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Compare Amazon CloudWatch and Splunk Enterprise 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (39.5% of reviews)
Enterprise (65.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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Amazon CloudWatch
Star Rating
(380)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (39.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Star Rating
(419)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (65.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Amazon CloudWatch vs Splunk Enterprise
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found them equally easy to use, and both vendors make it equally easy to do business overall. However, Amazon CloudWatch is easier to set up and administer.
- Reviewers felt that Splunk Enterprise meets the needs of their business better than Amazon CloudWatch.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Splunk Enterprise is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Amazon CloudWatch over Splunk Enterprise.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon CloudWatch
No pricing availableSplunk Enterprise
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Amazon CloudWatch
No trial information availableSplunk Enterprise
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.6
289
8.9
332
Ease of Use
8.1
289
8.1
334
Ease of Setup
8.4
147
7.9
133
Ease of Admin
8.5
142
8.1
123
Quality of Support
8.3
264
8.4
275
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
134
8.7
123
Product Direction (% positive)
8.1
279
7.9
322
Features by Category
Operations
8.7
42
Not enough data
8.6
46
Not enough data
7.4
37
Not enough data
8.6
49
Not enough data
Cost Optimization
8.4
39
Not enough data
7.9
39
Not enough data
8.1
42
Not enough data
Administration
8.4
52
Not enough data
7.9
52
Not enough data
8.3
43
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Cost Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Sourcing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Intelligence
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.8
36
Not enough data
8.4
35
Not enough data
8.0
32
Not enough data
8.6
36
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.8
33
Not enough data
7.5
26
Not enough data
8.3
30
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
8.2
32
Not enough data
8.0
34
Not enough data
8.2
28
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
7.0
9
Not enough data
6.5
9
Not enough data
7.9
12
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
7.1
11
Not enough data
6.8
10
Not enough data
6.8
10
Management
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
8.2
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
Not enough data
9.4
18
Not enough data
9.0
19
Not enough data
9.3
19
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
9.0
16
Not enough data
8.7
14
Not enough data
8.4
18
Not enough data
9.1
19
Agentic AI - Hardware Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
59
Not enough data
8.9
59
Not enough data
9.1
59
Not enough data
7.8
51
Management
Not enough data
8.3
52
Not enough data
8.9
58
Not enough data
8.5
58
Not enough data
9.1
58
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
ServiceNow Apps
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
5
Agentic AI - ServiceNow Store Apps
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Preparation
Not enough data
9.0
65
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Verified
Not enough data
8.9
64
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
59
|
Verified
Analysis
Not enough data
8.4
58
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
63
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
51
|
Verified
Visualization
Not enough data
8.8
64
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
61
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)Hide 14 FeaturesShow 14 Features
Not enough data
8.4
27
Network Management
Not enough data
9.1
26
Not enough data
7.3
23
Not enough data
9.2
26
Incident Management
Not enough data
8.8
26
Not enough data
7.8
26
Not enough data
8.5
26
Security Intelligence
Not enough data
7.3
24
Not enough data
6.5
22
Not enough data
8.5
24
Not enough data
8.3
24
Agentic AI - Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon CloudWatch and Splunk Enterprise share no categories
Unique Categories
Amazon CloudWatch is categorized as Cloud Cost Management and Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Splunk Enterprise is categorized as Enterprise Monitoring, Hardware Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, ServiceNow Store Apps, Customer Data Platform (CDP), Log Analysis, and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon CloudWatch
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Splunk Enterprise
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
26.3%
Computer Software
18.3%
Internet
6.5%
Financial Services
4.1%
Marketing and Advertising
2.9%
Other
41.9%
Information Technology and Services
26.2%
Computer Software
10.6%
Financial Services
6.5%
Internet
6.3%
Computer & Network Security
6.0%
Other
44.3%
Most Helpful Reviews
Amazon CloudWatch
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Dorrin P.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Ability to monitor services' stats and alert on them based on my desired limits. Also graphing the stats.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Telecommunications
It doesn't log everything possible, but that would be unexpected if it could.
Splunk Enterprise
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Retail
Splunk is a fantastic tool that we depend on. It isn't just development work we rely on Splunk for, but we also use it for testing engineering changes as a standard before production releases. From ease-of-use, forwarding data from a variety of data...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Ramiro C.
Verified User in Retail
Challenges include the perceived cost and licensing model, a learning curve for new users specially because of the SPL (Splunk Programming Language), and resource consumption in larger deployments. Effective optimization strategies are crucial.
Dorrin P.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Ability to monitor services' stats and alert on them based on my desired limits. Also graphing the stats.
Verified User in Retail
Splunk is a fantastic tool that we depend on. It isn't just development work we rely on Splunk for, but we also use it for testing engineering changes as a standard before production releases. From ease-of-use, forwarding data from a variety of data...
Verified User in Telecommunications
It doesn't log everything possible, but that would be unexpected if it could.
Ramiro C.
Verified User in Retail
Challenges include the perceived cost and licensing model, a learning curve for new users specially because of the SPL (Splunk Programming Language), and resource consumption in larger deployments. Effective optimization strategies are crucial.
Discussions
What is AWS CloudWatch metrics?
1 comment
IO
The metrics of AWS CloudWatch are numerical data that represent the performance and state of Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources. They are collected from...Read more
What can CloudWatch monitor?
1 comment
GM
Every resource in AWS environment and on-premises tooRead more
Amazon CloudWatch has no more discussions with answers
Which apps ship with Splunk Enterprise?
1 comment
SM
Splunk Enterprise comes with a variety of built-in apps and add-ons that provide additional functionality, visualizations, and preconfigured dashboards for...Read more
What are Splunk Enterprise components?
1 comment
IG
Splunk's 3 main components: Search Head (UI), Indexer (DB) and Forwarder (Endpoint Agent with Universal Forwarder or Aggregation Agent with...Read more
What does Splunk Enterprise do?
1 comment
SM
Splunk Enterprise is a powerful data analytics platform that allows organizations to collect, index, search, and analyze a wide variety of machine-generated...Read more
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