Unlocking Full-Stack Observability and Accelerating Incident Resolution with IBM Instana
May 19, 2025
Unlocking Full-Stack Observability and Accelerating Incident Resolution with IBM Instana
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with IBM Instana
We use IBM Instana for real-time observability across our applications and infrastructure. It is helping us to monitor performance, detect anomalies early, and quickly pinpoint root cause. IBM Instana also provides us an end-to-end visibility across our hybrid IT environments.
Pros
- Automatic Discovery and Dependency Mapping
- Deep Code-Level Visibility with End-to-End Tracing
- APIs for Dashboarding & Reporting
- Integration capabilities with AI tools
- Supports all the Tech stack we have
- Hybrid Cloud Monitoring
Cons
- Better Dashboarding Capabilities
- Historical Data Retention and Trend Analysis
- Lack of Log Management capabilities
- MTTR has improved
- Reduced Opex
- Siloed monitoring to Unified monitoring
- AI Capabilities helping with Automated RCA
Dynamic Graph
Automated Discovery
Probable Cause capabilities
Integration flexibility with other AIOps tools
Easy Pricing Model
End to End Distributed Tracing
Adaptive Alerting
Automated Discovery
Probable Cause capabilities
Integration flexibility with other AIOps tools
Easy Pricing Model
End to End Distributed Tracing
Adaptive Alerting
Achieve Real-Time, End-to-End Visibility Across Microservices
Automatically Trace and Troubleshoot Issues Without Manual Configuration
Shift from Reactive to Proactive monitoring
Integrate with other AIOps tools for AI/ML based analytics
Faster Automated RCA
Unified Dashboards for single pane of glass
Integrate between Infra and application layer for better RCA
Improved collaboration between Dev, Ops and SRE Teams
Automatically Trace and Troubleshoot Issues Without Manual Configuration
Shift from Reactive to Proactive monitoring
Integrate with other AIOps tools for AI/ML based analytics
Faster Automated RCA
Unified Dashboards for single pane of glass
Integrate between Infra and application layer for better RCA
Improved collaboration between Dev, Ops and SRE Teams
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)
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)
Do you think IBM Instana delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with IBM Instana's feature set?
Yes
Did IBM Instana live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of IBM Instana go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy IBM Instana again?
Yes
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