Splunk
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Features
77 features across 17 categories
AI(10)
Search, analyze, and act on machine data at massive scale from any source with real-time insights
Native generative AI capabilities to uncover deep data insights with natural language
GUI-based assistants that guide through ML model creation process
Native ML capabilities for anomaly detection and predictive analytics
Use clustering algorithms to identify patterns and group similar data
Incorporate AI and ML into data strategy with pre-built and custom machine learning models
Deploy machine learning models in production environment
Streamline workflows and deploy AI models using natural language
Use machine learning to detect outliers and anomalies in data
Apply machine learning for predictive analytics and forecasting
AIOps(1)
AI-driven incident prediction using Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI)
Alerting(5)
Reduce alert noise with automated event correlation and real-time dashboards
Automatically trigger subsequent actions like emails and remediation scripts when alerts are triggered
Set alerts at varying levels of granularity based on data thresholds, trends, and behavioral patterns
Alert generation with high precision to reduce false positives
Get critical alerts in real-time for events and impending conditions
Analytics(7)
Visual data analysis for metrics and events without needing to know SPL
See impact on business KPIs and optimize performance
Support for multiple correlation types including time, transactions, sub-searches, lookups and joins
Detect patterns in events for anomaly and threat detection
Quickly and visually analyze metrics and events data with improved search performance and storage costs
Predictive dashboards that anticipate issues before they occur
Powerful query language with 140+ analytical commands for deep data analysis
Compliance(2)
Automate compliance monitoring and streamline audits for standards like PCI, HIPAA, GDPR
ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP certified
Core Platform(1)
Operate securely and reliably at any scale with industry-leading unified security and observability platform
Data Management(5)
Simple and modern user experience to onboard data in minutes with centralized control
Govern data pipelines to reduce costs and improve business outcomes
Reduce historical data storage costs by up to 80 percent while retaining search capabilities
Ingest data via forwarders that reside directly on data sources
Convert logs into metrics for more efficient compression, storage, and retrieval
Infrastructure(4)
Automatically evaluates data access patterns and optimizes storage placement
Push inactive data to remote storage to reduce costs while maintaining search capabilities
Next-generation architecture that independently scales compute and data storage with intelligent caching
Policy-based mechanism to reserve system resources for ingestion and search workloads
Integration(13)
Seamlessly ingest logs, metrics, traces, and events from any source or format via built-in integrations
Embed Splunk reports in any application
Directly ingest data from DevOps, IoT and other sources using Event Collector API
Roll data to existing Hadoop or Amazon S3 data lakes for cold storage
Integration with IT service management tools for incident management
Integrate with LDAP, Active Directory, and other authentication systems
Access Splunk data in applications like Microsoft Excel or Tableau via ODBC
Built-in OpenTelemetry support for standard instrumentation
Optimize performance of SAP systems
SDKs and agents for flexible application instrumentation
Rich SDKs for teams to integrate Splunk data and functionality in custom ways
Access to 1000+ apps and add-ons from Splunk, partners, and community
Automatically trigger actions in ticketing or task assignment systems via alerts
Mobile(2)
Optimized dashboards and collaboration features for iPad devices
Mobile-friendly dashboards and alert management on the go
Monitoring(3)
Continuous monitoring of events, conditions, and critical KPIs for operational visibility
Create scheduled searches for real-time dashboards and visualizations
Complete system and feature monitoring for on-premises deployments with topology views
Observability(4)
Monitor and troubleshoot across any environment, stack, and network including AI infrastructure
Monitor and troubleshoot application performance across the entire stack from APIs to code level
Prevent and prioritize issues based on business impact
Accelerate Mean Time To Recovery with AI assistants and impact analysis
Reporting(1)
Create real-time or scheduled reports that can be saved and shared in secure PDF format
Security(9)
Detect advanced persistent threats using behavioral analytics, machine learning, and risk scoring
Secure AI applications with built-in security controls
Complete visibility into security threats with AI and automation capabilities
Quickly detect, investigate, and respond to fraud activities with specialized reporting and visualizations
Defend against insider threats with advanced analytics
Support SAML integration for single sign-on through identity providers like Okta, Azure AD, PingFederate
Manage fleet of mobile devices securely with end-to-end encryption using Spacebridge cloud service
Integrated threat intelligence for comprehensive threat detection and response
Defend against threats with precision and speed using unified threat detection, investigation, and response
Services(3)
Tailored success plan combining Support and Professional Services resources
Guaranteed response times and direct access to Splunk Support team
Adoption assistance and accelerated onsite implementation services
Training(1)
Coursework and learning paths from novice to power user
Visualization(6)
Create custom visualizations and dashboards with intuitive tools
Customized dashboards and data visualizations to tell compelling data stories
Wide range of charts and visualizations for data analysis and storytelling
Experience data and dashboards on objects themselves and provide insights to non-SPL users
Display Splunk dashboards securely on office, NOC, or SOC displays using Apple TV, Android TV, or Fire TV
Remotely control content displayed on Splunk TV
Pricing
Workload Pricing
- ✓Pay based on workload type
- ✓Economical for less frequently searched data
- ✓Flexible scaling
Ingest Pricing
- ✓Pay based on data ingestion volume
- ✓Simple and predictable
- ✓Economical for additional searches and use cases
Entity Pricing
- ✓Based on number of hosts
- ✓Predictable and controllable
- ✓For observability products
Activity-based Pricing
- ✓Based on monitored activities
- ✓Metric time series (MTS) billing
- ✓Traces analyzed per minute
- ✓Sessions and uptime requests
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Integrations
18 known integrations