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| Product | Elastic Observability by Elastic View product | Splunk Cloud Platform by Splunk View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | Elastic Observability is a full-stack observability platform for log aggregation, metrics analysis and full-stack observability. See features and SIEM alternatives. | Splunk Cloud Platform by Splunk is a managed machine data & cloud SIEM. Key features include SPL search. Compare deployment, integrations and top SIEM alternatives. |
| Product type | Full-Stack Observability Platform | Managed Machine Data & Cloud SIEM |
| Best for | Cross-industry, DevOps, SRE Teams, Enterprise IT | Cross-industry, Global Enterprise, Government, Telecom |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: yes | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | SaaSCloudHybrid | SaaSCloud |
| Deployment details | Cloud; Hybrid; Elastic Cloud SaaS; Self-managed Elastic Stack | Cloud SaaS (AWS / GCP); Fully managed SaaS on AWS and GCP |
| Data residency | Global; AWS; Azure; GCP regions | Global; dozens of AWS/GCP regions |
| Key features | ||
| What it offers |
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| Platform & access | ||
| API access | API access: yes | API access: yes |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | SSO: yes | SSO: yes |
| Role-based access (RBAC) | RBAC: yes | RBAC: yes |
| Multi-tenant | Multi-tenant: yes | Multi-tenant: yes |
| Mobile app | Mobile app: no | Mobile app: yes |
| Supported platforms | InfrastructureCloudContainer Platforms | AWSGCPEnterprise Data Sources |
| Compliance | SOC 2ISO 27001GDPRHIPAA | SOC 2ISO 27001FedRAMPHIPAAPCI DSS |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | KubernetesPrometheusOpenTelemetryAWSAzure | AWSGoogle CloudSplunkbase appsREST APIsUniversal Forwarders |
| Industries | Cross-industryDevOpsSRE TeamsEnterprise IT | Cross-industryGlobal EnterpriseGovernmentTelecom |
| Regions | Global | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Elastic | Splunk |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, California, USA | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Company size | 3,000+ | 8,000+ |
| Founded | 2012 | 2003 |
Overview
What it is
Elastic Observability
Elastic Observability is a full-stack observability platform for log aggregation, metrics analysis and full-stack observability. See features and SIEM alternatives.Splunk Cloud Platform
Splunk Cloud Platform by Splunk is a managed machine data & cloud SIEM. Key features include SPL search. Compare deployment, integrations and top SIEM alternatives.Product type
Elastic Observability
Full-Stack Observability PlatformSplunk Cloud Platform
Managed Machine Data & Cloud SIEMBest for
Elastic Observability
Cross-industry, DevOps, SRE Teams, Enterprise ITSplunk Cloud Platform
Cross-industry, Global Enterprise, Government, TelecomPricing
Pricing model
Elastic Observability
Contact VendorSplunk Cloud Platform
Contact VendorFree trial
Elastic Observability
Free trial: yesSplunk Cloud Platform
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Elastic Observability
Splunk Cloud Platform
Deployment details
Elastic Observability
Cloud; Hybrid; Elastic Cloud SaaS; Self-managed Elastic StackSplunk Cloud Platform
Cloud SaaS (AWS / GCP); Fully managed SaaS on AWS and GCPData residency
Elastic Observability
Global; AWS; Azure; GCP regionsSplunk Cloud Platform
Global; dozens of AWS/GCP regionsKey features
What it offers
Elastic Observability
- Unified logs, metrics & traces
- Machine learning anomaly detection
- Synthetic monitoring
- Kibana dashboards
- Full-stack observability
- Log aggregation
- Metrics analysis
Splunk Cloud Platform
- Fully managed big data analytics
- Cloud log ingestion
- SPL search
- Real-time dashboarding
- 99.9% uptime SLA
- Managed cloud log analytics
- Machine data search
- Security operations monitoring
Platform & access
API access
Elastic Observability
API access: yesSplunk Cloud Platform
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Elastic Observability
SSO: yesSplunk Cloud Platform
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Elastic Observability
RBAC: yesSplunk Cloud Platform
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Elastic Observability
Multi-tenant: yesSplunk Cloud Platform
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
Elastic Observability
Mobile app: noSplunk Cloud Platform
Mobile app: yesSupported platforms
Elastic Observability
Splunk Cloud Platform
Compliance
Elastic Observability
Splunk Cloud Platform
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Elastic Observability
Splunk Cloud Platform
Industries
Elastic Observability
Splunk Cloud Platform
Regions
Elastic Observability
Splunk Cloud Platform
Vendor
Company
Elastic Observability
ElasticSplunk Cloud Platform
SplunkHeadquarters
Elastic Observability
Mountain View, California, USASplunk Cloud Platform
San Francisco, California, USACompany size
Elastic Observability
3,000+Splunk Cloud Platform
8,000+Founded
Elastic Observability
2012Splunk Cloud Platform
2003