Splunk Enterprise Platform Reviews

Splunk Enterprise Platform is a powerful application that offers extensive visibility into events, notable occurrences, and correlations, providing robust capabilities.

The valuable feature is the onboarding of various logs using different methods. Additionally, it excels in content development and use case creation. I want to learn about upcoming technologies like Splunk Cloud and Azure integration. These platforms offer extensive capabilities for visualizing and manipulating data according to our requirements. Splunk's proficiency in field extractions and onboarding logs from diverse sources makes it highly capable. Its logging addition and parsing capabilities are particularly noteworthy.

In Splunk Enterprise Platform, while the dashboard feature is powerful, it does have limitations in terms of the number of parameters that can be included in one dashboard. However, it's important to note that these limitations can be addressed through effective dashboard design and optimization techniques. Despite these constraints, Splunk offers extensive capabilities for creating insightful dashboards that can visualize relevant data effectively.

Splunk excels in providing accurate and valuable alerts and reports. These features are crucial in reducing manual efforts, minimizing human errors, and expediting incident resolution processes. With Splunk's alerting and reporting functionalities, users can fine-tune alerts, apply filters, and include necessary information for thorough investigation and analysis. These capabilities contribute significantly to enhancing operational efficiency and decision-making within organizations.

I have been using Splunk Enterprise Platform for five years.

I rate the solution’s stability an eight out of ten.

Scalability is very flexible. Without the Splunk support, we can deploy and scale up.

The responsiveness of the support is very good. They will ask you if you are raising any P2, P1, or major incidents so they'll help us with immediate and accurate results.

The initial setup is straightforward , with detailed deployment steps outlined in their documentation. Additionally, the Splunk community is a valuable resource where users can ask questions and receive expert solutions. 

Splunk Enterprise Platform does not have a few application add-ons. Therefore, when we aim to integrate log sources from new or important ones that Splunk lacks add-ons for, we resort to developing custom add-ons. While this approach allows us to proceed with our work, it requires significant human effort and increases the likelihood of errors. Moreover, troubleshooting becomes time-consuming under these circumstances. Ideally, Splunk would offer add-ons for every possible application, significantly improving our efficiency and effectiveness.

The Splunk Enterprise Platform offers excellent visibility through real-time monitoring. Whenever any data matches our client's SQL code, it triggers an immediate alert, allowing us to respond to incidents swiftly. This capability is highly beneficial during any incident, making Splunk an invaluable tool.

There are various components, such as Universal Forwarder, Indexer, and Search Head. These components are relatively straightforward to set up. However, when implementing a distributed environment or setting up clustering, Splunk offers robust capabilities. Additionally, managing data storage sizing is also seamless.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

My company uses Splunk Enterprise Platform for monitoring and user base filtering.

The most valuable feature of the solution is the analytics part. Integration with other applications is another valuable feature of Splunk Enterprise Platform.

Splunk Enterprise Platform is already a refined product, so I don't have any recommendations related to areas that need improvement.

The cost of Splunk Enterprise Platform is an area of concern where improvements can be made by bringing down the costs. Product-related, I don't have any feedback.

The support offered by Splunk Enterprise Platform has certain shortcomings that need improvement.

I have been using Splunk Enterprise Platform for a few weeks since it was recently deployed in my company. I use the solution's latest version. My company operates as a service provider of the solution.

The product's stability is good. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

Around 5,000 people use the solution. Around 10 to 15 analysts use Splunk Enterprise Platform in my company.

The solution is used on a regular and daily basis in my company.

I am moderately satisfied with the solution's technical support. I rate the technical support an eight out of ten.

Positive

Splunk Enterprise Platform was easy to implement. I rate the product's implementation phase an eight out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.

The solution's deployment phase was carried out over a period of one or two months.

I rate the product's pricing a ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive. It is a very pricey tool.

I would recommend the product to those who plan to use it, provided the pricing of the solution is brought down.

I rate the overall product an eight out of ten.

I use the platform to collect data and report to the clients that need reporting from Splunk. I work on gathering big data from all over my company and exporting it into proper reports.

What I find the most valuable about the platform is its DB Connect and its versatility in general. I also like its adaptability to any use case when it comes to collecting and analyzing data.

It is hard to say in what areas the platform could be improved since it's very versatile and applies to many use cases. It already has the functioning vetted into the core architecture of the product. In my opinion, there is no need for additional features because it already has many, and I haven't used them all.

I've been using Splunk Enterprise Platform for two and a half years. I am a Splunk software architect and Splunk is the only platform I use.

It's a very stable platform. A ten out of ten.

