SigNoz vs Splunk

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Splunk is the stronger AI pick in Observability: it has a visibility score of 22.5 versus 12.3 for SigNoz, and ranks ahead in 78% of the answers that name both.

Choose SigNoz if…

AI answers describe it more positively (44% vs 21% positive)
You need SOC 2 Type II or HIPAA coverage
Cost-effective open-source alternative to Datadog and New Relic
Native OpenTelemetry observability platform

Choose Splunk if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (22.5 vs 12.3)
You want a free plan to start
You prefer a larger, established vendor (5,000+ employees)
Strong log analytics and security data capabilities at enterprise scale

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	SigNoz	Splunk
Visibility score	12.3%	22.5%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Observability	#10	#6
Share of voice	3.7%	5.8%
Mentions this run	22	35
Positive in AI answers	44%	21%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

SigNoz 0pp · Splunk 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Splunk leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

16.1%

30.2%

AI Mode

7.6%

15.4%

Perplexity

13.2%

21.9%

SigNozSplunk

Head to head in AI answers

9 engine answers name both brands

2SigNoz ranked higher

7Splunk ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	SigNoz	Splunk
How do I choose an observability platform for a mid-market team?	Perplexity	#8	#12
What are the best observability tools in 2026?	ChatGPT	#12	#9
What are the best observability tools in 2026?	Perplexity	#9	#7
Compare the leading observability platforms	Perplexity	#16	#11
Alternatives to the most popular observability platform	ChatGPT	#13	#12
Alternatives to the most popular observability platform	Perplexity	#9	#10
Which observability tools offer annual discounts?	Perplexity	#8	#2
Official website of the top observability platform vendors	ChatGPT	#19	#4
Where can I sign up for an observability platform?	Perplexity	#3	#1

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	SigNoz	Splunk
Pricing model	Usage-based	Usage-based
Entry price	$49 / mo	Free; paid from $15 / mo
Free plan	No	Yes
Deployment	SigNoz Cloud (managed, with US, EU and India regions), bring-your-own-cloud, or self-hosted	Splunk Cloud Platform as SaaS, or Splunk Enterprise in a private cloud or on-premises, including air-gapped environments
Integrations	—	2000+
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA	—
Support	Community support on Slack, Email support, In-product chat support, Dedicated Slack, email and in-product support on Enterprise plans	Standard support included with product purchases, Premium support available, Support Portal for capacity changes
Founded	2020	2003
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, California, US
Employees	11–50	5,000+
Funding	Unnamed round after Y Combinator participation · $7M raised	IPO
Best for	Fast-scaling engineering teams that want usage-based pricing, and solo developers and small startups that want to self-host.	SecOps, ITOps and engineering teams that run large volumes of machine data and need security and observability in one platform