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Cybersecurity Consultant at Nnamdi Azikiwe University
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Mar 15, 2026
Monitoring has transformed incident response and cost management while making data fully visible
Pros and Cons
  • "I have seen a return on investment with Splunk Observability Cloud, with current metrics showing over 75% efficiency, and it has really helped our workflow, saved time, reduced costs, and also saved employees' time."
  • "To improve Splunk Observability Cloud, I wish they could develop more in the area of pricing and cost transparency, provide a smoother learning curve, and enhance the log management experience, ensuring that log navigation is not solely focused on metrics and tracing but also has good search performance to understand larger data sets."

What is our primary use case?

My main use case for Splunk Observability Cloud involves performing visualized performance metrics and tracing capability, making sure that all troubleshooting is faster during incident response. We also integrate it to ensure that every data point and operational data is monitored.

A specific example of how I have used Splunk Observability Cloud in a real situation is that we make use of it to ensure that every operational data point is being monitored, traceable, and visible.

Regarding my main use case for Splunk Observability Cloud, I would add that we really utilize it in the area of cost management, along with the smarter alerting system and the log search performance.

What is most valuable?

The dashboard and lead time metrics from Splunk Observability Cloud really improve our workflow, making every workflow more visible and understandable for our stakeholders as well.

Splunk Observability Cloud has positively impacted my organization. Although we have not noticed any specific outcomes, we really recommend it for handling higher data volumes effectively, especially its scalability, which is suitable for us during enterprise environments, monitoring, and alerting.

The best features that Splunk Observability Cloud offers include APM monitoring, the fast alerting system during incident response, and the dashboard that provides real-time metrics.

What needs improvement?

To improve Splunk Observability Cloud, I wish they could develop more in the area of pricing and cost transparency, provide a smoother learning curve, and enhance the log management experience, ensuring that log navigation is not solely focused on metrics and tracing but also has good search performance to understand larger data sets.

I would also like to see a very good user interface and onboarding experience that is smoother for new users.

Before we wrap up, I want to emphasize the need for improvements in the log search performance and the smarter alerting system.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Splunk Observability Cloud for over a year.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

In my experience, Splunk Observability Cloud is very stable in the area of real-time monitoring and analytics.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

When handling higher data volume and scalability, I can say that we have over 70% efficiency now.

For scalability, I would rate it an eight, as it is very good in responding faster and monitoring larger data sets.

How are customer service and support?

We have great feedback from the customer support of Splunk Observability Cloud, as they help solve and make bug alert management easier, respond quickly to incidents, and monitor data sets effectively.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have not used any different solution before Splunk Observability Cloud.

What was our ROI?

I have seen a return on investment with Splunk Observability Cloud, with current metrics showing over 75% efficiency. It has really helped our workflow, saved time, reduced costs, and also saved employees' time.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Splunk Observability Cloud was acceptable at first, though I believe they need to improve more in this area. I would rate it a seven, but overall, the costing and licensing were fine for me.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before choosing Splunk Observability Cloud, I was recommended to it specifically.

What other advice do I have?

Splunk Observability Cloud deserves an eight out of ten rating. I choose an eight because of their fast response and the monitoring of strong infrastructures.

I would advise others looking into using Splunk Observability Cloud because I am a witness to its effectiveness. It is very beneficial for workflow, making tasks easier and flexible while being able to track and monitor all data sets.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Dev Ops Engineer at Data Elicit Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
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Top 5
Mar 30, 2026
Real-time monitoring has improved performance tracking and has simplified analyzing complex metrics
Pros and Cons
  • "Splunk Observability Cloud has optimized our solutions and helped us understand the metrics."
  • "The learning curve for understanding all features should be improved, and the cost can increase."

What is our primary use case?

I work in data analytics with experience in monitoring systems and working with large-scale data. I have used Splunk Observability Cloud in the context of real-time monitoring and performance tracking.

Splunk Observability Cloud works well alongside Splunk Enterprise for logs and integrates with cloud platforms and monitoring tools. It is often used together with other observability solutions. The tracking metrics such as latency, error, and throughput are easily visible. I can also build dashboards for real-time visibility.

