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 8.3. Sigma Computing holds a 2.3% mindshare in DV, compared to Splunk’s 1.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Sigma Computing users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Splunk users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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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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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 September 2025, in the Data Visualization category, the mindshare of Sigma is 2.3%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Cloud Platform is 1.1%, up from 0.3% 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	1.1%
Sigma	2.3%
Other	96.6%

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Russell Rothstein

CEO at a tech company with 51-200 employees

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"The Splunk Cloud Platform has reduced our mean time to resolve. It has easily saved 20 to 30 minutes every time someone gets locked out. We get 10 or 15 instances per day where people get locked out. It definitely saves a few hours per day."

"As compared to other tools, it is very easy. It is very easy to learn. It also integrates well."

"The most valuable feature is we don't have to deal with any back-end server maintenance because the solution is cloud-based."

"Splunk Cloud has helped us to be able to focus on getting more information out of our data."

"Everything is maintained by the Splunk support team. Users do not have to maintain any physical servers. They do not have to maintain indexes and searches. It reduces a lot of work on the user side."

"The initial setup was straightforward."

"The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud Platform is the ability to correlate events together and combine the data into one event."

"We use Splunk Cloud primarily as a troubleshooting tool, so the most valuable features are the analysis and visualization."

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Cons

"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."

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

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

"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."

"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."

"It would be nice to see more comparisons between Splunk and other log management tools. There are some legacy tools that people are often coming off. It will ease the transition if you are coming off a Windows LogViewer or any other logging tool. Splunk could offer more advice on how to transition into it or onboard it."

"Support is the bigger issue when we have a problem. When we need their help, it takes weeks or months to actually get resolved."

"Splunk currently manages the components, which restricts our ability to access them directly."

"The on-premises version of Splunk includes all the integrations, while the Cloud platform lacks certain integrations and is limited in terms of the number of supported apps."

"The Splunk Cloud Platform dashboard could benefit from some improvements."

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

"I think the tool has some scalability issues, especially when used in larger organizations."

"There could be better searches, but mainly, it needs to improve the performance with a vast amount of data. That will make it better and easier to use."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"The pricing model makes this an expensive solution."

"The certifications are costly."

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

"The price is something that people complain about."

"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."

"My company has a license for Splunk Cloud Platform. My company also has a license for Splunk Enterprise."

"I do not know what that is anymore. I have not been involved with that for a couple of years, but I know we are paying a lot."

"I do not have much idea. We previously used 1 GB at the cost of $600. Both on-prem and cloud licenses have the same price. There is no difference. It did not impact the cost because the costs of the on-prem license and the cloud license are the same. We did not have any issues with that. Overall, its price is reasonable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

31%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

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 is widely used for log management, security monitoring, application performance monitoring, troubleshooting, data aggregation, and IT operations. It centralizes logs from numerous sources, enabling detailed analysis, incident detection, and effective dashboard creation.

Companies across various industries leverage Splunk Cloud Platform for cybersecurity, compliance, user activity monitoring, and alerts. It helps in managing cloud environments, optimizing data storage costs, and enhancing customer insights with effective data visualization. The platform's robust capabilities include customizable reporting, flexible log sending, powerful search features, and seamless integration with other systems. Users monitor multiple environments and platforms effortlessly with the cloud infrastructure maintained by Splunk. Despite its advantages, users find the pricing steep, support ineffective, and encounter performance issues with large data volumes. Integration challenges, limited training resources, and insufficient documentation also pose concerns.

What are the most important features of Splunk Cloud Platform?

Customizable Reporting and Dashboards: Design personalized reports and visual dashboards.
Quick Setup: Rapid deployment and setup process.
Flexible Log Sending: Send logs seamlessly from multiple sources.
Powerful Search Capabilities: Conduct detailed log event searches efficiently.
Easy Integration: Integrates easily with other systems.
End-to-End Visibility: Complete monitoring of the IT infrastructure.
Automated Monitoring: Real-time automated oversight.
Federated Search: Search across multiple data sources.
User-Friendly Interface: Intuitive and accessible design.

What benefits can users expect from Splunk Cloud Platform?

Business Resilience: Improved continuity and reduced downtime.
Enhanced Cybersecurity: Advanced security features and compliance.
Performance Improvement: Better system performance and faster issue resolution.
Cost Optimization: Efficient data storage and cost management.
Customer Insights: Enhanced analytics for better understanding of customer behavior.

Splunk Cloud Platform is implemented across industries including finance, healthcare, retail, and technology. Organizations use it to enhance cybersecurity measures, meet compliance requirements, monitor user activities, and issue automated alerts. In finance, it assists in fraud detection and compliance. In healthcare, it ensures data security and regulatory adherence. Retailers use it for customer behavior analysis and performance monitoring, while technology companies benefit from its troubleshooting and log management capabilities. Despite its powerful features, companies face challenges with pricing, support, and integration that require consideration during implementation.

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Snowflake, Fivetran ,Autodesk, Flowspace, Super League Gaming, Zumper, Clover, Volta, Olivela

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