Instana Dynamic APM Reviews

What is most valuable?

One of the most valuable features is auto-discovery and that it needs little configuration. This was valuable because we had a variety of stacks to support. Also, it… more»

How has it helped my organization?

The main thing it solved for us, once it was properly configured, was that it was able to not only do the basic monitoring that traditional tools do, like Zabbix, but it… more»

What needs improvement?

New Relic has a better UI in terms of how it presents the data. Many managers, as well as our customers, used to ask for reports, such as "top X number of queries that are… more»

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Pricing is quite competitive. Dynatrace, AppDynamics, and New Relic were all several times more expensive than Instana, both the on-prem and the SaaS versions. Price-wise… more»

If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch?

We didn't have a previous solution, before Instana, and we didn't provide any APM solution for our customers. Instana came about because we had this managed services… more»

What other advice do I have?

If you are somebody who is already well-versed with the APM world and who has tried out different tools, you will find Instana quite easy to use. There really wouldn't be… more»

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We didn't look at a lot of competitors because, honestly speaking, generally what we found after implementing this as part of managed DevOps, was that APM was not at the… more»