Software · head to head
Splunk vs Ivanti
Ivanti
Software
Security, service management, and unified endpoint management
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Splunk has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Splunk no prices are published on any plan; every model requires contacting sales for an estimate; Ivanti no pricing is published on the products page; the only routes are Contact Our Team or the How to Buy page describing the sales process, per ivanti.com, August 2026
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Splunk and Ivanti actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
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 Splunk
- Log aggregation
- Real-time monitoring
- Data visualization
- Full-text search
- Custom dashboards
- Alert management
- Anomaly detection
- Log parsing
Only in Ivanti
Nothing recorded that Splunk does not also cover.
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Splunk
- Log search and analysis across infrastructurenot Ivanti
- SIEM, SOAR and UEBA for a security operations teamnot Ivanti
- Application performance and infrastructure monitoringnot Ivanti
- Cloud, private cloud or on-premises deploymentnot Ivanti
Ivanti
No use cases recorded yet. See the Ivanti review.
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Splunk
- No prices are published on any plan; every model requires contacting sales for an estimate
- Three separate pricing models, workload, ingest and entity, so the same deployment costs different amounts depending on which was signed
- Ingest pricing bills on data volume, so cost tracks how much you log rather than how much value you get from it
- Security, observability and platform are priced separately
Ivanti
- No pricing is published on the products page; the only routes are Contact Our Team or the How to Buy page describing the sales process, per ivanti.com, August 2026
Pricing, plan by plan
Splunk
Free- FreeFree
- Log aggregation
- Real-time monitoring
- Data visualization
Ivanti
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Ivanti review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Splunk if
- You need log aggregation.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want real-time monitoring.
Choose Ivanti if
Nothing in the data separates Ivanti from Splunk on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is Splunk or Ivanti better?
- Neither clearly leads. Splunk starts at Free and Ivanti at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Splunk or Ivanti?
- Splunk has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Splunk and On request for Ivanti.
- Does Splunk or Ivanti run on more platforms?
- Splunk runs on Web, Api. Ivanti runs on Web.
- Can I use Splunk for free?
- Yes. Splunk has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Ivanti starts at On request.
- What is Splunk best used for?
- Splunk is most often used for log search and analysis across infrastructure, siem, soar and ueba for a security operations team, application performance and infrastructure monitoring, cloud, private cloud or on-premises deployment. Of those, log search and analysis across infrastructure and siem, soar and ueba for a security operations team are not what Ivanti is typically brought in for.
- What can Splunk do that Ivanti cannot?
- Splunk covers Log aggregation, Real-time monitoring, Data visualization, Full-text search.