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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.0% of reviews)
Mid-Market (53.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $18.00
$345 For 10 devices
IBM 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 plansManageEngine OpManager
Star Rating
(164)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (53.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$345 For 10 devices
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that ManageEngine OpManager excels in Ease of Admin with a score of 9.0, while IBM Instana trails behind at 8.4. Reviewers mention that OpManager's intuitive interface simplifies administrative tasks, making it easier for teams to manage their monitoring needs.
- Reviewers mention that IBM Instana shines in Diverse Systems Monitoring, scoring a perfect 10.0, compared to OpManager's 9.1. Users appreciate Instana's ability to seamlessly monitor a wide range of applications and services, which is crucial for complex environments.
- Users on G2 highlight the superior Real-Time Analytics capabilities of IBM Instana, scoring 10.0 versus OpManager's 8.8. Reviewers say that Instana provides actionable insights in real-time, which helps teams respond quickly to performance issues.
- Reviewers mention that ManageEngine OpManager offers better Proactive Assistance with a score of 9.2, while IBM Instana scores only 6.9. Users report that OpManager's proactive alerts and recommendations help prevent issues before they escalate.
- G2 users note that ManageEngine OpManager has a strong performance in Cross-system Integration with a score of 9.4, compared to Instana's 7.5. Reviewers say that OpManager's ability to integrate with various systems enhances its functionality and provides a more cohesive monitoring experience.
- Users report that IBM Instana leads in Single Pane of Glass monitoring, achieving a perfect score of 10.0, while OpManager scores 8.9. Reviewers mention that Instana's unified dashboard allows for a comprehensive view of system performance, which is invaluable for quick decision-making.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
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
ManageEngine OpManager
Professional Edition
$345
For 10 devices
OpManager license options depend on the number of devices to be monitored. The license is inclusive of all the interfaces, nodes or sensors in the device. A device can have any number of interfaces, elements or sensors.
Free Trial
IBM Instana
Free Trial is available
ManageEngine OpManager
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.6
345
9.0
145
Ease of Use
8.6
358
8.8
148
Ease of Setup
8.9
196
8.9
125
Ease of Admin
8.4
128
9.0
120
Quality of Support
8.6
310
8.6
144
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
128
9.0
118
Product Direction (% positive)
8.4
331
9.4
145
Features by Category
Functionality
9.2
20
Not enough data
9.4
20
Not enough data
9.3
20
Not enough data
9.2
19
Not enough data
9.3
19
Not enough data
8.8
18
Not enough data
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
9.4
13
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
8.6
13
Not enough data
8.8
12
Not enough data
8.5
13
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
8.9
87
Not enough data
9.1
85
Not enough data
8.0
84
Not enough data
8.7
84
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
8.6
22
Not enough data
8.7
24
Not enough data
8.6
24
Management
Not enough data
8.6
83
Not enough data
8.5
80
Not enough data
8.4
80
Analytics - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
8.4
23
Not enough data
8.6
23
Security - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
8.5
22
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.6
20
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.2
21
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
7.8
20
Not enough data
7.7
20
Not enough data
7.4
20
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
7.5
17
Not enough data
7.6
17
Not enough data
7.7
17
Not enough data
7.5
17
Not enough data
7.4
17
Not enough data
7.8
17
Not enough data
7.3
16
Monitoring
8.9
131
Not enough data
8.4
121
Not enough data
8.9
129
Not enough data
8.7
133
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
Administration
8.6
126
Not enough data
8.7
104
Not enough data
8.5
100
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
114
Not enough data
8.5
131
Not enough data
8.3
99
Not enough data
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
8.7
27
Not enough data
8.4
25
Not enough data
9.0
34
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
9.1
34
Not enough data
8.9
32
Not enough data
8.7
33
Not enough data
Management
9.0
33
Not enough data
8.9
33
Not enough data
8.7
30
Not enough data
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
7.3
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
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
Visibility
9.7
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
7.8
6
Not enough data
7.2
