Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Splunk Observability Cloud
Splunk Observability Cloud clearly comes out ahead of Elastic Observability on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Neither lists a free tier. Paid plans start at $99/mo for Elastic Observability and $15/mo for Splunk Observability Cloud.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | saas tool |
| Company | Elastic | Splunk |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentEducation & EdTechAI & Machine LearningSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | observability-apm | observability-apm |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | elastic-observability | splunk-observability-cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Elastic Stack Security Features | ||
| 200+ Out-Of-The-Box Integrations | ||
| Apps For Apm, Logging, And Metrics | ||
| Ai-Driven Real-Time Alerts | ||
| Complete Data Sovereignty | ||
| Application Performance Monitoring (Apm) | ||
| Complete Project Tier Includes Ai-Assisted Pipelines, Parsing, And Machine Learning | ||
| Everything In Infrastructure Monitoring | ||
| Cross-Cluster Replication | ||
| Kubernetes Navigator | ||
| Cross-Cluster Search Es|Ql | ||
| Log Observer Connect | ||
| Custom Control Over Cluster Capacity And Versions | ||
| Opentelemetry Data Ingestion | ||
| Distributed Elasticsearch Platform | ||
| Real User Monitoring (Rum) | ||
| Egress: 50 Gb Free, Then $0.05 Per Gb Transferred Per Month | ||
| Sla | ||
| Elastic Ai Assistant | ||
| Streaming Analytics Architecture | ||
| Elastic Maps Server | ||
| Synthetic Monitoring | ||
| Elastic Workflows | ||
| Es|Ql | ||
| Everything In Gold | ||
| Everything In Platinum | ||
| Everything In Standard | ||
| Full Infrastructure Ownership | ||
| Gpu Inference | ||
| Ingest: $0.07 To $0.09 Per Gb Ingested |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Splunk Observability Cloud comes out ahead overall, though Elastic Observability can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Elastic Observability's paid plans start at $99/mo and Splunk Observability Cloud's start at $15/mo, so Splunk Observability Cloud is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Splunk Observability Cloud scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
