Splunk Observability Cloud vs TruView comparison

Splunk and NETSCOUT are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Splunk is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.4, while NETSCOUT is ranked #70 with an average rating of 5.0. Splunk holds a 1.2% mindshare in NMS, compared to NETSCOUT’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Splunk users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NETSCOUT users who would recommend it.

Splunk Observability Cloud

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 21, 2025

TruView and Splunk Observability Cloud compete in data analytics and monitoring. TruView has the upper hand in pricing and support, whereas Splunk offers comprehensive features.

Features: TruView offers robust real-time monitoring, simplified data visualization, and network performance analysis for easy insights. Splunk Observability Cloud provides advanced data integration, real-time monitoring capabilities, and customizable dashboards for comprehensive analytics.

Room for Improvement: TruView can improve its real-time monitoring latency, expand advanced analytical features, and update its platform to compete with newer technologies. Splunk Observability Cloud could benefit from more intuitive user interfaces, cost optimization for smaller businesses, and enhanced documentation for easier onboarding.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: TruView provides a straightforward deployment process with excellent customer support. Splunk Observability Cloud also has a competent deployment model but offers extensive technological guidance through a robust support structure.

Pricing and ROI: TruView is known for its competitive pricing, offering high ROI, making it ideal for cost-sensitive businesses. Splunk Observability Cloud justifies its higher cost with extensive features, offering significant returns through enhanced data insights.

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Categories and Ranking

Splunk Observability Cloud

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

6th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (8th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (7th), Cloud Monitoring Software (8th), Container Management (6th), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) (2nd)

TruView

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

70th

Average Rating

9.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Splunk Observability Cloud is 1.2%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TruView is 0.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Splunk Observability Cloud	1.2%
TruView	0.2%
Other	98.6%

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Taiwo Ige

IT Operations Engineer at ABC Supply Co. Inc.

Alerting improves incident response across teams and enables faster awareness before customer impact

Splunk Observability Cloud could be improved in terms of integrations with more technical add-ons, such as Zoom. Although they have one with Zoom, it's not available in the cloud, so having that feature would be beneficial. Essentially, Splunk should continue expanding to create easier ways to ingest logs from different products. The out-of-the-box customizable dashboards in Splunk Observability Cloud are very effective in showcasing IT performance to business leaders. However, there are aspects that could be improved, such as linking dashboards to one another. While IT leaders may not drill down, it's crucial to create levels of dashboards for technical users to find root causes, making it effective for stakeholders.

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Zotex

Network Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

Monitors traffic, analyzes flows, tracks packets, and measures bandwidth across our network

We use TruView primarily for network performance analysis and monitoring. It helps us track traffic, flows, packets, and bandwidth to understand our network's condition and detect any anomalies or attacks. However, the product's age limits its advanced features for performance analysis. The main advantage lies in its low cost and reliable functionality, as we have a permanent license and do not require support. Real-time monitoring in TruView is somewhat limited, as there is a delay of about five minutes in data updates, making it less effective for immediate insights.

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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

"Splunk's GUI and dashboard capacity are the most valuable features of Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring."

"Great monitoring of network devices."

"It is a good tool. It allows you to set alerts for application and infrastructure monitoring, and it allows you to create dashboards."

"It supports proactive management, enhances security, and improves operational efficiency."

"The company has many systems that the customer is paying to access. Splunk APM issued via AppDynamics helps find problems in the feed. It reduces the risk of supervising all the devices. I can supervise the flow and simulate the conditions of the repository across several dashboards to show what's happening at the moment."

"The best feature of this product is the latency and processing of all the telemetry that is being received, which gives full visibility at the right time."

"The vibrant dashboards are valuable."

"Splunk Observability Cloud has helped improve our operational performance and company's resilience, which was their initial offering."

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"We use TruView primarily for network performance analysis and monitoring. It helps us track traffic, flows, packets, and bandwidth to understand our network's condition and detect any anomalies or attacks. However, the product's age limits its advanced features for performance analysis. The main advantage lies in its low cost and reliable functionality, as we have a permanent license and do not require support. Real-time monitoring in TruView is somewhat limited, as there is a delay of about five minutes in data updates, making it less effective for immediate insights."

"The most valuable feature for us was the ability to monitor sites and get a nice overview of all the data in a single view."

Cons

"The solution's stability is an area that has room for improvement. It needs to provide constant stability to its users."

"The deployment can be quite complex."

"Splunk could be better integrated with configuration manager solutions so we can automatically resolve issues without human interference."

"The implementation can be more user-friendly."

"The only strain point we've encountered with Splunk Observability Cloud is that the search times can be lengthy for some things."

"Support from Splunk is not very helpful because Splunk doesn't have a dedicated APM; they only have one APM engineer in Korea."

