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IBM Instana

Overview

What is IBM Instana?

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.

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Recent Reviews

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9 out of 10
December 12, 2023
Incentivized
Instana is designed to monitor and analyze the performance of applications in dynamic and containerized environments, such as those based …
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Alerts to good!

9 out of 10
August 23, 2023
Incentivized
We primarily use it for checking for errors, automated notifications, and server level monitoring. That being said, we are planning on …
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Awards

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Pricing

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SaaS

$75

Cloud
per month per host

Self-Hosted

$93.80

On Premise
per month per host

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.ibm.com/products/instana/pr…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $75 per month per host
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Product Details

What is IBM Instana?

Instana’s Enterprise Observability Platform, powered by automated Application Performance Monitoring, discovers and maps all services, infrastructure, and their inter-dependencies automatically. Instana ingests all observability metrics, traces each request, profiles every process, and updates application dependency maps in real-time to deliver the context and actionable feedback needed by Dev+Ops to optimize application performance, enable innovation and mitigate risk to help them add value and efficiency to the pipeline.


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Freeing Dev+Ops teams from the complexity of application performance monitoring

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IBM Instana Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

IBM Instana starts at $75.

Dynatrace, Datadog, and AppDynamics are common alternatives for IBM Instana.

The most common users of IBM Instana are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Issues are identified faster by built in and custom alerts with dynamic perspective, so ops can start to work on issues earlier
  • Issues are also resolved faster as information from multiple systems is now present in one place which leads to faster identification of root cause and fix
  • Using one tool instead of multiple monitoring tools helped us save costs
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • With real-time insights and quick issue resolution, our construction management apps now run smoothly, contributing to efficient project execution.
  • Automation and proactive alerting have freed up our It team to focus on strategic initiatives rather that firefighting.
Justin Horner | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • System down time is shortened as our ability to troubleshoot issues goes up.
  • Potential downtime is stopped as we are able to slow down calls/ availability of calls in response to monitoring the dashboard.
  • We are able to react to issues quickly through the smart alert system rather than manual checks.
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