Grafana Cloud vs. Splunk Enterprise Comparison


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About Grafana Labs delivers the leading AI-powered observability platform, built around Grafana—the world’s most widely adopted open source technology for dashboards and visualization. Recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Observability Platforms (3x) and furthest in Completeness of Vision (2025, 2026), Grafana Labs supports more than 25 million users and thousands of organizations, from startups to the Fortune 500. Grafana Cloud is the open observability cloud, built on open source, open standards, and open ecosystems. Powered by the LGTM stack—Grafana (visualization), Mimir (metrics), Loki (logs) & Tempo (traces)—it unifies telemetry in one platform for full-stack visibility across applications, infrastructure, and digital experiences. With the AI-powered Grafana Assistant and Adaptive Telemetry suite, teams detect and resolve issues faster, reduce wasteful telemetry spend, and gain real-time insights to ensure reliability. Native OTel support and 100s of integrations mean you can plug in existing tools & data sources.		About Splunk Enterprise is a powerful platform that turns data into actionable insights across security, IT, and business operations. It enables organizations to search, analyze, and visualize data from virtually any source, providing a unified view across edge, cloud, and hybrid environments. With real-time monitoring, alerts, and dashboards, teams can detect issues quickly and act decisively. Splunk AI and machine learning features predict problems before they happen, improving resilience and decision-making. The platform scales to handle terabytes of data and integrates with thousands of apps, making it a flexible solution for enterprises of all sizes. Trusted by leading organizations worldwide, Splunk helps teams move from visibility to action.
Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Supported Linux Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported		Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience Engineering teams, SREs, developers, and platform architects who need scalable, AI-powered observability across modern applications, infrastructure, and cloud-native environments.		Audience Splunk Enterprise is designed for IT leaders, security professionals, and enterprise teams that need to unify, analyze, and act on data across complex, hybrid environments
Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Supported Online Supported		Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported
API Offers API Supported		API Offers API Not Supported
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Pricing $0 Forever Free Tier: All Grafana Cloud services, up to 10k metrics, 50GB logs, traces & profiles; 14-day retention; 3 active users Pro: from $19/month + usage Enterprise: from $25K/year Free Version Supported Free Trial Supported		Pricing No information available. Free Version Supported Free Trial Not Supported
Reviews/Ratings Overall 5.0 / 5 ease 5.0 / 5 features 5.0 / 5 design 5.0 / 5 support 5.0 / 5 Read all reviews		Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.5 / 5 ease 4.0 / 5 features 5.0 / 5 design 5.0 / 5 support 5.0 / 5 Read all reviews
Pros from Real Users Pros Grafana is a trusted tool for a reason, and as such I've used it every company I have worked for. The tool makes creating new dashboards a breeze. And with their new AI tool, you can update and create dashboards with confidence. When our network dashboard broke due to a plugin deprecating, the AI tool was able to recommend a new plugin, build the dashboard, and configure it based on SNMP logs it read from our central log store. It even recommended things to configure alerts on and added more metrics for us to track.		Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros Splunk is top of the line for logging. But that means paying a lot every month, and keeping a lot of data, so make sure you actually need detailed logging. If you do, Splunk has a lot of built in functions to analyze your logging data and help your business be more insightful. Customizable dashboards. Can consume multiple log sources. Extensive and deep search feature. Search Queries can be converted to apps. Alert system based on log data. Cons If you only need some of the metrics and not all the logs, getting Splunk means you're wasting money and overengineering your analytics process. You can use an open source metrics system like Prometheus instead if that's what you need. It's also super easy to accidentally get false alerts on Splunk, and that will not make your oncall engineers happy. Steep learning curve. Search can be slow for huge logs. Expensive.
Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Supported In Person Supported		Training Documentation Not Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Supported In Person Supported
Company Information Grafana Labs Founded: 2014 United States grafana.com		Company Information Cisco Founded: 1984 United States www.splunk.com
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Categories AI Agent Observability Supported AI Observability Supported Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Supported Container Monitoring Supported Dashboard Supported Data Visualization Supported Database Monitoring Supported Incident Management Supported Incident Response Supported IT Alerting Supported IT Infrastructure Monitoring Supported Log Monitoring Supported Observability Supported Performance Testing Supported Reporting Supported Telemetry Supported		Categories AI Observability Supported AI SOC Supported AIOps Supported Anomaly Detection Supported Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Supported Artificial Intelligence Supported Cloud Security Supported Cybersecurity Supported Data Breach Detection Supported Data Visualization Supported DevSecOps Supported Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Supported Hardware Monitoring Supported IT Infrastructure Monitoring Supported IT Management Supported Log Analysis Supported Log Management Supported Network Monitoring Supported Network Security Supported Network Troubleshooting Supported Observability Supported Risk-Based Vulnerability Management Supported SIEM Supported Threat Intelligence Supported
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Features Baseline Manager Supported Diagnostic Tools Supported Full Transaction Diagnostics Supported Performance Control Supported Resource Management Supported Root-Cause Diagnosis Supported Server Performance Supported Trace Individual Transactions Supported Data Visualization Features Analytics Supported Content Management Supported Dashboard Creation Supported Filtered Views Supported OLAP Supported Relational Display Supported Simulation Models Supported Visual Discovery Supported IT Infrastructure Monitoring Features Alerts / Notifications Supported Application Monitoring Supported Bandwidth Monitoring Supported Capacity Planning Supported Configuration Change Management Supported Data Movement Monitoring Supported Health Monitoring Supported Multi-Platform Support Supported Performance Monitoring Supported Point-in-Time Visibility Supported Reporting / Analytics Supported Virtual Machine Monitoring Supported Show More Features Dashboard Features Annotations Supported Data Source Integrations Supported Functions / Calculations Supported Interactive Supported KPIs Supported OLAP Supported Private Dashboards Supported Public Dashboards Supported Scorecards Supported Themes Supported Visual Analytics Supported Widgets Supported Database Monitoring Features Anomaly Detection Supported Autodiscovery Supported Capacity Planning Supported Dashboard Supported Dependency Tracking Not Supported Historical Trend Analysis Supported Multitenancy Supported Notifications / Alerts Supported Performance Monitoring Supported Permissions / Access Controls Supported Predictive Analytics Supported Prioritization Not Supported Query Analysis Supported Resource Optimization Supported Troubleshooting Supported IT Alerting Features Alert Noise Reduction Supported Alert Routing Supported Dynamic Notifications Supported Enriched Incident Context Supported Escalation Policies Supported Incident History Audit Supported Multi-User Alerting Supported Multiple Alert Types Supported On-Call Management Supported Rich HTML Email Notifications Supported Incident Management Features Audit Trail Supported Corrective Actions (CAPA) Supported Disaster Recovery Supported Incident Reporting Supported IT Incident Management Supported OSHA Compliance Not Supported Root-Cause Diagnosis Supported Safety Management Not Supported Task Management Supported Ticket Management Supported Reporting Features Customizable Dashboard Supported Data Source Connectors Supported Drag & Drop Supported Drill Down Supported Email Reports Supported Financial Reports Not Supported Forecasting Supported Marketing Reports Not Supported OLAP Supported Report Export Supported Sales Reports Not Supported Scheduled / Automated Reports Supported		Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Features Baseline Manager Supported Diagnostic Tools Supported Full Transaction Diagnostics Supported Performance Control Supported Resource Management Supported Root-Cause Diagnosis Supported Server Performance Supported Trace