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Datadog
Datadog
(675)
4.4 out of 5
Datadog
By Datadog
Optimized for quick response
IBM Instana
IBM Instana
(434)
4.4 out of 5
IBM Instana
By IBM
Optimized for quick response
At a Glance
Datadog
Datadog
Star Rating
(675)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.9% of reviews)
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Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
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IBM Instana
IBM Instana
Star Rating
(434)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.1% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $18.00
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
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  • Users report that both Datadog and IBM Instana have a strong alerting system, but Datadog's alerting scores (9.0) slightly edge out Instana's (8.8). Reviewers mention that Datadog's alerting capabilities are particularly praised for their flexibility and integration with various channels, making it easier to respond to incidents promptly.
  • Reviewers mention that IBM Instana excels in diverse systems monitoring with a perfect score of 10.0, while Datadog scores 8.6. Users say that Instana's ability to monitor a wide range of systems seamlessly is a significant advantage for organizations with complex infrastructures.
  • Users on G2 highlight that Datadog's logging capabilities (9.3) are superior to Instana's (8.7), with many reviewers appreciating the detailed insights and ease of access to logs, which aids in troubleshooting and performance analysis.
  • Reviewers mention that IBM Instana shines in its proactive identification features (8.9) compared to Datadog's (9.1). Users report that Instana's proactive monitoring helps in identifying potential issues before they escalate, which is crucial for maintaining system health.
  • Users say that both products offer robust dashboards and visualization tools, but Datadog's score of 8.9 slightly surpasses Instana's (8.5). Reviewers appreciate Datadog's user-friendly interface and customizable dashboards that provide clear insights into system performance.
  • G2 users report that while both products have strong support, IBM Instana's quality of support (8.6) is rated higher than Datadog's (8.3). Reviewers mention that Instana's support team is responsive and knowledgeable, which enhances the overall user experience.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Datadog
Free
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Per host, per month
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IBM Instana
Essentials
Starting at $18.00
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Free Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
IBM Instana
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
499
8.6
344
Ease of Use
8.2
600
8.6
357
Ease of Setup
8.3
368
8.9
195
Ease of Admin
8.4
224
8.4
128
Quality of Support
8.3
446
8.6
309
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
211
8.5
128
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
484
8.4
330
Features by Category
Cloud Cost ManagementHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
7.8
8
Not enough data
Operations
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
7.1
8
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Cost Optimization
7.7
8
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Administration
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Cost Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Website MonitoringHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
8.1
73
9.2
21
Functionality
8.7
54
9.2
20
9.3
68
9.4
20
9.1
62
9.3
20
8.8
55
9.2
19
8.9
57
9.3
19
9.0
50
8.8
18
Agentic AI - Website Monitoring
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)Hide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Experience
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Database MonitoringHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
9.0
110
8.8
14
Functionality
9.2
104
9.4
13
9.1
105
8.8
13
9.3
89
8.7
13
8.9
104
8.6
13
8.8
88
8.8
12
8.9
93
8.5
13
Agentic AI - Database Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network MonitoringHide 27 FeaturesShow 27 Features
8.9
62
Not enough data
Functionality
9.2
52
Not enough data
9.3
57
Not enough data
8.2
43
Not enough data
8.5
45
Not enough data
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
Management
8.7
49
Not enough data
9.0
50
Not enough data
8.8
47
Not enough data
Analytics - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cloud Infrastructure MonitoringHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
8.3
139
8.8
148
Monitoring
8.9
119
8.9
131
8.6
115
8.4
121
8.8
110
8.9
129
8.7
129
8.7
133
8.3
7
9.7
6
Administration
8.5
114
8.6
126
8.5
94
8.7
104
8.3
93
8.5
100
8.6
7
9.4
6
Analysis
8.5
112
8.5
114
8.9
117
8.5
131
Feature Not Available
8.3
99
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.5
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
8.1
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)Hide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
8.6
13
Not enough data
Automation
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
Incident Management
8.6
12
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
AIOps PlatformsHide 18 FeaturesShow 18 Features
9.1
22
8.8
40
Functionality
9.1
16
8.7
27
8.5
17
8.4
25
9.4
21
9.0
34
Issue Resolution
9.0
19
9.1
34
9.1
16
8.9
32
Feature Not Available
8.7
33
Management
8.7
19
9.0
33
9.6
19
8.9
33
8.9
19
8.7
30
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Hardware MonitoringHide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
Not enough data
7.7
5
Visibility
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Hardware Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Log MonitoringHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
8.1
101
8.1
5
Visibility
8.9
87
9.7
5
9.0
86
9.0
5
8.8
79
8.3
5
Monitoring and Management
8.2
82
7.3
5
8.7
84
6.7
5
9.0
88
7.7
5
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
7.1
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
7.6
7
Not enough data
Server MonitoringHide 18 FeaturesShow 18 Features
8.1
78
Not enough data
Visibility
8.9
77
Not enough data
8.6
71
Not enough data
8.2
69
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.4
70
