
Instana
What is Instana?
Monitor any application, service, or request with Instana Application Performance Monitoring.
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87 Likeliness to Recommend
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96 Plan to Renew
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80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
+91 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Instana?
Pros
- Trustworthy
- Enables Productivity
- Acts with Integrity
- Saves Time
Feature Ratings
Transaction Request Performance
Server Monitoring
Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment
Domain-Agnostic AI/ML
Enterprise Cloud Platform Support
Scalability
Application Discovery
Automated Diagnostics
Error Reporting
Application Request Tracing
Application Metric Reporting
Vendor Capability Ratings
Business Value Created
Ease of Data Integration
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Usability and Intuitiveness
Ease of Implementation
Ease of IT Administration
Breadth of Features
Vendor Support
Availability and Quality of Training
Ease of Customization
Quality of Features
Instana Reviews

Krutarth D.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Nov 2023
Easy to use. Great product. Works as expected.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Instana from other similar products?
Three features or capabilities come to my mind that I believe differentiate Instana from other similar products. - Ease of implementation - Dashboards - Extensive details capturing
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
- To be able to trace a single request from Applications (Mobile, Web) to Services (Backend) end to end. - Detail-oriented dashboards - Easy to use and single-step integrations to enable Observability and Monitoring - Intuitiveness and ease of using the product
What do you dislike most about this product?
Not something that I dislike about the product but would be more of Mobile Application performance monitoring features like end-to-end user session capturing, performance monitoring dashboards, the ability to measure performance for Mobile apps etc.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It's one of the most competitive products to use in this category considering the feature-set and capabilities it offers. If you're looking for end-to-end tracing and complete backend services observability integrations, I would highly recommend Instana. If you're looking for only client-side monitoring and observability, there are other better alternatives out there.
Pros
- Enables Productivity
- Respectful
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
Mehdi K.
- Role: C-Level
- Industry: Recreation
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Nov 2023
Performance, easy to use, but pricey
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Instana from other similar products?
Instana is at the same level of the competition.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Instana dashboards are very good.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Price and sales team.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Have a clear overview of the market before choosing.
Pros
- Trustworthy
- Client Friendly Policies
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
Cons
- Less Generous
- Less Transparent
- Less Friendly Negotiation

Akash S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Nov 2023
Easy to use, but a bit pricey.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Instana from other similar products?
The ease of implementation with instana is way better than it's riavls
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Extensive detail capturing
What do you dislike most about this product?
The initial learning curve
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Get on call with the sales/support to to understand the working
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Efficient Service