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    IBM Instana

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AInstana, 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)

    VuNet Systems

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AVuNet Systems headquartered in Bangalore offers an AIOps platform that aims to connect user experience, customer journeys, business transactions, infrastructure and IT operations, and is designed to provide a comprehensive bird’s eye view of the IT operations to derive real time business and operational insights on the platform.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM InstanaVuNet Systems
    Editions & Modules
    Essentials
    $20
    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 InstanaVuNet Systems
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM InstanaVuNet Systems
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    VuNet Systems
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    61 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    61 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    40 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    47 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    IBM InstanaVuNet Systems
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of IBM Instana and VuNet Systems
    Feature
    IBM Instana
    7.6
    3 Ratings
    9% below category average
    VuNet Systems
    -
    Ratings
    Remote monitoring9.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network device monitoring5.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Server Monitoring8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-device monitoring5.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated alerts and notifications9.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tasks
    Comparison of Management Tasks features of IBM Instana and VuNet Systems
    Feature
    IBM Instana
    5.5
    1 Ratings
    23% below category average
    VuNet Systems
    -
    Ratings
    Software and hardware inventory6.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based automation4.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting
    Comparison of Reporting features of IBM Instana and VuNet Systems
    Feature
    IBM Instana
    6.5
    3 Ratings
    20% below category average
    VuNet Systems
    -
    Ratings
    Performance data reports8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reporting4.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data visualization8.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Risk analysis4.52 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM InstanaVuNet Systems
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.8
    (60 ratings)
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM InstanaVuNet Systems
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Well-suited for an org with a large application base, where many microservices are created and destroyed daily. IBM Instana doesn't require any manual configuration, so deploying the Instana agents takes very little time. Data capture from IBM Instana is highly granular and can detect even short spikes lasting a few seconds. Not suitable for legacy applications where there will be rarely any changes. They can use a simpler monitoring mechanism. Also, highly dense data capturing can sometimes overload the information.
    Incentivized
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    VuNet Systems
    I definitely [recommend] VuNet Systems for the following. 1. Richness of reports. 2. Ease of use. 3. Strong support team. 4. Flexibility in changing the product road map according to our requirements. 5. Acknowledging and Appreciating our feedback. 6. Improving and prioritizing the product features. 7. Brings confidence and confirmations to the decisions.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Can monitor application(s) and system(s) with very large throughput of transactions by the second ( it gets everything !!!)
    • Provide strong drill down for your applications and will tell you where the points of failure of an application's is ( servers , network , Databases , etc you name it )
    • Very easy to set up and have it up and running when using the SaaS solution. There's an on premise solution which works just as well but requires more effort and preparation from an infrastructure point of view for your teams to implement.
    • Continuously improve their features and their agents auto-update and keep up. All while not interfering with your applications.
    • Let's you create your own dashboards and visualizations that can be tailored for different kind of users with the data collected.
    • Create your own events and smart alerts so you can know on the spot if something is happening or is likely to happen that needs addressing on your applications / systems
    Incentivized
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    VuNet Systems
    • VuNet understands the customers requirement very well.
    • They have completed every requirement before the given deadlines.
    • Great customer communication and project tracking is good.
    • Overall, VuNet provides an excellent service and their product is also great.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • It's very difficult to create custom dashboards, only a handful of scenarios can be visualized to dashboards.
    • Extracting information from Instana to further analysis into excel for example is something that can be improved. Using an API to get data is very limiting.
    • Open telemetry features which allow to send application data to Instana is not working as documented.
    Incentivized
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    VuNet Systems
    • Some of the items being worked on in the roadmap include automated discovery, improved correlation and automated resolution of incidents.
    • VuNet Systems platform does not provide code level visibility. They are not in this space.
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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
    Incentivized
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    VuNet Systems
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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.
    Incentivized
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    VuNet Systems
    VuNet Systems is very easy to use and it's helping the business team to performance their data analysis work without dependent on IT team.
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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
    Incentivized
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    VuNet Systems
    VuNet team architects fit for purpose solution for the landscape. The tool configuration and project execution is smooth. More the data you provide better you can exploit the feature functionality of VuNet. Be prepared to invest right amount of time during the data discovery and design phase. One needs to spend time in the type of report configuration, choosing the type of metrics required. Structure the support contract till the tool is adopted by your workforce.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    Instana is much more robust and modern compared to our previous product which was AppDynamics. We compared Dynatrace and Datadog and they were very similar in many aspects. The licensing simplicity with Instana and our existing relationship with IBM made it a much more enticing option and accelerated the adoption timeline
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    VuNet Systems
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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
    Incentivized
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    VuNet Systems
    • We can say it had a very positive impact if we are speaking in terms of ROI. As the result that we got for the time and efforts invested in implementing VuNet in our organization is really great.
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