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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SolarWinds Loggly

    Score5.1 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Loggly is a cloud-based log management service provider. It does not require the use of proprietary software agents to collect log data. The service uses open source technologies, including ElasticSearch, Apache Lucene 4 and Apache Kafka.

    $79

    per month/billed annually

    Splunk Enterprise

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASplunk is software for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated big data, via a web-style interface. It captures, indexes and correlates real-time data in a searchable repository from which it can generate graphs, reports, alerts, dashboards and visualizations.N/A
    Pricing
    SolarWinds LogglySplunk Enterprise
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $79
    per month/billed annually
    Pro
    $159
    per month/billed annually
    Enterprise
    $279
    per month/billed annually
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SolarWinds LogglySplunk Enterprise
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFree trial for Standard and Pro plans for 14 days with all features.—
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    Community Pulse
    SolarWinds LogglySplunk Enterprise
    Considered Both Products
    SolarWinds
    Chose SolarWinds Loggly
    Loggly is more focused on the log part as it's name suggests.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Loggly
    I didn't select Loggly.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Loggly
    We chose Loggly because we found it to be a good balance between costs, functionality, and available documentation/integrations. Logentries and PaperTrail were pretty closely tied for second place at the time. All 3 of the main contenders have been bought out by other companies …
    Incentivized
    Cisco
    Chose Splunk Enterprise
    Loggly, LogLogic, AppSumo. Every one of these products have a scalability problem beyond the terabyte range and gets tremendously expensive in the long run keeping data in the cloud
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    25 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    22 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    27 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    SolarWinds LogglySplunk Enterprise
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of SolarWinds Loggly and Splunk Enterprise
    Feature
    SolarWinds Loggly
    -
    Ratings
    Splunk Enterprise
    7.1
    56 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Centralized event and log data collection00 Ratings9.055 Ratings
    Correlation00 Ratings9.054 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management00 Ratings9.555 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility00 Ratings7.050 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools00 Ratings6.051 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces00 Ratings5.956 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection00 Ratings4.939 Ratings
    Data integration/API management00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining00 Ratings5.96 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds00 Ratings7.56 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management00 Ratings6.46 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching00 Ratings6.57 Ratings
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    SolarWinds LogglySplunk Enterprise
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score7.5 out of 10
    IBM Security QRadar SIEM
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
    Score7.5 out of 10
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SolarWinds LogglySplunk Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (48 ratings)
    7.8
    (73 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (7 ratings)
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (7 ratings)
    8.4
    (17 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SolarWinds LogglySplunk Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SolarWinds
    SolarWinds Loggly is great for capturing and organizing logs from 3rd party sources such as NGINX. Without SolarWinds Loggly it's really difficult to manage the logs overtime, find traffic patterns, and identify issues before they become a problem. Anyone who is routinely searching through massive log files could quickly benefit from the SolarWinds Loggly and it's capabilities.
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    Cisco
    It's well suited for what I do, which is network security operations. And that's for anything from troubleshooting incidents, troubleshooting performance, troubleshooting for the purpose of a compliance and auditing. It's not best suited for users who are new in terms of they're new to the product and they have expectations that probably Splunk cannot meet.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    SolarWinds
    • Putting our logs in one place and making them searchable. We use AWS, and CloudWatch has always been a little frustrating in this regard (though it has gotten better recently).
    • Deriving metrics from our logs. I think log-based metrics is such a good idea because your logs are the ultimate source for truth in regards to what the hell is going on inside your app. I have really loved the simplicity with which I can just count certain statements and call that a metric because just through the normal course of development certain log statements just naturally become a straightforward recording of an event having occurred.
    • Alerts. I actually have a few complaints about email alerts, but just the way I was able to set them up so easily has been huge. Since we started using Loggly, there have been at least 3 bugs that Loggly exposed that were frankly very bad. And withoutt Loggly or without a user reporting them, we would have never known they were happening! This is stuff I tried to set up in CloudWatch in various ways, but because of my own ignorance or perhaps the complexity/limitations of CloudWatch (or the complexity of my stack?), I wasn't getting the information that I needed until I was able to just tell Loggly to send me an email whenever the word "error" showed up.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    • It is very useful in creating custom rules for analyzing system logs and display relevant information. The query language is very easy to learn.
