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# IBM Instana

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> IBM Instana is the only real-time observability solution with one-second granularity and a trace of every request.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.2/5** by 6 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Who Uses IBM Instana?

Any SMB, Midmarket or Large Enterprise looking to get full visibility into their application environments. IBM Instana can be used by DevOps engineers, site reliability engineers, and developers.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.2/5** | 6 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support Software | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: IBM

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$75.00
- **Pricing model**: Usage Based (Free Trial)
- **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: United Kingdom, United States

## Features

- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Monitoring
- Alerts/Escalation
- Alerts/Notifications
- Bandwidth Monitoring
- Baseline Manager
- Dashboard Software
- Data Visualization Software
- Diagnostic Tools
- Event Logs
- IT, Server & Network Monitoring Software
- Incident Reporting
- Issue Tracking Software
- Performance Metrics
- Performance Monitoring
- Real-Time Data
- Reporting/Analytics
- Resource Management Software
- Root Cause Analysis
- Status Tracking
- Third-Party Integrations
- Uptime Reporting
- Workflow Management Software

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4. [New Relic](https://www.capterra.ca/software/118128/new-relic) — 4.5/5 (195 reviews)
5. [Healthchecks.io](https://www.capterra.ca/software/1028488/healthchecksio) — 5.0/5 (106 reviews)

## Reviews

### "IBM Instana is your friend" — 4.0/5

> **Michele** | *September 27, 2024* | Telecommunications | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: IBM Instana is really easy to use. Tracing the services, the calls and takes the time durations.
> 
> **Cons**: I think the alert could be more understandable.
> 
> My overall experience with IBM Instana is coool. All the tracing services are well presented and readable.

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### "Best monitoring tool for Kubernetes platform" — 5.0/5

> **Mallayasamy** | *October 11, 2023* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Overall view of erroneous call rate and latency is very useful to find performance issues. We can able to find out exact error calls like 5XX and 4XX calls.
> 
> **Cons**: Request parameter is not implemented  and only available based on endpoints

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### "Monitoraggio approfondito dello stato della rete" — 5.0/5

> **Rosa** | *September 26, 2023* | Internet | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: In un unica schermata Instana visualizza lo stato dell’intera architettura permettendo di ottenere varie informazioni velocemente dai processi Java al heap space al monitoraggio delle API. Instana permette di monitorare la stabilità del sistema in tempo reale e intervenire per risolvere problemi. Semplice, preciso e facile da utilizzare.
> 
> **Cons**: Il consumo di CPU è spesso eccessivo, specialmente nelle operazioni debug. Il Team di Instana è lento a fornire risposte, settimane di solito e questo rallenta di molto il processo di installazione e configurazione.
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> Monitori i server, le transazione avvenute sul sito, l’intera infrastruttura dello stesso e il suo stato di salute. Monitora anche il mainframe, CPU, RAM e storage per identificare problemi in modo più veloce e di dettaglio. Questo monitoraggio profondo consente di prevenire i problemi, anticipando gli interventi prima che si verifichino. Le funzionalità di allarme sono molto utili, segnalano pezzi di server inattivo e forniscono un rapporto dettagliato dell’errore semplificando la risoluzione.

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### "A serious New Relic competitor with some work" — 3.0/5

> **Mike** | *January 25, 2019* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Instana looks great on the outside: features, pricing, etc. and it is, if you can implement it.
> 
> **Cons**: We found Instana has issues running in Docker environments, and their integration docs for APM were less than intuitive.

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### "Logiciel d’application" — 4.0/5

> **Akou Kafui** | *November 11, 2023* | Commercial Real Estate Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Simple et facile à utiliser pour les développeurs d’application très performant et professionnel avec une bonne qualité d’interface. Je le recommande
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> **Cons**: C’est un super produit et simple avec une meilleure équipe d’assistance et très professionnel. Je le recommande

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