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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.0% of reviews)
Enterprise (51.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $18.00
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IBM Instana
Star Rating
(435)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.0% of reviews)
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Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $18.00
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(462)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (51.2% of reviews)
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Entry-Level Pricing
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AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that IBM Instana excels in monitoring capabilities, scoring a 9.4, which reviewers mention is due to its real-time observability and automatic instrumentation features that provide deep insights into application performance.
- Reviewers mention that while both products have strong alerting features, IBM Instana's alerting score of 8.8 is backed by its customizable alert thresholds and integration with various notification channels, making it more user-friendly compared to Monte Carlo's equal score.
- Users on G2 highlight IBM Instana's superior logging capabilities, scoring 8.7, with reviewers noting its ability to aggregate logs from multiple sources seamlessly, which enhances troubleshooting efficiency compared to Monte Carlo's lower score of 7.8.
- Reviewers say that IBM Instana's ease of setup, rated at 8.8, is a significant advantage, with many users appreciating the straightforward installation process and comprehensive documentation, while Monte Carlo's setup ease is rated lower at 8.2.
- G2 users report that IBM Instana's quality of support, scoring 8.6, is often praised for its responsiveness and helpfulness, whereas Monte Carlo, despite having a higher score of 9.0, is noted for slower response times in some cases.
- Users say that IBM Instana's data visualization features, rated at 8.5, are particularly effective, with reviewers mentioning the intuitive dashboards and customizable views that help in making data-driven decisions, contrasting with Monte Carlo's score of 7.4, which users feel lacks some flexibility.
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
Monte Carlo
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All you need to make data reliable for one team
- Monitoring for Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, ETL
- Incident triaging, troubleshooting and root cause analysis
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IBM Instana
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Monte Carlo
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.6
345
8.3
430
Ease of Use
8.6
358
8.2
437
Ease of Setup
8.9
196
8.2
303
Ease of Admin
8.4
128
8.5
160
Quality of Support
8.6
310
9.0
386
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
128
9.3
163
Product Direction (% positive)
8.4
331
8.9
426
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
9.0
257
8.8
13
8.8
258
8.7
13
7.8
235
8.6
13
8.3
244
8.8
12
7.7
239
8.5
13
7.4
241
Agentic AI - Database Monitoring
Not enough data
7.1
13
Not enough data
6.9
13
Not enough data
6.9
13
Not enough data
7.1
13
Not enough data
6.8
12
Not enough data
6.5
13
Not enough data
7.1
13
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cloud environment support
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
Management
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
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
Monitoring
8.5
165
Not enough data
8.6
176
Not enough data
8.9
175
Not enough data
7.6
124
Not enough data
8.5
158
Not enough data
Response
8.5
170
Not enough data
8.4
166
Not enough data
8.1
155
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
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
Not enough data
Performance
8.3
139
Not enough data
8.4
154
Not enough data
Functionality
8.1
133
Not enough data
8.4
128
Not enough data
8.2
130
Not enough data
8.5
149
Not enough data
Data Management
Not enough data
8.5
49
Not enough data
8.5
45
Not enough data
8.6
49
Not enough data
7.9
47
Agentic AI - DataOps Platforms
Not enough data
7.2
6
Not enough data
6.0
5
Not enough data
6.3
5
Not enough data
6.3
5
Not enough data
6.3
5
Analytics
Not enough data
7.8
48
Not enough data
7.7
46
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
9.2
53
Not enough data
7.6
46
Cloud Deployment
Not enough data
7.4
42
Not enough data
7.0
40
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.2
33
Not enough data
6.1
33
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
Functionality
Not enough data
7.3
287
Not enough data
8.8
318
Not enough data
8.1
291
Not enough data
8.0
295
Management
Not enough data
8.7
313
Not enough data
7.8
284
Not enough data
8.3
307
Not enough data
8.0
301
Not enough data
8.1
307
Generative AI
Not enough data
5.8
227
Agentic AI - Data Observability
Not enough data
6.1
27
Not enough data
6.2
27
Not enough data
6.7
27
Not enough data
6.4
26
Not enough data
6.7
29
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
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
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
Functionality
Not enough data
8.1
184
Not enough data
6.4
171
Not enough data
6.6
166
Not enough data
6.0
161
Not enough data
6.4
162
Management
Not enough data
7.2
167
Not enough data
7.5
167
Not enough data
7.9
165
Not enough data
7.4
172
Not enough data
7.5
167
Generative AI
Not enough data
5.2
142
Not enough data
5.3
142
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
IBM Instana and Monte Carlo are categorized as Database Monitoring
Unique Categories
IBM Instana is categorized as Observability Software, Enterprise Monitoring, Hardware Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Website Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Incident Response, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Log Monitoring, Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM), and Server Monitoring
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
IBM Instana
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Monte Carlo
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%
Financial Services
14.2%
Information Technology and Services
10.9%
Computer Software
10.6%
Marketing and Advertising
3.8%
Manufacturing
3.5%
Other
57.0%
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
What is Monte Carlo software?
1 Comment
MV
Monte Carlo is a fully automated, end-to-end data observability platform that helps data engineering teams reduce time to detection and resolution for data...Read more
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