Developer Tools · head to head
OpsLevel vs Splunk Enterprise Security
OpsLevel
Developer Tools
Internal developer portal that scores service ownership and production readiness
- From
- On request
- Free plan
- No
Splunk Enterprise Security
Cybersecurity
The platform for operational intelligence
- From
- On request
- Free plan
- No
The short version
- Each has a real cost: OpsLevel opsLevel does not publish prices at all, not even a starting figure, so you cannot size a budget or compare against Backstage's zero licence cost without entering a sales cycle.; Splunk Enterprise Security splunk Enterprise Security is licensed separately from the Splunk platform, so a SIEM deployment needs both
- They diverge on capability: OpsLevel covers Service catalogue, Splunk Enterprise Security covers Security monitoring.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which OpsLevel and Splunk Enterprise Security actually diverge.
| Attribute | OpsLevel | Splunk Enterprise Security |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | quote | subscription |
| Platforms | Web | Web, Api |
| Category | Developer Tools | Cybersecurity |
| Founded | Unknown | 2003 |
Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in OpsLevel
- Service catalogue
- Scorecards and rubric
- Checks
- Campaigns
- Self-service actions
- Slack and Teams integration
- Catalogue auto-enrichment
- Deployment on request
Only in Splunk Enterprise Security
- Security monitoring
- Incident review
- Risk-based alerting
- Threat intelligence
- Investigation workbench
- MITRE ATT&CK mapping
- Automated response
- Compliance reporting
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
OpsLevel
- A platform team that needs to prove every production service has a named owner and an on-call rota before an auditnot Splunk Enterprise Security
- Driving a fleet-wide migration such as a runtime upgrade across 400 services with a deadline and visible progressnot Splunk Enterprise Security
- Giving developers a paved road to create a new service from a template without waiting on the platform teamnot Splunk Enterprise Security
- An organisation where an incident took an hour to route because nobody could identify the owning teamnot Splunk Enterprise Security
Splunk Enterprise Security
- Running a security operations centre on Splunk indexed log datanot OpsLevel
- Correlation searches, risk based alerting and incident investigationnot OpsLevel
- Compliance reporting from pooled security telemetrynot OpsLevel
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
OpsLevel
- OpsLevel does not publish prices at all, not even a starting figure, so you cannot size a budget or compare against Backstage's zero licence cost without entering a sales cycle.
- The Standard plan caps at 50 users, which is below the size at which service ownership becomes a real problem, so most genuine buyers land on Enterprise and its unpublished pricing.
- Scores are only as honest as the metadata teams maintain; where ownership records go stale the rubric produces confident numbers about a catalogue that no longer reflects reality, and leadership acts on them.
- It reports on quality rather than producing it, so it can generate friction between platform teams who set the rubric and product teams who see it as a scoreboard imposed on them without extra headcount to fix the findings.
- As a hosted product it needs read access to source control, cloud accounts and observability tooling, which is a meaningful vendor review in regulated environments; on-premises exists but only on the Enterprise tier.
Splunk Enterprise Security
- Splunk Enterprise Security is licensed separately from the Splunk platform, so a SIEM deployment needs both
- Splunk publishes no rate for Enterprise Security and directs buyers to contact a pricing expert
- UEBA, SOAR and automated threat analysis require the Premier edition rather than Essentials
- The platform underneath can be billed by ingest volume, workload or activity, so the total cost depends on a pricing model chosen at contract time rather than a list price
Pricing, plan by plan
OpsLevel
On request- Standard$undefined/year
- Up to 50 users
- Unlimited catalogued components
- Scorecards, campaigns and the global rubric
- Enterprise$undefined/year
- Unlimited users
- Custom integrations
- Customisable dashboards
Splunk Enterprise Security
On request- Workload PricingFree
- Pay per compute
- Flexible scaling
- All features
- Ingest PricingFree
- Pay per GB ingested
- Predictable costs
- All features
- Entity PricingFree
- Pay per monitored entity
- Security focused
- All features
Which should you pick?
Choose Splunk Enterprise Security if
- You need security monitoring.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want incident review.
Questions people ask
- Is OpsLevel or Splunk Enterprise Security better?
- Neither clearly leads. OpsLevel starts at On request and Splunk Enterprise Security at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, OpsLevel or Splunk Enterprise Security?
- OpsLevel starts at On request and Splunk Enterprise Security at On request.
- Does OpsLevel or Splunk Enterprise Security run on more platforms?
- OpsLevel runs on Web. Splunk Enterprise Security runs on Web, Api.
- What is OpsLevel best used for?
- OpsLevel is most often used for a platform team that needs to prove every production service has a named owner and an on-call rota before an audit, driving a fleet-wide migration such as a runtime upgrade across 400 services with a deadline and visible progress, giving developers a paved road to create a new service from a template without waiting on the platform team, an organisation where an incident took an hour to route because nobody could identify the owning team. Of those, a platform team that needs to prove every production service has a named owner and an on-call rota before an audit and driving a fleet-wide migration such as a runtime upgrade across 400 services with a deadline and visible progress are not what Splunk Enterprise Security is typically brought in for.
- What can OpsLevel do that Splunk Enterprise Security cannot?
- OpsLevel covers Service catalogue, Scorecards and rubric, Checks, Campaigns. Splunk Enterprise Security covers Security monitoring, Incident review, Risk-based alerting, Threat intelligence.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
OpsLevel: How much does OpsLevel cost?
It does not publish pricing. Billing is per developer using the portal, with volume discounts, and a quote requires a sales conversation.
Splunk Enterprise Security: How much does Splunk Enterprise Security cost?
Splunk Enterprise Security pricing is not published. The product is available in Essentials Edition with threat detection, investigation, and response capabilities, and Premier Edition with UEBA, SOAR, and Automated Threat Analysis. Customers must contact Splunk sales for pricing quotes on either edition.
SourceOpsLevel: How does it compare with Backstage?
Backstage has no licence fee but you staff a team to build and run it. OpsLevel is hosted with checks, campaigns and scorecards out of the box, and you pay per developer instead.
Splunk Enterprise Security: What editions of Splunk Enterprise Security are available?
Splunk Enterprise Security offers Essentials Edition with threat detection, investigation, and response capabilities, and Premier Edition which adds UEBA (User and Entity Behavior Analytics), SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation and Response), and Automated Threat Analysis.
SourceOpsLevel: Does it require writing catalogue YAML by hand?
No. It auto-discovers and enriches entries from connected systems, though teams still curate ownership and metadata.
OpsLevel: Can it run on premises?
Yes, but only on the Enterprise plan.
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