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Users consistently praise the automatic discovery and real-time monitoring capabilities of IBM Instana, which significantly reduce setup time and enhance visibility across complex environments. The platform's ability to pinpoint issues quickly and provide actionable insights is highly valued, although many note that the pricing can be high for smaller teams.

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Christian K.
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Best observability tool"
5/5
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

Instana is Easy to use, ease of implementation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

Can improve de offline desployment on IBM i Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vedant M.
VM
Vedant M.
Assistant System Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Instana is very useful for monitoring the logs in the server."
5/5
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

Instana is very useful easy to use software we can easily implement it is here and we get actually support from the team members and the I really use it frequently in a day it have number of features in it it is very easy to use software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

I can't say that it is a very dislike regarding UI form or in payment form but I can say that it should enhance in the terms of features and to train the new person who are using it in a different way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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satya d.
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"One product to provide needed visibility on AI tools"
4/5
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

Its easy to use and covers needed infrastructure observability for modern day AI components. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

I am not sure if it can monitor non-IBM infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Ishan S.
System Admin
Computer & Network Security
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great Application Performance Monitoring Tool"
5/5
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

Instana keeps getting better. I really like the new AI-powered incident investigation—it saves a lot of time by pinpointing issues fast. The real-time tracing and smart dashboards make monitoring feel effortless. Great tool for keeping complex cloud setups in check. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

Instana is still super easy to use and the docs are great. If anything, a quick walkthrough or guided setup for first-time users would make the start even smoother. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Devesh P.
DP
Devesh P.
Associate
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Instana gives the monitoring service at another level."
5/5
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

Instana is very easy to use software in my case I have implemented very very easily in but the customer support is also great for the internal customer care and I frequently use it in a day it have a lot of features in it it is very easy to integrate in this server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

The thing I like about ibm Instana is it have the great UI features and it have lot of features that we can monitor the server with in a very few things in a very in normal software too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dinesh K.
DK
Dinesh K.
Database Administrator
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Isana is very easy to use server for checking the logs."
5/5
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

I personally use internal it is very easy to implement we get the excellent support from the team it is very easy to use it have lot of features in it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

Everything is best but UI part should be we can say that it should be need to be improved and rest everything is OK but the integration is somehow it is hard so they have to document something so we can do it very easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Brian F.
Coordinador de Computo
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Instana usage"
3.5/5
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

It was easy to install for the first time in a Rancher setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

There are a few bugs related to how the database connects with backend services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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chandu R.
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Middleware Engineer"
4/5
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

I use instana to monitor openshift containers. I like Monitoring and alerting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

I am trying to do POC to integrate Instana with end to end call. at present it is not supporting all technologies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Consulting
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Great and easy tool to discovery blind spots"
4.5/5
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

Easy to deploy.

Easy to use.

Affordable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

Some time is hard to drill down to the bare metal part of the infraestructure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ram Kumar Y.
RY
Ram Kumar Y.
Senior Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Instana helps me to monitor the server."
5/5
What do you like best about IBM Instana?

Very easy to use server so we can use it in very easily way and the customer support is excellent as I have seen that if I got any problem from them we can solve all the issues I regularly use it in a test game and it is very easy to integration that I like so much. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Instana?

I don't say that if you have any bad things or I dislike an excellent thing and all the ui features I like so much. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Catherine James
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Last activity over 4 years ago

Is there a chatbot available?

Diego S.
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Diego Salgado Moya
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Last activity over 4 years ago

why use instana over another platform?

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IBM Instana Features
Database Monitoring
Dynamic Transaction Mapping
Cloud Observability
Real User Monitoring (RUM)
Performance Metrics
Usage Monitoring
Real-Time Monitoring - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Performance Baselines
Dashboards and Visualizations