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IBM Instana Features

What are the features of IBM Instana?

Response

  • Dashboards and Visualization
  • Incident Alerting
  • Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Functionality

  • Cloud Observability

Performance

  • Real User Monitoring (RUM)
  • Second by Second Metrics

Monitoring

  • Usage Monitoring
  • API Monitoring
  • Real-Time Monitoring - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
  • Performance Baselines
  • Performance Analysis
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Multi-System Monitoring

Administration

  • Activity Monitoring

Analysis

  • Dashboards and Visualizations

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Response

Resolution Automation

Diagnose and resolve incidents without the need for human interaction.

Not enough data

Resolution Guidance

Guide users through the resolution process and give specific instructions to remedy individual occurrences.

Not enough data

System Isolation

Cuts off network connection or temporarily inactivate applications until incidents are remedied.

Not enough data

Threat Intelligence

Gathers information related to threats in order to gain further information on remedies.

Not enough data

Dashboards and Visualization

This feature was mentioned in 156 IBM Instana reviews.
85%
(Based on 156 reviews)

Incident Alerting

Based on 152 IBM Instana reviews.
84%
(Based on 152 reviews)

Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Based on 142 IBM Instana reviews.
81%
(Based on 142 reviews)

Records

Incident Logs

Information on each incident is stored in databases for user reference and analytics.

Not enough data

Incident Reports

Produces reports detailing trends and vulnerabilities related to their network and infrastructure.

Not enough data

Resource Usage

Analyzes recurring incidents and remedies to ensure optimal resource usage.

Not enough data

Management

Incident Alerts

Gives alerts when incidents arise. Some responses may be automated, but users will still be informed.

Not enough data

Database Management

Adminstrators can access and organize data related to incidents to produce reports or make data more navigable.

Not enough data

Workflow Management

Administrators can organize workflows to guide remedies to specific situations incident types.

Not enough data

Content Management

Monitors web-content ensuring all assets and resources are displayed as intended, alerting administrators as issues arise.

Not enough data

Alerts

Alert over email, text, phone call, or more to multiple parties.

Not enough data

Budget Analysis

Provides information related to unnecessary spending and unused resources relating to their digital offerings.

Not enough data

System Integration

Integrates with a variety of IT systems. This feature was mentioned in 32 IBM Instana reviews.
90%
(Based on 32 reviews)

Alerting

As reported in 31 IBM Instana reviews. Automatically alerts necessary parties via email, text, or call when issues are identified.
89%
(Based on 31 reviews)

Reporting

As reported in 29 IBM Instana reviews. Generate sreports and dashboards highlighting trends and key metrics around issues and issue resolution.
86%
(Based on 29 reviews)

Single Pane of Glass

Consolidate IT systems monitoring overviews to a single pane for quick insights.

Not enough data

Dashboards and Visualization

Offer pre-built and custom reporting and dashboards for quick insights into system states.

Not enough data

Performance Baselines

Set expected baselines for system functions.

Not enough data

Alerting

Create and distribute detailed alerts via email, phone, and messaging for potential and active failures and errors.

Not enough data

Functionality

Baseline

As reported in 16 IBM Instana reviews. Sets and allows adjustment of website baseline functionality and configuration.
91%
(Based on 16 reviews)

Alerting

As reported in 16 IBM Instana reviews. Generates alerts for whenever a website goes down, experiences an error, makes a major change, or other events.
93%
(Based on 16 reviews)

Multi-Site Monitoring

As reported in 16 IBM Instana reviews. Monitor multiple websites at once, organizing them with dashboards.
93%
(Based on 16 reviews)

Reporting

Based on 15 IBM Instana reviews. Generate reports manually or automatically about website performance.
90%
(Based on 15 reviews)

Multi-Channel Alerting

As reported in 15 IBM Instana reviews. Alert over email, text, phone call, and more to multiple parties.
92%
(Based on 15 reviews)

Location Insights

As reported in 15 IBM Instana reviews. Isolate geographic locations where website functionality is best and worst.
88%
(Based on 15 reviews)

Monitoring

Monitors database functionality to verify baselines are maintained or exceeded. 12 reviewers of IBM Instana have provided feedback on this feature.
93%
(Based on 12 reviews)

