Item: Splunk Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Rating: 8
Author: Kilhyun Ryu

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Application monitoring our internal system for testing.

Pros and Cons

Monitoring of areas developed in various languages is possible
Provides various APIs and easy-to-use methods
Provides the latest technology in application monitoring

Limitations of flexible dashboards and customization
Difficulty in root cause analysis

Return on Investment

Team collaboration and efficiency
Faster speed to resolve issues (MTTR)

Splunk Application Performance Monitoring (APM) was good in terms of usability that even beginners can use easily, and it was convenient because it could be easily applied to the operating environment. However, it is a pity that the cost part is burdensome and is only used as a demo. The licensing policy is so fragmented that there are good and bad points.

Alternatives Considered

Dynatrace, Datadog and New Relic

It is good that the correlation analysis and the cause of the failure can be analyzed more extensively through the collection of many data. It is good because it provides a user interface (usability) well and can be used conveniently.
It is good because it can utilize anomaly detection through various AI-based ML models.

Key Insights

Do you think Splunk Application Performance Monitoring (APM) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Splunk Application Performance Monitoring (APM)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Splunk Application Performance Monitoring (APM) live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Splunk Application Performance Monitoring (APM) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Splunk Application Performance Monitoring (APM) again?

Other Software Used

Dynatrace, Datadog, New Relic

Likelihood to Recommend

In the event of a failure, it was difficult to find the exact cause due to insufficient data provision until finding the problem. It is a pity to provide a method to provide more app trace data. Is there a way to dynamically collect detailed app traces in my real-time environment?

Splunk - APM for Khryu

Overall Satisfaction with Splunk Application Performance Monitoring (APM)