We use Splunk Observability Cloud to track latency metrics and identify where slowdowns are happening. We have visualized response time trends and quickly detected performance degradation. We have also used it for infrastructure monitoring. Over the past six months, we have been monitoring metrics such as CPU usage and memory. If there is unusual usage, we identify it quickly using this tool and take action before it impacts our performance.

What is most valuable?

Splunk Observability Cloud has optimized our solutions and helped us understand the metrics. The AI-powered guidance in Splunk Observability Cloud helps us identify patterns and anomalies in system performance data. Instead of manually going through a large volume of metrics, it highlights unusual behavior and potential issues automatically. This makes it easier to detect problems early and understand where to focus, especially in complex systems.

There is definitely log analysis and dashboards. Log monitoring and dashboards have been better using Splunk. Splunk Observability Cloud is the best tool for log monitoring and dashboards. Splunk Observability Cloud feels more focused on real-time metrics and performance tracking compared to some other traditional log-based tools.

What needs improvement?

The learning curve for understanding all features should be improved, and the cost can increase. Splunk Observability Cloud is very costly. Cost is one of the drawbacks.

Sometimes too many alerts, if not configured properly, is a major drawback that could be improved.

The prices are quite high. As I have mentioned earlier, we are Splunk partners, so this has been handled by my other team. However, for other companies and small startups, the prices are very high for them to use Splunk Observability Cloud. Price is a concern.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with Splunk Observability Cloud for the past six to eight months.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have expanded our team and usage. We are scaling up right now from ten people to twenty-five or thirty. Over time, I expanded my usage by going through basic monitoring and exploring things like setting up custom dashboards. We have gradually expanded our usage from setting up dashboards and alerts.

How are customer service and support?

For customer service, I would rate them eight out of ten because whenever we raise a support case, they are always available for us.

For Splunk real user monitoring, implementation took time because our engineers tried very hard. In case of support, there should be more engineers specifically for this case.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We have used different products like Palo Alto and Cribl before moving to Splunk Observability Cloud. As we got a partnership, we have shifted to Splunk Observability Cloud.

What was our ROI?

The information is confidential and I cannot share specific details. However, I can tell you in percentage that fifty to sixty percent of our work has been easy to identify in terms of performance metrics and performance using Splunk Observability Cloud.

It has saved us thirty to forty percent in cost because we used some other tools before that were more costly. As we are Splunk partners, we obtained Splunk Observability Cloud, and our costs have been reduced by thirty to forty percent using this solution.

What other advice do I have?

My overall impression of using Splunk Observability Cloud is that it is a strong tool for real-time monitoring. It does take some time to get fully comfortable with all the features. We have not explored everything right now, but in the future, we are looking forward to using more features.

A part of the implementation has been handled by my other team. I have explored using custom metrics to enrich observability data, mainly by adding application layer or business-related metrics alongside system metrics. I have used custom metrics in a limited way to add more context to monitoring, such as tracking application-specific metrics alongside system data.

Dashboard customization in Splunk Observability Cloud is quite flexible. We care about metrics in different types of visualization, and it helps us organize them in a way that makes sense for monitoring. It allows us to build dashboards tailored to specific use cases. This makes it easier to monitor system performance and quickly identify issues without going through unnecessary data.

The integration in real user monitoring from Splunk Observability Cloud is actually better than from some other tools. If you are looking for the best SIM tool, then Splunk Observability Cloud is for you. If you have funds and capability for the cost, then Splunk Observability Cloud is definitely the best tool you can use.

I have given this review an overall rating of nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

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Senior Associate at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
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Top 5
Jan 29, 2026
Monitoring has become more proactive and cloud operations are managed with real-time insights
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution has significantly helped improve my operational performance and my company's resilience by providing real-time insights."

    What is our primary use case?

    My use case for Splunk Observability Cloud is primarily for monitoring and cloud management, and it serves us well.

    What is most valuable?

    The best features in Splunk Observability Cloud that I appreciate the most include its comprehensive monitoring capabilities and its user-friendly interface.

