PRTG Network Monitor vs Splunk Observability Cloud comparison

Paessler GmbH and Splunk are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Paessler GmbH is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.4, while Splunk is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.4. Paessler GmbH holds a 3.5% mindshare in NMS, compared to Splunk’s 1.3% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Paessler GmbH users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Splunk users who would recommend it.

PRTG Network Monitor

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92% willing to recommend

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 28, 2025

PRTG Network Monitor and Splunk Observability Cloud both compete in the network monitoring and observability category. PRTG seems to have the upper hand for affordability and simplicity, while Splunk stands out in feature-rich, enterprise-grade solutions.

Features: PRTG Network Monitor is appreciated for its affordability, quick deployment, and comprehensive monitoring across devices without complex customizations. Its focus on quick alerts and vendor support addresses diverse infrastructure needs effectively. Conversely, Splunk Observability Cloud offers powerful real-time troubleshooting capabilities, handling high data volumes with sophisticated analytics. Its integration with cloud environments provides detailed insights into microservices and performance, making it ideal for in-depth analytics and large-scale data management.

Room for Improvement: PRTG Network Monitor could improve by enhancing distributed monitoring capabilities, developing more flexible and detailed dashboards, and expanding cloud-native support. On the other hand, Splunk Observability Cloud could benefit from an improved user interface, better data integration options, and a more seamless data import process. There's also a request for precise AI-driven analytics and enhanced support for varied technical environments among its users.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: PRTG Network Monitor is noted for easy deployment in on-premises environments, with a straightforward setup. However, its technical support has been criticized for occasionally being slow. Splunk Observability Cloud, while requiring expertise for setup due to its range of features, is supported by comprehensive documentation and broad support networks. Its responsive customer service is appreciated, but ongoing support may be necessary due to the complexity of its offerings.

Pricing and ROI: PRTG Network Monitor offers affordable tiered pricing, especially beneficial for small to mid-sized businesses, and provides a strong ROI due to low initial costs and comprehensive coverage without frequent extra fees. In contrast, Splunk Observability Cloud is more expensive but justifies its cost with features catering to enterprises needing detailed analytics and integrations. Users recognize its potential for enhanced visibility and operational efficiency, translating into long-term savings and performance benefits.

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PRTG Network Monitor vs. Splunk Observability Cloud

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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

6.6

PRTG Network Monitor provides cost-effective returns by enhancing efficiency, reducing downtime, and minimizing staffing needs through proactive monitoring.

Sentiment score

6.8

Splunk Observability Cloud enhances ROI by boosting visibility, productivity, efficiency, and security, while reducing downtime and costs.

It provides accurate data for utilization, allowing us to monitor and optimize our investments in WAN connection capacity.

Mahmoud Abd El-Rasol

Network Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

After introducing PRTG Network Monitor, we have saved time, and it's easy for everybody to monitor everything.

reviewer2759802

Architect at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

The implementation reduced our employee resources from 20-25 to 5-6 employees.

Madhan Cs

Senior consultant at Cambridge Institute of Technology

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Using Splunk has saved my organization about 30% of our budget compared to using multiple different monitoring products.

reviewer1469784

Senior Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Anyone working in front-end management should recognize the market price to see the true value of end-user monitoring.

EdwardShim

General Manager at MOCOMSYS

I have definitely seen a return on investment with Splunk Observability Cloud, particularly through how fast it has grown and how comfortable other teams are in relying on its outputs for monitoring and observability.

Taiwo Ige

IT Operations Engineer at ABC Supply Co. Inc.

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.7

PRTG Network Monitor support is generally effective, but time zone issues and complex queries can delay responses.

Sentiment score

7.1

Splunk Observability Cloud's customer support is generally responsive, with mixed reviews on efficiency and availability for complex issues.

They resolve our queries 24/7.

madhan kumar hs

software engineer at Capgemini

The setup process is well-documented, making it easy to deploy.

Tochukwu Uzomba

Solutions Architect at Boch Systems Company Limited

Tutorials are available so I can manage any issue with PRTG Network Monitor easily.

SikanderAli

IT Infrastructure Engineer at Atlas

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On a scale of 1 to 10, the customer service and technical support deserve a 10.

reviewer2755917

Systems Administrator at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

They have consistently helped us resolve any issues we've encountered.

