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Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) vs Splunk On-Call comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Splunk ITSI (IT Service Int...
Ranking in IT Alerting and Incident Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (12th)
Splunk On-Call
Ranking in IT Alerting and Incident Management
13th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the IT Alerting and Incident Management category, the mindshare of Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) is 2.2%, down from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk On-Call is 3.7%, down from 7.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Alerting and Incident Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence)2.2%
Splunk On-Call3.7%
Other94.1%
IT Alerting and Incident Management
 

Featured Reviews

Ahmed Naguib - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Techpace
Identifying complex diagnostics and alert management improvements needed
The best features of Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) are the APM, the Application Performance Monitoring, and the diagnostic capabilities. It is state-of-the-art. The intelligent alerting in Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) is very good. The predictive analysis can give you proactive information about potential bottlenecks that can occur on applications, desk, storage, SQL servers, databases, or other systems. It is very effective. The customizable dashboards in Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) facilitate our customers because they are highly adaptable. We have multiple types of dashboards, depending on who will be utilizing them, such as engineering, middle management, IT heads, or NOC teams that will be monitoring systems. The metrics I rely on for monitoring in Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) depend on what kind of asset or CI we are monitoring. For applications, we have the number of concurrent transactions, response time from the database, and write time on the desk. There are multiple parameters and metrics that we utilize in the monitoring part within ITSI.
Venda E - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Option Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Automated alert routing has improved incident response and now enables faster on-call collaboration
Some of the features of Splunk On-Call include automated alert routing and escalation that will ensure the right people get notified immediately. Also, on-call scheduling and rotation management. This feature makes managing shifts and coverage very easy. Another feature is real-time incident collaboration and communication. This will help bring the right team together fast. Another feature is alert de-duplication and suppression. This will reduce the noise, so only meaningful alerts reach the on-call staff. The feature I rely on the most in my daily work is automated alert routing and escalation. It ensures that critical issues go directly to the right engineer without delay, which saves time and prevents the incident from being missed. This has been the biggest contributor to improving our response times. The noise reduction feature is also very helpful. By filtering out non-critical or duplicate alerts, Splunk On-Call keeps our team focused on what actually matters and prevents alert fatigue. Splunk On-Call has helped my organization to improve response times, reduce missed alerts, and coordinate teams more efficiently during incidents. It also reduced alert fatigue and made our on-call process more reliable and predictable. Our average incident response time dropped by around 20% to 25%, mainly because alerts reached the right people faster. We also noticed fewer unnecessary escalations, and missed alerts almost completely stopped after we implemented automated routing and escalation policies.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The KPS used to automate the integration policy is the most valuable feature of Splunk ITSI."
"The root cause analysis is very helpful for us."
"I find the episode review, glass tables, and correlation search features very useful."
"The most valuable features of Splunk ITSI are event analytics and service insight."
"The service analyzer view and automatic creation of incidents are valuable."
"The observability is great and valuable."
"ITSI's KPI and correlation search aspects are powerful, and the service creation suits the project well. It allows for good segregation of the monitoring solution, and up-to-date quick-time monitoring. We're notified quickly when something goes wrong."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the aggregation of the metrics and the relative ease of getting them away from search."
"Transmogrifier and automatic solution report gives me a report with the solution and the way to solve issues when an error occurred."
"The flexible schedule is the most valuable feature. It was very easy to set out a rotation."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is helpdesk escalation."
"Splunk On-Call has helped my organization to improve response times, reduce missed alerts, and coordinate teams more efficiently during incidents."
"The alert calling feature is the best because notifications are delivered via phone messages."
"VictorOps has been good enough for us and it's effective for our needs in case of an on-call escalation process."
 

Cons

"The dashboard queries should be improved. More queries should be suggested in order to produce better dashboards."
"Integration is the most critical area to improve in Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI). It wasn't a great experience because you had to do a little back and forth to integrate the solution."
"ITSI could benefit from a security model that would allow operations team members to get involved in model building, KPI implementation, and model maintenance, while maintaining appropriate segregation of duties."
"There should be entity conflict resolution, specifically regarding duplicate entities. There should be case sensitivity for various keys amongst entities, specifically host names. We need IT metrics-based indexes and more content packs. I know they are coming out with these features"
"The data recovery has room for improvement."
"It would be advantageous to enhance the dashboard by incorporating sections for monitoring, service health, and a filter for the KPIs."
"The cost of the license could be lower."
"The biggest improvement area is making it open to developers. Right now, it is very closed. It can only be downloaded by people who have a license to and not everyone. If it is open to everybody, more people will use it."
"The third-party configuration tool could be easier to use."
"Should have more YouTube webinars."
"There could be improvements with communicating an incident or alert."
"The solution can be improved by including a wider list of permissions."
"One area for improvement would be enhancing the mobile app experience."
"At that stage, all our needs are fulfilled, but at the beginning, we had some feature requests and they were deployed during their roadmap."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Splunk ITSI is a premium application and comes with a premium price tag."
"Splunk is pretty expensive, but it gives you a decent insight into the data. It is easy to learn, and ITSI has a great interface. You can run those queries and pass the data. I"
"Splunk ITSI is expensive."
"Splunk ITSI is an expensive tool, and we need to purchase the utility license."
"The cost of the modules is a bit high for non-global companies, making it difficult for them to afford Splunk ITSI."
"Splunk pricing is high."
"I know that it is expensive, but I do not think there is another solution that can do similar things for that price."
"Pricing has some room for improvement."
"The price of the solution could be less expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Government
7%
Performing Arts
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise32
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence)?
Pricing can vary significantly based on the selected modules and deployment choices. Splunk ITSI tends to be more expensive compared to some open-source solutions.
What needs improvement with Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence)?
Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) can be improved in terms of the service management function, which is the only drawback, and there are some limitations in terms of event correlation, specific...
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Sample Customers

TransUnion, Cox Automotive, Carnival Cruises, Leidos, Econocom, National Ignition Factory, Entrust Datacard, Molina Healthcare, United States Census Bureau
NVIDIA, Cisco, NBC, Rackspace, Intuit, DirectTV, NASCAR, Arrow Electronics, Alliance Health, NetApp, Edmunds, New York Times, Return Path, Sony Playstation, CA Technologies, Sphero, Symantic, HBO, Weatherford, Blackboard, Epic Games
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