Sigma vs Splunk Cloud Platform comparison

Sigma Computing and Splunk are both solutions in the Data Visualization category. Sigma Computing is ranked #12 with an average rating of 7.2, while Splunk is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.4. Sigma Computing holds a 2.4% mindshare in DV, compared to Splunk’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Sigma Computing users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Splunk users who would recommend it.

Sigma

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100% willing to recommend

Splunk Cloud Platform

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

Splunk Cloud Platform and Sigma compete in data analytics solutions. Sigma provides greater overall value with more advanced and user-friendly analytics tools.

Features: Splunk Cloud Platform offers real-time data analysis, customizable dashboards, and robust security. Sigma provides intuitive data exploration, seamless collaboration features, and is focused on enhancing usability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Splunk Cloud Platform ensures a streamlined deployment with extensive support, though its complexity can lead to longer setup times. Sigma allows for rapid deployment due to its simplicity and less complex integration, supported by strong customer assistance.

Pricing and ROI: Splunk Cloud Platform requires a higher initial setup cost but offers potential long-term ROI through its extensive capabilities. Sigma has a lower cost and quicker setup offering a compelling ROI for businesses seeking fast implementation and flexible data analysis features.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Sigma

Ranking in Data Visualization

12th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (16th)

Splunk Cloud Platform

Ranking in Data Visualization

3rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Alerting and Incident Management (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Data Visualization category, the mindshare of Sigma is 2.4%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Cloud Platform is 1.2%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Visualization Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Splunk Cloud Platform	1.2%
Sigma	2.4%
Other	96.4%

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Russell Rothstein

CEO at PeerSpot

Modern dashboards and reports enhance decision-making and presentations

I would love to be able to create my own reports in Sigma, as I can do in Salesforce. Either we are not using it properly, or the software is too complicated. It would be great if there was a way for me to create reports without relying on a data analyst. I'm interested in the upcoming AI co-pilot to enable natural language generation of visualizations and reports. Also, the marketing materials did not match what I feel we've received. Regarding pricing, Sigma's pricing doesn't allow more people to have the ability to create their own reports. We have very few admin or report creator licenses, while everyone else is on a view-only mode.

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UzairKhan

Business General Manager at Mutex Systems

AI-driven analytics significantly enhance operational decision-making

I am currently working with the solution, but I need to know from which NNTT. The interface is okay; its interface is good, and user interface is good. I would recommend Splunk Cloud Platform to other users and organizations because it adds value to the organization; you can do different things with it because it's a pure analytical tool, not only a SIEM tool. I am mostly focused on Splunk Cloud Platform because I chose this vendor due to the feature set that was offered by Splunk Cloud Platform; it was not being offered by any other vendor. Splunk Cloud Platform is the vendor I am referring to, not NNTT. Maintenance for Splunk Cloud Platform has been done manually, not automatically. Usually, one person takes part in maintenance. Regarding the number of users for Splunk Cloud Platform, it involves discussing the number of organizations or the number of people working in those organizations. In general, I would rate Splunk Cloud Platform a nine.

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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

"The tool's interface is easy to use. The functions listed as a part of the menu items are easy to use."

"Sigma is a great software for non-technical business users. If someone's familiar with pivot tables or Excel or Google Sheets, they should be able to pick up Sigma pretty quickly. There is a very low bar for onboarding."

"Sigma has excellent features, such as lookup tables where you can easily bring data that are not interrelated or at different granularity."

"The most valuable aspect for me is having real-time data."

"The most valuable feature of Sigma is the detailed reports."

"I find the collaborative features, such as commenting, to be very valuable."

"The most valuable feature of Sigma is the detailed reports."

"Sigma serves as the visualization and reporting front end."

"I like the idea of being able to list the IPs that we want without having to open up a ticket to get it done so that way if anything changes we can add a new IP."

"The solution is user friendly and has extensive uses."

"Its interconnectivity with the cloud platforms, such as Azure and AWS, was valuable."

"The real-time search capability of this product enhances operational decision-making, and it's very convincing."

"The most valuable feature is the SPL because without it we wouldn't be able to correlate and build our use cases and manage what we have for our data inside Splunk."

"The Splunk search is powerful compared to similar solutions. We get millions of data points within seconds."

"It has end-to-end visibility into our cloud-native environment, which is pretty important for us. About 80% of our infrastructure is on AWS."

"The cloud is very fast."

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Cons

"The only minor area for improvement lies in handling highly complex visualizations."

"Sigma could have better reports."

"I would like to see better visualization options. That would allow me to build out more visually pleasing dashboarding in Sigma."

"Sigma could have better reports."

"Sigma lacks a versioning feature to track changes. There is a need for better structuring, like a folder system, to organize diagrams efficiently."

"The product's roadmap regarding introducing new features in the solution or new versions of the tool can be made better in the future."

"The main improvement needed is in data modeling capabilities. If they add those features in the near future, it would be very helpful for us to implement the same or do the data cleansing part in the Sigma tool itself."