The scalability of Splunk is ten out of ten. It's one of the best platforms on the market. Approximately 1,000-2,000 people use the platform at our company, but only two people are needed to maintain it and I'm one of them. Everything is automated and it is very easy to manage 2,000 users on my own.

I would compare Splunk Phantom with RSA NetWitness and Elasticsearch. All three solutions give the same output but in a different way. They analyze data in different ways. Each product has its scalability, versatility, and appliances in the current business needs of the company that uses it.

The initial setup is very easy. At our company, we deployed Splunk ourselves because we are a team of Splunk architects and we have done it before.

The platform is too expensive for small businesses. If you choose the free plan, it only has 15 GB of data per day, and it may not be enough to run a small business. You need to pay a subscription based on data ingestion, and that's very expensive. Splunk should focus more on delivering something for small businesses and entrepreneurs. I give the pricing a three or four out of ten. Although the product is pricey, it's truly magnificent.

Overall, I give Splunk a nine out of ten and not a solid ten just because there are new updates every day and we don't know exactly what we need to search for since it's not that viewable. 

We use the solution to manage a large volume of data from our servers for the project I'm currently working on. Since we don't need all the data, we filter out and extract the specific information required for our applications. Depending on our needs, we use it to filter, investigate, and analyze log data for any errors or requirements.

The most valuable feature I've found in the Splunk Enterprise Platform is its log readability and filtering capabilities. The filters on the left side are particularly useful, allowing me to quickly narrow down the data to what's relevant for any application or server service. The interesting fields feature helps me get the values I need most of the time.

Additionally, the dashboard and report creation aspects are excellent, especially for automation. Integrating Splunk Enterprise Platform with Power Automate and other automation tools allows me to create precise reports that keep my team updated. The tool is not difficult for a beginner to learn. 

Splunk Enterprise Platform could improve in the area of basic log readability. When performing basic searches without advanced filters, the logs often contain timestamps and various unknown codes or other elements that can be confusing. Removing or simplifying these parts would make it easier for users who are not developers or do not have a development background to understand and find relevant information easily. 

If I could add a feature to the Splunk Enterprise Platform to make my life easier, I'd like to add an internal automation tool. We can use third-party automation tools like Power Automate, but it would be better if Splunk Enterprise Platform had its built-in tool.

This tool could automate reports and make sending emails with Excel attachments or other formats to specific people easier. We're currently using third-party tools for this, but having it as a first-party feature would be better.

I have been using the product for more than two years. 

I haven't found any bugs while working with the application. 

My company has more than 100 product users. 

I haven't contacted the support team yet. I get information from my seniors and leads. 

Before using the Splunk Enterprise Platform, basic knowledge of log analytics tools like Logstash is beneficial. While it does not require specific prerequisites, having some background knowledge will help. Remember that Splunk is a paid service, unlike other log analytics tools like ELK Stack, which may offer free versions.

I rate the overall solution a nine out of ten. 

I have a variety of use cases. My company uses it for cloud-related operations, anomaly identification, and threat detection.

It's been very useful in regard to security information and threat management (SIEM). Splunk is a valuable tool for my organization.

The timestamp indexing and the easy-to-use visualization features are the most valuable features for data analysis.

Moreover, the dashboard and visualization features have made a big difference. We can quickly identify issues within the dashboards and easily generate insightful reports. If something goes down, we can easily detect the issue.

Splunk's real-time processing capability has been pretty good for my use cases.

There is room for improvement in terms of scalability. They can enhance the ability to handle increasing volumes of data. 

I have been using it for four years now. 

There have been occasional issues, but nothing major.

I would rate the stability an eight out of ten.

I never had issues with scalability. My organization has 8,000 end users. 

I would rate the scalability an eight out of ten.

The customer service and support are good. 

Positive

In general, the initial setup is fairly easy.

Not everyone can do it. Some knowledge and experience would likely be helpful to get the most out of the setup.

Typically, the deployment would take around 16 to 20 hours.

The pricing is about average.

Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.

I would recommend using this solution. Overall, Splunk is a good tool for analysis and for representing data in a short span of time. It helps minimize unnecessary noise in the data.  

We used the product for cloud-based monitoring or systems monitoring. 

The key difference I noticed for my use case, which involved understanding user behaviors and responses to digital elements, was that I could obtain more detailed reporting than what was possible with Amplitude. I could download a file with very specific information, which was helpful.

I did not use it for real-time monitoring. My focus was on investigating incident reports to understand the extent of user impact. Primarily, I utilized the Splunk Enterprise Platform to analyze user behavior.

I found the incident notification to be very helpful. While Splunk Enterprise Platform provided detailed data, it didn't seem to check as many boxes for user behavior as Amplitude did. At the same time, I'm not sure if Amplitude offers features for monitoring or incident coverage.

