IBM Instana vs. NetBrain Technologies

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Instana
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Instana, an IBM company since the December 2020 acquisition, provides APM services for SOA, microservices, containerized applications and Kubernetes, and cloud native applications, as well as discovery and monitoring for IT assets.
$75
per month per Managed Virtual Server (MVS)
NetBrain Technologies
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
NetBrain, founded in 2004, provides a no-code automation platform for hybrid network observability, allowing organizations to enhance their operational efficiency through automated workflows. The platform applies automation across three key workflows: troubleshooting, change management, and assessment.N/A
Pricing
IBM InstanaNetBrain Technologies
Editions & Modules
Essentials
$18
per month per Managed Virtual Server (MVS)
Standard
$75
per month per Managed Virtual Server (MVS)
Self-Hosted
$93.80
per month per Managed Virtual Server (MVS)
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM InstanaNetBrain Technologies
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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User Ratings
IBM InstanaNetBrain Technologies
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(39 ratings)
9.5
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM InstanaNetBrain Technologies
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
I would recommend IBM Instana based on its strengths in automating application performance monitoring, dynamic tracing, and its ability to handle modern, containerized environments effectively. The automatic discovery and mapping feature, along with AI-powered anomaly detection, provide valuable insights for proactive issue resolution. However, I would consider factors such as the organization's specific technology stack, scalability requirements, and budget constraints. Conducting a thorough evaluation, including a trial or proof of concept, would be essential to ensure that IBM Instana aligns with our unique needs and contributes positively to our technology and business objectives.
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NetBrain Technologies
Great for our large global environment. Works well with our legacy and newer equipment. Ease of install was exciting compared to other products we POC'd. Less of a learning curve when training Teams on how to monitor and troubleshoot while in production. Service desk were able to capture the logs and load into our ticketing system with ease.
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Pros
IBM
  • Collecting Kubernetes and Infra level logs and presenting in easy to understand visuals.
  • Tracing the end-to-end journey of an event and also categorizing by technology and Endpoints
  • Built-in and custom alerts help to monitor almost all of scenarios without much additional configuration.
  • Ability to create Applications to logical group important flows
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NetBrain Technologies
  • Network Issues Troubleshooting
  • Visualizing the root cause using color coding
  • out of the box runbooks available
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Cons
IBM
  • I believe that the "live" option in monitoring does not truly update the status in real-time, thus I must manually update to feel comfortable.
  • The call analysis tool might be improved, third-party resources are restricted, and the pricing is slightly more than competitors in comparable categories.
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NetBrain Technologies
  • Not all devices are integrated with the same quality.
  • Not all steps are self-explaining.
  • The updates were difficult (but thanks to the help of support no real problem).
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
Instana has been able to fulfill our all requirement and provide out of box solution for multiple component like AWS RDS Monitoring and real time alerting setup on basis of that. it is also easy to integrate with other open-source alerting and monitoring tools which makes it easier to incorporate into our solutions
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NetBrain Technologies
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Usability
IBM
IBM Instana totally alters our monitoring approach since it increases the stability of the system and simplifies the process of problem solving. And since it helps to lower the degree of alert exhaustion that we experience, it is a total game changer for us.
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NetBrain Technologies
This is a easly tool that i've worked.
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Support Rating
IBM
IBM instana support team is good but when we ask them for support, they keep asking same thing again and again and mostly there is no solution
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NetBrain Technologies
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
IBM Instana provides 60 seconds granularity whereas the other products use time series data IBM Instana automatically detects the Service Endpoints which helps us trace all the calls pinpointed to service endpoints. IBM Instana provides complete Auto Discovery with no configurations needed IBM pricing is easy, whereas the other products pricing is complicated (consumption based pricing model)
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NetBrain Technologies
Best part of NetBrain is that it is customisable ,you can create apps based on your requirement and run them in your environment. Lot of flexibility
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Increase up time by early failure identification and performance optimization based on findings in Instana.
  • Enhance user experience by mapping user issues with backend failures
  • Automated actions help fixing known issues without human intervention
  • increase support team efficiency by root cause analysis which decrease the incident solving time
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NetBrain Technologies
  • Time it takes for Service Desk to identify issues has been cut into 1/2
  • Able to present maps to management for circuit throughput issues and why we need a larger circuit
  • The logs are clear and easy to understand
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ScreenShots

NetBrain Technologies Screenshots

Screenshot of how NetBrain defines what can be assessed in a network, how often it can be assessed, and how it scales through no-code automation.Screenshot of what a Golden Path through a hybrid cloud looks likeScreenshot of how using no-code network automation can cover all aspects of a network.