Alerting

As reported in 12 IBM Instana reviews. Sends alerts via email, text, phone, and more when an incident or issue occcurs.
88%
(Based on 12 reviews)

Logging

As reported in 12 IBM Instana reviews. Captures logs for all database functions to garner greater information around issues or failures.
86%
(Based on 12 reviews)

Response Time

As reported in 12 IBM Instana reviews. Monitors database query time for unusual execution times
85%
(Based on 12 reviews)

Reporting

Based on 11 IBM Instana reviews. Manually and/or automatically generates reports covering database performance
86%
(Based on 11 reviews)

Data Visualization

Based on 12 IBM Instana reviews. Follows database monitoring live information through graphical dashboards
83%
(Based on 12 reviews)

Artificial Intelligence

Based on 26 IBM Instana reviews. Utilizes artificial intelligence to analyze big data.
87%
(Based on 26 reviews)

Machine Learning

Utilizes machine learning to analyze big data. This feature was mentioned in 24 IBM Instana reviews.
83%
(Based on 24 reviews)

Systems Monitoring

Monitors logs and activities from a wide range of IT systems. This feature was mentioned in 32 IBM Instana reviews.
90%
(Based on 32 reviews)

Diverse Systems Monitoring

Monitor usage and activity on a diverse array of IT systems, e.g., servers, databases, and networks.

Not enough data

Real-Time Analytics

Generate real-time high-level and/or in-depth analytics regarding monitored systems activity.

Not enough data

Observability

Generate insights into IT systems utilizing event metrics, logging, traces, and metadata.

Not enough data

AI/ML Integration

Integrate AI and/or machine learning capabilities to identify and address potential and active failures and errors.

Not enough data

Synthetic Monitoring

As reported in 122 IBM Instana reviews. Monitors and test apps to address issues before they affect end users.
81%
(Based on 122 reviews)

Dynamic Transaction Mapping

Provides dynamic end-to-end maps of every single transaction. 117 reviewers of IBM Instana have provided feedback on this feature.
84%
(Based on 117 reviews)

Load Balancing

Automatically adjusts resources base on application usage. This feature was mentioned in 119 IBM Instana reviews.
82%
(Based on 119 reviews)

Cloud Observability

As reported in 137 IBM Instana reviews. Monitors cloud microservices, containers, kubernetes, and other cloud native software.
85%
(Based on 137 reviews)

Experience

Real-Time Monitoring

Provides users with real-time information on how individuals are using accessibility accomodation tools to interact with the site or application.

Not enough data

Session Replay

Tracks application and infrastructure resource needs and alerts administrators or automatically scales usage to minimize waste.

Not enough data

Behavioral Analysis

Allow administrators to gain valuable insights related to end-user behavior.

Not enough data

Performance

Uptime Monitoring

Generates alerts for whenever a website or application goes down, experiences an error, makes a major change, or other events.

Not enough data

Performance Monitoring

Provides tools to track and measure application or website performance.

Not enough data

Issue TrackingView full feature definition

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Track problems and manage resolutions related to end-user experience issues.

Not enough data

Resource Monitoring

Tracks infrastructure resource needs and alerts administrators or automatically scales usage to minimize waste.

Not enough data

Real User Monitoring (RUM)

Captures and analyzes each transaction by users of a website or application in real time. 128 reviewers of IBM Instana have provided feedback on this feature.
83%
(Based on 128 reviews)

Second by Second Metrics

Provides high-frequency metrics data. 143 reviewers of IBM Instana have provided feedback on this feature.
84%
(Based on 143 reviews)

Monitoring

Usage Monitoring

Tracks infrastructure resource needs and alerts administrators or automatically scales usage to minimize waste. 127 reviewers of IBM Instana have provided feedback on this feature.
89%
(Based on 127 reviews)

Database Monitoring

Based on 117 IBM Instana reviews. Monitors performance and statistics related to memory, caches and connections.
84%
(Based on 117 reviews)

API Monitoring

Detects anomalies in functionality, user accessibility, traffic flows, and tampering. This feature was mentioned in 125 IBM Instana reviews.
89%
(Based on 125 reviews)

Real-Time Monitoring - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring

Constantly monitors system to detect anomalies in real time. 129 reviewers of IBM Instana have provided feedback on this feature.
87%
(Based on 129 reviews)

Security and Compliance Monitoring

Enables monitoring of security and compliance standards across cloud infrastructure.