Juan Baez

Software Engineer at UKG

They often require multiple questions, with five or six emails to get a response.

Abdelmonam LABBOUZ

Splunk Observability Expert

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.4

PRTG Network Monitor is scalable and flexible for varying deployments but requires extra licenses and hardware for growth.

Sentiment score

7.3

Splunk Observability Cloud offers smooth scalability and flexibility for diverse needs but may face cost and metric limit challenges.

On a scale of one to ten, scalability is rated as 9.5.

Tochukwu Uzomba

Solutions Architect at Boch Systems Company Limited

PRTG Network Monitor has the ability to scale and add new devices.

SikanderAli

IT Infrastructure Engineer at Atlas

You can install them in each network, even if they are not connected, and it works.

Petr Pouzar

IT Consultant at M-COM s.r.o

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We've used the solution across more than 250 people, including engineers.

Abdelmonam LABBOUZ

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.

Lalatendu Swain

Application Developer at UMB Financial

I would rate its scalability a nine out of ten.

reviewer1469784

Senior Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.9

PRTG Network Monitor is highly stable with reliable performance, minimal downtime, and robust updates, despite minor external issues.

Sentiment score

7.7

Splunk Observability Cloud is stable and reliable with infrequent issues, resolved efficiently, praised for performance and support.

We haven't needed vendor support for the last three years, which demonstrates the product's stability.

Mahmoud Abd El-Rasol

Network Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

PRTG Network Monitor is stable in my experience, and I have not encountered issues with crashes or downtime.

Megha Pawar

Associates at Mphasis

PRTG Network Monitor is very stable and requires low maintenance.

ShubhamBharti

Software Engineer at Asahi Beverages

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I would rate its stability a nine out of ten.

Muhammad M

Head of DevOps at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

We rarely have problems accessing the dashboard or the page.

Abdelmonam LABBOUZ

Splunk Observability Expert

Unlike NetScout or regular agents for APM, RUM has many problems during the POC phase because customer environments vary widely.

EdwardShim

General Manager at MOCOMSYS

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Room For Improvement

PRTG Network Monitor needs improvements in customization, performance, support, integration, analytics, and cost-efficiency for enhanced usability and flexibility.

Splunk Observability Cloud needs enhanced integration, scalability, cost-efficiency, UI, third-party support, and better documentation and customer support.

The initial auto-discovery added too many unnecessary sensors, so auto-discovery should only take the necessary sensors into consideration.

Madhan Cs

Senior consultant at Cambridge Institute of Technology

They need to improve application performance monitoring, error tracing mechanisms, and log management.

Tochukwu Uzomba

Solutions Architect at Boch Systems Company Limited

PRTG Network Monitor should provide syslog monitoring since it is not available at this time.

SikanderAli

IT Infrastructure Engineer at Atlas

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The out-of-the-box customizable dashboards in Splunk Observability Cloud are very effective in showcasing IT performance to business leaders.

Taiwo Ige

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.

Sarah Van Zee

Systems Monitoring Engineer II at a government with 10,001+ employees

There is room for improvement in the alerting system, which is complicated and has less documentation available.

Muhammad M

Head of DevOps at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

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Setup Cost

PRTG Network Monitor is cost-effective for enterprises, but costs may rise; offers flexible licensing with annual support.

Splunk Observability Cloud is seen as expensive but offers flexible, transparent pricing with potential negotiation for cost-efficiency.

The licensing part is a recurring license for every year, which is very affordable, making PRTG Network Monitor budget-friendly.

madhan kumar hs

software engineer at Capgemini

Pricing is by the number of devices, not by sensor.

Tochukwu Uzomba

Solutions Architect at Boch Systems Company Limited

The prices are very high for PRTG Network Monitor.

SikanderAli

IT Infrastructure Engineer at Atlas

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Splunk is a bit expensive since it charges based on the indexing rate of data.

reviewer1469784

Senior Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

It is expensive, especially when there are other vendors that offer something similar for much cheaper.

Ernesto Gutierrez

Solutions Architect at Ikusi

It appears to be expensive compared to competitors.

