I use the solution in my company to capture the events to deal with threat detection, incident response, and compliance reporting. For IT operation management, it gets complex to track the health and performance of IT infrastructure, including our network devices and applications, so Splunk Enterprise Platform can be used for centralized log management.
The most valuable feature of the tool for DevOps and from a continuous delivery perspective is that the tool is useful in areas like deployment, monitoring, and incident management.
If I compare Splunk Enterprise Platform with the other tools, the dashboard and the user interface need to be built at a console level and in a user-friendly mode. Sometimes, the tool looks a bit complex, and we can't find out the exact area where we need to make the changes in the configuration and changes for the log events monitoring. The dashboard and the console-level areas need to be made friendly.
The product's initial setup phase needs to be made easy since it looks like it is very complex compared to the other tools in the market.
I have been using Splunk Enterprise Platform for three years.
From a stability perspective, the tool is good. If any breakdowns exist, remediation and support are provided, so it is not a problem.
The tool is used by around 5,000 employees and servers in my company.
I have interacted with the solution's technical support. I rate the technical support a seven and a half out of ten.
The solution is deployed in an on-premises version.
To first-time users, I can say that proper analysis and bandwidth utilization, cloud resource monitoring, and cost optimization are the things I would ask one to check in the tool.
It is not easy for beginners to use, and for freshers, it will take time to understand the tool.
From a security perspective, I rate the tool a nine out of ten. From a user and the console perspective, I rate the tool a seven out of ten.
In general, I rate the tool an eight out of ten.