Not enough data

Performance Baselines

151 reviewers of IBM Instana have provided feedback on this feature.
86%
(Based on 151 reviews)

Performance Analysis

Based on 162 IBM Instana reviews.
87%
(Based on 162 reviews)

Performance Monitoring

161 reviewers of IBM Instana have provided feedback on this feature.
89%
(Based on 161 reviews)

AI/ML Assistance

This feature was mentioned in 111 IBM Instana reviews.
76%
(Based on 111 reviews)

Multi-System Monitoring

144 reviewers of IBM Instana have provided feedback on this feature.
85%
(Based on 144 reviews)

Resource utilization

As reported in 54 IBM Instana reviews. Optimizes resource allocation.
82%
(Based on 54 reviews)

Real-time monitoring

As reported in 59 IBM Instana reviews. Consistently monitors processes for applications and IT infrastructure to detect anomalies in real-time.
88%
(Based on 59 reviews)

Performance baseline

Sets up standard performance baseline to compare live container activities. 54 reviewers of IBM Instana have provided feedback on this feature.
81%
(Based on 54 reviews)

API monitoring

Traces connections between different containerized environments and detects anomalies in functionality, user accessibility, traffic flows, and tampering. 53 reviewers of IBM Instana have provided feedback on this feature.
88%
(Based on 53 reviews)

Administration

Activity Monitoring

Based on 122 IBM Instana reviews. Actively monitor status of work stations either on-premise or remote.
85%
(Based on 122 reviews)

Multi-Cloud Management

Allows users to track and control cloud spend across cloud services and providers. This feature was mentioned in 100 IBM Instana reviews.
87%
(Based on 100 reviews)

Automation

Efficiently scales resource usage to optimize spend whith increased or decreased resource usage requirements. 97 reviewers of IBM Instana have provided feedback on this feature.
84%
(Based on 97 reviews)

Auto-Scaling & Resource Optimization

Automatically scales resources based on demand and optimizes for performance and cost.

Not enough data

Analysis

Reporting

Based on 109 IBM Instana reviews. Creates reports outlining resource, underutilization, cost trends, and/or functional overlap.
84%
(Based on 109 reviews)

Dashboards and Visualizations

Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way. 127 reviewers of IBM Instana have provided feedback on this feature.
85%
(Based on 127 reviews)

Spend Forecasting and Optimization

As reported in 97 IBM Instana reviews. Ability to project spend based on contracts, usage trends, and predicted growth.
82%
(Based on 97 reviews)

Search

Allows users to search logs for troubleshooting and open-ended exploration of data. This feature was mentioned in 52 IBM Instana reviews.
83%
(Based on 52 reviews)

Reporting

Creates reports outlining resource, underutilization, cost trends, and/or functional overlap. This feature was mentioned in 43 IBM Instana reviews.
82%
(Based on 43 reviews)

Visualization

Based on 58 IBM Instana reviews. Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way.
86%
(Based on 58 reviews)

Track trends

As reported in 39 IBM Instana reviews. Allows users to track log trends.
84%
(Based on 39 reviews)

Issue Resolution

Root Cause Identification

Directly identifies, or increases identification speed for, root causes for IT system issues. This feature was mentioned in 32 IBM Instana reviews.
91%
(Based on 32 reviews)

Proactive Identification

Proactively identifies trends on IT systems that could lead to failures or errors. 31 reviewers of IBM Instana have provided feedback on this feature.
88%
(Based on 31 reviews)

Resolution Guidance

Provides paths, suggestions, or other general assistance towards issue resolution. 31 reviewers of IBM Instana have provided feedback on this feature.
87%
(Based on 31 reviews)

Root cause identification

Directly identifies, or increases identification speed for, root causes for container issues. 50 reviewers of IBM Instana have provided feedback on this feature.
85%
(Based on 50 reviews)

Resolution guidance

Provides paths, suggestions, or other general assistance towards issue resolution. 42 reviewers of IBM Instana have provided feedback on this feature.
76%
(Based on 42 reviews)

Proactive identification

Based on 44 IBM Instana reviews. Proactively identifies trends on container systems that could lead to failures or errors.
82%
(Based on 44 reviews)

Visibility

Dashboards and Visualizations

Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way.

