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Instana (IBM)

Enterprise APM with automatic discovery

Instana is an enterprise observability and APM platform acquired by IBM in 2020. It provides automatic discovery and monitoring with 1-second granularity, AI-powered root cause analysis, and support for 250+ technologies including containers, Kubernetes, and microservices.

Features

✓ Automatic discovery and mapping
✓ 1-second metric granularity
✓ AI-powered root cause analysis
✓ Distributed tracing
✓ 250+ technology integrations
✓ Kubernetes monitoring
✓ Website and mobile monitoring
✓ Synthetic monitoring
✓ Log analytics
✓ IBM Cloud Pak integration

Pros

  • + Zero-config automatic discovery
  • + 1-second granularity metrics
  • + Strong AI/ML capabilities
  • + Excellent container support
  • + IBM enterprise backing

Cons

  • − Enterprise pricing
  • − IBM ecosystem focus
  • − Can be complex to configure
  • − Less community compared to open alternatives