What is Splunk Observability?
Splunk Observability brings infrastructure and application signals into service and business context. Its current offering includes OpenTelemetry-based collection and investigation workflows; Observability Cloud, the wider Splunk data platform and security products have distinct commercial scopes.
Who is Splunk Observability for?
Engineering and operations teams connecting service behaviour with infrastructure and business impact.
Splunk Observability features
The core capabilities to consider for your workflow.
- Infrastructure and application investigation
- Metrics, traces and related log context
- OpenTelemetry collection workflows
- Service context and alert investigation
Splunk Observability pricing
Free edition with host limits; paid offers
Compare the current observability offer against a defined host and telemetry scope. Related Splunk platform, security and additional services need separate entitlement checks.
Calculate the cost of your quote →Free access & evaluation
Observability Cloud Free Edition currently advertises up to 15 hosts without a time-limited trial. Confirm its included capabilities and account conditions.
Before you choose Splunk Observability
Do not assume Splunk Cloud or security-product entitlements are included with observability.
Validate the free edition’s scope, host definition and retained telemetry before expanding coverage.
Explore Splunk Observability in more detail
Take a closer look at the decisions behind this product.
Splunk Observability vs New Relic: collection and package scope
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Splunk Observability FAQs
Does Splunk Observability have a free plan?
Observability Cloud Free Edition currently advertises up to 15 hosts without a time-limited trial. Confirm its included capabilities and account conditions.
Who is Splunk Observability for?
Engineering and operations teams connecting service behaviour with infrastructure and business impact.
What should I compare before buying?
Check the tier that contains your essential features, confirm plan limits and compare the total quote with your own expected usage.