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Instana

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What is Instana?

Monitor any application, service, or request with Instana Application Performance Monitoring.

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Awards & Recognition

Instana won the following awards in the Application Performance Management - Enterprise category

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2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

4 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2023

Instana Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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86 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 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?

0% Negative

10% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Enables Productivity
Client Friendly Policies
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Transaction Request Performance

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Domain-Agnostic AI/ML

Enterprise Cloud Platform Support

Server Monitoring

Automated Diagnostics

Application Metric Reporting

Error Reporting

Scalability

Application Request Tracing

Application Discovery

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

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

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Instana Reviews

Shivam J.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Recreation
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Instana from other similar products?

Unique set of feature provided and support tea,

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

application metrics monitoring

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing as of now

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Good product to use

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Insurance
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Customizable dashboards but ready out of the box!

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

Pros

Inspires Innovation
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

Alexandre R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

YAML file configuration disappoints

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Instana from other similar products?

Topology view of monitored entities; Customization of events, though the metrics are quite limited yet; Integration with problems notifications;

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Agent installation is very simple and easy UI navigation

What do you dislike most about this product?

YAML file configuration Synthetic monitoring needs to improve Support to monitor new technologies

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is very toilsome and laborious to implement and install the agents and configure the YAML files.

Pros

Trustworthy
Fair
Transparent
Includes Product Enhancements

Cons

Under Delivered

Instana

What is Instana?

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Instana Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Instana?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Transaction Request Performance Tracking the performance of all web and other transactions within your system.

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment Supports one or many deployment models - On-prem, cloud or hybrid hosting of the database system.

Domain-Agnostic AI/ML Domain-agnostic AI/ML capabilities for events via third-party collectors.

Enterprise Cloud Platform Support Monitoring capabilities for cloud platforms such as Cloud Foundry, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Azure ServiceFabric.

Server Monitoring Monitor usage and performance of all application dependencies like databases, servers, containers, web services, caching, etc.

Automated Diagnostics Automated diagnostics providing prebuilt workflows for problem detection, correlation of application behavior and performance, and determination of cause.

Application Metric Reporting Tracking of both custom and basic application framework metrics.

Error Reporting Tracking and automatic notification of alerts or errors within the system.

Scalability Scalability refers to the transaction size per second / time taken to put a transaction in the block and the time taken to reach a consensus.

Application Request Tracing Detail key attributes of application requests and transactions.

Application Discovery Automated discovery of web servers, application servers, and micro-services, application frameworks, and platforms.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Instana Reviews

Shivam J.

Easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Customizable dashboards but ready out of the box!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Alexandre R.

YAML file configuration disappoints

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Transaction Request Performance

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Domain-Agnostic AI/ML

Enterprise Cloud Platform Support

Server Monitoring

Automated Diagnostics

Application Metric Reporting

Error Reporting

Scalability

Application Request Tracing

Application Discovery

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

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features