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IBM Instana Observability vs OpenTelemetry comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Instana Observability
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
42nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OpenTelemetry
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
51st
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of IBM Instana Observability is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenTelemetry is 1.9%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

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Tomas Kim - PeerSpot reviewer
Not expensive and offers good performance
The most valuable feature of the solution is performance. A one-vendor solution serves as a good feature of the tool. In the IT industry, the IT support team has lots of vendors to contact. DB monitoring is done by one company, while WaaS monitoring is done by another and done by another company, which makes it really complicated for the IT team concerned about the security levels. The tool's main feature is that it is a one-vendor solution. The analysis done by the tool is a good feature. The tool is used as an open-source tool. The tool is growing, and new features are being added to the product.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
7%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
18%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Instana Observability?
The tool's cost is normal as per the market. The tool is not expensive.
What needs improvement with IBM Instana Observability?
The tool should offer more LDR AI models. The monitoring is just a status, but the next level of a monitoring solution is to prevent an accident or stop an accident status. The solution should be t...
What is your primary use case for IBM Instana Observability?
Before IBM, I ordered our company's engineer to have a look at the tool and test it. I think it was two years ago, the transfer to IBM happened in our company. At the beginning, IBM Instana Observa...
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Sample Customers

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1. Atlassian 2. Cisco 3. Datadog 4. DigitalOcean 5. Google 6. IBM 7. Intel 8. Kibana 9. LinkedIn 10. Microsoft 11. MongoDB 12. NetApp 13. Oracle 14. Pinterest 15. Red Hat 16. Salesforce 17. SAP 18. Splunk 19. Square 20. SUSE 21. TMobile 22. Twitter 23. VMware 24. WeWork 25. Xero 26. Zoom 27. Zynga
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