Not enough data

Alerts and Notifications

Clearly notifies users with relevant information and anomalies in a timely manner.

Not enough data

Reporting

Creates reports outlining performance and other relevant metrics.

Not enough data

Dashboards and Visualizations

Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way.

Not enough data

Alerts and Notifications

Clearly notifies users with relevant information and anomalies in a timely manner.

Not enough data

Reporting

Creates reports outlining log activity and relevant metrics.

Not enough data

Monitoring and Management

Multi-Device Management

Allows users to track and control resource allocation across multiple devices.

Not enough data

Automation

Automatically allocates resources to optimize loads across devices.

Not enough data

Performance Baseline

Sets a standard performance baseline by which to compare live hardware metrics.

Not enough data

Real-Time Monitoring

Constantly monitors hardware to detect anomalies in real time.

Not enough data

Automation

Automatically allocates resources to address log anomalies.

Not enough data

Performance Baseline

Sets a standard performance baseline by which to compare log activity.

Not enough data

Real-Time Monitoring

Constantly monitors logs to detect anomalies in real time.

Not enough data

Multi-Server Management

Allows users to track and control resource spend and loads across multiple servers.

Not enough data

Automation

Automatically allocates resources to optimize loads across servers.

Not enough data

Performance Baseline

Sets a standard performance baseline by which to compare live server activity.

Not enough data

Real-Time Monitoring

Constantly monitors server to detect anomalies in real time.

Not enough data

Immediate Alert Notification

Ability of the monitoring software to immediately alert the user in case of any issue.

Not enough data

Proactive Server Monitoring Software

Deploys remedial actions proactively. If this measure fails, then the user is alerted.

Not enough data

Visibility

Dashboards and Visualizations

Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way.

Not enough data

Alerts and Notifications

Clearly notifies team members with relevant information and anomalies in a timely manner.

Not enough data

Reporting

Creates reports outlining load distribution, performance and other relevant metrics.

Not enough data

Cloud environment support

Server Monitoring For Cloud Deployments

Supports public, hybrid and private cloud environments.

Not enough data

Software Scaling

Software can scale as the enterprises adds more servers to their portfolio virtually.

Not enough data

Alerts management

Multi-mode alerts

As reported in 38 IBM Instana reviews. Alerts over email, text, phone call, or more to multiple parties.
81%
(Based on 38 reviews)

Opimization alerts

As reported in 42 IBM Instana reviews. Provides information related to unnecessary spending and unused resources.
81%
(Based on 42 reviews)

Incident alerts

As reported in 54 IBM Instana reviews. Gives alerts when incidents arise.
84%
(Based on 54 reviews)

Automation

Resolution automation

Diagnoses and resolves incidents without the need for human interaction. This feature was mentioned in 33 IBM Instana reviews.
79%
(Based on 33 reviews)

Automation

As reported in 35 IBM Instana reviews. Efficiently scales resource usage to optimize spend whith increased or decreased resource usage requirements.
80%
(Based on 35 reviews)

Generative AI

AI Text Generation

Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.

Not enough data

AI Text Summarization

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

Not enough data

AI Text Generation

Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.

Not enough data

AI Text Generation

Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.

Not enough data

AI Text Summarization

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

Not enough data

Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability

Multi-Telemetry Ingestion

Ingests and processes multiple telemetry types, such as logs, metrics, and traces.

Not enough data

OpenTelemetry Support

Supports ingestion and standardization of observability data via OpenTelemetry protocol.

Not enough data

Visualization & Dashboards - Observability

Service Dependency Mapping

Displays relationships between services to visualize system dependencies.

Not enough data

Unified Dashboard

Provides a consolidated view of system-wide telemetry in a single dashboard.

Not enough data

Trace Visualization

Allows users to explore and visualize distributed traces and span relationships.

Not enough data

Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability

Cross-Telemetry Correlation

Correlates logs, metrics, and traces to surface performance patterns and root causes.

Not enough data

Root Cause Detection

Identifies likely causes of issues using system insights and correlation logic.

