Splunk Synthetics — What It Is and How to Handle It

Splunk Synthetics is the monitoring bot that proactively tests website performance, APIs, and user flows from global locations to detect and fix performance issues before customers are affected.

Operator: Splunk | Type: Monitoring | Category: Monitoring

Splunk Synthetics is classified as monitoring. Use Centinel to monitor its behavior and decide whether to allow, block, challenge, or monetize its access to your content.

Centinel automatically detects Splunk Synthetics using behavioral fingerprinting. When detected, you can allow it, block it, challenge it with an interstitial page, or set a per-request licensing fee — all enforced in real-time with under 2ms latency.