# Amazon CloudWatch vs Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring Comparison

| | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.3 out of 5 | 4.3 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 403 | 48 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Enterprise (40.1% of reviews) | Enterprise (45.8% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | No pricing available | $15 Per host, per month | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### Amazon CloudWatch

Pros:
- Log Management (12 reviews)
- Integrations (6 reviews)

Cons:
- Pricing Issues (4 reviews)
- Cost Management (3 reviews)

### Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring

Pros:
- Ease of Use (10 reviews)
- Real-time Monitoring (8 reviews)

Cons:
- Expensive (7 reviews)
- Learning Curve (7 reviews)

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 8.6 (312 reviews) | 8.4 (43 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 8.1 (312 reviews) | 7.7 (44 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 8.5 (169 reviews) | 8.1 (19 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 8.5 (148 reviews) | 7.8 (17 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 8.4 (286 reviews) | 8.7 (38 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.7 (140 reviews) | 9.2 (17 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 8.3 (301 reviews) | 8.6 (41 reviews) | 

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## Pricing

### Amazon CloudWatch

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

### Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring

#### Entry-Level Pricing

Plan: SignalFx Infrastructure Monitoring

Price: $15 Per host, per month

Description: Get real-time visibility into your infrastructure with streaming analytics and high-resolution metrics from SignalFx


Key Features:
- Customizable dashboards
- Streaming analytics
- Smart alerts

[Browse all 2 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/splunk-infrastructure-monitoring/pricing)

#### Free Trial

Yes

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Cloud Cost Management

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon CloudWatch** | 8.2/10 | 81 |
| **Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring** | N/A | N/A |

#### Operations

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Scheduling** | 8.6 (48 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Automation** | 8.7 (54 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-Cloud Management** | 7.5 (42 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Usage Monitoring** | 8.7 (61 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Cost Optimization

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Spend Forecasting and Optimization ** | 8.5 (43 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Recommendations  ** | 7.8 (41 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Spend Tracking ** | 8.0 (44 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Administration

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Reporting** | 8.5 (58 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Dashboards and Visualizations ** | 7.9 (66 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Compliance** | 8.3 (47 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Agentic AI - Cloud Cost Management

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | 8.0 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 

### Network Monitoring

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon CloudWatch** | N/A | N/A |
| **Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring** | 8.6/10 | 5 |

#### Functionality

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Performance Monitoring** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Alerting** | Not enough data | 9.0 (5 reviews) | 
| **Improvement Suggestions** | Not enough data | 8.0 (5 reviews) | 
| **Multi-Network Capability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Monitoring - Network Monitoring

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **360-Degree Network Visibility** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Automated Network Discovery** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Real-Time Monitoring** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Management

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Performance Baseline** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data Visualization** | Not enough data | 8.7 (5 reviews) | 
| **Path Analysis** | Not enough data | 8.7 (5 reviews) | 

#### Analytics - Network Monitoring

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Predictive Performance Analytics** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Packet & Flow Analysis** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Security - Network Monitoring

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Encrypted Data Transmission** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Zero Trust and Identity Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Integrated Network Security** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Network Performance - Network Monitoring

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Dynamic Network Optimization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Automated Tasks Routing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### AI Automation - Network Monitoring

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Machine Learning-Based Anomaly Detection** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Self-Healing Networks** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Predictive Network Maintenance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Agentic AI - Network Monitoring

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Natural Language Interaction** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon CloudWatch** | 8.3/10 | 55 |
| **Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring** | 9.0/10 | 9 |

#### Monitoring

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Usage Monitoring** | 9.1 (46 reviews) | 9.3 (9 reviews) | 
| **Database Monitoring** | 8.6 (42 reviews) | 9.0 (7 reviews) | 
| **API Monitoring** | 8.3 (41 reviews) | 9.2 (8 reviews) | 
| **Real-Time Monitoring - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring** | 8.7 (44 reviews) | 8.7 (9 reviews) | 
| **Security and Compliance Monitoring** | 8.6 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Administration