    • We can create custom UI to visualize the output of our data. The interface is very flexible. It also allows the sharing of rules among users.
    • There is an open online community to help others. Stackoverflow also has a splunk community. These resources make it more convenient to learn.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    SolarWinds
    • Not all searches are intuitive.
    • We have to use a log aggregating device to ship our logs to Loggly as our network devices can not connect on an encrypted protocol. I would prefer if we could use some sort of VPN-based connector to ship logs securely.
    • Sometimes when drilled down, it can be difficult to fully reset a search term to back all the way out of a drill down.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    • Splunk light limits number of users to 5. Wish there was a flexible license, where one could add more users.
    • Splunk light does not let you add > few realtime alerts. Wish there was a flexible license, where one could add as many realtime alerts as wanted.
    • Better insight into daily ingestion values
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SolarWinds
    Management is not open to having an agent sending the data to the cloud instance.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    We are using Splunk extensively in our projects and we have recently upgraded to Splunk version 6.0 which is quite efficient and giving expected results. We keep track of updates and new features Splunk introduces periodically and try to introduce those features in our day to day activities for improvement in our reporting system and other tasks.
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    Usability
    SolarWinds
    Loggly's easy setup, very good customer support, and intuitive interface make Loggly very easy to use. User access management is also very easy as we can tailor the experience for each of our developers to access the information they need without having to wade through other information. While there was a slight learning curve in how to view the logs the way some specifically wanted, everything was possible and quite easy to do.
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    Cisco
    You can literally throw in a single word into Splunk and it will pull back all instances of that word across all of your logs for the time span you select (provided you have permission to see that data). We have several users who have taken a few of the free courses from Splunk that are able to pull data out of it everyday with little help at all.
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    Reliability and Availability
    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    When properly setup and configured, Splunk is extremely reliable.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    SolarWinds
    The support team have been great when we have logged tickets or had issues, most of the time it is down to user training, however we have had a couple of bugs that they have been able to iron out for us.
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    Cisco
    Splunk maintains a well resourced support system that has been consistent since we purchased the product. They help out in a timely manner and provide expert level information as needed. We typically open cases online and communicate when possible via e-mail and are able to resolve most issues with that method.
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    Online Training
    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    The online course was simple clear and described the main capabilities of the solution. There is also an initial module that can be done for free so anyone can familiarize themselves with the functionality of this solution. On the other hand, however, there could be more free online courses. Maybe even with a certificate, this would broaden the group of people who are familiar with the platform while increasing familiarity with the solution itself.
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    Implementation Rating
    SolarWinds
    It has good architecture, which focus on ese of use.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    Smooth without too many major issues.
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    Alternatives Considered
    SolarWinds
    We were using Zabbix. While it is an open-source solution that you can install for free the following things were limitations of the solution. 1) The scale and uptime of the solution are now your own problem. Since we were hosting at AWS this meant we still had a cost of the AWS solution. 2) The product is complicated from a configuration standpoint. In order to get anything meaningful out of it, you had to invest a lot of time and effort. We did consider NewRelic. I have experience with that product and do think that it is a solid alternative. Ultimately experience with the simplicity and speed of deployment with Loggly encouraged me to suggest using this again.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    I didn't get to fully evaluate Logstash as our corporation was already using Logstash, but both seemed like viable solutions to the problem that we were having. I wanted to evaluate Logstash some more, both did seem like they would work for the business needs that we had, we went with splunk as many teams were already using it.
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    Scalability
    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Splunk can scale in to the petabyte per day range which of course is awesome
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    Return on Investment
    SolarWinds
    • Unfortunately, we hit our logging cap on a weekly basis and we lose logs after that.
    • We have lost logs after hitting the maximum during service outages. We have become accustomed to not being able to rely on having them, then things go poorly.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    • I don't have any numbers to share but Splunk has positively served as a 24/7 monitoring tool that has saved hours of work by self-detecting, saving statistics and alerting problems in the system or from external interfaces as soon as they happen.
    • Splunk dashboards does a solid job in collecting, analyzing data and creating reports that contain an entire day's activity and then automatically sent out to the business.
    • Splunk is very easy to learn and very useful to any program or business application.
    Incentivized
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