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What is Splunk Cloud?

A data platform service thats help users search, analyze, visualize and act on data. The service can go live in as little as two days, and with an IT backend managed by Splunk experts, users can focus on acting on…

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  • Event and log normalization/management (15)
    9.7
    97%
  • Correlation (15)
    9.7
    97%
  • Centralized event and log data collection (15)
    9.0
    90%
  • Deployment flexibility (15)
    9.0
    90%

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What is Splunk Cloud?

A data platform service thats help users search, analyze, visualize and act on data. The service can go live in as little as two days, and with an IT backend managed by Splunk experts, users can focus on acting on data. Search any kind of data in real-time to detect and prevent issues before they…

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Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Security Information and Event Management is a category of security software that allows security analysts to look at a more comprehensive view of security logs and events than would be possible by looking at the log files of individual, point security tools

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Product Details

What is Splunk Cloud?

A data platform service thats help users search, analyze, visualize and act on data. The service can go live in as little as two days, and with an IT backend managed by Splunk experts, users can focus on acting on data. Search any kind of data in real-time to detect and prevent issues before they happen with access to streaming and machine learning capabilities. Search any kind of data in real-time to detect and prevent issues before they happen with access to the latest streaming and machine learning capabilities.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Reviewers rate Correlation and Event and log normalization/management and Custom dashboards and workspaces highest, with a score of 9.7.

The most common users of Splunk Cloud are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Splunk Cloud is highly regarded for its efficient customer support and comprehensive services. Users appreciate its ability to perform security information and event management, providing real-time analysis. One of the standout features of Splunk Cloud is its user-friendly interface that allows users to create easily customizable dashboards and conveniently share them with others. The product has gained a reputation for being fast, reliable, and easy to navigate.

The versatility of Splunk Cloud makes it an invaluable tool across various departments within organizations. For the IT department, it helps monitor devices that generate logs, enabling them to address log retention and conduct security investigations. Moreover, Splunk Cloud is widely used throughout businesses to solve a range of problems, such as monitoring Active Directory Events, identifying misconfigurations, excessive usage, improper procedures, and security events. Additionally, teams including DevOps, Security, sales, support, and operations benefit from Splunk Cloud's capabilities as it centralizes server logs and provides insights into interruptions in service, anomalous activities, and security-related events.

Splunk Cloud eliminates the need to host infrastructure and pay upfront licensing costs by delivering Splunk-as-a-Service securely on the public cloud. It supports all Splunkbase apps, including premium applications with pre-packaged searches, dashboards, and reports. This makes it easier for businesses to log user events in mobile applications and backend services while gaining visibility into key metrics through comprehensive reports and dashboards.

A significant use case of Splunk Cloud lies in its role as a SIEM solution for aggregating log data and generating alerts when necessary. It replaces less robust solutions for enhanced security measures. Moreover, Splunk Cloud proves valuable in providing visibility into cloud infrastructure and various providers. It aids in identifying anomalies, events of interest, and indicators of compromise.

Overall, Splunk Cloud presents itself as an indispensable tool that offers a wide range of use cases across different departments within an organization. Its powerful features, efficient support, and user-friendly interface make it a popular choice for businesses seeking effective log management, security analysis, and real-time monitoring.

Effective SIEM Solution: Users have found Splunk Cloud to be a simple and effective solution for consolidating multiple data points and managing alert workflows. Several reviewers have mentioned that it has helped them streamline their security operations and improve incident response.

User-Friendly Interface: The user-friendly interface of Splunk Cloud has been praised by many users, with some describing it as intuitive and easy to navigate. This allows users to easily create custom dashboards for everyday monitoring of multiple parameters without the need for extensive training or technical expertise.

Powerful Search Capabilities: Many reviewers have highlighted Splunk Cloud's powerful query language and fast search indexing capabilities. This enables quick and accurate searching through large volumes of information, such as Windows Server Logs, making it easier for users to find the insights they need in a timely manner.

Cons:

  1. Lagging behind competitors: Some users have expressed that Splunk Cloud lags behind its competitors in terms of features and functionality. They feel that the enterprise versions are always one version behind the consumer versions, which hinders their ability to take advantage of the latest enhancements and improvements.
  2. Expensive cost: The cost of Splunk Cloud is considered expensive compared to its competitors. Users would like to see more cost-effective pricing options that align with their budget constraints and provide better value for money.
  3. Complex query language: The SPL programming language used for queries in Splunk Cloud is not intuitive, according to users. They find it challenging to write complex queries efficiently and would appreciate a better repository of pre-built queries for common usage monitoring, making it easier for them to analyze data without extensive knowledge of coding.

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January 08, 2024

Splunking Great.

