We performed a comparison between Splunk APM and Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic and others in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability."The solution is stable and reliable."
"Detectors are a powerful feature."
"I like the fact that Splunk APM makes it easy to connect to the application database and run queries against the data."
"This solution is very quick to deploy as it is a SaaS solution and integrates with tools like ServiceNow."
"The solution's service map feature allows us to have a holistic overview and to see quickly where the issues are."
"The volume it handles is very good, including the number of metrics, the volume number of traces, and more."
"Splunk's dashboards are great."
"The most beneficial aspect of Slunk APM is the ATM, which is the map displaying the inbound and outbound relationships of the microservices, as well as the traffic between these dependencies. This feature provides us with valuable insights and helps us understand the interactions between different microservices."
"The initial setup of Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) was easy."
"We currently lack log analysis capabilities in Splunk APM."
"The cardinality is pretty low."
"The licensing model is expensive. We need to monitor the amount of data ingested because the cost is based on the data collected."
"There are some predefined metrics.......we may want to create customized metrics."
"Splunk APM should include a better correlation between resources and infrastructure monitoring."
"Splunk's functionality could be improved by adding database connectors for other platforms like AWS and Azure."
"The monitoring of workloads when using SignalFx could be improved."
"The UI enhancements could be a way to improve the solution in the future."
"The initial setup of Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) was easy. The solution is deployed on-premises."
Splunk APM is ranked 13th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 13 reviews while Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) is ranked 42nd in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 1 review. Splunk APM is rated 8.2, while Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Splunk APM writes "Provides great visibility, analysis, and data telemetry". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) writes "A stable tool with an easy setup phase that provides ease of use to its users". Splunk APM is most compared with Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence), Sentry, Elastic Observability, Monte Carlo and Chronosphere, whereas Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) is most compared with Prometheus, Sentry and Chronosphere.
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