Splunk can be a very expensive log management and SIEM tool, and adding more data or utilizing a new feature add-on can increase your fees exponentially. Having a goal to ingest all your data shouldn’t be an unattainable dream or leave you vulnerable to cybercrime. Similar to when you purchase an automobile…the rates for tires, a steering wheel, and side mirrors shouldn’t break the bank and force you to not purchase.

As Splunk began reporting its cloud operation financials in 2020, the lackluster performance was revealed, highlighting that margins were averaging 54 percent, leaving many investors unimpressed.

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When we look closer at the cloud operating margins of Elastic, DataDog, and Sumo Logic, we see that Splunk’s margins are low; very low. Further, cloud margins of 75% are not strong when money is being distributed to other cloud vendors AWS, Azure, etc.

Splunk's margins are low, low, low...

THE CHALLENGE: Who Do You Think Pays for the Extra Fees?
HINT: It’s not Splunk, DataDog, Sumo Logic…you pay for it all

Rather than pivoting to improve internal operations, Splunk acquires companies to enable new feature sets and appear as a technical innovator. Unsurprisingly, the proportion of R&D expenses to total revenues dropped to 28% in Q4, vs. 44% in Q1. Splunk is trying to push the revenue needle via acquisitions to report 80% + ARR growth. Unfortunately, Cloud revenue growth (GAAP) in the most recent Q4 was 72%, a large decline from 81% reported in Q1.

SIEM (Splunk) AND CLOUD TAX IS ABOUT 25%

Horizontal scaling means that all SIEM vendors horizontally shift the data load by adding more expensive resources to combat their respective outdated, inability to scale on a single instance, architectures.

How Can You Remove Those Taxes and Fees in 30 Seconds?

Deploying LogZilla NEO in front of your current SIEM log tool as the Manager of Managers reduces the volume of machine data being sent downstream by about 70%, without losing a single byte, and permanently eliminates the tax.

If Splunk margins increase...you are the one paying...no doubt

At 50% deduplication, Splunk would increase its cloud operating margins to the 75%-80% range. That would be equivalent to its primary competitors and eliminates the “add a new resource” ingestion tax. At 70% deduplication, Splunk’s cloud margins would increase by about 32%, and the customer could expect reduced prices.

GET RID OF THE SIEM TAX FOR GOOD!

LogZilla NEO’s Unlimited Pricing Plan achieves 10 TB/day on a single 1U server and ensures that you can send all your machine data, not just the data you can afford.

Ready to watch how LogZilla NEO generates an ROI of greater than 40% and payback in less than 90 days (that’s right… the more data you send per day, the higher is the ROI, and the faster is the payback)?

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