Compare Grafana vs. Splunk Cloud Platform

Grafana Labs provides an open and composable observability stack built around Grafana, the leading open source technology for dashboards and visualization. Recognized as a 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for Observability Platforms and positioned furthest to the right for Completeness of Vision, Grafana Labs supports over 25M users and 5,000+ customers. Grafana Cloud delivers the full power of Grafana’s open and composable observability stack—without the overhead of managing infrastructure. As a fully managed SaaS offering from Grafana Labs, it unifies metrics, logs, and traces in one place, giving engineering teams real-time visibility into systems and applications. Built around the LGTM Stack—Loki for logs, Grafana for visualization, Tempo for traces, and Mimir for metrics—Grafana Cloud provides a scalable foundation for modern observability. With built-in integrations for Kubernetes, cloud services, CI/CD pipelines, and OpenTelemetry, Grafana Cloud accelerates time to value while reducing operational complexity. Grafana Cloud also supports OLAP-style analytics through integrations with data warehouses and analytical engines like BigQuery, ClickHouse, and Druid—enabling multi-dimensional exploration across observability and business data. Teams gain access to powerful features like Adaptive Metrics for cost optimization, incident response workflows, and synthetic monitoring for performance testing—all within a secure, globally distributed platform. Whether you’re modernizing infrastructure, scaling observability, or driving SLO-based performance, Grafana Cloud delivers the insights you need—fast, flexible, and vendor-neutral.

Transforming data into actionable insights is made simple with Splunk, which is securely and reliably managed as a scalable service. By entrusting your IT backend to our Splunk specialists, you can concentrate on leveraging your data effectively. The infrastructure, provisioned and overseen by Splunk, offers a seamless, cloud-based data analytics solution that can be operational in as little as 48 hours. Regular software upgrades guarantee that you always benefit from the newest features and enhancements. You can quickly harness the potential of your data in just a few days, with minimal prerequisites for translating data into actionable insights. Meeting FedRAMP security standards, Splunk Cloud empowers U.S. federal agencies and their partners to make confident decisions and take decisive actions at mission speeds. Enhance productivity and gain contextual insights with the mobile applications and natural language features offered by Splunk, allowing you to extend the reach of your solutions effortlessly. Whether managing infrastructure or ensuring data compliance, Splunk Cloud is designed to scale effectively, providing you with robust solutions that adapt to your needs. Ultimately, this level of agility and efficiency can significantly enhance your organization's operational capabilities.