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Cisco Systems

Splunk Cloud Platform

Composite Score

7.5 /10

CX Score

7.6 /10

17 Reviews Write a Review

What is Splunk Cloud Platform?

Splunk Cloud Platform, the Splunk platform capabilities delivered as a service, enables you to make confident decisions and take decisive action on insights from your data without needing to purchase, manage or deploy infrastructure. Splunk Cloud Platform transforms user productivity with streaming, search, analytics, visualization and mobile capabilities, changing the ways users work and interact with data to solve cloudscale problems.

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Splunk Cloud Platform Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

82 Likeliness to Recommend

84 Plan to Renew

67 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Splunk Cloud Platform?

8% Negative

22% Neutral

70% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Acts with Integrity
Continually Improving Product

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Platform Administration

Data Security

Metadata Management

Data Management

Analytics and Data Science Tools

Data Integration

Data Visualization

Analytics and Reporting

Real Time Capabilities

Workload Management and Monitoring

Distributed Processing

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 77

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Splunk Cloud Platform Reviews

Ravish K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Sep 2024

Very easy to get started with yet very powerful.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Splunk Cloud Platform from other similar products?

Splunk Cloud Platform distinguishes itself by offering a unified platform for security and observability, providing advanced analytics and AI/ML capabilities, ensuring robust security features, scaling effortlessly in the cloud, and simplifying deployment and management. Its comprehensive approach empowers organizations with deep data insights, proactive threat detection, and streamlined operations, all within a user-friendly environment backed by a rich ecosystem of integrations.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Splunk Cloud Platform is its unwavering stability, allowing me to confidently monitor my mission-critical applications without worrying about downtime or data loss.

What do you dislike most about this product?

My least favorite aspect of Splunk Cloud Platform is the initial sticker shock that can accompany its robust feature set, sometimes making it a challenging budgetary conversation for smaller organizations or those with limited resources.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

When considering Splunk Cloud Platform, define your needs clearly, test its capabilities through a POC, utilize available resources, plan for training, consider a phased implementation, evaluate the total cost of ownership, and consider partnering with experts for guidance, ensuring a successful deployment and maximized value from your investment.

Pros

Effective Service
Respectful
Fair
Acts with Integrity

Cons

Commodity Features
Charges for Enhancements
Leverages Incumbent Status

Premankur B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Energy
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Good Product, But offered late in the market.

Likeliness to Recommend

3 /10

What differentiates Splunk Cloud Platform from other similar products?

Unified Data Platform Scalability and Flexibility Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning Search and Visualization Security and Compliance Integration and Extensibility Operational Intelligence User Experience and Community Managed Service

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

search and analytics capabilities

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost is one thing which company should consider in this competitive market

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Calculate the Pricing before start using this product

Pros

Trustworthy
Saves Time
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product

Anirudh J.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

"Advanced, reliable, Data Selection & community."

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Splunk Cloud Platform from other similar products?

1) Comprehensive data platform 2) Data processing 3) Unified platform

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Its real-time data processing and analytics capabilities.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost and complexity of learning curve.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

1) Evaluate training set 2) Understand use cases 3) Assess team expertize 4) Plan for data retention

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Unique Features
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product

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Splunk Cloud Platform Ratings

82 Likeliness to Recommend

84 Plan to Renew

67 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

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Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Platform Administration Includes back-end interface and administrative capabilities

Data Security Includes ability to hide sensitive data by masking with special characters or anonymous information.

Metadata Management Easily manage metadata associated with customer data or audience segments.

Data Management Includes data sharing, data storage, records management, and data security.

Analytics and Data Science Tools Includes Analytics and Data science components such as AI, statistical and machine learning libraries

Data Integration Includes integration of data from multiple sources, merging systems, transforming data and capture data to form a unified view of a company's data assets

Data Visualization Thematic visualization with the ability to change views, including color, pattern/icon, dot-density, chart, scaled-symbol, and 3D prism themes

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Real Time Capabilities Ability to analytics and visualize data as soon as it becomes available in underline systems.

Workload Management and Monitoring Includes task, performance, monitoring and time management

Distributed Processing Data storage and processing is shared among many physical or virtual independents servers or sites for high volume data with seamless access to large datasets.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Splunk Cloud Platform Reviews

Ravish K.

Very easy to get started with yet very powerful.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Premankur B.

Good Product, But offered late in the market.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Anirudh J.

"Advanced, reliable, Data Selection & community."

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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