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Product	Splunk Observability Cloud by Splunk View product	TShark by Wireshark View product
Overview
What it is	Evaluating Splunk Observability Cloud? See how this SIEM tool handles APM and full-stack observability, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.	Evaluating TShark? See how this Network Security tool handles PCAP/PCAPNG parsing and automated packet dissection, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Product type	Full-Stack Cloud Observability Suite	Command-Line Network Protocol Analyzer & Packet Capture Tool
Best for	Cross-industry, DevOps, SRE Teams, Cloud Engineering	Cross-industry, Cybersecurity Engineering, IT Operations, Academic, Technology, Cybersecurity Consulting, Government, Higher Education
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud SaaS; Cloud-native multi-tenant SaaS platform	Command-Line Interface / Terminal Utility; Local CLI binary / Docker container
Data residency	Global; US; EU; APAC	Local workstation / Server filesystem
Key features
What it offers	Full-stack observability Streaming metric analytics APM Infrastructure monitoring Digital experience tracking Full-stack cloud observability Real-time metric streaming APM & infra monitoring	Live packet capture via libpcap/Npcap PCAP/PCAPNG parsing Wireshark display filter syntax JSON/CSV/XML structured output Automated packet dissection Scriptable headless operation Automated network packet analysis Headless network troubleshooting
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: no
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	MicroservicesKubernetesMulti-Cloud	Headless Linux serversTerminal environmentsVirtual machines
Compliance	OpenTelemetrySOC 2ISO 27001	Open source baseline (GNU GPLv2)
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	OpenTelemetryKubernetesPrometheusAWSAzureGCPDocker	PythonBashPowerShellSnortSuricataELK StackZeek
Industries	Cross-industryDevOpsSRE TeamsCloud Engineering	Cross-industryCybersecurity EngineeringIT OperationsAcademicTechnologyCybersecurity Consulting+2 more
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Splunk	Wireshark
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, USA	Global Open Source Project
Company size	8,000+	1-10
Founded	2003	1998

Splunk Observability Cloud

by Splunk

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TShark

by Wireshark

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Overview

What it is

Splunk Observability Cloud

Evaluating Splunk Observability Cloud? See how this SIEM tool handles APM and full-stack observability, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

TShark

Evaluating TShark? See how this Network Security tool handles PCAP/PCAPNG parsing and automated packet dissection, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

Product type

Splunk Observability Cloud

Full-Stack Cloud Observability Suite

TShark

Command-Line Network Protocol Analyzer & Packet Capture Tool

Best for

Splunk Observability Cloud

Cross-industry, DevOps, SRE Teams, Cloud Engineering

TShark

Cross-industry, Cybersecurity Engineering, IT Operations, Academic, Technology, Cybersecurity Consulting, Government, Higher Education

Pricing

Pricing model

Splunk Observability Cloud

Contact Vendor

TShark

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Splunk Observability Cloud

TShark

Deployment

Deployment options

Splunk Observability Cloud

SaaSCloud

TShark

Cloud

Deployment details

Splunk Observability Cloud

Cloud SaaS; Cloud-native multi-tenant SaaS platform

TShark

Command-Line Interface / Terminal Utility; Local CLI binary / Docker container

Data residency

Splunk Observability Cloud

Global; US; EU; APAC

TShark

Local workstation / Server filesystem

Key features

What it offers

Splunk Observability Cloud

Full-stack observability
Streaming metric analytics
APM
Infrastructure monitoring
Digital experience tracking
Full-stack cloud observability
Real-time metric streaming
APM & infra monitoring

TShark

Live packet capture via libpcap/Npcap
PCAP/PCAPNG parsing
Wireshark display filter syntax
JSON/CSV/XML structured output
Automated packet dissection
Scriptable headless operation
Automated network packet analysis
Headless network troubleshooting

Platform & access

API access

Splunk Observability Cloud

TShark

Single sign-on (SSO)

Splunk Observability Cloud

TShark

Role-based access (RBAC)

Splunk Observability Cloud

TShark

Multi-tenant

Splunk Observability Cloud

TShark

Mobile app

Splunk Observability Cloud

TShark

Supported platforms

Splunk Observability Cloud

MicroservicesKubernetesMulti-Cloud

TShark

Headless Linux serversTerminal environmentsVirtual machines

Compliance

Splunk Observability Cloud

OpenTelemetrySOC 2ISO 27001

TShark

Open source baseline (GNU GPLv2)

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Splunk Observability Cloud

OpenTelemetryKubernetesPrometheusAWSAzureGCPDocker

TShark

PythonBashPowerShellSnortSuricataELK StackZeek

Industries

Splunk Observability Cloud

Cross-industryDevOpsSRE TeamsCloud Engineering

TShark

Cross-industryCybersecurity EngineeringIT OperationsAcademicTechnologyCybersecurity Consulting+2 more

Regions

Splunk Observability Cloud

Global

TShark

Global

Vendor

Company

Splunk Observability Cloud

Splunk

TShark

Wireshark

Headquarters

Splunk Observability Cloud

San Francisco, California, USA

TShark

Global Open Source Project

Company size

Splunk Observability Cloud

8,000+

TShark

1-10

Founded

Splunk Observability Cloud

2003

TShark

1998