    The solution has significantly helped improve my operational performance and my company's resilience by providing real-time insights. The enhancements to my operational performance and resilience are noticeable.

    It has saved me a considerable amount of time and resources by streamlining our monitoring processes.

    My impression of the AI-powered analytics and guidance provided by Splunk Observability Cloud is that they are very effective and enhance our decision-making.

    I do use the no-sample tracing feature to eliminate blind spots in data collection, and it is quite helpful.

    My team has effectively utilized the ability to enrich data with custom metrics to improve our analytical capabilities.

    The out-of-the-box customizable dashboards are effective, and they help showcase IT performance to business leaders quite effectively.

    What needs improvement?

    In Splunk Observability Cloud, the areas that have room for improvement include usability enhancements to make it even better.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Splunk Observability Cloud for a considerable time, and I can share my experience with it.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    Regarding stability, I would rate the stability of Splunk Observability Cloud as a 9, indicating it is very reliable. Splunk Observability Cloud performs exceptionally in terms of stability under varying conditions.

    How are customer service and support?

    From 1 to 10, I would rate the technical support as an 8 since it is generally responsive and helpful.

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    Positive

    What about the implementation team?

    The solution was purchased through a partner, and my experience with the partner has been generally positive. My experience with the partner has been satisfactory as they provided the needed support throughout the process.

    What was our ROI?

    My experience with lowering the cost of unplanned digital downtime has been positive as it has indeed reduced downtime.

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    Regarding the pricing of Splunk Observability Cloud, while I believe it can be improved, I would rate it around 7, leaning towards being expensive.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    I would compare Splunk Observability Cloud with other solutions as more feature-rich and user-friendly based on my concerns.

    What other advice do I have?

    For others looking into this product, I would recommend trying it out with a proof of concept to see its benefits firsthand.

    Approximately 50 users in my company use Splunk Observability Cloud to leverage its capabilities effectively.

    The solution does require some maintenance, but it is quite straightforward in managing it.

    In terms of my company's relationship with Splunk, we are currently a customer making the most of their offerings.

    I would rate Splunk Observability Cloud a solid 8 from 1 to 10 based on my experience and satisfaction with its performance.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Hybrid Cloud

    If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

    Other
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    Cheif Outcome Activator at Outcome Activation
    Real User
    Top 10
    Sep 13, 2025
    Synthetic monitoring increases availability and reduces downtime
    Pros and Cons
    • "The feature I appreciate the most about Splunk Observability Cloud is Synthetic Monitoring."
    • "Splunk Observability Cloud could be improved by having more integration with Splunk Cloud because at the moment they're two separate products. They're making great moves on what they call unified access; tighter integration is always a good thing."

    What is our primary use case?

    My main use cases for Splunk Observability Cloud include retail analytics.

    What is most valuable?

    The feature I appreciate the most about Splunk Observability Cloud is Synthetic Monitoring. These features have benefited my organization by increasing availability and decreasing downtime, providing assurance that makes you feel good, and ultimately enhancing well-being.

    The out-of-the-box customizable dashboards are very effective. At the same time, we also use Splunk Cloud to enhance them. The Splunk Cloud is a better dashboarding experience.

    Our teams have utilized the ability to enrich data with custom metrics in Splunk Observability Cloud. We've been doing a lot of that with event management and linking that into IT as well. So we're using that to be able to tie systems together. The integration we have between Observability Cloud and ITSI for event management is where we're using that type of stuff.

    What needs improvement?

    Splunk Observability Cloud could be improved by having more integration with Splunk Cloud because at the moment they're two separate products. They're making great moves on what they call unified access; tighter integration is always a good thing.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Splunk Observability Cloud for three years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    I would assess the stability and reliability of Splunk Observability Cloud as generally good. We have experienced the odd bug; however, nothing too serious, and Splunk has been quite good in terms of resolving issues; it's just routine stuff and nothing bad.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    Splunk Observability Cloud scales incredibly with the growing needs of my organization. It just means the more we use it, the more expensive it is, but there are no issues reported.

    How are customer service and support?