Individual Transactions Supported Data Visualization Features Analytics Supported Content Management Supported Dashboard Creation Supported Filtered Views Supported OLAP Supported Relational Display Supported Simulation Models Supported Visual Discovery Supported Show More Features Artificial Intelligence Features Chatbot Not Supported For eCommerce Not Supported For Healthcare Supported For Sales Not Supported Image Recognition Not Supported Machine Learning Not Supported Multi-Language Not Supported Natural Language Processing Not Supported Predictive Analytics Supported Process/Workflow Automation Not Supported Rules-Based Automation Not Supported Virtual Personal Assistant (VPA) Not Supported Cloud Security Features Antivirus Supported Application Security Supported Behavioral Analytics Supported Encryption Supported Endpoint Management Supported Incident Management Supported Intrusion Detection System Supported Threat Intelligence Supported Two-Factor Authentication Supported Vulnerability Management Supported Cybersecurity Features AI / Machine Learning Supported Behavioral Analytics Supported Endpoint Management Supported Incident Management Supported IOC Verification Not Supported Tokenization Not Supported Vulnerability Scanning Supported Whitelisting / Blacklisting Not Supported Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Features Behavioral Analytics Supported Blacklisting/Whitelisting Supported Continuous Monitoring Supported Malware/Anomaly Detection Supported Prioritization Supported Remediation Management Supported Root Cause Analysis Supported IT Management Features Capacity Monitoring Supported Compliance Management Supported Event Logs Supported Hardware Inventory Supported IT Budgeting Supported License Management Supported Patch Management Supported Remote Access Supported Scheduling Supported Software Inventory Supported User Activity Monitoring Supported Log Management Features Archiving Supported Audit Trails Supported Compliance Reporting Supported Consolidation Supported Data Visualization Supported Event Logs Supported Network Logs Supported Remediation Supported Syslogs Supported Thresholds Supported Web Logs Supported Network Monitoring Features Bandwidth Monitoring Supported Baseline Manager Supported Diagnostic Tools Supported Internet Usage Monitoring Supported IP Address Monitoring Supported Real Time Analytics Supported Resource Management Supported Server Monitoring Supported SLA Monitoring Supported Uptime Monitoring Supported Web Traffic Reporting Supported Network Security Features Access Control Supported Analytics / Reporting Supported Compliance Reporting Not Supported Firewalls Supported Internet Usage Monitoring Supported Intrusion Detection System Supported Threat Response Supported VPN Supported Vulnerability Scanning Supported Network Troubleshooting Features Alerts / Escalation Supported Bandwidth Troubleshooting Supported Change Management Supported Configuration Management Supported Connectivity Management Supported Data Visualization Supported Historical Audit Supported Mobile Network Troubleshooting Supported Network Analysis Supported Network Monitoring Supported SIEM Features Application Security Supported Behavioral Analytics Supported Compliance Reporting Supported Endpoint Management Supported File Integrity Monitoring Supported Forensic Analysis Supported Log Management Supported Network Monitoring Supported Real Time Monitoring Supported Threat Intelligence Supported User Activity Monitoring Supported
Integrations Azure Marketplace Supported HCL IntelliOps Event Management Supported Squadcast Supported Statseeker Supported n8n Supported Aporia Supported Cased Not Supported Commvault HyperScale X Not Supported Feroot Not Supported IRI DMaaS Not Supported Langtrace Supported ORDR Not Supported Okta Not Supported Oracle Cloud Marketplace Supported RunLLM Supported Sentry Not Supported Shoreline Supported Stackhero Supported Storm MCP Supported Varonis Data Security Platform Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 201 Integrations		Integrations Azure Marketplace Supported HCL IntelliOps Event Management Supported Squadcast Supported Statseeker Supported n8n Supported Aporia Not Supported Cased Supported Commvault HyperScale X Supported Feroot Supported IRI DMaaS Supported Langtrace Not Supported ORDR Supported Okta Supported Oracle Cloud Marketplace Not Supported RunLLM Not Supported Sentry Supported Shoreline Not Supported Stackhero Not Supported Storm MCP Not Supported Varonis Data Security Platform Supported Show More Integrations View All 165 Integrations
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