"Either we are not using it properly, or the software is too complicated. It would be great if there was a way for me to create reports without relying on a data analyst."

"I have not come across anything that I would consider missing as such. If anything, sometimes we have dashboards that would not go into the dark mode. It is a minor issue, but it is the only thing that I wish was there. The dark mode would definitely help."

"The current visuals on the dashboard could be more impactful."

"Customization could be simplified."

"There can be more modules and more integration with other areas in the cloud and on-prem. I am not sure whether it includes network devices and things like that."

"There is sometimes no documentation or updated documentation available."

"They can offer more self-service capability to their customers. Currently, most of the things happen behind the Splunk Cloud Platform. As a customer, I do not have an opportunity to see my platform. If they can offer more self-service to see the health of my endpoints and stack, it would be appreciated."

"Although there is documentation available, it is really hard for me to find relevant topics on what it is that I'm searching for."

"First-time users may struggle with the user interface. When I first used Splunk, I entered my username and password. After that, we get a dashboard on the left side with apps. At the top, you can click the gear icon to view the settings. Within those settings, there's a distributed console option with several settings. It's a bit overwhelming for a beginner. The user knows what they want and can search for it in the search bar. If I see several apps, my first instinct is to scroll down to find the app, or perhaps you will find that search and report. That bugged me when I was learning."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The retail price is set at one thousand dollars per creator per year."

"Currently, we have the ingest-based license. They are offering SVC-based licenses as well, but I am not a fan of SVC-based licensing. At the end of the day, I want to predict my budget and how much I am going to pay to the vendor so that I can plan my yearly budget."

"We were involved in the renewal process, and our organization does reviews of all our partnerships that we have every two to three years to ensure they are meeting our needs, there isn't a better solution out there, and we won't save money by going somewhere else."

"I would rate the cost an eight out of ten, with ten being the most costly."

"Splunk Cloud Platform is an expensive solution."

"I know that Splunk Cloud Platform is an expensive product."

"The licensing is based on the amount of data that we send to the cloud on a daily basis."

"It is a touchy subject because we are locked into it. That goes back to the rehydrating data. We cannot have the retention that we want to store for legal and compliance purposes because that is seven years' worth of data for some of the indexes, so we ship them off into S3 buckets and install them there, at which point they are invisible to Splunk, so we have to rehydrate them, but we cannot rehydrate those pockets into Splunk Cloud. We have to rehydrate them into a self-hosted version of Splunk, which can take days to set up and get going. I would not call Splunk's licensing and pricing predatory, but they have made it very difficult to maintain the independence of your own data."

"The cost of using Splunk Cloud Platform is high, but the value it provides is worth the investment."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

31%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	1

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	42

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Sigma?

The tool's interface is easy to use. The functions listed as a part of the menu items are easy to use.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sigma?

The pricing of Sigma is a concern, as it restricts our ability to provide more users with report-creating capabilities due to the high cost of admin or report creator licenses. Most users have view...

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What needs improvement with Sigma?

As we are exploring multiple features in Sigma, I think Sigma can add more functionality. As Power BI gives multiple modeling options in its interface with the query editor, those features can be a...

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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.

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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.

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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...

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Overview

Sigma is the next-generation of analytics for cloud data warehouses with a familiar spreadsheet-like interface that gives business experts the power to ask any question of their data no matter the query.

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Splunk Cloud Platform enhances operational efficiency with streamlined log management and real-time data analysis, offering customizable dashboards, seamless system integration, and a user-friendly interface that simplifies infrastructure management.

Splunk Cloud Platform stands out for its robust indexing and powerful search capabilities, delivering end-to-end visibility across environments. AI-driven security measures enhance cybersecurity intelligence, while its flexible log management reduces resolution times. The platform integrates effortlessly with diverse systems, supporting centralized log management, security monitoring, and application performance analysis. Users leverage its comprehensive analytics for troubleshooting, alerting, and visualization, optimizing costs and ensuring compliance with unified data sources.

What are the key features of Splunk Cloud Platform?

Customizable Dashboards: Personalized insights with adaptable visualizations.
Powerful Search Capabilities: Advanced search functions that simplify data retrieval.
Seamless Integration: Easily connects with various systems to consolidate data.
Quick Setup: Accelerated deployment process, reducing time to value.
AI-driven Security Measures: Advanced protection with automated threat detection.
Real-Time Data Analysis: Instant insights for timely decision-making.

What benefits and ROI should users expect?

Enhanced Operational Efficiency: Streamlined processes reduce workload.
Reduced Resolution Times: Faster issue identification and resolution.
Cost-Effectiveness: Optimize resources and reduce expenses.
End-to-End Visibility: Comprehensive understanding across environments.
Flexibility in Log Management: Adaptable to business needs with ease.

In many industries, Splunk Cloud Platform is implemented primarily for unified log management, cybersecurity initiatives, and application performance monitoring. Businesses utilize it to streamline IT operations, integrate data sources, and leverage insights for troubleshooting and strategic decision-making, ensuring compliance and optimized resource use.

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