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IBM Instana Demo - Infrastructure View
Quickly determine hot spots in your applications underlying infrastructure.
IBM Instana Demo - Large Scale Deployment View
Easily determine if regions or data centers are impacting application availability or performance.
IBM Instana Demo - Dependency Graph
Examine performance characteristics of individual service components and their relationships powered by AutoTrace and our Dynamic Graph (outbound links to feature documentation)
IBM Instana Demo - Trace Analyzer
Investigate complex service interactions and uncover performance bottlenecks, cache misses, database performance, and more with our feature rich distributed tracing solution.
IBM Instana Demo - Application Perspectives
Easily find performance bottlenecks and problematic endpoints utilizing AutoTrace powered analytics for only the services which matter to you.
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Sai G.
SG
Senior System Analyst
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"My Review on Instana"
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

IBM Instana is playing Key role in my Current project it has Good Ease of use, Ease of Implementation during Monitoring the various websites, It is also supporting to me to give wide range of support for customers while resolving the queries, It also has wide number of features for good ease of integration while doing migration activities and deployments. It is having high frequency of use because of its optimistic features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

As a support executive, I find that while IBM Instana offers powerful features, it can be complex for us to set up, and it has some high pricing for consumption, its data consumption also make it challenging to focus on critical issues, while deployments or during migration activities it is complex to monitor the websites and nods and solving the issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ashutosh T.
AT
Senior Software Enginner
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"A streamlined and effective approach to tracking and debugging."
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

One thing I really like about Instana is how quickly you can get insights without a ton of setup. The interface is straightforward, and it’s easy to follow what's going on across different services. For us, it's been really helpful during debugging,you can trace the calls, check the logs, and see where something might be going wrong. I also like how, during load testing, you can actually watch the server handle requests in real time and get a clear view of how many are succeeding or failing. It just makes troubleshooting a lot more efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

There isn’t much to complain about, especially since the high CPU usage issue has improved quite a bit recently. That used to be a challenge during debugging and load testing, but it’s been much better lately. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vicky K.
VK
Full-stack Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Instana is a good monitoring server. We can use it to get the details of the server health."
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

In instana I like the thing that is the UI part that is very good. And the second thing we can check the multiple servers details at once. That is very very good thing. I have seen in that and I have used frequently in a day. We get the excellent customer support from the team and it is very easy to implement to our project. This is the main things I have liked in this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

The thing I can say that at first we are getting. Issue in using this but once we go through the things it will be very easy to use. So I can't say that any dislike about IBM instana that I can mention here but it is worth it. Be used for your first project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Roushan K.
RK
System Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Instana! RealTime Insights Done Right"
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

What I like best about IBM Instana is how effortless it makes monitoring complex applications. The automatic discovery of services and dependencies saves a ton of setup time, and I don’t have to manually configure dashboards, it just maps everything out for me. The real-time visibility is also a big win; if something goes wrong, I can quickly trace the root cause without digging through endless logs. It feels very modern compared to traditional APM tools, and the UI makes it easy to navigate even when the environment is huge. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

there’s a lot of data and metrics, and the learning curve is steeper than some lighter monitoring tools. The pricing can also be on the higher side if you’re running it across many services. In some cases, the UI feels a bit busy, and it takes time to tune alerts so they’re meaningful and not just noise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gitesh P.
GP
DevOps Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"I can setup the ibm instana very quick"
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

Ibm instana setup is quite quick for me when I use this I dnt use that much of manual work to find the services it's easier for me and our sre team also you can also use dashboard in this which also impressed me like it's live of performance I can see all the performance through this Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

Honestly when I first visit the ibm instana I am little bit confused i am trying to figure out things I think it's due to the ui which is little confusing for me and I asked my team mates and all DevOps team we found the price could little bit low for little team like ours we can't afford high price sadly we can also discuss and figure out something like in IBM instana thatsome services takes much time to loading that's annoying for us it's cancelled improved for better performance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abhishek T.
AT
Software Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great for Complex Environments, but Pricey and a Bit Overwhelming"
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

I like how Instana automatically discovers services and dependencies in real time without much manual setup. The one-second granularity metrics and full end-to-end tracing give deep visibility into complex systems which helps in quickly finding bottlenecks and resolving issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

The pricing feels high for smaller teams and the UI can be overwhelming at first. Some integrations with less common tools are limited which makes it harder to connect everything smoothly without extra work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Harsh D.
HD
Software Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Powerful Tool"
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

IBM Instana is a potent APM tool designed for contemporary cloud-native systems, particularly Kubernetes microservices. With its strong root cause analysis, 1-second metric granularity, and automatic service discovery, it excels at assisting teams in identifying and resolving problems more quickly. On the other hand, it is not inexpensive, the user interface may initially seem overwhelming, and the alerting system requires some fine-tuning to prevent noise. Consider Instana to be the "Ferrari of monitoring" in general. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

I don't like IBM Instana because it can be costly for smaller teams, the user interface is complicated and not very intuitive for beginners, and the setup and documentation occasionally call for additional work or assistance. In contrast to competitors, the agent lacks robust built-in log management and automation features, can be resource-intensive, and occasionally experiences stability problems due to automatic updates. These shortcomings, when coupled with sluggish or erratic support, make it less desirable if you're searching for a portable, all-in-one monitoring solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tanmay M.
TM
HPC Administrator
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Journey with IBM instana"
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

I had used the IBM instana, it was great experience and the services and working approach they are using is best and I would like to say, they can explore in technical field like services, torbuleshooting steps etc. Rest part are fantastic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

Hmm, sometimes due to some deep technical issue, service delayed, need to improve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SP
Lead EV Platform operation
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Instana Analysis Portal"
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

I use Instana Portal in tata Power for analyse VM logs API logs for EV sector . It is better to understand all logs very clar if anything goes wrong in our prod application , we check the logs in Instana and solve very easily because we know the root cause Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

Nothing to dislike. All is working smoothly and fine Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Osvaldo P.
OP
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Instana"
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

Automated monitoring without manual configuration. Dynamic mapping of dependencies between services. Ready-to-use dashboards. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

Accurate alerts powered by machine learning. Support for on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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