Splunk Questions

Miriam Tover

Senior Delivery Ops Manager

PeerSpot

I would like to compare Dynatrace and AppDynamics. On what basis should I decide?

Hi. I hear great things about both Dynatrace and AppDynamics. What is the advantage of Dynatrace over AppDynamics and vice versa? For an enterprise, how do I decide which one is better for my needs?

lrobertsFirst thought.... Do not go with CA. CA is horrible with just about everything… more »

User472o9Dynatrace has a forte for providing all the data points that a developer could… more »

it_user793350Coming back on the original question. Why is Dynatrace better than AppDynamics… more »

Works at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Which Do You Recommend, Phantom or Demisto?

Which do you recommend, Phantom or Demisto Enterprise? Can you give examples of how those tools can eliminate manual work?

Works at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Splunk vs. Elastic Stack

From a few reviews I saw that Elastic Stack, which is an open source stack solution is gaining popularity.  Splunk has been in the market for quite some time but is commercial product.  Is it possible to replace Splunk with Elastic Stack?  If so, what are all ...

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IT Manager at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Splunk as an Enterprise Class monitoring solution -- thoughts?

Folks,   What are your experiences in using Splunk as an Enterprise Class monitoring solution in either the infrastructure or application performance monitoring spaces?  How might it compare to a matured (or even not matured) instance of CA's suite inclusive of APM/Wily, CEM, ADA, ...

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it_user536142Hi Well I will summarize my answer in the simplest possible way. It all… more »

it_user708444Totally agree. Splunk is mainly an IT Ops Analytics solution (log manaegment… more »

IT Manager in web analysis and performace at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

AppDynamics APM: Is it OK to Monitor IBM WebSphere Commerce with AppDynamics?

Team, We currently monitor Commerce WebSphere Application Servers (WAS) with AppDynamics and have had no issues with it.   The problem appears when I monitor Search Servers with AppDynamics (because it is also a Websphere Application Server). Business trans...

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Customer Success Manager at PeerSpot

What are some of the best features and use-cases of Splunk?

Recently, our user activity has shown that Splunk is the most commonly searched solution on our site.  3,643 of our community members follow Splunk, and it's listed in five of our product categories: Log Management, Data Visualization, IT Operations Analytics, and Security Informat...

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Randall HindsI agree with Aaron & Tom on their points. Along their use cases, I have been… more »

it_user113184Good log management solution you can use if you know what you ae looking for… more »

it_user380727The flexibility that it offers, One of the most powerful features of Splunk is… more »

Director with 1-10 employees

Why use active and passive monitoring for a web site?

When using a RUM solution (such as DynaTrace, AppDynamics, NewRelic, etc.), what are the benefits to add an active solution with probes/robots?

Randall HindsSome good info in comments here; sharing from my personal experience to augment… more »

Avigail Sugarman

Community Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

IBM QRadar is rated above competitors (McAfee, Splunk, LogRhythm) in Gartner's 2020 Magic Quandrant. Agree/Disagree?

What are your experiences with these vendors/solutions? Pros and Cons?

it_user235365Hello As someone who worked with Splunk, Arcsight and Qradar. I am sorry but… more »

Works at a tech company with 51-200 employees

HP TransactionVision vs. AppDynamics? Pros and Cons?

I was going through APM tools to identify the best one for a large enterprise (having thousands of users & millions of transactions per hour) and came across both HP TransactionVision as well as AppDynamics. Could you provide some comparison b/w the two tools; both being utilized for APM?

Avigail Sugarman

Community Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

New risk scoring framework in the Splunk App for Enterprise Security -- thoughts?

The Wall Street Journal this week reported on new additions to the Splunk App to enable easier, faster threat detection and containment by empowering users to assign risk scores to any data. The app also includes new features to help users connect and visualize data on the fly and introduces guid...

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Team Lead at Tata Consultancy Services

What are the pros/cons of AppDynamics, New Relic & CA Technologies?