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PagerDuty Operations Cloud vs Splunk Cloud Platform comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

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
7.6
PagerDuty Operations Cloud boosts efficiency and uptime, improves incident handling, reduces fatigue, and enhances customer service, meeting SLAs.
Sentiment score
7.0
Users find Splunk Cloud beneficial for cost savings, quick issue resolution, improved visibility, and notable ROI, despite some drawbacks.
The escalation was not possible at all before, which led to the L1 team being under too much stress.
Software Developer at Webspruce
The automated system efficiently monitors the infrastructure and notifies us about problems, benefiting both our customers and the bank's reputation.
Senior Business Application Analyst (Product Team) at Kotak Mahindra Bank
Time to respond, time to initiate, and time to mitigate are key metrics influenced positively.
Lead Platform at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Splunk Cloud Platform has impacted operational costs; it's a bit expensive, but it provides value for money.
Business General Manager at Mutex Systems
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.9
PagerDuty Operations Cloud is lauded for prompt, knowledgeable customer service and efficient issue resolution, earning high user satisfaction.
Sentiment score
5.7
Splunk Cloud Platform's support is inconsistent, with premium users satisfied but others experiencing delays and varying response quality.
we have never had an issue when reaching out to someone in customer service
Senior Cloud Operations Engineer at IMO Health
I have not needed to contact the customer support of PagerDuty Operations Cloud, as they provided thorough knowledge transfer once they handed over the services.
Senior Business Application Analyst (Product Team) at Kotak Mahindra Bank
usually, they respond and help us fix issues during integration.
Software Developer at Webspruce
Premium support is costly and may not always provide a satisfactory experience.
Sr Manager at Continued
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
PagerDuty Operations Cloud offers scalable, seamless expansion with flexible billing and integration, supporting large user bases effectively.
Sentiment score
7.3
Splunk Cloud Platform impresses with scalability but faces cost concerns, praised for adaptability and easy resource expansion.
The product was highly scalable, with no limits on the number of applications or event routing rules.
Sr Director - Global Support APJ at HashiCorp
The scalability of PagerDuty Operations Cloud is very good, and it can handle increasing traffic as our organization expands without any issues.
Senior Business Application Analyst (Product Team) at Kotak Mahindra Bank
PagerDuty Operations Cloud is scalable; we can easily add teams, manage tags, and create teams.
Software Developer at Webspruce
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
PagerDuty Operations Cloud is highly reliable, with rare issues quickly resolved, ensuring stable and efficient alert management.
Sentiment score
7.9
Splunk Cloud Platform is praised for 99.9% availability, minimal issues, and quick resolution, ensuring high user-rated stability.
We have never experienced any downtime or latency issues from PagerDuty Operations Cloud.
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

PagerDuty needs better date/time functions, UI clarity, integrations, scheduling, app reliability, escalation policies, multilingual support, and pricing.
Splunk Cloud users face high costs, limited training, integration challenges, insufficient documentation, performance issues, and complex setup.
It would be useful to have a way to define all configurations in code that is similar to how Terraform operates.
Sr Director - Global Support APJ at HashiCorp
Once a user acknowledges the alert, it may be unnecessary to continue calling again and again, as it distracts from their work on resolving the issue.
Senior Business Application Analyst (Product Team) at Kotak Mahindra Bank
We could make that line more expressive to show who will get escalated if someone misses.
Software Developer at Webspruce
Splunk Cloud Platform needs improvement in its security offerings, specifically in cybersecurity.
Sr Manager at Continued
Integration is a bit difficult due to the coding required for the integrations.
Business General Manager at Mutex Systems
 

Setup Cost

PagerDuty Operations Cloud is competitively priced, but costs vary by features and users, offering value despite possible licensing limits.
Splunk Cloud Platform's high cost and complex licensing challenge small organizations and complicate budgeting due to unbundled features.
We have been using PagerDuty Operations Cloud for several years, so our pricing and cost have definitely increased over time, especially as we have hired additional engineers.
Senior Cloud Operations Engineer at IMO Health
Pricing, setup cost, and licensing were not my headaches, and the organization already provided me with everything set up.
Digital Specialist Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Splunk Cloud is considered too expensive, with its two product offerings both being costly.
Sr Manager at Continued
If I were to rate the price for the product from 1 to 10, I would rate it nine.
Business General Manager at Mutex Systems
 

