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We performed a comparison between Huawei eSight and Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Huawei eSight vs. Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring Report (Updated: May 2024).
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Pros
"Huawei eSight provides businesses with monitoring capabilities of network devices across your network.""We can scale the solution.""The most important features are alarm management and the visualization of the health of our network devices.""The product is stable.""eSight allows me to monitor and solve any problem in the backbone and any switch in real-time.""We use Huawei eSight to monitor devices like Wi-Fi controllers, LAN switches, and routers.""I like the real-time location monitor or RTLS feature. It is similar to the monitoring feature in Cisco Prime.""I like that it supports all our Huawei devices. Unlike other network monitoring tools that monitor Huawei devices, it provides more details when it comes to monitoring or management. We can get complete details about the devices, and management is also simple."

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"The vibrant dashboards are valuable.""The ability to create custom dashboards is one of the best features and that's typically why most people deploy Splunk. Users can create dashboards for just about anything.""It can monitor, get the data, and then report on the data.""The tool is efficient in collecting, monitoring and evaluating logs.""The most valuable feature in this solution is the log searching.""It's a very easy-to-use solution.""The features I have found most valuable are log searching and log analytics, both of which are quick features.""The initial setup was straightforward. We didn't find it to be too complex."

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Cons
"The solution needs to improve it's user interface to make it more modern and stylish. They need to design proper menu positions, features, etc. Right now the layout is complicated.""It is not a very flexible product.""This solution could be improved by offering monitoring for all devices and not only Huawei devices.""It will be better if they can make the simple network topology part more presentable. It would also be better if they had API integration and integration with third-party devices.""The price could be less costly.""Something that could be improved is the lack of integration with Cisco switches. In the next release, I would like to see better reporting.""The solution and the operating system come separately. It would be easier if we did not have to deploy anything. A bundle feature would be better.""eSight has many features and options, but sometimes, we feel that it should be more advanced, like Cisco. It would be good if they can enable some automation part in eSight. Most of our customers want automation in their network. They don't want a dependency on everything. That's why the automation part must be improved in Huawei. It will be beneficial for customers. Cisco has different products, and there are multiple products for monitoring, automation, etc. In the software-defined network, Cisco has ACI, and VMware has NSX. Such options must be there in Huawei to move to a software-defined network. Unlike Cisco, in the case of eSight, there is only one product. I am not aware of any other product. It would be good to enhance it with at least some automation options so that we can use it effectively in the campus network or big data center environment. When I implemented this Huawei solution, I faced some limitations in particular areas like wireless scanning. This is another part that they can improve. Wireless reporting option is not as effective as other monitoring solutions. For a particular use case, if a customer is asking for some reports, sometimes they are not 100% satisfactory. The reporting structure must be improved."

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"It would be useful if they provided some help pages. If you don't know too much about the tool, there should be more documentation readily available. It would be useful if they had a help button embedded in the solution so you could ask questions and get answers.""It's a bit difficult to use. It takes some time to get into it and to get it to do what you would like it to do. It is not straightforward to use it.""The product collects a lot of data but it does not assure that it collects all of it.""We still use Splunk Enterprise licensing. A lot of the newer features go into Splunk Cloud before Enterprise. We're not looking to switch our licensing over, so we're falling behind on the newer features.""I would like to see an improvement and some innovation in the customer interface.""There is a lot of room for improvement with the automation.""Splunk would be better if some tools were integrated to be able to take action on security or network concerns.""This solution is difficult to configure and the instructions are complex."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Its pricing is better than any other Huawei product. Some products are cheaper in Huawei, and some products are cheaper in Cisco. Cisco has more benefits and options than Huawei if you consider different network environments."
  • "Pricing depends on the competition. If your competitor is like Cisco, then Huawei is much more competitive when it comes to pricing."
  • "The price is very expensive."
  • "I would rate this solution a nine out of ten for pricing. The pricing depends on which features you use and can become expensive."
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  • "The product is a bit expensive considering the competition but the company may negotiate the price."
  • "This is an expensive solution."
  • "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."
  • "Splunk has been fairly expensive, but it has been predictable."
  • "I would rate the price of Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring as an eight out of ten, with ten being the most expensive."
  • "I am not in that circle, but we are currently licensing based on our queries. That is working out for us. Previously, it was by volume of data, and now, we can store as much data as we want."
  • "It 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."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:We use Huawei eSight to monitor devices like Wi-Fi controllers, LAN switches, and routers.
    Top Answer:The solution and the operating system come separately. It would be easier if we did not have to deploy anything. A bundle feature would be better.
    Top Answer:Huawei eSight is used for infrastructure monitoring and normally works with the Huawei product line only. It is not a generic tool that can work with all devices.
    Top Answer:I find the monitoring console very helpful. With one click, I can see how we are performing, and at the same time, I can see what data is flowing.
    Top Answer:The clustering part of indexes can be more refined. They can cut down a bit at the monetary level for the long-time customers. We recently had a scenario where we were in discussions to see if there… more »
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    Also Known As
    Splunk Insights for Infrastructure
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    Overview

    Huawei's eSight is a unified software suite for planning, operating, and maintaining complex enterprise ICT infrastructure from global, converged networks and data centers to multimedia and video communications that includes the facilities necessary for delivering performance and IT services. eSight provides a platform that supports infrastructure and devices from third-party providers, to develop custom management applications and improves O&M efficiency.

    Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring offers features including, Instant visualization, real-time actionable alerts, centralized enterprise controls, and scalability. 

    Instant visualization

    Get fast time to value with over 250+ cloud service integrations and pre-built dashboards out of the box for rapid, full-stack visualization. Autodiscover, break down, group, and explore clouds, services and systems in minutes.

    Real-time actionable alerts

    Act before infrastructure performance affects end-user experience. Instantly detect and accurately alerts on dynamic thresholds, multiple conditions and complex rules to eliminate alert storms and dramatically reduce MTTD/MTTR.

    Centralized, enterprise controls

    Answer business-critical questions in context and monitor service-level objectives and indicators instantly. Track custom metrics for business KPIs to token based access and usage controls.

    Scale with confidence

    Troubleshoot across thousands of microservices, multiple ephemeral deployments, application versions and billions of events. Release better apps faster and drive closed-loop automation for a flawless end-user experience.

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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company21%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Comms Service Provider6%
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    Comms Service Provider27%
    Healthcare Company20%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Logistics Company13%
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    Financial Services Firm16%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business56%
    Midsize Enterprise44%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise38%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise70%
    Buyer's Guide
    Huawei eSight vs. Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Huawei eSight vs. Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
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    Huawei eSight is ranked 53rd in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 8 reviews while Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is ranked 13th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 24 reviews. Huawei eSight is rated 6.8, while Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Huawei eSight writes "Useful RTLS feature and good support but needs automation options and better wireless reporting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring writes "Helps to ingest a massive amount of raw data and use it effectively". Huawei eSight is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix, Cisco Prime, PRTG Network Monitor and SolarWinds NPM, whereas Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is most compared with ServiceNow IT Operations Management, Nagios XI, Amazon CloudWatch, Cisco Intersight and ITRS Geneos. See our Huawei eSight vs. Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring report.

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