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

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Pros
"The solution's initial setup process was straightforward since we were getting enough support from Honeycomb.io's team."

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"If a key monitored value has crossed a threshold, it sends out an alert. And the solution is able to intelligently find out if something is beyond the range that it normally resides in.""Instana is very fast to implement and deploy because the dashboards are automated and don't need configuration.""Visually, it's very good. It provides everything needed for dynamic detection, which is very useful.""With auto-discovery, we didn't need to consider much. We just installed the agent on the host and it was able to detect everything from the host level up to the service level, for whatever stack was installed, and that includes containers and dockers.""Its GUI is really good and it easy to understand for non-technical users.""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.""With Instana, the interface and the UI are very simple to use.""The detailing of our application behavior and user experience is most valuable. In case there is an issue, we typically use Instana to figure it out. We can drill down to the application and figure out what's going on and where the issue is."

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Cons
"The process of log scraping gets delayed on Honeycomb.io. At times, it gives false alerts to the application team."

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"While it is already quite good, there is room for improvement in terms of providing better functionality""We'd always like to see additional functionalities.""Its SLI and SLA features need improvement in setting up alerts.""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.""They could improve the product’s dashboards and provide more dashboard options.""New Relic has a better UI in terms of how it presents the data.""Maybe log monitoring could be better."

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  • "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."
  • "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 pricing is $1,200 per year which is a bit high compared to other vendors."
  • "The solution is less expensive than one of its competitors."
  • "It's reasonably priced and manageable, especially for individuals who grasp the significance of application monitoring."
  • "The solution's pricing is comparable to other products."
  • "Instana Dynamic APM is more affordable for small and medium-sized companies compared to other vendors."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The solution's initial setup process was straightforward since we were getting enough support from Honeycomb.io's team.
    Top Answer:The process of log scraping gets delayed on Honeycomb.io. At times, it gives false alerts to the application team. It would be good if Honeycomb.io could integrate with third-party tools or paid… more »
    Top Answer:There aren't any specific use cases for the solution as such. In our company, we use the solution for SLA and SLO-related work.
    Top Answer:The platform’s most valuable feature is the ability to monitor the performance of containers for request and response analysis.
    Top Answer:Instana Dynamic APM is more affordable for small and medium-sized companies compared to AppDynamics and Dynatrace.
    Top Answer:They could improve the product’s dashboards and provide more dashboard options. Additionally, the server and database monitoring needs enhancement compared to other vendors.
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    Honeycomb.io
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    Overview

    Many offerings tout observability. How is Honeycomb different? We have defined what Observability is and have built a tool to help modern Dev, DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering teams operate more efficiently. Because it’s all about delivering high quality code, maintaining reliability and getting precious time back.

    We made a critical decision to provide a seamless, current view of your system (from logs to events and traces) in a single data store, regardless of how complex your architecture is. This means you no longer have to toil with multiple tools or stitched-together solutions – burning time as you address issues affecting users.

    We also believe strongly that optimizing systems and debugging should not be difficult and draining, freeing up more time to ship new code. Our approach emphasizes efficiency and knowledge sharing, thereby elevating everyone’s game and ultimately business outcomes.

    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.

    Sample Customers
    Clover Health, Eaze, Intercom, Fender
    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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    Computer Software Company17%
    Manufacturing Company8%
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    Midsize Enterprise13%
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    Midsize Enterprise42%
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    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise69%
    Buyer's Guide
    Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
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    Honeycomb.io is ranked 35th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 1 review while Instana Dynamic APM is ranked 20th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 12 reviews. Honeycomb.io is rated 8.0, while Instana Dynamic APM is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Honeycomb.io writes "A valuable solution for application teams to identify downtime and SLO-related issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Instana Dynamic APM writes "A really good GUI that is easy for non-technical users to understand". Honeycomb.io is most compared with Grafana, Sentry, Chronosphere, New Relic and Azure Monitor, whereas Instana Dynamic APM is most compared with Dynatrace, AppDynamics, New Relic, IBM Application Performance Management and Elastic Observability.

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