing agents on the application to do the job, but Micro Focus is using traditional ways to collect the traffic. They should change their architecture completely."
"Scalability is a bit challenging, mainly if high loads are encountered. I faced several issues with high thread usage, so I would rate it around seven to eight, particularly considering that scalability is crucial yet can be premium in cost."
"However, a minor disadvantage is that alerts must occur multiple times before incidents are created; for instance, if the same event occurs only once or twice, an incident may not be generated immediately, whereas repeated occurrences will lead to prompt incident creation."
"Splunk ITSI lacks out-of-the-box solutions for enterprise users."
"We have problems doing upgrades and operating alternate new versions."
"Occasionally, we have faced some slowness, which we reported to Splunk, and those issues were promptly resolved."
"It would be good if an interface was included in the next release."
"One of the main downsides is the complexity of configuration and maintenance, especially when dealing with large-scale environments."
"Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) can be improved in terms of the service management function, which is the only drawback, and there are some limitations in terms of event correlation, specifically when correlating between different CIs."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Not expensive."
"The price is approximately €30,000 ($35,500 USD) for the enterprise edition."
"If I compare with other vendors, other vendors are more expensive"
"Compared to other tools, OpenText Real User Monitoring is an expensive solution."
"Pricing was pretty good, and it is possible to just add on the features we want."
"It is interesting. I am not involved that much lately, but if I recall correctly, you license primarily on the volume of data that you are using in Splunk ITSI, but there is no way Splunk can ever check if that is true, so that is interesting. We are not doing it, but someone can pretend to just use 10%, and it would be super cheap. It is tricky, but it is more tricky for Splunk than for us."
"Splunk ITSI is expensive."
"It would have been good if the product cost was much lower."
"Splunk ITSI is a pay-per-use service that is priced fairly based on the amount of data we use."
"I wouldn't say there's been an issue with the solution's pricing because we went through the AWS marketplace and negotiated directly with Splunk."
"Splunk pricing is high."
"Splunk ITSI is expensive; however, with the appropriate use case, it justifies the cost."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
12%
Government
9%
Performing Arts
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
6%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise43
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Micro Focus Real User Monitor?
The diagnostics perspective, particularly in terms of the root cause analysis of failures, should be improved. There needs to be more development in this area, as the support and the number of peop...
What is your primary use case for Micro Focus Real User Monitor?
The use case is about user-level monitoring and the availability of a service for a user. It's about whether the service is available, its performance, and the type of errors a user is receiving, f...
What advice do you have for others considering Micro Focus Real User Monitor?
I rate the solution as nine. It is a good product. Everyone should have it as it is essential today, but choose the vendor accordingly. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence)?
Regarding pricing, since Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) is a flavor of Splunk, there are no fixed prices as it depends on data volume. It is indeed a premium app within Splunk. The pricing r...
What needs improvement with Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence)?
As per my analysis of Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence), I do not see much room for improvement. My experience as a mid-level user suggests that deep knowledge is helpful to maximize the tool's...
 

Also Known As

Micro Focus Real User Monitor, Micro Focus RUM, HPE RUM
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Avea, Maccabi Healthcare Services, TEB
TransUnion, Cox Automotive, Carnival Cruises, Leidos, Econocom, National Ignition Factory, Entrust Datacard, Molina Healthcare, United States Census Bureau
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