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Splunk is available to download for free. Your download automatically includes all the Enterprise features of our latest release Splunk 4 for 60 days and lets you index 500 megabytes of data per day. After 60 days, or anytime before then, you can convert to a perpetual Free license or purchase an Enterprise license to continue using the expanded functionality designed for multi-user Enterprise deployments.
Pricing for Splunk Enterprise starts at U.S. $5,000 in the U.S. and Canada. To speak to a Splunk representative about licensing, click here or call +1.866.GET.SPLUNK (866.438.7758).
What's the difference between Splunk Free and Splunk Enterprise?
Splunk Free is designed for personal users and is the fastest, simplest way to search, visualize and report on your IT data.
Splunk Enterprise adds capabilities to support multi-user, distributed deployments with 24x7 monitoring, alerting, role-based access controls and distributed search.
| Feature | Description | Free | Enterprise | |
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| Indexing Volume | Indexing volume per day | 500MB/day | Unlimited (depends on license) |
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| Universal Indexing | Index any IT data source | |||
| Ad-hoc Search | Search and investigate anything in your IT data | |||
| Reporting | Create ad-hoc reports, visualize and analyze your data | |||
| Knowledge Mapping | Add knowledge about events, fields, transactions, patterns and statistics to your IT data | |||
| Personal Dashboards | Create rich dashboards by combining pre-defined searches, charts and reports | |||
| Enterprise Dashboards | Create fast and scalable dashboards for use across the organization, with role based access controls and per user customization | |
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| Monitoring & Alerting | Schedule searches for continual monitoring and alerting on events simple and complex | |
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| Distributed Deployments | Support for distributed search, load balancing and failover | |
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| Forwarding & Receiving | Support for forwarding and receiving data from other Splunk indexers | |||
| Access Controls | Support for user authentication and role-based access controls | |
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| Works with Free Apps | Supports free Apps distributed by Splunk and Partners | |||
| Works with Premium Apps | Supports premium Apps distributed by Splunk and Partners | |
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| Developer APIs | Fully documented, programmatic interface to integrate IT data into any business or development workflow | |||
| Community Support | Access to full Product Documentation, Forums and IRC for answers to basic technical questions | |||
| Enterprise Support | Direct access to our Customer Support Team by phone, ability to manage cases online (tailored support levels also available) | |