    I would evaluate customer service and technical support as fantastic; nobody is better.

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    Positive

    How was the initial setup?

    During the deployment, we only had some challenges when we switched on unified access. However, they were just teething problems.

    What was our ROI?

    I have seen a return on investment with Splunk Observability Cloud as we have averted some things that may otherwise have resulted in downtime. We have had it avert potential problems, and the first time it happens is a return on investment. The second time, nobody notices, making measuring business value a challenge.

    What other advice do I have?

    I would advise other organizations considering this solution to give careful attention to the use cases they have and how they plan to proceed in terms of their roadmap over the next two to three years, as there are alternatives. Having an idea of where you want to go will help you make a better-informed decision.

    Additionally, it's good advice to have a customer reference call to learn from someone's experience and avoid pitfalls.

    On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Splunk Observability Cloud overall as a good eight; as soon as it's all integrated neatly together, then it's up in the high numbers.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Public Cloud

    If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

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    Security Eng at Nebraska Medicine
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    Top 5
    Sep 11, 2025
    Custom dashboards and detailed searches have improved operational visibility
    Pros and Cons
    • "Splunk Observability Cloud scales with the growing needs of my organization effectively."
    • "Splunk Observability Cloud has helped improve my operational performance; previously, we used Elastic for similar purposes, and this has allowed us much more visibility into what we're working on with usable dashboards and metrics, which has been awesome."
    • "The only strain point we've encountered with Splunk Observability Cloud is that the search times can be lengthy for some things. We have a large environment, so that's expected."
    • "The only strain point we've encountered with Splunk Observability Cloud is that the search times can be lengthy for some things."

    What is our primary use case?

    I use Splunk Observability Cloud for network logging analysis.

    What is most valuable?

    I prefer the dashboard building and search features of Splunk Observability Cloud the most. Splunk Observability Cloud has helped improve my operational performance. 

    Previously, we used Elastic for similar purposes as Splunk Observability Cloud, and this has allowed us much more visibility into what we're working on with usable dashboards and metrics, which has been awesome.

    What needs improvement?

    The only strain point we've encountered with Splunk Observability Cloud is that the search times can be lengthy for some things. We have a large environment, so that's expected. That's the only complaint I've had so far.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Splunk Observability Cloud for approximately three months.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    I experience slow searches occasionally with Splunk Observability Cloud, but there are no outages or anything in that regard, so it is pretty stable and reliable.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    Splunk Observability Cloud scales with the growing needs of my organization effectively. As a large organization, we find it impressive that our volume has been handled with only occasional slow searches.

    How are customer service and support?

    I haven't worked with customer service and technical support directly, however, another engineer on the team has shared positive feedback about their experiences.

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    Positive

    Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

    Prior to adopting Splunk Observability Cloud, I was using Elastic. Support was a significant factor that led to switching to Splunk Observability Cloud. The previous solution wasn't fully supported by their team, and there weren't adequate integrations or visibility needed for some of our applications. Additionally, it was a legacy installation set up by former employees, so this was an opportunity to start fresh with people who are actively involved.

    What was our ROI?

    We haven't had Splunk Observability Cloud long enough for me to make substantial comments on its effectiveness in improving digital resilience within my organization.

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    I wasn't involved in the licensing. 

    What other advice do I have?

    We haven't used the no-sample tracing feature in Splunk Observability Cloud specifically for eliminating blind spots in data collection. We haven't implemented the AI-powered analytics and guidance features provided by Splunk Observability Cloud either.

    Our main security architect has done extensive work utilizing the ability to enrich data with custom metrics in Splunk Observability Cloud by setting up specialized dashboards and searches for our various integrated apps, including ISE and Palo firewall logging.

    I haven't extensively used the out-of-the-box customizable dashboards provided by Splunk Observability Cloud as we're still using our custom ones. I wasn't involved in the pricing, setup, cost, and licensing. I enjoy using Splunk Observability Cloud, but I'm not familiar with the cost aspects.

    Access to Splunk Observability Cloud has been reliable for all users. On a scale of one to ten, I rate Splunk Observability Cloud an eight. 

