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Top IBM Instana Observability Alternatives and Competitors

Looking to upgrade or change your solution? Take away the guesswork and stay informed with end user feedback to identify and select the solution that best matches your needs.

IBM Instana® automatically and continuously delivers the highest-fidelity data: One-second granularity so you stay ahead of every problem An end-to-end distributed trace of every call or request A graphing model and dynamic maps to show you how everything is related This insight allows all application stakeholders to see the exact data they want with the context they need. It enables them to quickly determine the cause of an issue and take immediate action to fix it.

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Best Alternatives and Competitors to IBM Instana Observability

Compare how IBM Instana Observability stacks up to the competition in the areas that matter most to real users to short list options that will best fit your business needs.

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Azure Monitor

8.9

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+94

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306

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Compared to IBM Instana Observability, Microsoft Azure Monitor is:

Better at Training

More Respectful

Better at Integrating

More Efficient

More Innovative

More Transparent

Dynatrace

Dynatrace

8.9

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+94

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118

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Compared to IBM Instana Observability, Dynatrace is:

Better at Training

More Transparent

More Efficient

More Respectful

Better at Support

More Inspiring

Datadog

Datadog

8.7

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+89

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57

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Compared to IBM Instana Observability, Datadog is:

Better at Training

Easier to Use

Less Transparent

Less Caring

Less Innovative

Less Reliable

Cisco Systems

Splunk AppDynamics

8.7

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+92

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111

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Compared to IBM Instana Observability, Splunk AppDynamics is:

Better at Training

More Respectful

Better at Integrating

Easier to Use

More Efficient

Harder to Implement

Splunk

Splunk APM

8.4

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+87

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73

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Compared to IBM Instana Observability, Splunk APM is:

More Respectful

Less Transparent

Harder to Implement

Less Inspiring

Less Caring

Worse at Support

BMC Helix

Stackify Retrace

8.1

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+88

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82

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Compared to IBM Instana Observability, Stackify Retrace is:

Better at Training

Better at Integrating

Less Inspiring

Less Innovative

Less Caring

Harder to Customize

New Relic

New Relic

8.0

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+86

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90

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Compared to IBM Instana Observability, New Relic is:

Better at Training

Worse at Support

Less Transparent

Less Caring

Less Reliable

Less Respectful

OpenText Corporation

OpenText APM

7.7

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Score

+92

Emotional
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56

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Compared to IBM Instana Observability, OpenText APM is:

More Efficient

More Respectful

More Transparent

Better at Training

More Inspiring

Worse at Support

eG Innovations

eG Enterprise

7.4

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+91

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37

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Compared to IBM Instana Observability, eG Enterprise is:

More Efficient

More Transparent

Better at Training

Less Caring

Less Reliable

Harder to Customize

Broadcom

Broadcom DX APM

7.2

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+91

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34

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Compared to IBM Instana Observability, Broadcom DX APM is:

More Respectful

Better at Training

Harder to Implement

Less Caring

Harder to Customize

Worse at Integrating

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