Splunk APM
Full-fidelity application performance monitoring with NoSample distributed tracing
Founded
N/A
Starting Price
$15
Category
Security & IT
Company Size
All Sizes
Last updated August 22, 2026
About Splunk APM
Splunk APM is an application performance monitoring solution within Splunk Observability Cloud. It provides full-fidelity distributed tracing that captures 100% of traces without sampling, AI-directed troubleshooting via Tag Spotlight, auto-generated service maps, AlwaysOn code profiling, and business workflow monitoring. Built on OpenTelemetry standards, it supports hybrid environments including AWS, Azure, and GCP. Now part of Cisco following the $28B acquisition in 2024.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Full-fidelity tracing stores 100% of traces — no sampling gaps
- Strong AI-assisted troubleshooting with Tag Spotlight and service maps
- OpenTelemetry native — no vendor lock-in for instrumentation
- Unified platform correlating APM, infra, logs, and profiling data
- Enterprise-grade with Cisco backing and massive scale support
Cons
- Per-host pricing can get expensive at scale for large deployments
- Complexity of the full Observability Cloud can overwhelm smaller teams
- Requires annual commitment — no monthly billing option
- AlwaysOn Profiling limited to Java, .NET, and Node.js
Key Features
NoSample full-fidelity tracing capturing 100% of distributed traces
Auto-generated service dependency maps with AI root cause indicators
Tag Spotlight for AI-powered troubleshooting across trace attributes
AlwaysOn CPU and memory profiling for Java, .NET, and Node.js
Business Workflows to monitor logical service groups like checkout or login
OpenTelemetry native instrumentation — vendor agnostic
Related Content correlation across traces, metrics, logs, and profiles
Trace Analyzer for searching any trace by tags, errors, or latency
Pricing
Infrastructure
$15/host/month
- Infrastructure monitoring
- Metrics and dashboards
- 200+ integrations
App & Infrastructure
$60/host/month
- Everything in Infrastructure
- Full-fidelity APM tracing
- AlwaysOn Profiling
- Service maps
- Tag Spotlight
End-to-End
$75/host/month
- Everything in App & Infrastructure
- Advanced security monitoring
- Full observability suite