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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.1% of reviews)
Small-Business (38.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
SolarWinds Observability
Star Rating
(801)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
Learn more about SolarWinds ObservabilitySplunk IT Cloud
Star Rating
(36)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (38.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Splunk IT CloudSolarWinds Observability vs Splunk IT Cloud
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Splunk IT Cloud easier to use and set up. However, SolarWinds Observability is easier to administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with SolarWinds Observability overall.
- SolarWinds Observability and Splunk IT Cloud both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Splunk IT Cloud is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Splunk IT Cloud over SolarWinds Observability.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
SolarWinds Observability
No pricing availableSplunk IT Cloud
No pricing availableFree Trial
SolarWinds Observability
Free Trial is available
Splunk IT Cloud
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.7
646
8.7
35
Ease of Use
8.3
647
8.6
35
Ease of Setup
8.0
482
8.1
17
Ease of Admin
8.3
477
8.0
17
Quality of Support
8.2
589
8.7
34
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.3
445
8.2
17
Product Direction (% positive)
8.1
615
9.7
35
Features by Category
Configuration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Automation Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security - Network Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
9.6
12
Service Desk
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
8.5
12
Not enough data
8.2
11
Management
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.3
8
Functionality
Not enough data
8.2
10
Not enough data
8.8
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
8.0
11
Agentic AI - IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools
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
Functionality
8.7
23
Not enough data
9.0
23
Not enough data
9.0
20
Not enough data
8.6
21
Not enough data
8.4
21
Not enough data
8.0
20
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Website 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
Experience
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
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
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network Security Policy Management (NSPM)Hide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network Maintenance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.5
9
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Database 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
Scope
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
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
Agentic AI - Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
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
Functionality
9.0
78
Not enough data
8.9
78
Not enough data
7.7
71
Not enough data
8.6
74
Not enough data
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
7.9
14
Not enough data
7.6
12
Not enough data
8.1
13
Not enough data
Management
8.4
74
Not enough data
8.6
76
Not enough data
8.2
73
Not enough data
Analytics - Network Monitoring
7.6
12
Not enough data
7.6
13
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
7.9
13
Not enough data
7.2
12
Not enough data
6.9
12
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
7.4
12
Not enough data
7.5
12
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
6.7
12
Not enough data
6.7
12
Not enough data
6.8
12
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network 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
Monitoring
9.0
16
9.1
23
8.0
17
8.9
22
7.5
14
8.3
23
8.3
15
8.5
23
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
16
8.7
24
7.6
14
8.4
18
8.1
15
8.8
22
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
8.7
17
8.6
23
9.0
19
8.6
23
7.9
14
8.6
20
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure 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
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation
7.4
14
Not enough data
6.2
11
Not enough data
6.9
12
Not enough data
7.6
14
Not enough data
Functionality
8.0
14
Not enough data
7.6
13
Not enough data
9.0
17
Not enough data
8.1
18
Not enough data
Incident Management
7.6
16
Not enough data
8.2
16
Not enough data
8.3
17
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.9
6
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
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
8.5
10
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
7.0
10
Not enough data
7.8
10
Not enough data
8.9
11
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log 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
Visibility
8.7
30
Not enough data
8.8
30
Not enough data
8.5
30
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.5
29
Not enough data
8.0
28
Not enough data
8.4
30
Not enough data
8.8
30
Not enough data
8.9
23
Not enough data
8.4
21
Not enough data
Cloud environment support
7.8
23
Not enough data
7.4
22
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Server 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
Functionality
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Management
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
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
Data Preparation
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
7.4
9
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
Analysis
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
Visualization
9.1
9
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
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
Monitoring
8.7
25
Not enough data
8.5
24
Not enough data
8.6
25
Not enough data
7.2
23
Not enough data
8.5
25
Not enough data
Response
8.5
25
Not enough data
8.6
25
Not enough data
7.5
23
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
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
Performance
7.6
25
Not enough data
8.0
21
Not enough data
Functionality
6.9
24
Not enough data
7.2
23
Not enough data
7.2
23
Not enough data
7.5
24
Not enough data
Alerts management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Configuration
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
Security
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
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
5.7
5
Not enough data
Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Management Tools
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
Generative AI
4.8
7
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
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
Data Management - Observability Pipeline
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
Performance - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Compliance - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Pipeline
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
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Software
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
Visualization & Dashboards - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Mobile Application Management
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
Platform - Mobile Device Management (MDM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Operating System
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
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
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Mobile Device Management (MDM)
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
Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
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
Security
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
Agentic AI - Enterprise IT Management
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
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
SolarWinds Observability and Splunk IT Cloud are categorized as Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) and Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Unique Categories
SolarWinds Observability is categorized as DDI Management Platform, Observability Software, Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Log Monitoring, Hardware Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Network Traffic Analysis (NTA), Unified Endpoint Management (UEM), Database Monitoring, Network Security Policy Management (NSPM), Website Monitoring, Network Automation Tools, Network Management Tools, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Log Analysis, Mobile Application Management, Enterprise IT Management, Configuration Management, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Mobile Device Management (MDM), Network Monitoring, and Observability Pipeline
Splunk IT Cloud is categorized as IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
SolarWinds Observability
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Splunk IT Cloud
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
22.4%
Hospital & Health Care
6.1%
Computer Software
5.5%
Telecommunications
5.0%
Financial Services
3.8%
Other
57.3%
Information Technology and Services
30.6%
Computer Software
19.4%
Banking
11.1%
Hospital & Health Care
8.3%
Security and Investigations
5.6%
Other
25.0%
Alternatives
Discussions
What is the next version and when it is getting released?
2 Comments
SI
2020.2.6 seems to have fixed a few major bugs and is pretty stable. Released in July 2021Read more
Where can I find custom monitoring templates to import into Server & Application Monitor?
2 Comments
SI
Thwack sites are helpful Read more
Splunk IT Cloud has no discussions with answers
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