Compare Grafana Labs and IBM Instana 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (45.2% of reviews)
Mid-Market (42.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Starting at $18.00
Grafana Labs
Star Rating
(131)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (45.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Grafana LabsIBM Instana
Star Rating
(390)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (42.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $18.00
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that IBM Instana excels in Multi-Site Monitoring with a score of 9.2, allowing for comprehensive oversight across various locations, while Grafana Labs, with a score of 7.4 in Synthetic Monitoring, falls short in providing similar capabilities.
- Reviewers mention that IBM Instana's Alerting feature is highly rated at 9.2, providing timely notifications, whereas Grafana Labs has a lower score of 8.1, indicating that users may experience delays in alerts.
- G2 users highlight that IBM Instana's Data Visualization capabilities are superior, scoring 8.3, which enhances user experience through intuitive dashboards, while Grafana Labs shines with a score of 9.6, making it a strong contender in this area.
- Users on G2 report that IBM Instana's Real-Time Monitoring is robust, scoring 8.7, which is crucial for immediate insights, while Grafana Labs, with a score of 8.6, offers solid performance but may not match the immediacy of Instana's capabilities.
- Reviewers mention that IBM Instana's Performance Monitoring is rated at 8.9, providing detailed insights into system performance, while Grafana Labs, with a score of 8.5, offers good performance metrics but lacks some of the depth found in Instana.
- Users say that IBM Instana's Cloud Observability feature is rated at 8.5, ensuring effective monitoring of cloud environments, while Grafana Labs matches this score, indicating both products are competitive in this essential area.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Grafana Labs
No pricing availableIBM Instana
Essentials
Starting at $18.00
Automatic discovery, mapping and monitoring of Infrastructure
- Includes All Infrastructure Monitoring Features
- Includes End User Monitoring
- Includes Unbounded Analytics
Free Trial
Grafana Labs
Free Trial is available
IBM Instana
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
99
8.6
323
Ease of Use
8.4
101
8.6
324
Ease of Setup
8.2
54
8.9
161
Ease of Admin
8.6
48
8.4
121
Quality of Support
7.9
77
8.6
289
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.3
39
8.5
121
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
97
8.5
308
Features by Category
Functionality
Not enough data
9.0
15
Not enough data
9.2
15
Not enough data
9.2
15
Not enough data
8.9
14
Not enough data
9.2
14
Not enough data
8.7
14
Functionality
9.6
8
9.3
12
8.1
8
8.8
12
6.9
7
8.6
12
9.0
8
8.5
12
7.5
8
8.6
11
9.6
8
8.3
12
Monitoring
9.0
14
8.9
124
8.6
13
8.4
114
8.7
14
8.9
122
8.8
14
8.7
126
Administration
8.6
13
8.5
119
7.4
13
8.8
97
7.3
13
8.5
93
Analysis
7.4
12
8.4
106
9.6
14
8.5
124
6.5
11
8.4
93
Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
26
Not enough data
8.3
24
Not enough data
9.0
32
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
9.1
32
Not enough data
8.8
31
Not enough data
8.7
31
Management
Not enough data
9.0
32
Not enough data
8.9
31
Not enough data
8.6
29
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Visibility
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
9.7
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
7.6
11
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
7.5
10
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.6
13
8.6
151
8.6
13
8.7
162
8.6
13
8.9
161
7.5
12
7.7
110
8.1
12
8.5
144
Response
9.2
13
8.6
156
8.1
12
8.4
152
8.2
12
8.2
141
Performance
7.6
13
8.3
126
8.2
12
8.4
141
Functionality
7.6
12
8.2
120
7.6
11
8.5
116
7.6
11
8.3
118
8.5
11
8.5
136
Alerts management
8.9
18
8.1
36
8.8
20
8.2
40
9.0
21
8.4
52
Monitoring
8.4
20
8.3
52
8.6
21
8.8
57
8.2
19
8.1
52
8.6
18
8.8
51
Automation
8.2
16
8.0
31
8.5
18
8.0
33
Analysis
8.4
19
8.2
50
8.3
19
8.1
41
9.1
21
8.6
56
8.6
19
8.5
37
Issue Resolution
8.1
15
8.5
48
8.2
14
7.6
40
8.4
16
8.1
42
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Response
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Records
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Grafana Labs and IBM Instana are categorized as Container Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Database Monitoring, IT Alerting, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Observability Solution Suites
Unique Categories
IBM Instana is categorized as AIOps Platforms, Incident Response, Enterprise Monitoring, Website Monitoring, and Hardware Monitoring
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Grafana Labs
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
IBM Instana
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
23.8%
Computer Software
23.0%
Financial Services
5.6%
Telecommunications
4.8%
Internet
4.8%
Other
38.1%
Information Technology and Services
20.2%
Computer Software
10.5%
Telecommunications
6.6%
Retail
5.8%
Financial Services
5.2%
Other
51.7%
Most Helpful Reviews
Grafana Labs
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Mohankumar M.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
The updated colorful and meaningful graphs and charts are excellent, and with the great visualizations in the panels and the much-required metrics and other good features they provide.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Program Development
Our company’s experience with Grafana Labs has been extremely disappointing and frustrating. We briefly tested Grafana Cloud’s Prometheus service—at most for an hour—and encountered immediate technical limits (remote write cap and rate limits). Despite...
IBM Instana
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Guru P.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Instana brings us the status of the entire architecture on one screen. Gone are the days we had to log into the server box and check the java process, heap space, garbage collection stats, or whatever. We got to remember that all these require some...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Anand B.
Verified User in Market Research
Since Instana has succeeded in removing all obstacles that hinder performance monitoring, there is really nothing to dislike about this tool. She has also worked on security policies and effective communication techniques. It also has a trustworthy team...
Mohankumar M.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
The updated colorful and meaningful graphs and charts are excellent, and with the great visualizations in the panels and the much-required metrics and other good features they provide.
Guru P.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Instana brings us the status of the entire architecture on one screen. Gone are the days we had to log into the server box and check the java process, heap space, garbage collection stats, or whatever. We got to remember that all these require some...
Verified User in Program Development
Our company’s experience with Grafana Labs has been extremely disappointing and frustrating. We briefly tested Grafana Cloud’s Prometheus service—at most for an hour—and encountered immediate technical limits (remote write cap and rate limits). Despite...
Anand B.
Verified User in Market Research
Since Instana has succeeded in removing all obstacles that hinder performance monitoring, there is really nothing to dislike about this tool. She has also worked on security policies and effective communication techniques. It also has a trustworthy team...
Discussions
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1 comment
PC
Its help to Monitoring, analysis of our app and also provide graphic visualisation and alert Tigger system.Read more
Grafana Labs has no more discussions with answers
why use instana over another platform?
2 comments
OG
If you compare those 2 only the price matters. Instana does not have the feature set of DataDog in any category.Read more
Is there a chatbot available?
2 comments
OG
Best join a webinar or customer demo to learn more about it. It took me also a while to understand all the bits and pieces. Since IBM was acquired by IBM,...Read more
What is Instana?
1 comment
SB
Hi,
Instana is a leading Enterprise Observability Platform, powered by automated Application Performance Monitoring. It discovers and maps all services,...Read more
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