Not enough data

Intelligent Alerting

Automatically alerts users to anomalies or critical events using contextual data.

Not enough data

Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability

Kubernetes Monitoring

Provides observability into containerized workloads and Kubernetes clusters.

Not enough data

Hybrid/Multi-Cloud Support

Enables observability across public cloud, private cloud, and on-prem environments.

Not enough data

AI Features - Observability

Predictive Insights

Forecasts future system issues based on historical performance trends.

Not enough data

AI-Generated Incident Summaries

Summarizes incident root causes and potential fixes using generative AI.

Not enough data

AI Anomaly Detection

Uses machine learning to detect unusual behavior across telemetry data.

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

Autonomous Task Execution

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Not enough data

Cross-system Integration

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Not enough data

Adaptive Learning

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Not enough data

Proactive Assistance

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Not enough data

Decision Making

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Not enough data

Agentic AI - IT Alerting

Autonomous Task Execution

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Not enough data

Multi-step Planning

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Not enough data

Cross-system Integration

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Not enough data

Adaptive Learning

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Not enough data

Natural Language Interaction

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Not enough data

Proactive Assistance

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Not enough data

Decision Making

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Website Monitoring

Autonomous Task Execution

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Not enough data

Multi-step Planning

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Not enough data

Cross-system Integration

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Not enough data

Adaptive Learning

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Not enough data

Natural Language Interaction

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Not enough data

Proactive Assistance

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Not enough data

Decision Making

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring

Multi-step Planning

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Not enough data

Cross-system Integration

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Not enough data

Adaptive Learning

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Not enough data

Natural Language Interaction

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Not enough data

Proactive Assistance

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Not enough data

Decision Making

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Database Monitoring

Autonomous Task Execution

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Not enough data

Multi-step Planning

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Not enough data

Cross-system Integration

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Not enough data

Adaptive Learning

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Not enough data

Natural Language Interaction

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Not enough data

Proactive Assistance

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Not enough data

Decision Making

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Not enough data

Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms

Autonomous Task Execution

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Not enough data

Multi-step Planning

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Not enough data

Cross-system Integration

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Not enough data

Adaptive Learning

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Not enough data

Natural Language Interaction

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Not enough data

Proactive Assistance

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Not enough data

Decision Making

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Hardware Monitoring

Autonomous Task Execution

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Not enough data

Cross-system Integration

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Not enough data

Proactive Assistance

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Not enough data

Decision Making

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Log Monitoring

Autonomous Task Execution

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Not enough data

Multi-step Planning

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Not enough data

Cross-system Integration

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Not enough data

Adaptive Learning

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Not enough data

Natural Language Interaction

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Not enough data

Proactive Assistance

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Not enough data

Decision Making

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Server Monitoring

Autonomous Task Execution

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Not enough data

Multi-step Planning

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Not enough data

Cross-system Integration

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Not enough data

Adaptive Learning

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Not enough data

Natural Language Interaction

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Not enough data

Proactive Assistance

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Not enough data

Decision Making

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring

Autonomous Task Execution

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Not enough data

Multi-step Planning

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Not enough data

Cross-system Integration

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Not enough data

Adaptive Learning

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Not enough data

Natural Language Interaction

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Not enough data

Proactive Assistance

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Not enough data

Decision Making

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)

Autonomous Task Execution

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Not enough data

Multi-step Planning

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Not enough data

Cross-system Integration

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Not enough data

Adaptive Learning

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Not enough data

Natural Language Interaction

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Not enough data

Proactive Assistance

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Not enough data

Decision Making

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Not enough data

AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring

AI-Powered Anomaly Detection

Utilizes machine learning to automatically detect and alert on unusual patterns in infrastructure metrics.

Not enough data

AI-Driven Insight Recommendations

Provides AI-generated insights and actionable recommendations to optimize resource performance and cost.

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Observability Software

Autonomous Task Execution

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Not enough data

Multi-step Planning

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Not enough data

Cross-system Integration

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Not enough data

Adaptive Learning

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Not enough data

Natural Language Interaction

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Not enough data

Proactive Assistance

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Not enough data

Decision Making

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Not enough data

IBM Instana