Muhammad M

Head of DevOps at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

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Valuable Features

PRTG Network Monitor is valued for its rapid deployment, intuitive interface, scalability, reliability, and comprehensive monitoring features.

Splunk Observability Cloud offers seamless integration, real-time monitoring, and customization for enhanced visibility, threat detection, and performance optimization.

PRTG Network Monitor already provided me with 100 free sensors, which is enough for my network monitoring.

SikanderAli

IT Infrastructure Engineer at Atlas

PRTG Network Monitor has a good dashboard that shows each and every piece of information, so we can easily find out what is happening with the systems.

reviewer2759802

Architect at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

These reports help me in my day-to-day work, and I rely on them because they provide proof during escalation, with exact downtime logs and related information.

Chandhan P

Software engineer at Bosch

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Splunk provides advanced notifications of roadblocks in the application, which helps us to improve and avoid impacts during high-volume days.

reviewer1469784

Senior Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

For troubleshooting, we can detect problems in seconds, which is particularly helpful for digital teams.

Abdelmonam LABBOUZ

Splunk Observability Expert

It offers unified visibility for logs, metrics, and traces.

Mary Vasantha Golleru

Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Categories and Ranking

PRTG Network Monitor

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

5th

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

4th

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

9th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

112

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Splunk Observability Cloud

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

6th

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

7th

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

7th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (8th), Container Management (6th), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of PRTG Network Monitor is 3.5%, down from 4.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Observability Cloud is 1.3%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
PRTG Network Monitor	3.5%
Splunk Observability Cloud	1.3%
Other	95.2%

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Featured Reviews

madhan kumar hs

software engineer at Capgemini

Alerting precision has reduced incident response times and improved department-level network visibility

The auto-pause sensor during the maintenance window is good without any false alerts, and it prevents me from getting flooded with alerts during planned maintenance, helping department heads understand their own network usage better. It has reduced incident response time by giving clearer ownership of each alert, ensuring alerts go to the proper recipient. SNMP testers and auto-pause are among the best features of PRTG Network Monitor, which is particularly useful for different departments such as HR and finance, where alerts can be filtered accordingly. The alerting features and dashboard of PRTG Network Monitor are very helpful, especially in our industry. However, the dashboard can look cluttered on smaller screens, which is one negative aspect. PRTG Network Monitor has impacted us positively; we have stopped getting flooded with alerts during planned maintenance or unplanned outages. Compared to others, this gives specific alerts very quickly and helps department heads understand their own network usage better, thus reducing incident response time so that each alert has clear ownership.

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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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IT Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

May 31, 2015

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Government

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	59
Midsize Enterprise	19
Large Enterprise	47

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

Questions from the Community

What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?

PRTG network monitor is one of the best tool i have ever used for the monitoring. It have auto discovery option. it avoid the configuring the device in PRTG. It automatically discover the device an...

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What do you like most about PRTG Network Monitor?

The tool is integrated with our email for the alerts.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PRTG Network Monitor?

The pricing was higher at the beginning, but the recurring licensing cost is affordable and reasonable. Overall, the pricing, setup cost, and licensing is fair for our industry. They have quoted us...

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What do you like most about SignalFx?

The most valuable feature is dashboard creation.

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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...

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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 ...

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Compared 7% of the time

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PRTG Network Monitor

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Also Known As

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

Overview

PRTG Network Monitor runs on a Windows machine within your network, collecting various statistics from the machines, software, and devices which you designate. PRTG comes with an easy-to-use web interface with point-and-click configuration. You can easily share data from it with non-technical colleagues and customers, including via live graphs and custom reports. This will let you plan for network expansion, see what applications are using most of your connection, and make sure that no one is hogging the entire network just to torrent videos.

To monitor a large IT environment, it's important to be able to scale PRTG up. Paessler PRTG Enterprise Monitor includes all the proven capabilities of PRTG Network Monitor, which are enhanced by exclusive ITOps Board for a service-oriented, central overview of multiple PRTG servers.

Paessler GmbH

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.

Splunk

Sample Customers

Jameson Bank, Sidnix, RungeICT, MedicalAnimal, Truck-lite, GamingGrids, The Covell Group, Forsythn County Schools, NetMass, Musgrove Park Hospital, Lanes Health, Columbia Southern University, Vodafone, Intrust Bank

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

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