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Compare Graylog and Splunk Enterprise 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (50.0% of reviews)
Enterprise (64.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $15,000.00 Per Year
No pricing available
Graylog
Star Rating
(117)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (50.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $15,000.00 Per Year
Free Trial is available
Browse all 2 pricing plansSplunk Enterprise
Star Rating
(425)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (64.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Splunk EnterpriseGraylog vs Splunk Enterprise
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Graylog easier to use and administer. However, reviewers preferred the ease of set up, and doing business with Splunk Enterprise overall.
- Reviewers felt that Splunk Enterprise meets the needs of their business better than Graylog.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Splunk Enterprise is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Graylog over Splunk Enterprise.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Graylog
Graylog Enterprise
Starting at $15,000.00
Per Year
Enterprise Log Management for SecOps, ITOps, and DevOps teams, built on the Graylog Platform, Graylog Enterprise is designed to maximize your systems’ uptime, alert you to issues and outages, enhance productivity, and meet data retention requirements for larger teams and complex situations.
- Guided Log Ingestion & Onboarding – Built-in setup wizard simplifies configuring and validating log sources across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments.
- Integrated Data Lake with Preview & Selective Retrieval – Store long-term logs in low-cost storage and preview or retrieve only the data needed for investigations or audits.
- Prebuilt Parsing, Dashboards, and Content Packs – Out-of-the-box parsers, dashboards, and enrichment for common platforms and compliance use cases reduce manual configuration.
Splunk Enterprise
No pricing availableFree Trial
Graylog
Free Trial is available
Splunk Enterprise
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.7
91
8.9
337
Ease of Use
8.4
89
8.1
340
Ease of Setup
7.6
47
8.0
142
Ease of Admin
8.4
45
8.1
125
Quality of Support
8.2
70
8.4
280
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.4
31
8.7
125
Product Direction (% positive)
8.3
87
7.8
328
Features by Category
Data Sourcing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Intelligence
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
7.0
9
Not enough data
6.5
9
Not enough data
7.9
12
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
7.1
11
Not enough data
6.8
10
Not enough data
6.8
10
Management
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
8.2
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
Not enough data
9.3
19
Not enough data
8.9
20
Not enough data
9.2
20
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.9
17
Not enough data
8.7
15
Not enough data
8.4
19
Not enough data
9.1
20
Agentic AI - Hardware Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
62
Not enough data
8.8
64
Not enough data
9.0
63
Not enough data
7.8
54
Management
Not enough data
8.3
56
Not enough data
8.9
62
Not enough data
8.5
61
Not enough data
9.0
61
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
ServiceNow Apps
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
5
Agentic AI - ServiceNow Store Apps
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.2
10
|
Verified
9.0
67
|
Verified
9.3
9
|
Verified
8.8
66
|
Verified
9.0
8
|
Verified
8.0
61
|
Verified
8.8
8
|
Verified
8.3
61
|
Verified
Analysis
9.0
8
|
Verified
8.3
60
|
Verified
9.0
8
|
Verified
8.3
61
|
Verified
9.0
8
|
Verified
8.8
62
|
Verified
8.8
11
|
Verified
8.7
65
|
Verified
8.8
11
|
Verified
8.8
62
|
Verified
8.8
10
|
Verified
8.2
53
|
Verified
Visualization
9.3
9
|
Verified
8.7
66
|
Verified
9.2
8
|
Verified
8.7
63
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network Management
8.7
48
|
Verified
9.1
27
7.5
41
7.3
23
9.2
56
|
Verified
9.3
27
Incident Management
8.4
50
8.9
28
7.5
41
7.8
26
7.9
46
|
Verified
8.5
26
Security Intelligence
7.5
46
7.3
24
7.6
41
|
Verified
6.5
22
7.7
46
|
Verified
8.5
24
8.3
49
|
Verified
8.3
24
Agentic AI - Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Graylog and Splunk Enterprise are categorized as Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Log Analysis
Unique Categories
Graylog is categorized as Log Monitoring
Splunk Enterprise is categorized as Enterprise Monitoring, Hardware Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, ServiceNow Store Apps, and Customer Data Platform (CDP)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Graylog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Splunk Enterprise
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
17.6%
Computer Software
9.8%
Hospital & Health Care
5.9%
Computer & Network Security
4.9%
Telecommunications
3.9%
Other
57.8%
Information Technology and Services
26.6%
Computer Software
10.4%
Financial Services
6.7%
Internet
6.2%
Computer & Network Security
6.0%
Other
44.2%
Discussions
Can we integrated with service now for event management.
1 Comment
DK
YesRead more
What is your experience with Graylog in managing log data, and what features do you find most useful?
1 Comment
AS
We use Graylog as our SEIM and log retention management. One of Graylog's best features is the multitude of different ways it can ingest data, and through...Read more
Graylog has no more discussions with answers
Which apps ship with Splunk Enterprise?
1 Comment
SM
Splunk Enterprise comes with a variety of built-in apps and add-ons that provide additional functionality, visualizations, and preconfigured dashboards for...Read more
What are Splunk Enterprise components?
1 Comment
IG
Splunk's 3 main components: Search Head (UI), Indexer (DB) and Forwarder (Endpoint Agent with Universal Forwarder or Aggregation Agent with...Read more
What does Splunk Enterprise do?
1 Comment
SM
Splunk Enterprise is a powerful data analytics platform that allows organizations to collect, index, search, and analyze a wide variety of machine-generated...Read more
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