Splunk Cloud is a hosted platform. It has the same features as the enterprise version. It can be availed from Splunk or using AWS cloud platform. Splunk Light is a free version. It allows search, report and alter your log data. It has limited functionalities and feature compared to other versions.
What is Splunk Cloud Platform™?
Splunk Cloud Platform ™ Search, analyze, visualize and act on your data with the flexible, secure and cost effective data platform service.
The Splunk Cloud Service: As soon as you subscribe to the Splunk Cloud service, you get a dedicated Splunk deployment that is hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS).
You have the option to use Splunk Web to install approved apps. You can’t send these kinds of data straight to Splunk Cloud. You must use a mediator, an on-premises forwarder to send such data. Not supported, since the license master is not accessible to Splunk Cloud customers. (want to know more about HEC. click here !).
Jump to solution 08-06-2013 11:57 AM Data is stored in $SPLUNK_HOME/var/lib/splunk, one directory per index ( $SPLUNK_HOME being where Splunk was installed). The files in the respective directories hold the data in the indexes.
What is included in a Splunk Cloud subscription?
Splunk Cloud is available as an annual subscription, support is also included in the service. A Splunk Cloud subscription includes sufficient data storage to retain the equivalent of Ninety (90) days of ingested data (based on the subscribed index capacity).
You should be thinking “How is the Splunk Cloud Service charged?”
The Splunk Cloud service is charged by how much data you send into Splunk Cloud in a day. Splunk Cloud is available as an annual subscription, support is also included in the service. A Splunk Cloud subscription includes sufficient data storage to retain the equivalent of Ninety (90) days of ingested data (based on the subscribed index capacity).
What can Splunk do for You?
Search, analyze, visualize and act on your data with the flexible, secure and cost effective data platform service Go live in as little as two days, and with your IT backend managed by Splunk experts you can focus on acting on your data.