Valuable Features

PagerDuty Operations Cloud streamlines incident management with automation, integration, and mobile features, enhancing efficiency and service reliability.
Splunk Cloud Platform offers advanced search, dashboards, real-time analysis, AI insights, multi-cloud monitoring, and reduces maintenance workload.
It integrates with multiple applications and is highly customizable, with policies, escalation procedures, and an event routing tool that ensures contacting the right person.
Sr Director - Global Support APJ at HashiCorp
In addition to those features, I also find the integration and reporting aspects of PagerDuty Operations Cloud valuable, as it records all triggered calls and incidents, enabling us to analyze patterns and identify the times when systems go down, thus assisting us in understanding and addressing the underlying causes.
Senior Business Application Analyst (Product Team) at Kotak Mahindra Bank
Before, setting up everything was very difficult. Now, we don't have to think about it. We can simply set it up in PagerDuty and it works.
Software Developer at Webspruce
The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud Platform is its robustness and ability to ingest logs.
Sr Manager at Continued
The real-time search capability of this product enhances operational decision-making.
Business General Manager at Mutex Systems
 

Categories and Ranking

PagerDuty Operations Cloud
Ranking in IT Alerting and Incident Management
1st
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
Process Automation (11th), AIOps (14th), Critical Event Management (CEM) (1st)
Splunk Cloud Platform
Ranking in IT Alerting and Incident Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
58
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the IT Alerting and Incident Management category, the mindshare of PagerDuty Operations Cloud is 17.3%, down from 24.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Cloud Platform is 1.5%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Alerting and Incident Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
PagerDuty Operations Cloud17.3%
Splunk Cloud Platform1.5%
Other81.2%
IT Alerting and Incident Management
 

Featured Reviews

Hempreet Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Digital Specialist Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
On-call automation has reduced downtime and has enabled faster incident response at scale
Even though PagerDuty Operations Cloud is a strong platform, many things can be improved. Analytic and reporting depth can be improved with better depth. Noise suppression and alert grouping robustness can be improved because sometimes the grouping becomes vague and somewhat unclear. Usability can improve, and user interface and user experience can improve because it becomes quite complex for new users. Integration and ecosystem limitations can be improved, as well as cost because for small or mid-sized organizations, it would become quite expensive to pay for this solution. Complexity for smaller teams or simpler needs can also improve. I think we can have richer analytics, and the reporting dashboards can improve. More robust noise suppression can help us. Native support for alert attachment can help us. A simpler user interface and user experience can be implemented, and pricing tiers and models should be more favorable. Accessible documents and easier onboarding can help a lot.
JA
Sr Manager at Continued
Needs better cybersecurity features but offers robust log ingestion
Splunk Cloud Platform needs improvement in its security offerings, specifically in cybersecurity. It has not kept pace with competitors over recent years, and integration with the Cisco ecosystem after Cisco's acquisition of Splunk has also been slow. The product should incorporate more readily available features, especially in security monitoring. The federated search feature is costly. Extracting meaningful insights beyond essential log data proves challenging due to the product's reliance on manual processes. Users must manually configure detections, develop logic for insights, and manage dashboards. While the product boasts numerous out-of-the-box capabilities, these often require extensive modification to align with specific user needs, limiting their practical applicability. Splunk Cloud Platform doesn't inherently provide visibility as a standalone product. It's a platform for building custom visibility solutions. We need to feed it data and then write logic to define what insights we want to extract. While pre-built solutions might be available in the marketplace, Splunk doesn't offer out-of-the-box visibility. If we know our requirements, we can utilize code and research to create custom dashboards, but it requires effort and expertise. The pre-built reports in Splunk Cloud Platform are generic and require manual adjustments to extract specific, granular information, which requires the user to be knowledgeable.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Performing Arts
16%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Educational Organization
7%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise25
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise42
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PagerDuty?
I do not have any information regarding the pricing, setup cost, or licensing, as those details are managed by the organizational leadership.
What needs improvement with PagerDuty?
I would suggest that the calling service could be adjusted since if a system goes down, the user receives continuous calls, which can be overwhelming. Once a user acknowledges the alert, it may be ...
What is your primary use case for PagerDuty?
My main use case for PagerDuty Operations Cloud is to set up alerts for any failures, such as when one server is down, a particular service is down, or when APIs are not responding due to technical...
What do you like most about Splunk Cloud Platform?
Splunk has sped up our response and reduced the time we spend manually monitoring any logs for ticketing tools or servers. It saves us around two hours daily.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Cloud Platform?
If I were to rate the price for the product from 1 to 10, I would rate it nine.
What needs improvement with Splunk Cloud Platform?
The disadvantage of Splunk Cloud Platform is that its integration process should be improved. The challenges I have encountered while integrating Splunk Cloud Platform include that integration is a...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

40% of the Fortune 100 TrustPagerDuty. Customers include: Slack, Intuit, Zendesk, Panasonic, Pinterest, Airbnb, eHarmony, McKesson, Comcast
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