We performed a comparison between Instana Dynamic APM and Splunk Enterprise Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."With Instana, the interface and the UI are very simple to use."
"Sometimes it's able to provide a proper RCA on its own. It's able to correlate different events that occurred and that becomes like an RCA in itself."
"The detailing of our application behavior and user experience is most valuable. In case there is an issue, we typically use Instana to figure it out. We can drill down to the application and figure out what's going on and where the issue is."
"The most valuable feature of Instana Dynamic APM is auto-instrumentation."
"Visually, it's very good. It provides everything needed for dynamic detection, which is very useful."
"Instana is very fast to implement and deploy because the dashboards are automated and don't need configuration."
"The primary selling point of this product is its unparalleled transparency into the infrastructure."
"The overall capabilities are the most valuable."
"We have a more secure, robust environment, which keeps the harmful software out of the zone required."
"We primarily use it to correlate logs throughout the enterprise for both searching and use in investigations."
"The indexing and data collection are valuable."
"Deployment server for deploying changes in one go."
"The best part of Splunk Enterprise Security is its customizable settings."
"Search language is easy to understand and teach to new users."
"The fact that Splunk is a platform and not just a SIEM solution is a key benefit."
"Three features stand out for me: the SDK for writing Python, the customizable and adaptable diagnostic dashboard, and the optimizer for collecting data."
"The integration could be improved with more plugins or open API."
"We'd always like to see additional functionalities."
"The App Connect middleware does not integrate with or show corresponding sub nodes."
"Maybe log monitoring could be better."
"While it is already quite good, there is room for improvement in terms of providing better functionality"
"We should be able to go back to scenarios during or before the issue. There should be something like a history playback. Such a feature or functionality would be good."
"The solution's monitoring is pretty weak and should be improved."
"The configuration of Instana Dynamic APM needs improvement because it requires quite a bit of work."
"Writing queries is a bit complicated sometimes."
"When we do a rollout from the server or host or anything, we'd like to see more automation. It would save us time."
"Professional support is great, but too expensive."
"Many of my clients want to get better at Splunk, but they're afraid of using the tool because they feel it's too complex for them."
"The tool itself is very difficult to configure. It's great for its number of inputs, for the different types of systems devices, and things that it could collect information from. To actually make good use of it, you need a fairly dedicated team of people that have some reasonably good programming or modeling skills to be able to do the things that you need to do with it. Whereas a lot of the other tools are better packaged for that, and so require a lot less training and a lot less dedication."
"The UI could be better. This is applicable to Splunk in general. I know that a lot of people who get their hands on Splunk are hesitant to use it just because they find it overwhelming. There are a lot of options."
"The threat detection system has room for improvement."
"It needs more thoroughly tested releases. Every new big version (6, 7, etc.) has had so many bugs that it makes me wary of customers upgrading right away."
Instana Dynamic APM is ranked 23rd in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 12 reviews while Splunk Enterprise Security is ranked 1st in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 240 reviews. Instana Dynamic APM is rated 7.4, while Splunk Enterprise Security is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Instana Dynamic APM writes "A really good GUI that is easy for non-technical users to understand". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk Enterprise Security writes "It has a drag-and-drop interface, so you don't need to know SQL or Java to construct a query ". Instana Dynamic APM is most compared with Dynatrace, AppDynamics, New Relic, Elastic Observability and Coralogix, whereas Splunk Enterprise Security is most compared with Wazuh, Dynatrace, IBM Security QRadar, Elastic Security and Microsoft Sentinel. See our Instana Dynamic APM vs. Splunk Enterprise Security report.
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