Not enough data
7.6
65
Not enough data
8.4
67
Not enough data
9.0
70
Not enough data
8.8
66
Not enough data
8.3
71
Not enough data
Cloud environment support
8.1
62
Not enough data
8.0
59
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Enterprise MonitoringHide 15 FeaturesShow 15 Features
8.3
51
Not enough data
Functionality
8.6
45
10.0
5
8.8
45
10.0
5
8.9
47
10.0
5
7.9
41
9.7
5
Management
8.5
44
10.0
5
8.6
47
10.0
5
8.2
43
10.0
5
9.0
48
10.0
5
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
IoT Analytics PlatformsHide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Sources
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Metrics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
IoT Device Management PlatformsHide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Device Recognition
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Provisioning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Log AnalysisHide 19 FeaturesShow 19 Features
8.3
75
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.6
63
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
Analysis
8.6
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
66
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
67
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
70
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
58
|
Verified
Not enough data
Visualization
8.8
72
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Application Performance Monitoring (APM)Hide 19 FeaturesShow 19 Features
8.3
140
8.2
199
Monitoring
8.6
112
8.5
164
8.9
104
8.6
175
8.8
114
8.9
174
7.3
98
7.6
123
8.4
104
8.5
157
Response
8.9
121
8.5
169
8.8
108
8.4
165
8.0
102
8.1
154
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
7.4
12
7.0
10
8.1
12
8.0
10
7.9
12
7.3
10
8.1
12
7.3
10
7.9
12
7.2
10
Performance
8.5
116
8.3
139
8.3
102
8.4
154
Functionality
8.5
103
8.1
133
8.1
95
8.4
128
Feature Not Available
8.2
130
8.5
110
8.5
149
Container MonitoringHide 16 FeaturesShow 16 Features
8.5
50
8.3
63
Alerts management
8.7
42
8.1
40
8.0
44
8.1
44
8.6
46
8.4
56
Monitoring
8.6
37
8.3
56
9.1
40
8.8
61
8.7
42
8.2
56
9.1
37
8.9
55
Automation
8.2
37
7.9
35
8.4
35
7.9
37
Analysis
8.1
40
8.2
54
8.3
43
8.1
45
9.2
42
8.6
60
8.5
41
8.5
41
Issue Resolution
8.3
36
8.5
52
7.6
39
7.6
44
8.4
34
8.2
46
IT AlertingHide 8 FeaturesShow 8 Features
8.0
17
8.3
11
Generative AI
7.4
16
8.7
10
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
7.2
6
8.3
5
7.8
6
8.3
5
9.2
6
8.3
5
8.1
6
8.0
5
8.1
6
8.3
5
8.1
6
8.0
5
8.3
6
8.3
5
Observability PipelineHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
7.1
9
Not enough data
Data Management - Observability Pipeline
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.0
9
Not enough data
Performance - Observability Pipeline
6.7
8
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
7.0
9
Not enough data
AI - Observability Pipeline
6.4
7
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
6.7
6
Not enough data
Compliance - Observability Pipeline
6.9
6
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Observability SoftwareHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
8.6
9
Not enough data
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization & Dashboards - Observability
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
9.0
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Incident ResponseHide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features
8.4
60
8.6
7
Response
Feature Not Available
8.8
7
Feature Not Available
8.6
7
Feature Not Available
7.9
7
7.9
46
8.3
6
Records
9.2
53
8.9
6
8.9
51
8.9
6
8.5
58
8.3
6
Management
9.2
54
9.4
6
8.4
50
8.6
6
Feature Not Available
8.6
6
Generative AI
7.1
12
8.3
5
7.9
12
8.3
5
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)Hide 14 FeaturesShow 14 Features
8.7
14
Not enough data
Network Management
8.8
11
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
9.4
12
Not enough data
Incident Management
9.3
12
Not enough data
9.2
11
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
Security Intelligence
7.9
12
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
8.6
13
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
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IBM Instana
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Unique Categories
Datadog
IBM Instana
IBM Instana is categorized as Hardware Monitoring
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
19.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
46.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
33.7%
IBM Instana
IBM Instana
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
19.8%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
41.1%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
39.1%
Reviewers' Industry
Datadog
Datadog
Information Technology and Services
19.1%
Computer Software
17.1%
Financial Services
8.5%
Internet
4.2%
Retail
3.0%
Other
48.1%
IBM Instana
IBM Instana
Information Technology and Services
19.8%
Computer Software
10.4%
Telecommunications
6.3%
Financial Services
6.3%
Retail
5.6%
Other
51.7%
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Discussions
Datadog
Datadog Discussions
What is the use of Datadog?
3 Comments
Chirag J.
CJ
Datadog is a software platform that facilitates data sharing across various teams within an organization, thereby breaking down silos between development,...Read more
Does Datadog use AWS?
2 Comments
IG
Yes, the backbone of Datadog infrastructure is sitting within AWS.Read more
Does it preserves history of logs?
1 Comment
Alon N.
AN
Depends on your plan, log retention can be 7,15, 30 days etc, for long term you need to setup s3 archivingRead more
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IBM Instana
IBM Instana Discussions
why use instana over another platform?
2 Comments
OG
If you compare those 2 only the price matters. Instana does not have the feature set of DataDog in any category.Read more
Is there a chatbot available?
2 Comments
OG
Best join a webinar or customer demo to learn more about it. It took me also a while to understand all the bits and pieces. Since IBM was acquired by IBM,...Read more
What is Instana?
1 Comment
Sabiha B.
SB
Hi, Instana is a leading Enterprise Observability Platform, powered by automated Application Performance Monitoring. It discovers and maps all services,...Read more
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