    I recommend spending time working on your own dashboards and searches to fit your business needs, as that's where you'll get the most value out of Splunk Observability Cloud.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Public Cloud

    If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

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    Manager - Production Database Administration at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
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    Dec 17, 2025
    Log insights have boosted uptime and now drive automated remediation and pattern-based alerts
    Pros and Cons
    • "After moving to Splunk Observability Cloud, it is almost zero downtime."
    • "The feedback is that Splunk Observability Cloud is forcing me to modify my logs that I am ingesting in Splunk Observability Cloud in a specific format."

    What is our primary use case?

    I am using Splunk Observability Cloud as a log-based monitoring tool for my databases. We have ingested our database logs and OS system logs into Splunk Observability Cloud and are creating dashboards and alerting features over those alerts. One of my major use cases is that all kinds of databases I am currently working with have database logs that capture all information, warnings, and error messages. These database logs are moving to Splunk Observability Cloud. The first use case is that I no longer need to maintain a long list of flat files on my server for all those logs. Those can be directly ingested into Splunk Observability Cloud. The benefit I am seeing from here is that I can get pattern-based analysis of what kind of errors I am commonly getting and what the date patterns of those errors are. I can get dashboards over that and I can also create alerts. I can also incorporate those alerts with some back-end Git workflow for automatic remediation. This is one of the solutions.

    Another use case for Splunk Observability Cloud that we are seeing is that there are multiple times when there is a requirement to publish some kind of data. So instead of publishing an alert if those data breaches occur or if some kind of dashboard needs to be created, instead of sending data directly to the users, if that data is not PII, we are also ingesting that into Splunk Observability Cloud in a JSON format and then again, dashboards and other alerting can be created. These two are the main major use cases for which I am using Splunk Observability Cloud.

    How has it helped my organization?

    With the help of the alerting and observability mechanism, resiliency, and automatic automation of issue remediation based on alerts and workflows, it actually reduces the cost and increases the uptime of my system and customer satisfaction. There are multiple indirect benefits I am getting when using Splunk Observability Cloud.

    Currently, with the growth of the organization, I am seeing an increasing use of Splunk Observability Cloud in a more dynamic way. We are continuously creating new dashboards, ingesting logs in JSON, and trying to bring the best value out of it. I am seeing a dynamic and drastic increase in the use of Splunk logs and the Splunk data we are ingesting.

    There are two aspects to expanding the usage. Organic growth of the environment actually puts new systems into Splunk Observability Cloud, and exploring new opportunities for what all can also be ingested into Splunk Observability Cloud. Previously, I can see that memory dumps are there. We are also looking at whether we can ingest memory dumps so that if the system is about to crash, those memory dumps can be captured into Splunk Observability Cloud so that it can create alerts over that and I can also perform analysis. I can also see if any other system is facing the same kind of memory dump issues. So that maybe it is one alert for one system for me, but for the complete farm, there may be different servers with different teams or business units facing the same issues. When I have Splunk Observability Cloud on all systems, I can actually create a consolidated report and see that this is the pattern which particular farms are having this kind of issues, and maybe something is broken. This is the way the plan is to increase the availability or the usage of Splunk Observability Cloud.

    What is most valuable?

    The performance and speed are valuable. Previously when Splunk offered the enterprise solution, I needed to install Splunk and maintain my local server. There was a limitation that only a certain number of servers could be supported in one instance and I would need to have multiple instances if I was in an enterprise system setup. When I am in the cloud, a single instance can support N number of systems. It is pretty fast, no matter how much data is there. Dashboards are pretty good with multiple functions available. The alignment or integration that can trigger automatic solutions with the workflow for automatic remediation of the alerts is the best thing. These three or four things are the best Splunk Observability Cloud features that I am seeing.

    The point in time alerting, the point in time data capture, and automatic remediation with the integration of good workflows or Ansible workflows is definitely the key to any resiliency and increasing the uptime of any system.

