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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
6.0
Number of Reviews
57
Ranking in other categories
IT Alerting and Incident Management (3rd)
Yellowfin
Ranking in Data Visualization
26th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (42nd), Reporting (29th), Embedded BI (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Data Visualization category, the mindshare of Splunk Cloud Platform is 0.8%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Yellowfin is 0.7%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Ian Gatundu - PeerSpot reviewer
It improves our visibility and decision-making while helping us meet compliance standards
The Cloud Platform interface is cleaner than Splunk Enterprise's monitoring console. You can easily understand what's happening with your indexes. It's more refined than Splunk Enterprise's console, but they have the same feel and function. It's easy to monitor multiple cloud environments because you can create custom dashboards for any use case you may have. It offers good visibility because it integrates with the ITSI app, providing a clear overview of your environment. Integrating Splunk with other components on the cloud and network resources is effortless because it can collect data from various sources, including stored data from long-term storage. Splunk's reporting offers a good visualization of your data. You can visualize the statistics based on your searches. It produces some helpful graphs that enable you to easily compare what's happening in your search. It's very comprehensive.
it_user86469 - PeerSpot reviewer
Very scalable design and easy to implement. It can reside alongside more complex enterprise systems.
I have been involved with the implementation of many BI products; many products are expensive, require complex and difficult implementations, and once installed it is only the start of a lengthy consulting engagement to get the installation to where the customer wants it to be. Yellowfin is the antithesis of this; it installs easily, the configuration is done quickly, and the user can come up to speed quickly (especially if they have used other BI products). As an implementer, this changes how we operate, because we can focus on providing the customer what they want, not just on technical wizardry to get the product operational.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"In an enterprise, you need a universal or heavy forwarder. If you don't have that, you need an HSE token or API request call and all the different components. In Splunk Cloud, you just have one instance to search all the data in your index. You don't need to manage it because Splunk handles that."
"It has definitely improved our organization by virtue of reducing the amount of overhead we would have had for those environments. Having to implement, maintain, or even update the existing stuff would have been extremely time-consuming. Splunk Cloud handles all of that for us. So it's definitely been helpful from that perspective. It's allowed them to maintain upgrades for far further than they are. Some of the hosts of that environment were still on version 7 so they could get upgraded feature parity."
"The data management and instant search features are the most valuable ones for us, as they allow us to instantly retrieve information needed for reports and security compliance."
"Splunk Cloud Platform's most valuable features are enterprise security and ticketing integration."
"The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud Platform is the ability to correlate events together and combine the data into one event."
"In my organization, Splunk Cloud Platform has improved the issue revolving around transactions."
"This is a complete log reporting tool."
"Splunk helped reduce our mean time to resolve by around 60%."
"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."
"It is able to create information dashboards for various users' throughout."
 

Cons

"There is sometimes no documentation or updated documentation available."
"They need to provide more training options."
"I think the tool has some scalability issues, especially when used in larger organizations."
"Since I work on data collection from external sources and send them into Splunk, I miss its ability to collect that data through REST API applications."
"It needs to mature; it's just getting established in the industry on a wider scale."
"Splunk should increase the frequency of new feature releases, particularly those related to real-time operational flow monitoring and analytics reporting."
"The only disadvantage of Splunk Cloud compared to Splunk Enterprise Security is that you only have two options for long-term storage: AWS S3 Buckets and GCP."
"Support could be improved."
"It needs more presentation/charting capabilities and integration with GIS."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Splunk is a bit more expensive than some solutions, but customers can derive more value from it due to the features it has."
"As far as the pricing goes, it was what was expected. It is a premium product. There were no surprises there."
"The price for Splunk Cloud Platform is the same as our maintenance costs for Splunk Enterprise on-premises."
"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."
"The pricing model makes this an expensive solution."
"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."
"The certifications are costly."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
30%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Retailer
5%
Comms Service Provider
5%
Computer Software Company
17%
Educational Organization
14%
Government
12%
Healthcare Company
8%
 

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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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Cloud Platform?
Splunk Cloud is considered too expensive, with its two product offerings both being costly. I would rate the cost an eight out of ten, with ten being the most costly.
What needs improvement with Splunk Cloud Platform?
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 a...
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