I'll try again today... the ability to reply to you the next morning -- failed... but I saved it as a draft in an email -- pasting now. Hi Giuseppe, Not in Italy but a dual citizen of Italy and USA... 😉 Thanks for laying out the differences. Your reply was exactly what I was hoping and looking for... Just what are Splunk's inherent differences and strengths.  After reading your reply I went Splunking a bit on the website. I am semi-stunned that most of the Fez wearing Trust members have heavy backgrounds in IT security.  Is IT security Splunk's "sweet spot"? Thanks for your great reply! Le brave persone sono difficili da trovare! Best! Robert  Splunk versus Elastic An Unexpected Error has occurred. Your request failed. Please contact your system administrator and provide the date and time you received the error and this Exception ID: 37FF74E2. Click your browser's Back button to continue. Return to my original page ... View more