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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.0% of reviews)
Mid-Market (68.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $18.00
No pricing available
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 plansNagios XI
Star Rating
(57)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (68.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Nagios XISummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that IBM Instana excels in Performance Monitoring with a score of 9.6, highlighting its ability to provide real-time insights and detailed performance metrics, which reviewers say is crucial for maintaining optimal application performance.
- Reviewers mention that Nagios XI shines in Multi-System Monitoring, scoring 8.5, and users appreciate its capability to monitor various systems from a single interface, making it easier to manage diverse IT environments.
- G2 users indicate that IBM Instana's Alerting features, rated at 9.2, are highly effective, with users praising the multi-channel alerting system that ensures timely notifications across different platforms.
- Users on G2 report that Nagios XI's Ease of Setup is a drawback, scoring only 6.1, with many reviewers mentioning that the initial configuration can be complex and time-consuming compared to IBM Instana's more user-friendly setup process.
- Reviewers say that IBM Instana's Data Visualization capabilities, rated at 8.3, provide intuitive dashboards that help users quickly interpret data, while Nagios XI's visualization features, although functional, are considered less visually appealing and harder to navigate.
- Users report that Nagios XI offers robust Incident Alerts with a score of 8.4, but some reviewers mention that the alert management system can be overwhelming due to the volume of alerts generated, whereas IBM Instana's alerting system is seen as more streamlined and manageable.
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
Nagios XI
No pricing availableFree Trial
IBM Instana
Free Trial is available
Nagios XI
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.6
345
9.5
46
Ease of Use
8.6
358
8.9
45
Ease of Setup
8.9
196
6.9
13
Ease of Admin
8.4
128
7.5
10
Quality of Support
8.6
310
8.8
45
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
128
8.2
10
Product Direction (% positive)
8.4
331
9.2
45
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
9.5
37
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
8.8
36
Not enough data
9.1
37
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
8.8
37
Not enough data
9.1
37
Analytics - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
8.9
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
8.5
18
Not enough data
9.0
18
Not enough data
8.5
18
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.9
18
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
18
Not enough data
8.6
18
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
9.0
8
Cloud environment support
Not enough data
7.6
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
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
9.4
14
10.0
6
9.0
14
10.0
6
9.2
14
9.7
6
Feature Not Available
Management
10.0
6
9.4
14
10.0
6
8.9
14
10.0
6
9.2
14
10.0
6
9.2
14
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
Feature Not Available
8.5
158
Not enough data
Response
8.5
170
Not enough data
8.4
166
Not enough data
8.1
155
Feature Not Available
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
Feature Not Available
8.4
154
Feature Not Available
Functionality
8.1
133
9.0
5
8.4
128
Feature Not Available
8.2
130
Feature Not Available
8.5
149
8.0
5
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
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
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
IBM Instana and Nagios XI are categorized as Enterprise Monitoring, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Server Monitoring
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
IBM Instana
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Nagios XI
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
46.0%
Internet
14.0%
Computer & Network Security
8.0%
Telecommunications
4.0%
Insurance
4.0%
Other
24.0%
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 Nagios XI used for?
1 Comment
S
We are managing the Monitoring of Linux OS, and Windows OS, Various Network Devices, Websites and other Services Read more
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