Splunk
Splunk is a data platform for security, observability, and IT operations offering flexible pricing models including workload, ingest, entity, and activity-based option…
Our verdict
Who it's for
Data platform for security and observability
Who should look elsewhere
Very expensive
Pros
- +Powerful search
- +Enterprise features
- +Great visualizations
Cons
- −Very expensive
- −Complex pricing
Key features
- ✓Security operations
- ✓Observability
- ✓Log analytics
- ✓SIEM
- ✓IT operations
- ✓Cloud deployment
- ✓On-premises deployment
- ✓Activity monitoring
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workload Pricing | — | month | Pay based on workload types; Economical for less frequently searched data; Flexible scaling |
| Ingest Pricing | — | month | Pay based on data volume; Simple predictable costs; Best for consistent workloads |
| Entity Pricing | — | month | Based on number of hosts; Predictable controllable plan; For observability products |
| Activity-based Pricing | — | month | Pay per metric time series; Pay per traces/sessions; For specific monitoring needs |