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title: "Sentry vs Splunk: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Sentry or Splunk? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Application monitoring tools set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Sentry vs Splunk: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Sentry or Splunk? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Application monitoring tools set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Sentry and Splunk
- **Competitive set**: Application monitoring tools
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Sentry Share of Search**: 2.7%
- **Splunk Share of Search**: 16%

## Which is more popular in search, Sentry or Splunk?

- In August 2026, Splunk had more branded searches than Sentry among application monitoring tools in New Zealand. Splunk was estimated to have 480 branded searches compared to Sentry’s 80, and held a 16% Share of Search versus Sentry’s 2.7%.
- Splunk was ahead of Sentry in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Sentry’s estimated Share of Search among application monitoring tools in New Zealand moved from 2.8% to 2.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 90 to 80.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Splunk’s estimated Share of Search among application monitoring tools in New Zealand moved from 16.6% to 16%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 530 to 480.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand application monitoring tools in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Splunk lost estimated Share of Search among application monitoring tools in New Zealand, from 17.2% to 16%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Sentry in New Zealand fell 11.1% over 11 measured months, from 90 to 80 in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Sentry estimated searches | Sentry Share of Search | Sentry rank | Splunk estimated searches | Splunk Share of Search | Splunk rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 90 | 2.8% | 6 | 530 | 16.6% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 90 | 2.7% | 6 | 650 | 19.3% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 60 | 2.4% | 6 | 440 | 17.7% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 80 | 3% | 6 | 460 | 17.4% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 70 | 2.3% | 6 | 560 | 18.7% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 70 | 2.1% | 6 | 610 | 18.1% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 80 | 2.7% | 6 | 570 | 19.5% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 80 | 2.5% | 6 | 530 | 16.4% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 70 | 2.3% | 6 | 500 | 16.3% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 80 | 2.6% | 6 | 520 | 17.2% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 80 | 2.7% | 6 | 480 | 16% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Sentry’s and Splunk’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Sentry**: Measured on the search terms “sentry apm”, “sentry io”, “sentry logging”, “sentry monitoring” and “sentry observability”, summed into one figure.
- **Splunk**: Measured on the search terms “splunk”, “splunk apm”, “splunk com”, “splunk monitoring”, “splunk near me”, “splunk nz”, “splunk observability”, “splunk online” and “splunk siem”, summed into one figure.

- [Sentry profile](/demand/nz/brands/sentry)
- [Splunk profile](/demand/nz/brands/splunk)
- [All application monitoring tools in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-application-monitoring-tools): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Sentry or Splunk?

In August 2026, Splunk had more branded searches than Sentry among application monitoring tools in New Zealand. Splunk was estimated to have 480 branded searches compared to Sentry’s 80, and held a 16% Share of Search versus Sentry’s 2.7%.

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