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
8.9
65
Not enough data
9.1
64
Not enough data
8.8
66
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
9.0
64
Not enough data
7.9
64
Not enough data
8.6
64
Not enough data
9.0
64
Not enough data
9.2
63
Not enough data
8.7
63
Cloud environment support
Not enough data
8.3
57
Not enough data
8.2
56
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
Not enough data
8.2
10
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.3
10
Not enough data
8.3
10
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.2
10
Functionality
10.0
6
9.2
50
10.0
6
8.8
50
10.0
6
8.9
49
9.7
6
7.5
45
Management
10.0
6
8.9
49
10.0
6
9.1
51
10.0
6
8.9
49
10.0
6
9.2
50
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.3
10
Not enough data
9.3
10
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
9.3
10
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.0
10
Performance Management
Not enough data
8.6
26
Not enough data
8.3
24
Not enough data
9.1
25
Monitoring
Not enough data
9.3
27
Not enough data
8.2
25
Not enough data
8.3
25
Monitoring
8.5
165
8.5
31
8.6
176
8.6
30
8.9
175
9.0
33
7.6
124
7.4
29
8.5
158
8.3
30
Response
8.5
170
8.7
32
8.4
166
8.5
31
8.1
155
7.9
29
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
7.0
10
7.9
12
8.0
10
8.5
11
7.3
10
8.2
11
7.3
10
8.3
11
7.4
11
8.6
12
Performance
8.3
139
7.6
28
8.4
154
7.6
27
Functionality
8.1
133
7.7
27
8.4
128
7.8
27
8.2
130
7.5
28
8.5
149
7.7
28
Alerts management
8.1
40
Not enough data
8.1
44
Not enough data
8.4
56
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.3
56
Not enough data
8.8
61
Not enough data
8.2
56
Not enough data
8.9
55
Not enough data
Automation
7.9
35
Not enough data
7.9
37
Not enough data
Analysis
8.2
54
Not enough data
8.1
45
Not enough data
8.6
60
Not enough data
8.5
41
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
8.5
52
Not enough data
7.6
44
Not enough data
8.2
46
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
8.7
36
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
8.6
36
Not enough data
8.8
36
Not enough data
8.6
35
Monitoring
Not enough data
9.2
37
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
8.7
35
Support
Not enough data
9.0
36
Not enough data
8.5
34
Not enough data
8.1
33
Agentic AI - Network Management Tools
Not enough data
6.7
8
Not enough data
6.7
8
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.1
8
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
6.9
8
Not enough data
7.1
8
Generative AI
8.7
10
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
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
Not enough data
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
6.7
5
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
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
AI Features - Observability
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Response
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
Records
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
Management
9.4
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
IBM Instana and ManageEngine OpManager are categorized as Observability Software, Enterprise Monitoring, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Server Monitoring
Unique Categories
IBM Instana is categorized as Hardware Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Database Monitoring, Website Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Incident Response, Log Monitoring, and Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
ManageEngine OpManager is categorized as Network Management Tools, Data Center Networking, Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM), and Network Monitoring
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
IBM Instana
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
ManageEngine OpManager
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
19.8%
Computer Software
10.6%
Telecommunications
6.3%
Financial Services
6.3%
Retail
5.5%
Other
51.6%
Information Technology and Services
18.4%
Financial Services
8.9%
Manufacturing
5.1%
Computer & Network Security
5.1%
Banking
5.1%
Other
57.6%
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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
SB
Hi,
Instana is a leading Enterprise Observability Platform, powered by automated Application Performance Monitoring. It discovers and maps all services,...Read more
How do you use OpManager tools?
1 Comment
Official Response from ManageEngine OpManager
ManageEngine OpManager v12 is an integrated network management software that facilitates efficient and hassle-free network management.
OpManager helps...Read more
What is ManageEngine software?
1 Comment
Official Response from ManageEngine OpManager
Comment deleted by user.Read more
How do I upgrade ManageEngine OpManager?
1 Comment
Official Response from ManageEngine OpManager
To upgrade ManageEngine, firstly, there are some of the prerequisites that needs to be checked. I'm providing a link here for the same,...Read more
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