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Activity Monitoring** | 9.0 (42 reviews) | 9.4 (9 reviews) | 
| **Multi-Cloud Management** | 7.2 (29 reviews) | 8.8 (7 reviews) | 
| **Automation** | 7.9 (34 reviews) | 9.0 (8 reviews) | 
| **Auto-Scaling & Resource Optimization** | 8.3 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Analysis

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Reporting** | 8.1 (37 reviews) | 9.2 (8 reviews) | 
| **Dashboards and Visualizations** | 8.1 (40 reviews) | 8.9 (9 reviews) | 
| **Spend Forecasting and Optimization** | 8.1 (31 reviews) | 8.3 (8 reviews) | 

#### Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | 8.3 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Natural Language Interaction** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **AI-Powered Anomaly Detection** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **AI-Driven Insight Recommendations** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### AIOps Platforms

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon CloudWatch** | N/A | N/A |
| **Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring** | N/A | N/A |

#### Functionality

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Artificial Intelligence** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Machine Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Systems Monitoring** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Issue Resolution

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Root Cause Identification** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Identification** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Resolution Guidance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Management

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **System Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Alerting** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Reporting** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Generation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **AI Text Summarization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Natural Language Interaction** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Hardware Monitoring

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon CloudWatch** | N/A | N/A |
| **Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring** | N/A | N/A |

#### Visibility

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Dashboards and Visualizations** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Alerts and Notifications** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Reporting** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Monitoring and Management

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Multi-Device Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Automation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Performance Baseline** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Real-Time Monitoring** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Agentic AI - Hardware Monitoring

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Log Monitoring

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon CloudWatch** | N/A | N/A |
| **Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring** | 9.2/10 | 5 |

#### Visibility

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Dashboards and Visualizations** | Not enough data | 8.3 (5 reviews) | 
| **Alerts and Notifications** | Not enough data | 9.3 (5 reviews) | 
| **Reporting** | Not enough data | 9.3 (5 reviews) | 

#### Monitoring and Management

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Automation** | Not enough data | 9.7 (5 reviews) | 
| **Performance Baseline** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Real-Time Monitoring** | Not enough data | 9.3 (5 reviews) | 

#### Agentic AI - Log Monitoring

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Natural Language Interaction** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Server Monitoring

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon CloudWatch** | N/A | N/A |
| **Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring** | 8.3/10 | 10 |

#### Visibility 

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Dashboards and Visualizations** | Not enough data | 8.3 (10 reviews) | 
| **Alerts and Notifications** | Not enough data | 8.3 (9 reviews) | 
| **Reporting** | Not enough data | 9.0 (10 reviews) | 

#### Monitoring and Management

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Multi-Server Management** | Not enough data | 8.3 (7 reviews) | 
| **Automation** | Not enough data | 7.7 (8 reviews) | 
| **Performance Baseline** | Not enough data | 8.6 (6 reviews) | 
| **Real-Time Monitoring** | Not enough data | 8.3 (8 reviews) | 
| **Immediate Alert Notification** | Not enough data | 8.3 (7 reviews) | 
| **Proactive Server Monitoring Software** | Not enough data | 8.3 (6 reviews) | 

#### Cloud environment support

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Server Monitoring For Cloud Deployments** | Not enough data | 8.3 (5 reviews) | 
| **Software Scaling** | Not enough data | 7.7 (5 reviews) | 

#### Agentic AI - Server Monitoring

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Natural Language Interaction** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Enterprise Monitoring

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon CloudWatch** | N/A | N/A |
| **Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring** | 9.1/10 | 5 |

#### Functionality

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Diverse Systems Monitoring** | Not enough data | 8.7 (5 reviews) | 
| **Real-Time Analytics** | Not enough data | 9.3 (5 reviews) | 
| **Observability** | Not enough data | 9.0 (5 reviews) | 
| **AI/ML Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Management

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Single Pane of Glass** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Dashboards and Visualization** | Not enough data | 9.3 (5 reviews) | 
| **Performance Baselines** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Alerting** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Natural Language Interaction** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Log Analysis

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon CloudWatch** | N/A | N/A |
| **Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring** | 9.0/10 | 7 |

#### Data Preparation

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Sources** | Not enough data | 8.6 (7 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Indexing** | Not enough data | 9.8 (7 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Automated Tagging** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 
| **Data Blending** | Not enough data | 9.0 (5 reviews) ✓ Verified | 