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
With so many disparate systems finding a single fault point within all the interconnected applications is very difficult. Splunk enables us to centrally locate all logs and metrics from the full stack of systems - including network, identity, cyber, application, database, etc etc. AND THEN correlate all this information into meaningful dashboards that tell stories about the data and state of our environments.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Splunk Cloud to aggregate logs from various Cloud and on-premise applications and services into a single place for Security and IT Operations monitoring. This allows us to focus on a single platform and remove duplication of costs, training, data onboarding etc. We have alerts that are sent directly to operations teams and dashboards available for wallboards and aggregate data.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Log aggregation, enterprise security - alerts and detections off of log events for corporate infrastructure. Correlation searches off of specific events, application troubleshooting, and any other details that you can find in our log sources.

Using Splunk Cloud simplifies the solution as we do not have to maintain and manage infrastructure.
Fraser Clark | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Splunk Cloud is used by the IT department for the majority of the devices that can produce logs. It was initially purchased as a syslog aggregate but has evolved into much more than that now. It addresses the question of log retention and security investigation. It will eventually be expanded to be used across the wider business.
David Hillier | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Splunk Cloud is one of the advanced and reliable platforms. It has efficient customer support which is playing an important role in giving great services. It is being used by me for the last year in our organization. It has helped me a lot in security information and event management. It provides me the real-time analysis. Using it, I create easy-to-follow dashboards that I can easily share with your users. The usability of the product is another amazing reason why I am using the product. It is very fast and reliable to use. It is very easy to create customizable dashboards for scheduling your events, and also you do not have to learn a lot for using them.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Splunk Cloud is being used by our own department. We use it mainly to aggregate logs and metrics. We also create different dashboards to display our service running status.

Since we have multiple environments, it's very convenient to stream all logs/metrics into Splunk Cloud, and see them from one centralized place.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We recently implemented it in our organization, mainly for security monitoring and to provide visibility into our cloud infrastructure and various providers. We are bringing in data to better identify anomalies, events of interest, and indicators of compromise.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Splunk Cloud is used to provide quick and easy access to important data. This includes metrics about their business, the use of our services, revenue, and errors. Several departments throughout the organization use the data and dashboards available in Splunk.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Splunk is used by just about every person in our company, from sales, to support, and from dev to operations. It has been adopted at all levels of our organization. We use Splunk to monitor build deployments, support tickets but most especially for operations and finding problems with servers and systems. We have many TVs setup in our Network Operations Center showing various aspects of our infrastructure. Splunk cloud is simply where our data is stored and searched.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Splunk for a part of the business. More specifically, for the less critical machines. For the critical ones, we have a big SIEM with limited licenses. Having Splunk for the rest of the environment does save some money, and they do not need the same management as the critical ones.
Joseph Sweet | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Splunk Cloud is being used by our IT security operation and our DevOps team. It is being used similarly to a SIEM for aggregating log data and running analysis on it for generating alerts. It replaced Sumo Logic which was producing too many poor alerts and was not as robust of a solution. It supports our SOC well, and it makes our security team's job much easier. We are also using it in DevOps as a pilot for APM.
August 16, 2019

Data is the new Oil!!

Manan Bhatt | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Splunk Cloud is being used by our department. It solved many business problem as it delivers Splunk-as-a-Service hosted securely on the public cloud. With this cloud-ready service, one can enjoy all of Splunk Enterprise features without worrying about hosting the infrastructure and without paying the upfront Splunk licensing cost. Splunk Cloud supports all Splunkbase apps including Premium applications (e.g. Enterprise Security, ITSI, etc.) with pre-packaged searches, dashboards, and reports to create the right story from the data with the power of self-serviceability.
August 16, 2019

Powerful and versatile

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Splunk is available to all our teams, and usage is spreading. My team uses it for all the applications we manage, and it lets us log all user events in our mobile application and backend services. The reports it enables also really help with visibility and monitoring. For example, we were able to create a dashboard showing the average amount of time it takes to get through a particular flow in the app, the number of units processed per day in our app, error rates, and a lot more.
June 22, 2019

Heavy Hitter SIEM!

Chase Palmer, CISSP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Splunk to centralize and consume all of our server logs, and various other logs, to monitor for interruptions in service, anomalous activity, and other security-related events. Splunk is primarily used by our DevOps and Security teams. Splunk solved an issue of being able to easily and effectively search hundreds of thousands of log entries in an easy to consume format.
Jeff Kitchens | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Here at CCMSI, we use Splunk Cloud to monitor Active Directory Events. It is primarily used by the IT Systems Team. It has proven to be invaluable to find misconfiguration, excessive usage, improper procedures, and security events. The tool allows me to give Management the information they ask for in a graphical way that shows trends, spikes, and overall usage.
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