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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.8% of reviews)
Mid-Market (41.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at €2,100.00 3000 Services Per Year
Starting at $18.00
Checkmk
Star Rating
(292)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at €2,100.00 3000 Services Per Year
Free Trial is available
Browse all 6 pricing plansIBM Instana
Star Rating
(435)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $18.00
Free Trial is available
Browse all 2 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that IBM Instana excels in Diverse Systems Monitoring with a perfect score of 10.0, allowing for seamless integration across various platforms, while Checkmk, scoring 8.5, is noted for its flexibility but lacks the same level of comprehensive support.
- Reviewers mention that IBM Instana's Real-Time Analytics feature, also rated 10.0, provides immediate insights that enhance decision-making, whereas Checkmk's score of 7.3 indicates a slower response in delivering actionable data.
- G2 users highlight IBM Instana's superior Alerting capabilities, scoring 10.0, which includes multi-channel alerting options that ensure critical notifications are not missed. In contrast, Checkmk's score of 8.2 suggests it may not be as robust in this area.
- Users on G2 report that IBM Instana's Single Pane of Glass feature, rated 10.0, offers a unified view of all monitoring data, making it easier to manage and analyze, while Checkmk's score of 7.4 indicates a less integrated experience.
- Reviewers mention that IBM Instana's AI/ML Integration is highly praised with a score of 9.7, providing advanced predictive analytics, while Checkmk's score of 5.7 shows it lacks in this innovative area, limiting its capabilities in automated insights.
- Users say that IBM Instana's Reporting features, scoring 9.1, are comprehensive and user-friendly, allowing for detailed insights, whereas Checkmk's score of 7.5 suggests that its reporting tools may not be as intuitive or detailed.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Checkmk
Checkmk Enterprise
Starting at €2,100.00
3000 Services Per Year
Includes additional features, provides greater scalability and offers enterprise-grade support through the vendor or partner network. Vendor support included.
- All functionalities available in Checkmk Raw, plus:
- Monitor an unlimited number of hosts & services
- Distributed monitoring
IBM Instana
Essentials
Starting at $18.00
Automatic discovery, mapping and monitoring of Infrastructure
- Includes All Infrastructure Monitoring Features
- Includes End User Monitoring
- Includes Unbounded Analytics
Free Trial
Checkmk
Free Trial is available
IBM Instana
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
243
8.6
345
Ease of Use
8.1
250
8.6
358
Ease of Setup
8.5
242
8.9
196
Ease of Admin
8.2
237
8.4
128
Quality of Support
8.8
210
8.6
310
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
206
8.5
128
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
242
8.4
331
Features by Category
Functionality
8.2
78
9.2
20
8.7
81
9.4
20
8.5
79
9.3
20
7.5
78
9.2
19
8.2
77
9.3
19
7.1
71
8.8
18
Agentic AI - Website 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
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
Functionality
8.9
93
9.4
13
8.7
94
8.8
13
7.4
88
8.7
13
8.0
91
8.6
13
7.2
84
8.8
12
7.8
87
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
Functionality
8.5
110
Not enough data
8.5
113
Not enough data
7.5
106
Not enough data
8.4
97
Not enough data
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
7.8
27
Not enough data
7.6
27
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.0
102
Not enough data
7.2
94
Not enough data
Analytics - Network Monitoring
7.3
25
Not enough data
6.8
26
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
8.0
27
Not enough data
7.3
25
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
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
Monitoring
8.6
62
8.9
131
8.4
61
8.4
121
7.6
58
8.9
129
Feature Not Available
8.7
133
Not enough data
9.7
6
Administration
8.3
62
8.6
126
7.7
52
8.7
104
7.7
59
8.5
100
Not enough data
9.4
6
Analysis
7.5
57
8.5
114
8.2
62
8.5
131
7.2
59
8.3
99
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure 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
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
27
Not enough data
8.4
25
Not enough data
9.0
34
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
