Premium apps are apps that you have to pay for: Enterprise Security, the Exchange App, and the VMware app. Splunk develops and maintains numerous other apps that are available for free. Stream is a free app. I can't find any information that indicates it wouldn't work with Splunk Free. I suggest you create a new Answers posting with the specific errors and issues you are encountering. The community can help you troubleshoot your installation. For example (starting with the basics), did you enable the Wire Data input and do you have root privileges? Posting a new question that describes the steps you have taken the results you are getting (or not getting) will be the most useful. ... View more