Instana Infrastructure Monitoring vs Microsoft System Center comparison

Instana Infrastructure Monitoring vs. Microsoft System Center

Download the complete report

Helped 860,592 peers since 2012

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Categories and Ranking

Instana Infrastructure Moni...

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

25th

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Infrastructure Monitoring (37th)

Microsoft System Center

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

22nd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Infrastructure (13th)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Cloud Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Instana Infrastructure Monitoring is 0.7%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft System Center is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Monitoring Software

Featured Reviews

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.

Read full review

Ajinkya Mohod

System Security Engineer at Punch Powertrain nv

Makes user management and application management easy for users

Speaking about the impact of the automation feature that impacted our company's operational efficiency, I can say that the complete tool works on automation. You just have to configure it, and it works, especially in areas like auto-patching updates. I suggest that others can definitely go ahead with Microsoft System Center, especially beginners who choose it, can get hands-on experience with it, and acquire a good understanding of how things work. In terms of the value and benefits derived from the use of the solution, I can say that my company's operations have been made simpler because of the product, especially in areas like user management and application management where we have been benefited a lot. I rate the tool a nine out of ten.

Read full review

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The product's initial setup is easy."

"The product is easy to deploy."

"The most valuable feature of Microsoft System Center is its GUI (graphical user interface)."

"The deployment and asset management features are the most valuable. These are the product's main features."

"The installation process is easy."

"Managment Packs for Microsoft-specific products, help us implement the best practices for each product."

"The solution is easily available. That's its most valuable aspect."

"It can generate KPIs and management reports with monthly presentations on activities and updating the environment (success and failure)."

"The availability performance matrix and the reporting capabilities are the solution's most valuable features."

"The tool has many valuable features, including license tracking, software deployment, and installation deployment. However, we primarily use it for Windows updates and deployment for Windows servers and desktops. It's a complex product but very well-managed. If you use all the features, they will be valuable to your organization. It allows you to deploy desktops, manage patches, and track various features."

More Microsoft System Center pros

Cons

"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."

"Could be more user friendly."

"Microsoft System Center should be easier to manage. However, it is complex to deploy, so people hesitate to use it. Though it has many features, such as licensing, asset tracking, and software deployment, we mainly use it for Windows updates. It protects many screens and integrates with databases, but it's complex compared to other solutions. Many now use cloud-based products or other tools like Automox to deploy updates and manage vulnerabilities."

"Something super important that we need is this integration via Intune Configuration Manager."

"The platform performance and responsiveness need improvement. It still demands high computing resources."

"The solution’s pricing could be improved."

"They should have some customized solutions or internal development, then maybe it could be easier to use different solutions or some self-developed solution."

"The multi-tenancy support needs to be improved. We need to have the ability to manage several different environments from one central point of administration."

"We have some bugs but it's stable. It doesn't break every day. It works. Like other applications, it has a lot of bugs but they're manageable."

More Microsoft System Center cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"It's rolled into our enterprise subscription. The entire subscription is around $25,000 a year, however, that covers all the products that we use."

"We maximized our license investment."

"Microsoft System Center's licensing is costly."

"I rate the product price as five to six on a scale of one to ten, where one means it is cheap and ten means it is expensive."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten."

"Microsoft System Center is quite expensive."

"I know that sometimes there is some reduction in the prices of Microsoft System Center because of the costs of Microsoft SQL Server, which can be advantageous."

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Cloud Monitoring Software solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

860,592 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Insurance Company

No data available

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Instana Infrastructure Monitoring?

The product is easy to deploy.

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.

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...

What do you like most about Microsoft System Center?

The product's initial setup phase was easy.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft System Center?

Microsoft System Center's licensing is costly.

What needs improvement with Microsoft System Center?

Microsoft System Center should be easier to manage. However, it is complex to deploy, so people hesitate to use it. Though it has many features, such as licensing, asset tracking, and software depl...

IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) vs Instana Infrastructure Monitoring

Comparisons

Compared 34% of the time

Amazon CloudWatch vs Instana Infrastructure Monitoring

Compared 18% of the time

Zabbix vs Instana Infrastructure Monitoring

Compared 15% of the time

Splunk Observability Cloud vs Instana Infrastructure Monitoring

Compared 15% of the time

PRTG Network Monitor vs Instana Infrastructure Monitoring

Compared 9% of the time

More Instana Infrastructure Monitoring Competitors

Veeam Data Platform vs Microsoft System Center

Compared 54% of the time

IBM BPM vs Microsoft System Center

Compared 46% of the time

More Microsoft System Center Competitors

Product Reports

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

Download Instana Infrastructure Monitoring product report

Instana Infrastructure Monitoring report

Microsoft System Center

Download Microsoft System Center product report

Also Known As

No data available

MS System Center

Overview

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.

Instana

System Center helps customers realize the benefits of the Microsoft Cloud Platform by delivering unified management. Experience fast time-to-value with out-of-the-box monitoring, provisioning, configuration, automation, protection and self-service.

Microsoft

Sample Customers

booxware, drivenow, scopevisio, enevo, TimoCom, mobitech

Kassen_rztliche Vereinigung Nordrhein, Magyar Telekom Nyrt., Adeka, QualCare, Aeriandi, UniCredit Bank d.d., Mostar, Allianz Australia Ltd., Grupo Familia

Instana Infrastructure Monitoring vs. Microsoft System Center