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Splunk Cloud Platform pros and cons

Vendor: Splunk
4.1 out of 5

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PROS

Splunk Cloud Platform offers robust log aggregation, dashboarding, and business management features that continually improve.
It significantly enhances operational decision-making and security compliance through powerful real-time search capabilities and automated monitoring.
Splunk Cloud Platform dramatically reduces mean time to resolve and overall response times by centralizing logs in one interface and delivering powerful alerting mechanisms.
The platform's flexibility and readiness with cloud-based infrastructure eliminate the need for back-end server maintenance, reducing user workload.
Users report significant improvements in security posture, observability, and issue resolution due to Splunk Cloud Platform's advanced data correlation and root cause analysis features.

CONS

Support often takes weeks or months to resolve issues and lacks proper coordination between account reps and technical staff.
Splunk Cloud Platform is not very beginner-friendly, requiring time and multiple meetings to understand alert creation and search functionality.
The expensive nature of Splunk Cloud Platform is an area of concern, with pricing and cost being prohibitively high for many users.
Integrations with other platforms like Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or AWS are limited, leading to lag in observability and needing improvement.
Stability and performance issues are frequent, including recurring errors with health checks, leading to a never-ending cycle of support tickets.
 

Splunk Cloud Platform Pros review quotes

it_user1177614 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Architect at Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd
May 17, 2020
We haven't had any limitations or problems connecting to our network devices.
it_user1063275 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a reseller with 1-10 employees
Jun 24, 2020
The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud is the quick setup.
it_user1061643 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Developer, Solution Analyst at a university with 10,001+ employees
Jun 18, 2020
The most valuable feature for me is the flexibility of being able to send the log to the https endpoint.
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reviewer945462 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director - Corporate Infrastructure at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 13, 2020
For my current requirements, the tool theme seems to be meeting my requirements, from a cost and requirements perspective.
reviewer1273443 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr BigData Infrastructure Architect at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 27, 2020
This is a complete log reporting tool.
reviewer1630161 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at a marketing services firm with 11-50 employees
Sep 9, 2021
The solution is user friendly and has extensive uses.
reviewer1274850 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director - Application Services, DevOps(Application Support, Build/Deployment), Environment Support at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
May 31, 2022
Splunk Cloud's most valuable features are log aggregations, dashboarding, business management, reporting, and business controls. Additionally, it has awesome indexing and the solution is always improving
reviewer1260045 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Analyst at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Jun 7, 2022
The Splunk search is powerful compared to similar solutions. We get millions of data points within seconds.
OI
Technical Lead at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 10, 2022
The initial setup was straightforward.
reviewer2207709 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior InfoSec Manager at a pharma/biotech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jun 8, 2023
Splunk Cloud Platform's most valuable features are enterprise security and ticketing integration.
 

Splunk Cloud Platform Cons review quotes

it_user1177614 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Architect at Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd
May 17, 2020
The training models can only be accessed for 30 days, even if it is paid training.
it_user1063275 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a reseller with 1-10 employees
Jun 24, 2020
The only thing that is missing from Splunk Cloud is the command-line interface.
it_user1061643 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Developer, Solution Analyst at a university with 10,001+ employees
Jun 18, 2020
Although there is documentation available, it is really hard for me to find relevant topics on what it is that I'm searching for.
Learn what your peers think about Splunk Cloud Platform. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: February 2026.
884,873 professionals have used our research since 2012.
reviewer945462 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director - Corporate Infrastructure at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 13, 2020
The only thing I would say is an issue is the cost. It matches other products. The costs can be justified for the value that we gain. The entire threat analysis stack should come in a bundle. If the cost was matchable with other products I think Splunk would pick up in the market.
reviewer1273443 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr BigData Infrastructure Architect at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 27, 2020
The pricing model makes the product costly.
reviewer1630161 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at a marketing services firm with 11-50 employees
Sep 9, 2021
Customization could be simplified.
reviewer1274850 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director - Application Services, DevOps(Application Support, Build/Deployment), Environment Support at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
May 31, 2022
Splunk Cloud could improve by having pre-defined templates. It has very good design views, but there is no predefined template. You have to define your own. If they could add predefined templates for different use cases.
reviewer1260045 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Analyst at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Jun 7, 2022
The Splunk interface is on-premises, so we have limited access to Splunk Cloud. Splunk support is not so good on Splunk Cloud. The Splunk side of the Splunk Cloud should also be more customizable. Integrating Splunk UBA, Splunk Phantom, and Splunk Cloud is also a bit difficult.
OI
Technical Lead at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 10, 2022
There is sometimes no documentation or updated documentation available.
reviewer2207709 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior InfoSec Manager at a pharma/biotech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jun 8, 2023
From an enterprise standpoint, we are more limited in terms of what data we can export and how we can present it.