Instana Dynamic APM vs Prometheus comparison

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Instana Dynamic APM and Prometheus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Instana Dynamic APM vs. Prometheus Report (Updated: May 2024).

Instana Dynamic APM vs. Prometheus

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Categories and Ranking

Instana Dynamic APM

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

21st

Average Rating

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Prometheus

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

9th

Average Rating

8.4

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Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of Instana Dynamic APM is 1.0%, down from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Prometheus is 3.9%, up from 3.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

reviewer2148984

Domain Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Dec 4, 2023

The solution has a good auto-instrumentation feature, but its monitoring is pretty weak

We use Instana Dynamic APM to do application monitoring for the OpenShift Container Platform Instana Dynamic APM gave us insight when there wasn't a lot of stuff on the market. The most valuable feature of Instana Dynamic APM is auto-instrumentation. The solution's monitoring is pretty weak and…

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Helmut Arnold

Product Owner at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees

Feb 13, 2023

A really valuable rest API but the alert functionality is kind of lackluster

Our company uses the solution to scrape values from environments in central or sister premises to ensure safety. Kavana serves as our general user interface. The solution is used by developers, not general users by default. Developers access the solution when they want to see more details. The…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It's great for monitoring services and applications."

"The most valuable feature of Instana Dynamic APM is auto-instrumentation."

"With Instana, the interface and the UI are very simple to use."

"Visually, it's very good. It provides everything needed for dynamic detection, which is very useful."

"Sometimes it's able to provide a proper RCA on its own. It's able to correlate different events that occurred and that becomes like an RCA in itself."

"Its GUI is really good and it easy to understand for non-technical users."

"The platform’s most valuable feature is the ability to monitor the performance of containers for request and response analysis."

"The primary selling point of this product is its unparalleled transparency into the infrastructure."

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"The sky is the limit because the solution is a flexible open box that can be used vastly to do anything you need to monitor applications."

"The good thing is it integrates well with the Grafana dashboard. It comes with a UI where you see everything as a graph."

"The product is easy to maintain."

"It is a stable solution...Based on the feedback I have received from my colleagues in our company's IT department, the setup phase of the solution is relatively easy."

"The feature I found most valuable is the number of integrations. It is the industry standard for metrics."

"Prometheus is a great solution for monitoring."

"The most valuable feature is that we can receive information in different formats."

"The best thing about Prometheus is its integration."

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Cons

"The solution's monitoring is pretty weak and should be improved."

"We'd always like to see additional functionalities."

"The configuration of Instana Dynamic APM needs improvement because it requires quite a bit of work."

"The App Connect middleware does not integrate with or show corresponding sub nodes."

"New Relic has a better UI in terms of how it presents the data."

"The integration could be improved with more plugins or open API."

"Its SLI and SLA features need improvement in setting up alerts."

"While it is already quite good, there is room for improvement in terms of providing better functionality"

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"There is a need for a more comprehensive overview of exporters, especially when dealing with many of them."

"Prometheus' UI color can improve. Using the Prometheus UI for configuration or analyzing queries is a horrible experience."

"The DSL could be improved."

"If you want to collect details of metrics, you should be able to write a query for it directly. I want the product to offer better queries for the metrics."

"They could provide efficient logs in terms of clarity and ease of access similar to Datadog’s paid version."

"The solution has shortcomings regarding security monitoring-oriented features to support custom use cases, like out-of-the-box test scenarios and threat-related use cases of its users."

"One potential area for improvement would be fixing the occasional glitches and bugs."

"The query language in Prometheus is an area of concern where improvements are required."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is $1,200 per year which is a bit high compared to other vendors."

"It's reasonably priced and manageable, especially for individuals who grasp the significance of application monitoring."

"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 they are a lot more competitive than anyone else out there."

"Instana Dynamic APM is more affordable for small and medium-sized companies compared to other vendors."

"The solution's pricing is comparable to other products."

"Its pricing isn't a big pain point. Its pricing seems to be better than some of the other competing products in the market, but they also have some of the features and functionalities that are better than Instana."

"The solution is less expensive than one of its competitors."

"Prometheus is an open-source solution."

"Prometheus is available as an open-source product."

"We have the open-source version, so we don't pay for it."

"The product is free."

"The product is expensive compared to Datadog."

"Prometheus is an open-source tool."

"The price of Prometheus is good, it is affordable because it is open source and there is no cost to it. You put it on your own server and the costs incurred completely depend on how you set it up."

"It is an open-source tool."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

26%

Computer Software Company

18%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

27%

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Instana Dynamic APM?

The platform’s most valuable feature is the ability to monitor the performance of containers for request and response analysis.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Instana Dynamic APM?

Instana Dynamic APM is more affordable for small and medium-sized companies compared to AppDynamics and Dynatrace.

What needs improvement with Instana Dynamic APM?

They could improve the product’s dashboards and provide more dashboard options. Additionally, the server and database monitoring needs enhancement compared to other vendors.

What do you like most about Prometheus?

The most valuable feature of Prometheus is its ability to collect metrics.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Prometheus?

Prometheus is an open-source tool.

What is your primary use case for Prometheus?

For a project I am currently working on in my company, I use Grafana, but for the data source part, I use Prometheus. I use Prometheus in a Kubernetes cluster. I use Prometheus for the processes at...

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Instana

Overview

Instana’s Enterprise Observability Platform, powered by automated Application Performance Monitoring, discovers and maps all services, infrastructure, and their inter-dependencies automatically. Instana ingests all observability metrics, traces each request, profiles every process, and updates application dependency maps in real-time to deliver the context and actionable feedback needed by Dev+Ops to optimize application performance, enable innovation, and mitigate risk to help them add value and efficiency to the pipeline. Learn more at https://instana.com.

Prometheus is a powerful open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit designed for cloud-native environments.

It collects metrics from various sources, including applications, services, and infrastructure components, providing real-time insights into system performance.

With its flexible data model and query language, Prometheus enables users to analyze and visualize metrics, facilitating troubleshooting and capacity planning. Its robust alerting system allows for proactive monitoring, notifying users of any anomalies or issues.

Prometheus also offers seamless integration with popular tools and frameworks, making it a versatile solution for monitoring and observability.

Sample Customers

Daxko Lifts Fitness Studios Through COVID Regulations with Quick Engineering PivotsAltissia Meets SLAs to Support Student DeadlinesImmocloud Unlocks Observability to Modernize Real EstateEnento Group Boosts Service Reliability with Real-Time Visibility into Application Performance Instana’s Observability for Amazon EKS Helps Yara Deliver Digital Farming Solutions

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