#### Analysis

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Track Trends** | Not enough data | 9.3 (5 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Detect Anomalies** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 
| **Metric and Event Data** | Not enough data | 8.8 (7 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Search** | Not enough data | 9.0 (7 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Alerts** | Not enough data | 8.8 (7 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Live Tail** | Not enough data | 9.4 (6 reviews) ✓ Verified | 

#### Visualization

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Dashboards** | Not enough data | 8.6 (7 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Data Discovery** | Not enough data | 8.3 (5 reviews) ✓ Verified | 

#### Agentic AI - Log Analysis

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Natural Language Interaction** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Container Monitoring

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon CloudWatch** | N/A | N/A |
| **Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring** | N/A | N/A |

#### Alerts management

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Multi-mode alerts** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Opimization alerts** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Incident alerts** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Monitoring

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Resource utilization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Real-time monitoring** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Performance baseline** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **API monitoring** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Automation

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Resolution automation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Automation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Analysis

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Search** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Reporting** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Visualization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Track trends** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Issue Resolution

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Root cause identification** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Resolution guidance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive identification** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Observability Software

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon CloudWatch** | N/A | N/A |
| **Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring** | N/A | N/A |

#### Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Multi-Telemetry Ingestion** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **OpenTelemetry Support** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Agentic AI - Observability Software

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Natural Language Interaction** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Visualization & Dashboards - Observability

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Service Dependency Mapping** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Unified Dashboard** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Trace Visualization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Cross-Telemetry Correlation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Root Cause Detection** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Intelligent Alerting** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Kubernetes Monitoring** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Hybrid/Multi-Cloud Support** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### AI Features - Observability

| Feature | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Predictive Insights** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **AI-Generated Incident Summaries** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **AI Anomaly Detection** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

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## Categories
**Shared Categories (1):** [Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring  Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-infrastructure-monitoring)

**Unique to Amazon CloudWatch (1):** [Cloud Cost Management Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-cost-management)

**Unique to Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring (9):** [Server Monitoring Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/server-monitoring), [Log Monitoring Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/log-monitoring), [Hardware Monitoring Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/hardware-monitoring), [Container Monitoring Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-monitoring-tools), [Log Analysis Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/log-analysis), [Network Monitoring Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/network-monitoring), [Enterprise Monitoring Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/enterprise-monitoring), [Observability Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/observability-software), [AIOps Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/aiops-platforms)


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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | Amazon CloudWatch | Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring | 
|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 30.7% | 18.8% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 29.3% | 35.4% | 
| **Enterprise** | 40.1% | 45.8% | 

### By Industry

#### Amazon CloudWatch

- **Information Technology and Services:** 26.5%
- **Computer Software:** 17.7%
- **Internet:** 6.4%
- **Financial Services:** 4.1%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 3.3%
- **Education Management:** 2.5%
- **Higher Education:** 2.2%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 2.2%
- **Insurance:** 2.2%
- **Retail:** 1.9%
- **Other:** 30.9%

#### Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring

- **Information Technology and Services:** 22.9%
- **Computer Software:** 22.9%
- **Internet:** 12.5%
- **Telecommunications:** 6.3%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 6.3%
- **Semiconductors:** 4.2%
- **Information Services:** 4.2%
- **Financial Services:** 4.2%
- **Retail:** 2.1%
- **Renewables & Environment:** 2.1%
- **Other:** 12.5%

---
## Alternatives

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- [Splunk AppDynamics](https://www.g2.com/products/splunk-appdynamics/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (375 reviews)
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## Top Discussions

### Amazon CloudWatch

- Title: [What is AWS CloudWatch metrics?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-aws-cloudwatch-metrics) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "The metrics of AWS CloudWatch are numerical data that represent the performance and state of Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources. They are collected from..."
- Title: [What can CloudWatch monitor?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-can-cloudwatch-monitor) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "Every resource in AWS environment and on-premises too"

### Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring

- Title: [What is Splunk infrastructure monitoring?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-splunk-infrastructure-monitoring) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "good services"

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**Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/amazon-cloudwatch-vs-splunk-infrastructure-monitoring)