9.1
34
Not enough data
8.9
32
Not enough data
8.7
33
Management
Not enough data
9.0
33
Not enough data
8.9
33
Not enough data
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
Visibility
8.1
136
7.3
5
8.6
136
8.0
5
7.4
132
7.7
5
Monitoring and Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
115
Not enough data
8.2
117
Not enough data
8.7
125
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
Visibility
8.1
65
9.7
6
8.4
66
9.2
6
7.6
61
8.6
6
Monitoring and Management
Feature Not Available
7.8
6
Feature Not Available
7.2
6
8.4
62
8.1
6
Agentic AI - Log 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
Visibility
8.1
136
Not enough data
8.6
131
Not enough data
7.6
122
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.4
123
Not enough data
7.9
116
Not enough data
8.3
113
Not enough data
8.5
126
Not enough data
8.3
126
Not enough data
8.2
116
Not enough data
Cloud environment support
7.5
92
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Server 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
Functionality
8.5
65
10.0
6
7.3
61
10.0
6
8.3
66
10.0
6
5.7
54
9.7
6
Management
7.4
63
10.0
6
7.7
68
10.0
6
7.7
61
10.0
6
8.2
64
10.0
6
Agentic AI - Enterprise 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
Data Preparation
8.1
29
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
25
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
23
|
Verified
Not enough data
Analysis
8.2
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
25
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
28
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
24
|
Verified
Not enough data
Visualization
8.5
28
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
28
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
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
Monitoring
8.0
46
8.5
165
8.2
47
8.6
176
8.4
46
8.9
175
5.7
38
7.6
124
8.4
42
8.5
158
Response
7.9
44
8.5
170
8.3
45
8.4
166
7.8
45
8.1
155
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Not enough data
7.0
10
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
7.3
10
Not enough data
7.3
10
Not enough data
7.4
11
Performance
7.0
44
8.3
139
Feature Not Available
8.4
154
Functionality
7.0
40
8.1
133
7.0
37
8.4
128
7.2
44
8.2
130
7.2
39
8.5
149
Alerts management
8.0
31
8.1
40
6.9
31
8.1
44
8.5
32
8.4
56
Monitoring
7.4
30
8.3
56
Feature Not Available
8.8
61
7.5
29
8.2
56
7.4
31
8.9
55
Automation
6.5
28
7.9
35
Feature Not Available
7.9
37
Analysis
7.1
29
8.2
54
7.0
31
8.1
45
7.6
32
8.6
60
Feature Not Available
8.5
41
Issue Resolution
Feature Not Available
8.5
52
Feature Not Available
7.6
44
7.1
27
8.2
46
Generative AI
5.6
27
8.7
10
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Response
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.3
6
Records
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Management
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Checkmk and IBM Instana are categorized as Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Hardware Monitoring, Database Monitoring, Website Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Log Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Observability Software
Unique Categories
Checkmk is categorized as Network Monitoring and Log Analysis
IBM Instana is categorized as AIOps Platforms, Incident Response, and Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Checkmk
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
IBM Instana
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
14.5%
Computer & Network Security
6.4%
Computer Software
6.0%
Telecommunications
4.6%
Financial Services
4.3%
Other
64.2%
Information Technology and Services
19.8%
Computer Software
10.6%
Telecommunications
6.3%
Financial Services
6.3%
Retail
5.5%
Other
51.6%
Discussions
Is Checkmk open source?
8 Comments
PL
Yes.Read more
Upgrading to Enterprise / Managed Services
2 Comments
Official Response from Checkmk
Yes, you can safely upgrade from the demo to the full version any time, without losing your previous configuration setup. The demo version is identical to...Read more
Scalability
2 Comments
Official Response from Checkmk
Yes. The Checkmk Enterprise Edition has basically no limit in how many servers you can monitor and the pricing is not based on the number of servers you...Read more
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
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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