    After moving to Splunk Observability Cloud, it is almost zero downtime. We never face downtime because when I was in the enterprise setup, I needed to maintain my servers and maintain hygiene of vulnerabilities, patches, and all. Now when I am in the cloud, everything is automatic. Almost zero downtime plus the perfect alerting feature and log-based analysis are available. Metrics alerting is also there in Splunk Observability Cloud through queries. This is one of the features that keeps me updated with the current health of my system and helps me to keep my system up and running fine and available for my customers.

    Splunk Observability Cloud incorporated a new AI agent feature that is really good. Sometimes I need to create queries and Splunk queries for filtering the data and some pattern-based analysis. This agent is really good in helping me and suggesting the queries. This means I do not need to have a Splunk expert or Splunk query expert. I can just ask that agent that I need pattern-based analysis or I need to create this kind of filters for this kind of data and it can suggest to me. Once it suggests a sample query to me, I can do the tweaking and I can have my data ready. It actually reduces my time to perform my analysis and to reach the conclusion about what exactly is causing issues in my system and what are the repetitive issues in my system. This AI feature really helps for newcomers to Splunk Observability Cloud to perform deep diving analysis with the data captured by it.

    Custom metrics are valuable. In Splunk Observability Cloud, some infra-level metrics are not available, but through custom metrics, I can achieve it. This is an add-on feature that Splunk Observability Cloud is providing and without any additional monitoring tool. If that feature was not there, then I would need to plan some other monitoring tool for metrics-based alerting, but this custom one helps me to achieve it in the same monitoring tool. The consolidation and integration of metrics-based alerting and log-based alerting in a single tool is actually the lovable feature. I do not need to worry about or look for multiple tools. I can have my own data and own health available in a single tool, in a single view.

    What needs improvement?

    The dashboards are good, but the only limitation I see currently is that they need particular formats only to create a dashboard. They need to have a particular JSON format or time series format. This sometimes creates additional work for me so that when I am ingesting logs in Splunk Observability Cloud, it should be in a specific format. Either Splunk Observability Cloud should have multiple formats available or multiple dashboards available for different kinds of formats. At least Splunk Observability Cloud has everything available at a Splunk level. They can do some kind of analysis and see what are the major top ten or top twenty types of logs they are getting and they can have dashboards according to those logs. Instead of forcing customers to design their logs in the way of Splunk Observability Cloud, Splunk Observability Cloud can create dashboards based on the customer requirement. This will actually ease things up for the end users.

    The current dashboards are good. The feedback is that Splunk Observability Cloud is forcing me to modify my logs that I am ingesting in Splunk Observability Cloud in a specific format. If Splunk Observability Cloud can leverage it and make it open for any format, that would be great. If that is not feasible, at least the top ten or top twenty logs that Splunk Observability Cloud is getting should be readable by Splunk Observability Cloud without any changes. That actually is one of the major feedback items I can provide which can actually ease the life of the end users or any layman. As a newcomer to Splunk Observability Cloud, I may not know JSON. I now need to hire someone or I need to look for someone who knows JSON and who can convert my logs into JSON format and then I will ingest them into the logs if I want to create a dashboard. If I do not want to create a dashboard, that is okay. On the other hand, Splunk Observability Cloud is giving me a usability and easy to go interface, but for a dashboard, I need to have an understanding of JSON so that I can ingest the log in JSON format. That is a dilemma that they have and they should work on.

    Currently, Splunk Observability Cloud is not the only solution which any organization is using. There is also Grafana and PagerDuty. If Splunk Observability Cloud can plan some kind of integration with PagerDuty and Grafana, then those things can be controlled from a single position and if something else is happening at one location, it can update things at all levels. That can also bring great value to the users. Currently, I have to maintain three systems separately, but if some kind of integrations can be developed with these three vendors, then that can be a great thing because all these three have now become the industry pillars or industry standards for observability and resiliency.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been working with it for the last two years. Before that, it was an enterprise solution. Now it is cloud-based.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    I cannot relate any stability issues to my experience with Splunk Observability Cloud.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    Scalability is pretty smooth. I just need to deploy the Splunk forwarder and the config file that specifies which servers it should connect to and it will get connected. My data will start populating. It is pretty straightforward. I do not see any challenges there, even when it was in enterprise and now when it is in the cloud. The deployment and onboarding of new servers and ingesting the logs is pretty straightforward. Anybody can learn it within a day without having any prior knowledge.

