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Splunk Cloud Platform vs Yellowfin comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

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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

Splunk Cloud Platform
Ranking in Data Visualization
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
68
Ranking in other categories
IT Alerting and Incident Management (2nd)
Yellowfin
Ranking in Data Visualization
21st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (36th), Reporting (24th), Embedded BI (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Data Visualization category, the mindshare of Splunk Cloud Platform is 1.0%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Yellowfin is 1.6%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Visualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk Cloud Platform1.0%
Yellowfin1.6%
Other97.4%
Data Visualization
 

Featured Reviews

Shivam Dhang - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure & Cloud Manager at Softcell Technologies Limited
Centralized monitoring has transformed our multi-tenant security operations and automated response
The best features Splunk Cloud Platform offers are the multi-tenant data isolation plus role-based access control, secure index-level segregation for managing multiple global customers in a shared Splunk Cloud Platform environment. Additionally, features such as native integrations with SIEM, SOAR, and ITSM enable us to automate incident response, ticketing, and end-to-end security workflows across client environments. The high-scale injection plus SPL correlation process handles large volumes of infrastructure security logs with real-time analytics for managing SOC and cloud operations. Splunk Cloud Platform has positively impacted our organization as we have achieved faster incident detection and response, lower MTTR with real-time SPL alerts and automated workflows. It has also improved our multi-tenant visibility and centralized monitoring, reducing tool sprawl. We also saw better compliance and audit readiness with consistent log retention and reporting.
AC
‎IS Executive at SAINS
It is a central source of up-to-date data and information, but needs more charting capabilities
Management information Reporting Statistics Data analysis It reduces sending copies of different report/spreadsheet versions over email, which makes it difficult to access the right report. It is also able to create information dashboards for various users' throughout.  All management…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Its interconnectivity with the cloud platforms, such as Azure and AWS, was valuable."
"Not having to maintain any infrastructure is valuable. That frees up a lot of time as well."
"I like the fact that we do not have to maintain all the cloud infrastructure. That is probably the main thing about the Splunk Cloud Platform."
"The most valuable feature is we don't have to deal with any back-end server maintenance because the solution is cloud-based."
"We became pretty complete with our reporting using Splunk for all the log and event capabilities."
"Its monitoring is completely automated."
"he cloud performance is good."
"It is a central source of up-to-date data and information."
"It reduces time to reproduce reports, provides easy access to organisational data, and has the ability to generate a wide range of reports and analysis."
"It is a central source of up-to-date data and information."
"Yellowfin doesn’t try to do everything – it is a BI presentation and communication tool, and it does it brilliantly."
"It is able to create information dashboards for various users' throughout."
 

Cons

"In the case of knowledge objects, even a Splunk admin does not have access to delete them. If we want to remove a knowledge object, we need to contact Splunk support and raise a case. After that, they delete it. They should give us access to delete knowledge objects."
"The dashboards should be easier to customize."
"The documentation available could be improved as there is sometimes no documentation or updated documentation available."
"Its stability and performance can be better. Very rarely does a day go by when we do not see an error in the console, such as a health check error. Because it is cloud-hosted, we do not have access to the backend to figure it out ourselves. We are reliant on their support to figure it out, and a couple of days later, the error comes back or it is a different error. It is a never-ending cycle of support tickets. Their support is also not great."
"Splunk Cloud Platform should improve its integrations and consider multiple integrations or direct integration with other platforms like Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or AWS."
"Every time they launch new versions, we experience a few bugs. The most recent version had a couple of bugs in the databases. We contacted the vendor and got assistance solving these bugs, so the environment is more stable."
"The search for bulk data needs to be improved. When we were looking for the flow, we had to search really hard. I wanted to request the Splunk team to add some features for better search because getting the flow of the bulk data was sometimes hard."
"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."
"The first release was a bit buggy, but they seem to have gotten on top of that very quickly."
"It needs more presentation/charting capabilities and integration with GIS."
"It needs more presentation/charting capabilities and integration with GIS."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I do not personally deal with that side, but from discussions, I know that it is one of the more expensive tools. I do not have anything to compare it with."
"Splunk Cloud Platform fell within our budget so we pulled the trigger and implemented it."
"The pricing was negotiated through Trustwave and for our first contract in three years, we got a good deal."
"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."
"Splunk Cloud Platform is more expensive than some of its competitors, but it offers a wider range of features."
"The price for Splunk Cloud Platform is the same as our maintenance costs for Splunk Enterprise on-premises."
"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."
"The pricing model makes this an expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
7%
Construction Company
15%
Educational Organization
15%
Healthcare Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise46
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Questions from the Community

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 needs improvement with Splunk Cloud Platform?
I don't see any new requirements in terms of improvements for Splunk Cloud Platform at this time. Splunk's dashboarding, reporting, and visualizations are evolving at a larger scale with the new Sp...
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