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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.0% of reviews)
Enterprise (64.9% 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
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Star Rating
(422)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (64.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Splunk EnterpriseSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Splunk Enterprise excels in real-time monitoring, with a score of 9.3, making it a preferred choice for organizations needing immediate insights into their data. In contrast, IBM Instana, while strong in systems monitoring with a score of 9.0, does not match the same level of real-time capabilities.
- Reviewers mention that Splunk's multi-channel alerting feature, rated at 9.2, provides comprehensive notification options, which users find crucial for timely responses. Conversely, IBM Instana's alerting capabilities, rated at 8.9, are effective but lack the same breadth of channels.
- G2 users highlight Splunk's data visualization tools, scoring 9.4, as a standout feature that enhances user experience through intuitive dashboards. Users on G2 note that while IBM Instana offers solid visualization options, rated at 8.8, it does not provide the same level of customization and interactivity.
- Reviewers say that Splunk's incident management capabilities, particularly in event management with a score of 9.1, are robust, allowing for effective tracking and resolution of issues. In comparison, IBM Instana's incident management features, while competent, do not achieve the same level of user satisfaction.
- Users report that IBM Instana shines in its artificial intelligence integration, scoring 8.7, which enhances its machine learning capabilities. Reviewers mention that Splunk's AI features, rated at 7.0, are less advanced, indicating a gap in AI-driven insights.
- Users on G2 emphasize that Splunk's ease of setup is rated at 7.9, which some find challenging compared to IBM Instana's higher score of 8.8. This difference suggests that users may experience a smoother onboarding process with Instana, making it more appealing for teams looking for quick deployment.
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
Splunk Enterprise
No pricing availableFree Trial
IBM Instana
Free Trial is available
Splunk Enterprise
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.6
345
8.9
334
Ease of Use
8.6
358
8.1
337
Ease of Setup
8.9
196
7.9
139
Ease of Admin
8.4
128
8.1
124
Quality of Support
8.6
310
8.4
277
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
128
8.7
124
Product Direction (% positive)
8.4
331
7.8
325
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
Data Sourcing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Intelligence
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
7.0
9
8.4
25
6.5
9
9.0
34
7.9
12
Issue Resolution
9.1
34
7.1
11
8.9
32
6.8
10
8.7
33
6.8
10
Management
9.0
33
7.7
10
8.9
33
8.2
12
8.7
30
7.9
12
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
9.3
19
8.0
5
8.9
20
7.7
5
9.2
20
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.9
17
Not enough data
8.7
15
Not enough data
8.4
19
Not enough data
9.1
20
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
8.8
62
10.0
6
8.8
62
10.0
6
9.0
62
9.7
6
7.8
54
Management
10.0
6
8.3
55
10.0
6
8.9
61
10.0
6
8.5
61
10.0
6
9.0
61
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
ServiceNow Apps
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
5
Agentic AI - ServiceNow Store Apps
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
Not enough data
9.0
67
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Verified
Not enough data
8.8
66
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
61
|
Verified
Analysis
Not enough data
8.3
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
65
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
53
|
Verified
Visualization
Not enough data
8.7
66
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
63
|
Verified
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
8.5
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
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
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)Hide 14 FeaturesShow 14 Features
Not enough data
8.1
27
Network Management
Not enough data
9.1
26
Not enough data
7.3
23
Not enough data
9.2
26
Incident Management
Not enough data
8.8
26
Not enough data
7.8
26
Not enough data
8.5
26
Security Intelligence
Not enough data
7.3
24
Not enough data
6.5
22
Not enough data
8.5
24
Not enough data
8.3
24
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
IBM Instana and Splunk Enterprise are categorized as Enterprise Monitoring, Hardware Monitoring, and AIOps Platforms
Unique Categories
Splunk Enterprise is categorized as ServiceNow Store Apps, Customer Data Platform (CDP), Log Analysis, and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
IBM Instana
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Splunk Enterprise
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
26.5%
Computer Software
10.3%
Financial Services
6.8%
Internet
6.3%
Computer & Network Security
6.0%
Other
44.3%
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
Which apps ship with Splunk Enterprise?
1 Comment
SM
Splunk Enterprise comes with a variety of built-in apps and add-ons that provide additional functionality, visualizations, and preconfigured dashboards for...Read more
What are Splunk Enterprise components?
1 Comment
IG
Splunk's 3 main components: Search Head (UI), Indexer (DB) and Forwarder (Endpoint Agent with Universal Forwarder or Aggregation Agent with...Read more
What does Splunk Enterprise do?
1 Comment
SM
Splunk Enterprise is a powerful data analytics platform that allows organizations to collect, index, search, and analyze a wide variety of machine-generated...Read more
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