    How are customer service and support?

    We have raised multiple questions when we face any issues. Our support is prompt and usually within a day, I will get my answers.

    Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

    Previously I was on Splunk Enterprise. I have been using Splunk for seven to eight years before we moved to the cloud in the last eighteen months.

    How was the initial setup?

    The initial setup is pretty smooth. I just need to deploy the Splunk forwarder and the config file that specifies which servers it should connect to and it will get connected. My data will start populating. It is pretty straightforward. I do not see any challenges there, even when it was in enterprise and now when it is in the cloud. The deployment and onboarding of new servers and ingesting the logs is pretty straightforward. Anybody can learn it within a day without having any prior knowledge.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Public Cloud

    If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

    Other
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    Avp at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
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    Supports end-to-end monitoring and improves reliability through core metric insights
    Pros and Cons
    • "We utilize the APM and auto-detectors, as the core metrics and core alerts are available for us, which are the features of Splunk Observability Cloud that I appreciate the most."
    • "We utilize the APM and auto-detectors, as the core metrics and core alerts are available for us, which are the features of Splunk Observability Cloud that I appreciate the most."
    • "The integrations need to be improved for Splunk Observability Cloud."
    • "There's a lot of talk about AI-powered analytics and guidance in Splunk Observability Cloud. I didn't get a great sense of how much of it is actually working; there are a lot of AI hallucinations."

    What is our primary use case?

    My main use case is end-to-end monitoring for the application.

    What is most valuable?

    We utilize the APM and auto-detectors, as the core metrics and core alerts are available for us, which are the features of Splunk Observability Cloud that I appreciate the most.

    We lead the SRE, so our job is to ensure reliability, stability, and uptime, and without good observability monitoring, there is no way we can accomplish that. This is the main tool that we would use.

    I would evaluate the effectiveness of Splunk Observability Cloud in improving digital resilience by saying that the idea is to minimize incidents. If any incident happens, the first thing I would do is go back to see why Splunk Observability Cloud did not detect that. I will take it back, do the reverse engineering to find out where it was missed out, and then work with the team to ensure these things are identified.

    I have yet to experience the No-Sample Tracing feature in Splunk Observability Cloud, however, I am only in conversation with the teams where distributed tracing is required, and we want to provide the traces. My teams utilize the ability to enrich data with custom metrics in Splunk Observability Cloud, and I appreciate the feature supported within the Observability Cloud. Custom metrics could also be introduced from within the microservices, so I am yet to explore the OTEL library. I gave this feedback to the Splunk team that they should have their dedicated .NET library that customers can embed and start using; I do not think that is there today.

    We are the first project within the company for a fully cloud-native application, so we will set the ground for the rest of the teams to get motivated. Therefore, I expect that I will have the best experience to become an example for others.

    What needs improvement?

    The integrations need to be improved for Splunk Observability Cloud. Currently, they do not have great support for Azure. We are on Azure, and I know they invested a lot of time in AWS yet not in Azure.

    I had given feedback to the teams here, as the integration from Azure Cloud, how we supply the logs and the metrics, is not clearly documented yet, which was acknowledged by the team. For example, the OTEL collector has a thousand parameters, and we need a very specific use case with 10 parameters required for our integration. We can't go through the thousand parameters; we can, however, that is basically why I think some integrations need to get better for Azure.

    There's a lot of talk about AI-powered analytics and guidance in Splunk Observability Cloud. I didn't get a great sense of how much of it is actually working; there are a lot of AI hallucinations. I think it probably needs much more improvement to contextualize it so that it is very clear and precise about what it randomly thinks, but it needs to match the context better.

    Customer service and technical support need some improvement. We had issues with technical support, and the professional services were struggling as well.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I've been using Splunk Observability Cloud for six months.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    I would assess the stability and reliability of Splunk Observability Cloud by saying no crashes or performance issues have been experienced.

    How are customer service and support?

