Splunk Log Observer vs. SolarWinds Observability

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Splunk Log Observer
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Splunk's Log Observer reduce time troubleshooting. The live Tail allows SREs and developers to filter and watch critical logs without having to learn a query language.
$6.25
per month per host
SolarWinds Observability
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
SolarWinds Observability is a SaaS offering purpose-built to enable DevOps teams to have unified and correlated end-to-end visibility across the technology stack, from the infrastructure, database and application to the end-user experience. It helps organizations meet service-level agreements (SLAs) and user satisfaction service-level objectives (SLOs). The observability offering helps make it easy to understand and has holistic oversight into service delivery and the individual component…
$60
per year 1 gb at starting at 1 day retention (more retention options*)
Pricing
Splunk Log ObserverSolarWinds Observability
Editions & Modules
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Logs
$60
per year 1 gb at starting at 1 day retention (more retention options*)
Digital Experience Observability - Synthetics
$120
per year Packs of 10 uptime checks
Infrastructure Observability
$180
per year Per Host (Containers 10:1 Host)
Network Observability
$180
per year Per active network device (With an IP address)
Application Observability
$330
per year Application Instance
Database Observability
$840
per year Per physical or virtual database instance
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Splunk Log ObserverSolarWinds Observability
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details*Log retention available in 1, 7, 15, 30, and 60 days (for more than 60 days retention, talk to sales).
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User Ratings
Splunk Log ObserverSolarWinds Observability
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Splunk Log ObserverSolarWinds Observability
Likelihood to Recommend
Splunk
Great for organizations that need to centralize different types of logging across integration, qa, sandbox and production environments. Would be less impactful for organizations that don't have complex logging needs.
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SolarWinds
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Pros
Splunk
  • Providing in-depth insights
  • A related content feature which really helps us to figure out which service is breaking the infrastructure.
  • The Log explorer which helps us to explore the entire log and pin point the errors/issues.
  • Fast and powerful log investigation
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SolarWinds
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Cons
Splunk
  • Integrating the system with Slack channels
  • Saving the logs in different cloud provider
  • Viewing the logs at more fine grained level based on user roles and permissions
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SolarWinds
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Likelihood to Renew
Splunk
I'm a Splunk specialist, and I'm involved in its use and improvement.
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SolarWinds
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Usability
Splunk
It gives access to data features for every level of users: from managers and executives to Analysts, each one with the correct level of observation and analysis.
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SolarWinds
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Support Rating
Splunk
Splunk support is very quick and efficient. Pre-sale specialists are very skilled and available.
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SolarWinds
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Implementation Rating
Splunk
Follow a training before starting.
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SolarWinds
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Alternatives Considered
Splunk
I had not considered other products because Splunk Log Observer was in use in my company before I started working there.
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SolarWinds
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Return on Investment
Splunk
  • Significantly reduced the MTTR (Mean Time To Recovery), which in turn has improved the end-user experience tremendously.
  • Meets compliance requirements of security policies, audit, regulation, and forensics.
  • Helps us to track/manage the resource usage on our cloud instances which has a direct implication on the recurring cost.
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SolarWinds
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