"The initial setup of Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) was easy. The solution is deployed on-premises."

"In terms of additional features I would want to see in future releases, since Cisco acquired Splunk, more Cisco integration could be beneficial."

More Splunk Observability Cloud cons

"We have faced delays in data retrieval and the lack of support due to the product being out of service."

"One area that could be improved is the reporting features. In the version transformation from ten to eleven, the platform changed from a Windows-based platform to a Linux-based platform. As a result, the previous reporting feature using Crystal Reports was no longer available. Instead, we had to generate PDF dashboard reports, which were not as flexible."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is a bit expensive considering the competition but the company may negotiate the price."

"Splunk offers a 14-day free trial and after that, we have to pay but the cost is reasonable."

"It appears to be expensive compared to competitors."

"I am not in that circle, but we are currently licensing based on our queries. That is working out for us. Previously, it was by volume of data, and now, we can store as much data as we want."

"The price of Splunk APM is less than some of its competitors."

"Splunk's infrastructure monitoring costs can be high because our billing is based on data volume measured in terabytes, rather than the number of devices being monitored."

"Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is an expensive solution."

"I would rate the price of Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring as an eight out of ten, with ten being the most expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

12%

Retailer

Manufacturing Company

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	43

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	7

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about SignalFx?

The most valuable feature is dashboard creation.

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What needs improvement with SignalFx?

Regarding dashboard customization, while Splunk has many dashboard building options, customers sometimes need to create specific dashboards, particularly for applicative metrics such as Java and pr...

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What is your primary use case for SignalFx?

The solution involves observability in general, such as Application Performance Monitoring, and generally addresses digital applications, web applications, sites, and mobile applications. I worked ...

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What needs improvement with TruView?

We have faced delays in data retrieval and the lack of support due to the product being out of service.

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What is your primary use case for TruView?

We use TruView to monitor traffic, analyze flows, track packets, and measure bandwidth across our network. This helps us gain insights into our network's performance, detect any anomalies or attack...

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What advice do you have for others considering TruView?

Overall, I would rate TruView a nine out of ten. I would recommend it for mid-sized organizations, particularly those with fewer than two thousand people, as it offers flexible licensing without de...

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Also Known As

Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring, Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM), Splunk Synthetic Monitoring

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Overview

Splunk Observability Cloud offers sophisticated log searching, data integration, and customizable dashboards. With rapid deployment and ease of use, this cloud service enhances monitoring capabilities across IT infrastructures for comprehensive end-to-end visibility.

Focused on enhancing performance management and security, Splunk Observability Cloud supports environments through its data visualization and analysis tools. Users appreciate its robust application performance monitoring and troubleshooting insights. However, improvements in integrations, interface customization, scalability, and automation are needed. Users find value in its capabilities for infrastructure and network monitoring, as well as log analytics, albeit cost considerations and better documentation are desired. Enhancements in real-time monitoring and network protection are also noted as areas for development.

What are the key features?

Log Searching: Efficiently search and analyze logs from various sources.
Data Integration: Seamlessly integrate with multiple environments.
Dashboard Customization: Tailor dashboards to specific monitoring needs.
Monitoring Capabilities: Provides comprehensive insights into application performance.
Security Features: Analyze and address security threats across systems.
Visualization Tools: Enhance data analysis and system performance optimization.

Why consider this for ROI?

Comprehensive Visibility: Gain complete insights into IT infrastructure.
Performance Optimization: Improve overall system performance and efficiency.
Rapid Deployment: Quick setup to meet organization demands swiftly.
Enhanced Security: Strengthen security measures through detailed analytics.

In industries, Splunk Observability Cloud is implemented for security management by analyzing logs from detection systems, offering real-time alerts and troubleshooting for cloud-native applications. It is leveraged for machine data analysis, improving infrastructure visibility and supporting network and application performance management efforts.

Splunk

Visual TruView by Fluke Networks is a unified solution for Application Aware Network Performance Management (AANPM). TruView embeds the most important data sources such as packet, transaction, NetFlow/IPFIX, and SNMP to present analytics in a time-correlated single dashboard view. These correlated views help you quickly see how well the infrastructure is transporting applications and how well those applications are performing in the context of end-user experience. And, TruView’s integrated 10 Gbps full line rate stream-to-disk packet capture ensures you’ll never miss an important event again.

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Sample Customers

Sunrun, Yelp, Onshape, Tapjoy, Symphony Commerce, Chairish, Clever, Grovo, Bazaar Voice, Zenefits, Avalara

FloraHolland, Miami-Dade Public Library System, Southeastern Freight Lines, Valdosta State University, Everett Clinic, Bioreference, Key Information Systems, ACER, Odeabank A.S.

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