    On a scale of one to ten, I would rate customer service as eight.

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    Positive

    How was the initial setup?

    My experience with deployment has been good. It's just the routing, the matrices, and the integration is where we were struggling a little bit. That said, having the cloud as observed to provision was never a problem.

    What was our ROI?

    I hope to see a return on investment with Splunk Observability Cloud. I have not applied this for production. That said, we already use Splunk Cloud for production, and we are good with that, so I see the value.

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    The cost is fine, and we are good with what is given. It's a centralized tool for my organization, so at the org level, a lot of things were decided, but we are actually happy with the cost we received because I know I have to approve my budget, and it's within our range, so we are okay with it.

    What other advice do I have?

    My advice to Splunk is to mix Splunk Cloud and Splunk Observability Cloud into one. Don't make oObservability only needed in Splunk Cloud, too. You don't want to have two products competing with each other; you want to compete with someone outside your organization. Combine this, as there's a lot of confusion. Even in different classes and training sessions meant only for Splunk Cloud, they were not for Splunk Observability Cloud, and they are different today. The acquisition of SignalFx, which is not its own, adds to the confusion. So, to the customer, provide one interface, and combine them.

    On a scale of one to ten, I rate Splunk Observability Cloud an eight overall.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Public Cloud

    If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

    Microsoft Azure
    Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
    Last updated: Sep 13, 2025
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    Software Developer And Engineer at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees
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    Sep 11, 2025
    Has improved performance by enabling better troubleshooting and infrastructure visibility, but interface and deployment challenges remain
    Pros and Cons
    • "Customer service and technical support respond very quickly."
    • "The RUM part of Splunk Observability Cloud can be improved significantly."

    What is our primary use case?

    Our main use cases for Splunk Observability Cloud are to observe our application, our websites, and our infrastructure metrics.

    What is most valuable?

    What I appreciate the most about Splunk Observability Cloud is the APM part and the log analytics part. These features can help us with troubleshooting our problems between multiple systems. 

    Distributed tracing is very useful to us, and the infrastructure part can help us identify problems with the infrastructure. Splunk Observability Cloud has helped improve our operational performance and our company's resilience on the path of adopting it, and I expect more improvements in the future.

    What needs improvement?

    The RUM part of Splunk Observability Cloud can be improved significantly. We are currently struggling to use it since our application is mixed mobile and non-mobile. Some AI features in the search functionality could be beneficial in the next release of Splunk Observability Cloud.

    In GCP, Cloud Run is not natively supported by Splunk, and we are challenged with bringing data from Cloud Run to Splunk. Native support of it in the future would be great for us.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    We started using Splunk Observability Cloud one year ago.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    I would assess Splunk Observability Cloud as quite reliable. The only problem is the graphical interface, which sometimes is buggy. It crashes, doesn't display data, and requires reloading the browser. I have experienced downtime with Splunk Observability Cloud only once, which lasted one hour due to issues that prevented us from logging into the platform.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    Splunk Observability Cloud scales with the growing needs of our organization quite efficiently. I have expanded the usage of Splunk Observability Cloud, and the process of expanding usage was smooth apart from one part.

    How are customer service and support?

    Customer service and technical support respond very quickly. That said, sometimes the solutions take too long to implement.

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    Neutral

    Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

    Before adopting Splunk Observability Cloud, we used DataDog, and before that, we had no solution. The factors that led me to consider the change were mainly because my company has different IT offices. My IT office used DataDog, another IT office used New Relic, and others used different tools. We needed to adopt Splunk across the group to have something standard in my company.

    How was the initial setup?

    My experience with deploying Splunk Observability Cloud was quite good, mainly since we almost have everything on cloud and that makes deployment quite easy.

    What other advice do I have?

    My advice to other organizations considering Splunk Observability Cloud is to adopt it if you don't have anything else as it's a very good tool, and having something for observability is very good. Not only for the observability part but for all the Splunk platform, that's great. 

    On a scale of one to ten, I rate Splunk Observability Cloud a seven out of ten.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Hybrid Cloud

    If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

    Google
    Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
    Last updated: Sep 11, 2025
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