Network & Connectivity · head to head
Splunk vs Vultr
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Splunk no prices are published on any plan; every model requires contacting sales for an estimate; Vultr vultr Cloud Compute pricing as captured 31 December 2022 started at $5/month (1 vCPU, 1GB RAM, 25GB storage, 1TB transfer), scaling to $10/month and $20/month with more vCPU/RAM/storage; bandwidth overage billed at $0.01 to $0.05 per GB depending on plan
- They diverge on capability: Splunk covers Log aggregation, Vultr covers Cloud servers.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Splunk and Vultr actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (Free), pricing model (usage-based), free tier (Yes), 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 Splunk
- Log aggregation
- Real-time monitoring
- Data visualization
- Full-text search
- Custom dashboards
- Alert management
- Anomaly detection
- Log parsing
Only in Vultr
- Cloud servers
- Bare metal servers
- Block storage
- Object storage
- Load balancers
- Kubernetes
- Firewalls
- Private networks
Both cover
- API
- Web support
- Api support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Splunk
- Log search and analysis across infrastructurenot Vultr
- SIEM, SOAR and UEBA for a security operations teamnot Vultr
- Application performance and infrastructure monitoringnot Vultr
- Cloud, private cloud or on-premises deploymentnot Vultr
Vultr
- High performance computingnot Splunk
- Game serversnot Splunk
- Streamingnot Splunk
- Database hostingnot Splunk
- Application serversnot Splunk
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
Vultr
- Vultr Cloud Compute pricing as captured 31 December 2022 started at $5/month (1 vCPU, 1GB RAM, 25GB storage, 1TB transfer), scaling to $10/month and $20/month with more vCPU/RAM/storage; bandwidth overage billed at $0.01 to $0.05 per GB depending on plan
Pricing, plan by plan
Splunk
Free- FreeFree
- Log aggregation
- Real-time monitoring
- Data visualization
Vultr
Free- Cloud Compute$2.5/month
- 512MB RAM
- 10GB SSD
- 500GB bandwidth
- Bare Metal$32/month
- Dedicated hardware
- High performance
- Full root access
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 Vultr if
- You need cloud servers.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Api, Cli.
- You also want bare metal servers.
Questions people ask
- Is Splunk or Vultr better?
- Neither clearly leads. Splunk starts at Free and Vultr at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Splunk or Vultr?
- Splunk starts at Free and Vultr at Free.
- Does Splunk or Vultr run on more platforms?
- Splunk runs on Web, Api. Vultr runs on Web, Api, Cli.
- Can I use Splunk for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- 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 Vultr is typically brought in for.
- What can Splunk do that Vultr cannot?
- Splunk covers Log aggregation, Real-time monitoring, Data visualization, Full-text search. Vultr covers Cloud servers, Bare metal servers, Block storage, Object storage. Both handle API, Web support, Api support.
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