HPE OneView vs Instana Infrastructure Monitoring comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Instana are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.4, while Instana is ranked #37 with an average rating of 9.5. Hewlett Packard Enterprise holds a 1.4% mindshare in IM, compared to Instana’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Instana users who would recommend it.

HPE OneView

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

HPE OneView and Instana Infrastructure Monitoring compete in the infrastructure management and real-time monitoring category. Instana has the upper hand with its comprehensive monitoring capabilities and AI-driven insights.

Features: HPE OneView offers automation for efficient infrastructure management, streamlined deployment processes, and robust support for complex infrastructures. Instana provides advanced observability features, real-time performance analysis, and dynamic application monitoring capabilities that leverage AI for insights.

Room for Improvement: HPE OneView could enhance its real-time monitoring capabilities and integrate more AI-driven insights. It may also benefit from refining its application monitoring options. Instana might improve by optimizing cost-effectiveness, expanding infrastructure management features, and simplifying user interface complexities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE OneView has streamlined set-up procedures that reduce deployment time and offers strong customer service focused on infrastructure management. Instana's highly automated deployment model caters to complex environments and emphasizes support for monitoring needs, providing a quicker and more intelligent set-up experience.

Pricing and ROI: HPE OneView is a cost-effective solution with predictable ROI due to its infrastructure efficiencies. Instana, while requiring a higher initial investment, provides significant ROI through advanced monitoring and operational insights, making it a valuable choice for businesses that prioritize comprehensive monitoring solutions.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

HPE OneView

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

16th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Instana Infrastructure Moni...

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

37th

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Monitoring Software (24th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of HPE OneView is 1.4%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Instana Infrastructure Monitoring is 0.5%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
HPE OneView	1.4%
Instana Infrastructure Monitoring	0.5%
Other	98.1%

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Kapil Pandey

Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG

Gaining seamless monitoring and customization capabilities

One of the best features of HPE OneView is that you get a complete architecture with a single click. The analytics and monitoring tools in HPE OneView are superior to other network monitoring platforms such as Nagios. The features include multiple modules that allow you to create and write your own scripts based on your requirements for different servers such as database servers or tapping roaming servers. There is more feasibility when using HP Service Manager because, unlike other tools with predefined standards for script writing, we have the option for customization as per our choice, and dashboard reports can be customized.

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Hakimuddin Ronaque

Assistant Manager at Lauren Information Technologies Pvt Ltd

Has the capability to automatically integrate with a large number of products

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten. I have not worked much on other technologies, like SAP or VMware's virtualization part, on-prem infrastructure, or cloud infrastructure. Instana Infrastructure Monitoring is so fast and easy to adapt that it works fine. I have not explored other operating systems or infrastructure solutions because my company doesn't have that customer scale. Most of our customers are on-prem or on AWS or Azure, but Instana Infrastructure Monitoring adapts to their infrastructure very well. My company came to know how well Instana Infrastructure Monitoring adapts to our customers' infrastructures when we take care of the PoC phase. Around 12 to 15 people in my company use the product.

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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

"We lose less time managing the machines."

"We cannot function without this solution. "

"The OneView Global Dashboard is very user-friendly and it can be used for monitoring the power consumption and temperature of the data center and racks."

"The easy user interface was what I found most valuable in HPE OneView. For example, if I wanted to know the infrastructure status or I needed to send in any change commands, HPE OneView had simple buttons."

"The most valuable features are the composable structure, infrastructure, and automation."

"The stability is very good. I have never had an issue with it over the three years that I have been using it."

"The solution's initial setup process was easy...The technical support is good...It is a stable product, and we will use it for a long time."

"It is very stable. We have had no downtime nor issues in approximately a year. "

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"The product's initial setup is easy."

"The product is easy to deploy."

Cons

"I had some minor difficulties with upgrading, but the solution still works fine."

"Use it, but do not think it is going into the clouds, because it is not. There is room for improvement."

"Integration could be improved. Sometimes OneView doesn't identify physical hardware."

"The logs are not proper."

"The solution could add storage, integration services, and end-to-end support for Cisco switches or other competitor products."

"It would be better if we can add every HPE device to OneView, such as MSA, as well as the other servers like the DL server and ML server."

"The solution's console can be improved by making it more user-friendly and adding the capability to filter the reports out using only the information required."

"It's a little slow sometimes. Overall, I think it does what it's supposed to do. I think that as they evolve it, it'll get quicker."

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"The product’s scalability is an area with certain limitations, making it an area where improvements are required."

"Instana Infrastructure Monitoring needs to support monitoring of the .NET framework since it is one of the areas where the solution currently has shortcomings."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I feel the product's price falls a bit on the higher side."

"HPE could lower the price."

"Synergy does not require iLO licenses but servers and enclosures must be purchased."

"This license cost for OneView was $3,000 USD."

"The solution is free to use, but if you want the management aspect you require a virtual machine such as C7000 or Synergy which require licenses."

"When it comes to the government, money is never an issue, so it was excellent in terms of the HPE OneView licensing cost. Hitachi was cheaper, but I'd rate HPE OneView cost-wise as eight out of ten."

"Use it. It is free."

"I think that the price of OneView is $500 USD per server, which is a little high."

More HPE OneView pricing and cost advice

"The cost of the tool is around 130 USD per month."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	22
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	51

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about HPE OneView?

The most valuable features of HPE OneView are environment monitoring, the ease of firmware upgrade, and the ability to manage all the servers and the infrastructure from one team.

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What needs improvement with HPE OneView?

From the dashboard and reporting perspective, HPE OneView could be improved by having multiple modules rather than just a single customization option.

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What is your primary use case for HPE OneView?

The typical use case for HPE OneView addresses a shift from manual monitoring, where clients needed to log in to the server every hour. After integrating everything on HP Service Manager and HP Ope...

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What do you like most about Instana Infrastructure Monitoring?

The product is easy to deploy.

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What needs improvement with Instana Infrastructure Monitoring?

The product’s scalability is an area with certain limitations, making it an area where improvements are required.

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What is your primary use case for Instana Infrastructure Monitoring?

I use the solution in my company, especially if an application is down and it is considered to be a P1 issue or a critical issue. The network team will blame the application team, while the applica...

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Overview

HPE OneView is your infrastructure automation engine to simplify operations, increasing the speed of IT delivery for new applications and services. Through software defined intelligence, HPE OneView brings a new level of automation to infrastructure management by taking a template driven approach to provisioning, updating, and integrating compute, storage, and networking infrastructure. Designed with a modern, standard-based API and supported by a large and growing partner ecosystem, HPE OneView also makes it easy to integrate powerful infrastructure automation into existing IT tools and processes. Take command with HPE OneView to deploy infrastructure faster, simplify operations and increase productivity.

HPE OneView innovations provide you the industry’s best infrastructure management experience, simplifying operations for HPE BladeSystem, HPE ProLiant servers, 3PAR storage, HPE Networking and HPE ConvergedSystems.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Instana ensures that your application delivery organization has the data, visibility and information they need to manage the performance of critical business applications across the DevOps lifecycle. Built to handle the dynamic nature of containerized, microservice architectures, Instana automates infrastructure and application monitoring helping you to ensure the performance and quality of custom applications and accelerate your CI/CD cycle.

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Sample Customers

Asante, ITS Nordics, Columbus Communications, Mansfield Oil

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