- Troubleshoot agent and large-language model (LLM) behavior.
- Measure response quality and application performance.
- Compare prompts, models, and application changes.
- Build more reliable AI experiences.
Feature differences by deployment option
Splunk Agent Observability is offered as an on-premises deployment or as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) deployment integrated with Splunk Observability Cloud. Both deployment options provide the same features, with the following exceptions:
Additional considerations for SaaS deployments:
- Splunk Agent Observability results don’t appear in Splunk Observability Cloud global search.
- Trace inputs and outputs are visible on Splunk Agent Observability pages, but are not visible on Splunk Application Performance Monitoring (APM) pages.
- Trace data retention is 30 days by default and can be increased to 60, 90, or 180 days. To increase your data retention, contact your Splunk account representative.
Get started with Agent Observability (SaaS)
Log your first trace
Create and run your first trace in less than 5 minutes.
Evaluate your traces
Learn how to create evaluators and improve your prompts.
Run an experiment
Use Experiments to move from spot testing to systematic evaluation.
Sample projects
Review best practice sample projects to help you learn.
Add users and assign roles
Learn how to add users and assign the required roles to access resources.
Access Agent Observability (SaaS)
From the Splunk Observability Cloud main menu, select Agent Observability to access the product.
Troubleshooting access errors:
- If you can’t access the sample projects, you may need to be assigned an agent_observability user role. See Assign roles to users.
- If you’re a Free Edition user and see an Error fetching projects message, please wait up to 30 minutes for role assignments to complete and sample projects to appear.