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Splunk Enterprise Platform vs Splunk On-Call comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Splunk Enterprise Platform
Ranking in IT Alerting and Incident Management
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (6th)
Splunk On-Call
Ranking in IT Alerting and Incident Management
12th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the IT Alerting and Incident Management category, the mindshare of Splunk Enterprise Platform is 2.5%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk On-Call is 3.7%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Alerting and Incident Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk Enterprise Platform2.5%
Splunk On-Call3.7%
Other93.8%
IT Alerting and Incident Management
 

Featured Reviews

FK
SOC A2 at Innodata-ISOGEN
Has streamlined data integration and enabled real-time dashboard visualizations through a powerful search engine
Splunk Enterprise Platform has a vast and versatile powerful search engine with which I can handle all queries, and creating use cases and the search and dashboard is the main selling point, allowing me to visualize live dashboards. The platform has a powerful search engine, allowing the integration of custom AI such as ChatGPT. Splunk Enterprise Platform also has its own Phantom as a SOAR, which is much more refined and gives more accurate results than any other AI integrated SIM tool. In anomaly detection, I can live track anomalies and change the registry. Splunk Enterprise Platform serves as a time-saving solution because integrating other sources such as Syslog or router switch firewall is much easier.
Venda E - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Option Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Automated alert routing has improved incident response and now enables faster on-call collaboration
Some of the features of Splunk On-Call include automated alert routing and escalation that will ensure the right people get notified immediately. Also, on-call scheduling and rotation management. This feature makes managing shifts and coverage very easy. Another feature is real-time incident collaboration and communication. This will help bring the right team together fast. Another feature is alert de-duplication and suppression. This will reduce the noise, so only meaningful alerts reach the on-call staff. The feature I rely on the most in my daily work is automated alert routing and escalation. It ensures that critical issues go directly to the right engineer without delay, which saves time and prevents the incident from being missed. This has been the biggest contributor to improving our response times. The noise reduction feature is also very helpful. By filtering out non-critical or duplicate alerts, Splunk On-Call keeps our team focused on what actually matters and prevents alert fatigue. Splunk On-Call has helped my organization to improve response times, reduce missed alerts, and coordinate teams more efficiently during incidents. It also reduced alert fatigue and made our on-call process more reliable and predictable. Our average incident response time dropped by around 20% to 25%, mainly because alerts reached the right people faster. We also noticed fewer unnecessary escalations, and missed alerts almost completely stopped after we implemented automated routing and escalation policies.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Splunk Enterprise Platform can be used for security, IT monitoring, and observability."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the load balancing technique, the forwarding technique, and SSL certification."
"From a stability perspective, the tool is good."
"I consider Splunk to be one of the best solutions available compared to other options."
"The best features I value about Splunk Enterprise Platform include a great correlation rule that allows me to edit and generate alerts based on any event in an easy and fast way."
"It is a scalable solution."
"Splunk's real-time processing capability has been pretty good for my use cases."
"The platform has a powerful search engine, allowing the integration of custom AI such as ChatGPT, and it also has Phantom as a SOAR, which is more refined and gives more accurate results than any other AI integrated SIM tool."
"Transmogrifier and automatic solution report gives me a report with the solution and the way to solve issues when an error occurred."
"My VP of Operations is ecstatic about the VictorOps product."
"The flexible schedule is the most valuable feature. It was very easy to set out a rotation."
"We are very satisfied with the tool."
"VictorOps has been good enough for us and it's effective for our needs in case of an on-call escalation process."
"The alert calling feature is the best because notifications are delivered via phone messages."
"Splunk On-Call has helped my organization to improve response times, reduce missed alerts, and coordinate teams more efficiently during incidents."
"I would recommend VictorOps for global distributed support teams."
 

Cons

"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"Areas for improvement include enhancing dashboards, reports, alerts, and the monitoring console."
"The tool lacked in providing a shareable format. I had to use pivot tables and manually parse and edit the data to create a visualization-friendly format. It was helpful when we had an issue. What would make it stronger is if it were more proactive. For example, if it highlighted major incidents and their impact on users without digging through notifications, that would be better. Typically, the first question we get is, "Oh, we had an incident. How bad was it? How many customers were impacted?" So having that information pop up from the notification would be helpful."
"Pricing is an area that needs improvement, as it is considered high."
"Splunk is not an out-of-the-box solution like Micro Focus or Zabbix. You have to create your request to collect the data and add crucial components to the software."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform could improve in the area of basic log readability. When performing basic searches without advanced filters, the logs often contain timestamps and various unknown codes or other elements that can be confusing. Removing or simplifying these parts would make it easier for users who are not developers or do not have a development background to understand and find relevant information easily."
"There is room for improvement in introducing more AI capabilities onto Splunk Enterprise Platform."
"The cost is the most significant area for improvement in Splunk Enterprise Platform, as it is quite expensive, causing many clients to differ due to this reason."
"We chose to move away from the HP product as far as our monitoring goes and dealing with system-generated alerts, simply because it took too much time and effort to manage the APM platform."
"The solution can be improved by including a wider list of permissions."
"Should have more YouTube webinars."
"There could be improvements with communicating an incident or alert."
"Another example is that you cannot check the incidents created in VictorOps from the previous Friday."
"The third-party configuration tool could be easier to use."
"One area for improvement would be enhancing the mobile app experience."
"The only feature that we are currently waiting on right now is really kind of an annoyance factor: when we get on the timeline on the main dashboard, there’s an ACK All button."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you exceed your licensed limit, the product will issue a warning, typically a five-license warning. Additionally, they send daily email notifications informing you about the breach. This prompts you to consider options such as minimizing logs or acquiring additional licensing to address the issue."
"The solution’s pricing is moderate."
"I rate the product's pricing a ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive. It is a very pricey tool."
"The tool is expensive."
"I have heard from my managers that Splunk Enterprise Platform is an expensive solution."
"The product is expensive, and the cost depends on the amount of data ingestion."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing around seven or eight out of ten."
"There are yearly payments to be made towards the licensing costs attached to the solution."
"The price of the solution could be less expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Healthcare Company
11%
Hospitality Company
11%
Insurance Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Performing Arts
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise26
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Splunk Enterprise Platform?
The most valuable features of the solution are the load balancing technique, the forwarding technique, and SSL certification.
What needs improvement with Splunk Enterprise Platform?
I think the machine learning toolkit is fine, but when I talk about threat intelligence, it is not that effective. Since recently, I think Splunk Enterprise Platform has acquired Cisco, which has a...
What is your primary use case for Splunk Enterprise Platform?
The most valuable feature I have found so far is the correlation rule. That seems to be very valuable for us. I can create any alert using the correlation rule, which seems to be interesting for me...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VictorOps?
My experience with Splunk On-Call pricing and licensing has been straightforward. The setup cost was minimal since it's a SaaS solution, and the subscription-based licensing model makes it easy to ...
What needs improvement with VictorOps?
One area for improvement would be enhancing the mobile app experience. While it works well, smoother navigation and faster load times would make on-call handling even easier. More advanced analytic...
What is your primary use case for VictorOps?
I have been using Splunk On-Call for the last three years. My main use case for Splunk On-Call is incident alerting and real-time on-call management. It helps me to route critical alerts to the rig...
 

Also Known As

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VictorOps
 

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Sample Customers

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NVIDIA, Cisco, NBC, Rackspace, Intuit, DirectTV, NASCAR, Arrow Electronics, Alliance Health, NetApp, Edmunds, New York Times, Return Path, Sony Playstation, CA Technologies, Sphero, Symantic, HBO, Weatherford, Blackboard, Epic Games
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