What makes Splunk so different from other solutions?

Splunk is unique because of 6 reasons:

• Splunk indexes any data, every word of every event from any IT source in real time, without using databases, expensive connectors, custom parsers or proprietary consoles. It allows you to search for any term or grouping of words whole or fractional, in a google manner.


• Splunk lets you interact with your search results immediately. Zoom in and out on a time line of your results to quickly reveal trends, spikes and anomalies. Using statistics, graphs and other practical tools you can find in no time the needle in the haystack.


• Splunk is immensely scalable. Architecturally, Splunk can maintain online data access for years if desired using nothing more than a file system (no DB).


• Splunk does not use a Database and as such is schema-less.  All data is stored in an open format (gzip) and can be signed to ensure no one has tampered with the files.


• Splunk operates across all business units as IT search is not owned by a particular business unit. Splunk is a unifying tool that provides a predictable and common view into all log data across your organization.


• Splunk is build on a platform from which the customer can freely and with ease add on their own customization. So the customer has the ability to modify, if needed.