IBM Instana Observability (contract)
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I really tried
What do you like best about the product?
Istana would have helped us as an enterprise to manage our IT infrastructure. We had great support by IBM.
What do you dislike about the product?
Instana turned out to be too powerful for our company and that we weren't able to operate in a sustainable way
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Finally none
Observability
What do you like best about the product?
I that the we can see all the elements involved in a petition from the origin to the destination, help to detect if the some failure in a component, some years ago that was possible , from messaging perspective it is very useful as when something is failing the first assumption is middleware products like MQ series, and the problem is other component.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think we need to improve the part related with configuration, some cases the suggestions provided by the IBM instructions the files to configure are not available or were changed to other link and take more time to complete de configurations.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
make more easy the configuration.
Fast forward
What do you like best about the product?
Simple tool to manage, fast forward that provide excelent experience
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing to dislike about IBM instana. Is the best observability tool Ive ever seen.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Instana give me a full observability.
Instana usage
What do you like best about the product?
It was easy to install for the first time in a Rancher setup.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are a few bugs related to how the database connects with backend services.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are currently using this to monitor several Rancher clusters.
A lot of potential
What do you like best about the product?
- easy to deploy
- easy to install
- support has been helpful and patient
- event detection and related automation policies (custom) do catch faults and address them very quickly
- easy to install
- support has been helpful and patient
- event detection and related automation policies (custom) do catch faults and address them very quickly
What do you dislike about the product?
Working on Instana for IBMi specifically, you can clearly tell that as far as IBMi is concerned there's still a long way to go in terms of what can be added or improved.
What you get directly from the installation is good for having a very basic monitoring, although when things get into details you can tell that it's in early stages.
IBMi is indeed special so it might require a different approach compared to other installations, although i'm sure that there will be improvements.
Unfortunately i can't tell for other platforms..
What you get directly from the installation is good for having a very basic monitoring, although when things get into details you can tell that it's in early stages.
IBMi is indeed special so it might require a different approach compared to other installations, although i'm sure that there will be improvements.
Unfortunately i can't tell for other platforms..
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Re-working the monitoring solution for IBMi LPARs.
Journey with IBM instana
What do you like best about the product?
I had used the IBM instana, it was great experience and the services and working approach they are using is best and I would like to say, they can explore in technical field like services, torbuleshooting steps etc. Rest part are fantastic.
What do you dislike about the product?
Hmm, sometimes due to some deep technical issue, service delayed, need to improve.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It solved many problems with IBM instana.
1.Complex IT environment - many apps. Like jupyter notebook and grafana hard to monitor, it help to solve all these modern problem.
2. Performance issues.
3.solve lack of visibility
4.Slow troubleshooting
Benefits -
1. Full stack observability - help to monitor the gpu, cpu and nodes performance, network in single monitor
2.Automatic Discovery - Auto- detect the new services, pods, kernels no need manual coding
3.helo in root cause analysis.
4.improved user experience
5.supoort HPC workloads.
1.Complex IT environment - many apps. Like jupyter notebook and grafana hard to monitor, it help to solve all these modern problem.
2. Performance issues.
3.solve lack of visibility
4.Slow troubleshooting
Benefits -
1. Full stack observability - help to monitor the gpu, cpu and nodes performance, network in single monitor
2.Automatic Discovery - Auto- detect the new services, pods, kernels no need manual coding
3.helo in root cause analysis.
4.improved user experience
5.supoort HPC workloads.
Instana! RealTime Insights Done Right
What do you like best about the product?
What I like best about IBM Instana is how effortless it makes monitoring complex applications. The automatic discovery of services and dependencies saves a ton of setup time, and I don’t have to manually configure dashboards, it just maps everything out for me. The real-time visibility is also a big win; if something goes wrong, I can quickly trace the root cause without digging through endless logs. It feels very modern compared to traditional APM tools, and the UI makes it easy to navigate even when the environment is huge.
What do you dislike about the product?
there’s a lot of data and metrics, and the learning curve is steeper than some lighter monitoring tools. The pricing can also be on the higher side if you’re running it across many services. In some cases, the UI feels a bit busy, and it takes time to tune alerts so they’re meaningful and not just noise.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
IBM Instana helps me quickly identify performance bottlenecks and trace issues across microservices without digging through logs. It saves time during incidents, reduces downtime, and gives clear visibility into how different services interact , which makes troubleshooting and optimization much faster.
I can setup the ibm instana very quick
What do you like best about the product?
Ibm instana setup is quite quick for me when I use this I dnt use that much of manual work to find the services it's easier for me and our sre team also you can also use dashboard in this which also impressed me like it's live of performance I can see all the performance through this
What do you dislike about the product?
Honestly when I first visit the ibm instana I am little bit confused i am trying to figure out things I think it's due to the ui which is little confusing for me and I asked my team mates and all DevOps team we found the price could little bit low for little team like ours we can't afford high price sadly we can also discuss and figure out something like in IBM instana thatsome services takes much time to loading that's annoying for us it's cancelled improved for better performance
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
When I introduced to ibm instana I am so eager to know what I can do with this them I setup it for my servers for monitoring them I can setup the alerts in this so I can reduce the downtime with that that's how it's benifit me
powerfull apm tool
What do you like best about the product?
it provides real time observation across applications, infrastructures.
What do you dislike about the product?
not so much beginner friendly, and the pricing also bit more for new or small users, sometimes customization require extra technical knowledge
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
it helps us to identify and resolve the application performance issue, provides end to end visiblity of services, api. and better user experience
Great for Complex Environments, but Pricey and a Bit Overwhelming
What do you like best about the product?
I like how Instana automatically discovers services and dependencies in real time without much manual setup. The one-second granularity metrics and full end-to-end tracing give deep visibility into complex systems which helps in quickly finding bottlenecks and resolving issues.
What do you dislike about the product?
The pricing feels high for smaller teams and the UI can be overwhelming at first. Some integrations with less common tools are limited which makes it harder to connect everything smoothly without extra work.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
For me, using IBM Instana for APM and log monitoring solves the problem of not having unified visibility. Instead of switching between separate tools for metrics, traces and logs, I get everything in one place with proper context.
This makes troubleshooting much faster since I can directly see how a slow API call relates to a database query, an infrastructure spike or a log error without having to stitch it together manually. The automatic discovery also saves me from spending hours configuring dashboards whenever services scale up or down. Overall, it helps me detect and resolve issues quickly and ensures my applications stay reliable under load.
This makes troubleshooting much faster since I can directly see how a slow API call relates to a database query, an infrastructure spike or a log error without having to stitch it together manually. The automatic discovery also saves me from spending hours configuring dashboards whenever services scale up or down. Overall, it helps me detect and resolve issues quickly and ensures my applications stay reliable under load.
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