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AppInsights vs Splunk Cloud Platform comparison

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Categories and Ranking

AppInsights
Ranking in Data Visualization
41st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk Cloud Platform
Ranking in Data Visualization
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
116
Ranking in other categories
IT Alerting and Incident Management (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Data Visualization category, the mindshare of AppInsights is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Cloud Platform is 1.1%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Visualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk Cloud Platform1.1%
AppInsights0.5%
Other98.4%
Data Visualization
 

Featured Reviews

Karen Trinidad - PeerSpot reviewer
Jr data engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Cost-efficient, good analytics, and stable
Since our application is hosted in the cloud, there is no need for installation. I can simply access the portal and navigate to App Insights for easy access. I give the initial setup a ten out of ten. The deployment took approximately 24 hours to complete due to the large amount of data that had to be transferred. We had about fifteen people involved in the configuration, with two main people taking the lead and the rest on standby in case something happened.
reviewer2805510 - PeerSpot reviewer
Partner Account Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 51-200 employees
Unified log analytics has transformed security monitoring and cuts breach detection to minutes
Splunk Cloud Platform has areas for improvement, including the fact that it is obviously an enterprise tool and can be expensive, which is the biggest complaint I have noted. Costs can rise due to high data ingestion and long retention periods, along with a complex licensing structure that makes pricing difficult to predict as usage grows, especially since more systems send logs. There are also performance concerns at scale where users have reported slower searches and expensive long-term storage needs, particularly in multi-terabyte environments. Additionally, operational complexity exists as enterprises still need to do data onboarding, create dashboards, handle retention policies, access control, and performance tuning. These are the three key areas of improvement I have identified.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature of the solution is analytics."
"In my organization, Splunk Cloud Platform has improved the issue revolving around transactions."
"With Splunk Cloud Platform, you can modify whatever you want; let's say you want to run Python, you want to run any script, you want to monitor any port, you want to monitor data from syslog, whatever you think, you can do it in Splunk Cloud Platform."
"The most valuable feature of Splunk Cloud Platform is its robustness and ability to ingest logs."
"Splunk Cloud Platform has positively impacted my organization by reducing the number of customers who are in longer outages because we are able to identify the problem sooner through Splunk Cloud Platform."
"One unique feature with Splunk Cloud Platform is that it can be used not only for log creation but also for creating dashboards, including visual representations like pie charts that show how many hits each service receives and how many users contribute to those hits, enabling higher management to make informed decisions about which services to focus on."
"The most valuable features are reliability and logging. It's in the cloud so it has more stability and easy maintenance."
"It has end-to-end visibility into our cloud-native environment, which is pretty important for us. About 80% of our infrastructure is on AWS."
"The most valuable feature is we don't have to deal with any back-end server maintenance because the solution is cloud-based."
 

Cons

"The UI of the solution is not user-friendly and has room for improvement."
"We face occasional downtime issues where when we try to scale up, we face a considerable amount of challenges."
"When one of my customers needs an app, and I am able to find that app on the Splunk base, I have to create a ticket and wait for five days for them to download the app into the cloud environment. That is probably one of the main things. It is painful because I have to wait to get that app in the cloud."
"The administration could use improvement. We have to rely on support more often than we're used to."
"The disadvantage of Splunk Cloud Platform is that its integration process should be improved."
"Turning the platform's flexibility into working business solutions can require specialist expertise. More ready-to-use configurations and clearer implementation guidance would help shorten time to value."
"However, there is one issue: when our storage limit is crossed, they directly charge higher."
"The overall experience is positive, but there are a few areas where I think Splunk Cloud Platform can improve."
"I believe Splunk Cloud Platform can be improved as this project has helped me understand how the system works. I think Splunk Cloud Platform could be improved by making it easier for beginners to learn and use."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is cost-efficient and I give it an eight out of ten."
"The Splunk Cloud Platform is expensive."
"The licensing is based on the amount of data that we send to the cloud on a daily basis."
"The cost of using Splunk Cloud Platform is high, but the value it provides is worth the investment."
"We were involved in the renewal process, and our organization does reviews of all our partnerships that we have every two to three years to ensure they are meeting our needs, there isn't a better solution out there, and we won't save money by going somewhere else."
"I know that Splunk Cloud Platform is an expensive product."
"I do not know what that is anymore. I have not been involved with that for a couple of years, but I know we are paying a lot."
"The price for Splunk Cloud Platform is the same as our maintenance costs for Splunk Enterprise on-premises."
"The pricing model makes this an expensive solution."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
 

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Midsize Enterprise
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Company SizeCount
Small Business39
Midsize Enterprise17
Large Enterprise85
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Cloud Platform?
I think the pricing of Splunk Cloud offers a good quality-price ratio.
What needs improvement with Splunk Cloud Platform?
I see room for improvement in the area of reporting, especially the reporting dashboard for Splunk Cloud. I am not expecting any additional features in the future because I have not explored the cu...
What is your primary use case for Splunk Cloud Platform?
I have not utilized Splunk Cloud's machine learning capabilities as we just started. I have not used Splunk Cloud's integration with third-party applications. I track some false-positive indicators...
 

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