

Find out in this report how the two AI Observability solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
On average, we're saving about 10 to 15 hours per project.
It provides a single pane of glass from which I can see what is happening with all the servers in my infrastructure, which saves time.
It made a notable difference from when we were almost blind to being able to respond to calls immediately.
If we have a monitoring tool, we can save our transactions and see the performance of the application using MTTR and MTTD.
They answer all my questions and share guidance on using DataRobot scripts if certain functionalities are not available in the UI.
Being cloud-hosted enables automatic resource scaling, which supports collaboration across teams.
They are very slow to respond and integrate new features.
IBM support for Instana is responsive and helpful.
We did have experiences where a significant issue arose during implementation, often involving compatibility problems with JavaScript libraries used by IBM Instana Observability.
More innovations are coming in every day, so it is scalable and more applications are becoming container-based.
IBM Instana Observability demonstrates scalability, especially in dynamic, distributed environments such as microservices and Kubernetes.
DataRobot is a UI-based tool, which means it cannot provide all the features I might manually implement through notebooks or Python.
There is a lack of transparency in the models; sometimes it feels like a black box.
I had many false positives with IBM Instana Observability. Then I fixed the filters and it became more accurate on the errors reported.
One main issue I found with IBM Instana Observability was the customer support, which was very poor when we needed some features to be enabled or integrated into IBM Instana Observability sensors.
It is not open-source, and I have to be a partner to get more access to the products.
The setup cost was minimal because it's cloud-hosted, eliminating the need for heavy on-premises infrastructure, allowing us to start using it immediately after purchase.
I find the cost of IBM Instana Observability to be very affordable compared to competitors because the pricing mechanism is based on the host that we monitor, unlike other competitors such as DataDog and Dynatrace, whose pricing is based on other factors.
It is not that costly, especially since we only use two instances.
I think the pricing is good and I do not think it is high.
By automating highly technical aspects like model comparison, DataRobot enhances productivity and reduces project timelines from three months to less than one month.
DataRobot has positively impacted our organization in many ways. First, it has improved efficiency; tasks such as model testing, feature engineering, and predictions that used to take us days or weeks can now be accomplished in hours.
IBM Instana Observability has positively impacted my organization by making it easy to observe the entire infrastructure under one platform, which was the biggest advantage of onboarding onto IBM Instana Observability.
IBM Instana Observability has impacted my organization positively in that it has helped me find out what the issue is in real-time because of its one-second granularity and its ability to identify issues as quickly as possible.
With multiple servers and multiple applications, IBM Instana Observability allows us to resolve issues very quickly because we immediately know that a disk is full, the storage is full, or the database is down.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| IBM Instana Observability | 1.3% |
| DataRobot | 0.6% |
| Other | 98.1% |


| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 6 |
| Large Enterprise | 5 |
DataRobot captures the knowledge, experience and best practices of the world’s leading data scientists, delivering unmatched levels of automation and ease-of-use for machine learning initiatives. DataRobot enables users to build and deploy highly accurate machine learning models in a fraction of the time.
IBM Instana Observability offers real-time application monitoring and management, designed for automation and intelligence on modern cloud-based environments.
IBM Instana Observability provides deep visibility into application performance, empowering businesses with automated root cause analysis and intelligent alerts to optimize cloud-native applications. It captures and visualizes comprehensive health metrics to enhance operational efficiency across distributed systems, making it an invaluable tool for IT and DevOps teams seeking to improve application reliability and performance.
What are the key features of IBM Instana Observability?IBM Instana Observability is widely adopted across industries like finance, healthcare, and retail, addressing specific challenges in each sector. In finance, it helps manage high-volume transactions with minimal latency. Healthcare benefits from its compliance support and reliable data monitoring. Retail industries utilize it for maintaining seamless customer interactions and operational uptime, ensuring business continuity and customer satisfaction.
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