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HPE Aruba Networking UXI vs Splunk Observability Cloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 19, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

HPE Aruba Networking UXI
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
51st
Ranking in Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
11th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk Observability Cloud
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
6th
Ranking in Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
56
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (8th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (7th), Cloud Monitoring Software (8th), Container Management (7th)
 

Featured Reviews

BP
Reliable network operations improved by seamless technology, though efficiency could benefit from reduced manual tasks
Aruba products have significantly improved our network reliability, as none of my teammates have logged a call to Aruba in the past year. The performance, elasticity, and efficiency of Aruba products have been exceptional. Extreme Ethernet fabric technology offers less administrative effort in extending VLANs due to its loop-free environment. We have been satisfied with this robust performance.
Lakshmi Padaga - PeerSpot reviewer
Collaborates performance metrics with log data to pinpoint the exact cause of issues and offers error detection
Splunk APM is a robust tool with many capabilities. There are always areas for potential improvement to enhance its functionality and user experience. For Splunk APM, there could be simplified navigation, like streamlining the user interface to make navigation more intuitive for our users, especially those new to APM, which can enhance usability. We can provide more customization options for dashboards and visualizations to help users tailor the platform to their specific needs. There could be more integration capabilities with a wider range of third-party tools and platforms would also be beneficial. By focusing on these areas, Splunk APM can enhance its value proposition, improve user satisfaction, and better meet the evolving needs of organizations monitoring their application performance.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Aruba products have significantly improved our network reliability, as none of my teammates have logged a call to Aruba in the past year."
"The most valuable feature of HP Aruba Networking UX-I is its 24/7 monitoring capability."
"The performance, elasticity, and efficiency of Aruba products have been exceptional."
"Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) has one great advantage in that if they have SAP users, they can monitor their SAP applications."
"The solution monitors attacks or unauthorized access to the information we want to protect."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to customize dashboards based on my queries or any other customization I may need."
"It can monitor, get the data, and then report on the data."
"The most valuable features include user time tracking and the ability to analyze application load times."
"It's a very easy-to-use solution."
"I have primarily used it to go back into the past and understand why something happened. It provides enough information to do research and figure things out."
"It is a great resource for us because we have so many different data sources and to be able to aggregate that and put it through a concise dashboard or an alert really helps."
 

Cons

"Some manual administrative tasks still need to be triggered manually, leading to lower efficiency."
"It would be beneficial if the tool offered a less expensive subscription as it is currently costly for our clients."
"Some manual administrative tasks still need to be triggered manually, leading to lower efficiency."
"A lot of customers had a hard time effectively searching within the data in Splunk. There is a learning curve from searches to indexes and using all the macros that we have created. It is a little difficult for somebody who has not used it quite a bit and does not have a lot of practice with it, but the AI features that we have been hearing about through Splunk will make it a lot easier for us to use human language to search this data. That is big. That is pretty powerful, and that will help a lot with our customers."
"The price has room for improvement."
"Splunk's functionality could be improved by adding database connectors for other platforms like AWS and Azure."
"They need more EDR functionalities."
"They can improve the flow system and the keyword language. It has predefined keywords, but they can be improved."
"Splunk APM should include a better correlation between resources and infrastructure monitoring."
"Splunk would be better if some tools were integrated to be able to take action on security or network concerns."
"In the next release, I would like to see more integration with other solutions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Splunk Observability Cloud is expensive."
"Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is an expensive solution."
"Splunk APM is expensive."
"Splunk's infrastructure monitoring costs can be high because our billing is based on data volume measured in terabytes, rather than the number of devices being monitored."
"I would rate the price of Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring as an eight out of ten, with ten being the most expensive."
"The price of Splunk APM is less than some of its competitors."
"Splunk has been fairly expensive, but it has been predictable."
"The solution's pricing is competitive. I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten. The price of the solution could be cheaper."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Insurance Company
47%
Healthcare Company
10%
Computer Software Company
7%
Educational Organization
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
15%
Government
7%
Retailer
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE Aruba Networking UXI?
Aruba UX UI pricing is in the medium range, neither high nor low, making it affordable. Similarly, Extreme campus LAN switches are priced reasonably, in a medium range when compared to Juniper, Cis...
What needs improvement with HPE Aruba Networking UXI?
Some manual administrative tasks still need to be triggered manually, leading to lower efficiency. This room for improvement is especially pertinent in the administrative aspect, although scalabili...
What is your primary use case for HPE Aruba Networking UXI?
We use Aruba access points, specifically models 515 and 635, in conjunction with our wireless controller. We also utilize Aruba network switches, specifically the 8325 model, and integrate Extreme ...
What do you like most about SignalFx?
The most valuable feature is dashboard creation.
What needs improvement with SignalFx?
Regarding dashboard customization, while Splunk has many dashboard building options, customers sometimes need to create specific dashboards, particularly for applicative metrics such as Java and pr...
What is your primary use case for SignalFx?
The solution involves observability in general, such as Application Performance Monitoring, and generally addresses digital applications, web applications, sites, and mobile applications. I worked ...
 

Also Known As

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Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring, Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM), Splunk Synthetic Monitoring
 

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Sample Customers

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