Get Splunk's advanced features including full-fidelity tracing, unified correlation, and OpenTelemetry-native monitoring without the learning curve or platform overhead.
Splunk Observability Cloud is built for large enterprises with dedicated platform teams who can manage service mapping, metric optimization, and multi-product workflows across APM, Infrastructure Monitoring, RUM, and Log Observer. It offers exceptional depth: full-fidelity tracing, AlwaysOn profiling, Kubernetes monitoring, and powerful analytics. But unlocking this depth requires expertise: deciding which tags to index, structuring services efficiently, and switching between multiple products to correlate signals. For teams without a dedicated observability team, this creates friction. Engineers spend time learning the platform instead of solving issues, and junior developers struggle because the interface assumes deep platform knowledge. Atatus delivers the same advanced capabilities like full-fidelity tracing, intelligent correlation, and OpenTelemetry flexibility with a developer-first interface built for the entire engineering team.
Splunk's separate products (APM, Infrastructure, RUM, Log Observer) each excel individually, but correlating signals means navigating multiple interfaces. Atatus unifies everything in one intelligent workspace.
Splunk's power comes from configurability such as service grouping, custom dimensions, indexing strategies. Atatus delivers intelligent defaults that work instantly while preserving deep customization for advanced users.
Splunk's feature depth rewards platform expertise. Atatus provides the same capabilities with progressive disclosure, junior engineers can investigate confidently while seniors access advanced analysis when needed.
Here's when Atatus delivers the most value for engineering teams switching from enterprise observability platforms.
Both platforms offer complete trace capture, but Atatus makes it the default with no configuration. Splunk's NoSample™ is powerful but requires understanding MTS implications and indexing strategies.
Splunk provides Related Content features across products. Atatus brings everything into one unified timeline; see logs, traces, metrics, and errors for any incident without switching contexts or building queries.
Splunk's custom metrics are powerful but come with MTS limits that require deciding which business metrics matter most. Atatus includes unlimited custom metrics so you can instrument everything that matters.
Splunk's APM, Infrastructure Monitoring, RUM, and Log Observer each have deep capabilities but require learning separate UIs and correlation patterns. Atatus unifies all signals in one intelligent interface.
Splunk rewards platform expertise such as service grouping, dimension indexing, namespace organization unlock its power. Atatus delivers intelligent defaults that work immediately while preserving deep configuration for advanced users.
Both platforms are OpenTelemetry-native, but Atatus is built by a company focused only on observability. No platform risk, no cross-sell pressure, just best-in-class monitoring with data portability guaranteed.
Both platforms deliver enterprise-grade capabilities. The differences lie in how those capabilities are packaged, accessed, and experienced by your team.
All capabilities included in one transparent plan with no hidden data ingest multipliers
Automatic correlation across traces, logs, metrics, and user sessions without manual configuration
Per-host pricing model. Your bill stays the same when traffic spikes or log volume increases
OpenTelemetry native support; export data to any backend without vendor lock-in
Team collaboration built-in with unlimited users, shared dashboards, and annotation support
On-premise deployment available for air-gapped environments and data residency requirements
Tiered host-based pricing such as Infrastructure ($25), APM ($85), or End-to-End ($75) per host with separate costs per capability
Powerful observability suite but requires managing service map grouping, namespace tags, and metric time series limits
Per-host costs compound quickly, adding APM to infrastructure monitoring triples the price per host
OpenTelemetry-native with full OTel support and flexibility to send data anywhere
Unlimited users included with no per-seat pricing for team access
“We loved Splunk's full-fidelity tracing and Kubernetes monitoring depth, but our team of 12 engineers couldn't justify a dedicated platform specialist. Half our team didn't know how to navigate between APM and Infrastructure products. Atatus gave us the same advanced capabilities in one unified interface everyone could use immediately.”
These are the questions that come up on every sales call. Answered directly, without spin.
Both platforms offer full-stack observability including APM, infrastructure monitoring, RUM, logs, and synthetics. The key differences are pricing model, complexity, and target audience. Splunk uses tiered host-based pricing where different capabilities cost different amounts ($25/host for infrastructure, $85/host for APM, or $75/host for end-to-end), with additional costs for RUM sessions, container capacity, and premium support. Atatus uses flat per-host pricing with all capabilities included. Splunk's strength is in very large enterprises needing integration with AppDynamics for traditional three-tier applications and advanced features like agentic AI. For most teams under 200 hosts, Atatus delivers equivalent visibility with simpler pricing and faster onboarding.
Atatus provides 90 days of data retention on all paid plans with no additional cost. Splunk's retention varies by plan configuration and data type, and may require additional storage planning depending on your deployment. For teams debugging intermittent issues or doing trend analysis, Atatus's default 90-day retention provides ample runway without complex retention management.
If you've built custom queries using SPL (Splunk Processing Language) or created complex service map groupings, you'll need to adapt them. Atatus uses a more intuitive query interface that doesn't require proprietary syntax for most use cases. Our migration guide includes common Splunk patterns and their Atatus equivalents. For dashboard migration, we provide onboarding support to recreate your key dashboards. Most teams report the transition is simpler because Atatus's unified interface eliminates the need to navigate between separate products (APM, Infrastructure, RUM, Log Observer).
If you're using OpenTelemetry (which Splunk supports natively), you can switch backends with configuration changes only. If you're using Splunk's proprietary agents, our migration guide provides replacement steps for each language. Since both platforms are OpenTelemetry-native, the transition is straightforward. Most teams complete agent migration in one sprint without changing application logic. We support side-by-side operation during transition so you can validate coverage before removing Splunk instrumentation.
Teams switching from Splunk Observability report savings of 60–70% on average. The gap is largest for teams using multiple tiers (Infrastructure + APM costs $110/host separately, while End-to-End is $75/host). Atatus includes all capabilities at one flat rate regardless of which features you use. Container allocations, custom metrics, and RUM sessions don't multiply costs. While Splunk offers volume discounts (typically 28-48% off list prices), even with negotiated enterprise pricing, Atatus provides better economics for teams under 200 hosts while delivering the same full-stack coverage.
Yes. Atatus is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant. EU data residency is available on Business plans and above for teams with data sovereignty requirements. We're happy to provide our security documentation and compliance reports during your evaluation.
Yes. Atatus supports Kubernetes monitoring with Helm chart deployment, namespace and pod-level metrics, and container visibility. For serverless, we support AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, and Google Cloud Functions with automatic instrumentation. Kubernetes and serverless monitoring is included in all plans with no per-container or per-invocation billing surprises.
Every migration gets a dedicated onboarding session with our engineering team. We'll review your current Splunk setup, help configure Atatus agents and dashboards, and validate coverage before you decommission Splunk. For Business plans and above, you get a named technical contact throughout the process. Migration support is free with no professional services fees, no hourly rates.
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