Its ability to access granular details in Excel was beneficial. It's always helpful to transition from visualizations to detailed user reports. 

The tool lacked in providing a shareable format. I had to use pivot tables and manually parse and edit the data to create a visualization-friendly format. It was helpful when we had an issue. What would make it stronger is if it were more proactive. For example, if it highlighted major incidents and their impact on users without digging through notifications, that would be better. Typically, the first question we get is, "Oh, we had an incident. How bad was it? How many customers were impacted?" So having that information pop up from the notification would be helpful.

Splunk Enterprise Platform is stable. 

I saw no issues or reasons to think that the product wouldn't scale over time. Our data is growing. 

I haven't contacted the tool's support. 

I rate the overall product a seven out of ten.

I would recommend it for incident management reporting. I would not advise it for understanding user behavior or usage. If I had to choose between Splunk Enterprise Platform and Amplitude, I would probably go with Amplitude, but I also have no familiarity with what their incident reporting is like.

We use the monitoring solution. People might ask me to create a new request, maybe for a specific Windows event log, which is how we create a ticket for an incident. Most of the time, this creates a new alert for people. It can be a little complex. We can also create dashboards with some information for other teams. Dashboard alerting is a big part of the work.

Though we use Splunk for monitoring, for me, it is more software that collects lots of data and can then be used for alerting.

We use a custom environment.

The best thing about Splunk is you can collect all the data you want, and you can play with the data and do what you want. You can modify the data and collect all the information into one dashboard. It's very cool. In other monitoring software like Zabbix, you can't easily do something like this. With Splunk, it's very easy. You need to understand Splunk's language, but you can do what you want after that. You can correlate your data with CSV files. Splunk can monitor, extract, transform, and load software.

Splunk is not an out-of-the-box solution like Micro Focus or Zabbix. You have to create your request to collect the data and add crucial components to the software. You have add-ons created by Splunk or the community but don't have out-of-the-box monitoring items in the software. For example, FETCH CUP with Micro Focus is agentless monitoring, has a lot of out-of-box items, and is easy to use. You will find it difficult to use Splunk initially, which could use improvement. However, I know there is another module from Splunk that focuses on fast and secure monitoring with more out-of-box add-ons, but I haven't used it since when I started using it, it lacked out-of-box items. All the same, Splunk could be more user-friendly for new users.

I've worked with the solution for about two years.

I rate Splunk's stability a nine out of ten because it's very stable. I don't face issues with projects.

You can scale Splunk. It works with an indexer which indexes search data. If you want more power, you can add more indexers, so I rank Splunk's scalability an eight out of ten.

With all the documentation available, the initial setup is not difficult. If all you want is a stand-alone app in Splunk to handle all the processes, you just need to create a project in the data server, which is easy.

You must buy a license with the on-prem version, usually through an intermediary. In France, it's Accenture. There are cloud solutions where Splunk handles the servers and patching directly, and you just use the solution.

The solution is expensive, so I rate its pricing a four out of ten. Though the solution is expensive, it depends on which company purchases the product.

Though I haven't used it, Grafana is also a CM that can collect data.

I didn't create the custom environment we use at my organization. Still, it doesn't seem too difficult to build things because there is a lot of online documentation and videos. You can also get training with Splunk. You have a lot of data to help you when you want to create a new environment.

I rate Splunk Enterprise Platform an eight out of ten. The solution is very powerful, and I like to play with data to do what I want.

The solution is used for basically, to monitor various logs, so it is the application logs, some kind we are monitoring databases.

Splunk is providing, like, proactive monitoring using desserts and all. So these things have improved a lot. Like, in our done day to day activities and all. So whenever we are seeing any kind of alerts and also on that basis, we are going to create alert.

For monitoring security data is the most valuable feature. 

Currently, I think things are good only. There are certain things which is not which is there in the other platform like UAE, UBA is there. Like, Splunk is having another product itself. But the thing is, like, if that can be incorporated with the Splunk Enterprise three version. So it will be helpful for the users to explore more on that one.

I have been using Splunk Enterprise Platform for five years. 

The stability is a nine out of ten meaning the solution is highly stable. 

It is a scalable solution. Around thousand plus users are using the solution.

I have been using this Splunk only from my, like, a shorting of the career. During this period, I have been using AppDynamics and NetSync as well.

Normally so for trial version, it is easy. So it depends on how much data you are ingesting. So if you are going for the Flushing environment, so that setup Could be somewhat difficult, but, normally, it will be easy only.

I have seen a Return on Investment. 

Costing depends on, like, how much data you are investing. So that will increase your cost.

I will rate the overall solution a nine out of ten.