User Reviews of IBM Instana Observability

Updated January 2026

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IBM Instana Observability review

FranciscoGálvez
FranciscoGálvez
Technical Manager at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Observability has improved collaboration and predicts failures across distributed...
From my perspective, IBM Instana Observability is quite technical. Compared to some competitors, it offers an abundance of information about system performance but lacks planning or capacity planning information. You do not receive reports with recommendations; instead, it provides only the technical layer. Other companies, like Compuware,...
IBM Instana Observability review

Abednego Petrus
Abednego Petrus
Technical Manager, Consulting at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
End-to-end monitoring has improved performance insights and supports faster issue...
I think maybe our customers need IBM Instana Observability for monitoring the IBM platform, such as from AS/400 IBM. I think for the error rate on the application side, using IBM Instana Observability helps our customers to know the root cause that triggers a failed request or transaction. For others looking into using IBM Instana...

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