Instana Infrastructure Monitoring vs WhatsUp Gold comparison

Instana and Progress Software are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Instana is ranked #36 with an average rating of 9.5, while Progress Software is ranked #30 with an average rating of 8.7. Instana holds a 0.5% mindshare in IM, compared to Progress Software’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Instana users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 85% of Progress Software users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

WhatsUp Gold and Instana Infrastructure Monitoring compete in the infrastructure monitoring space. Instana holds the upper hand due to its comprehensive feature set.

Features: WhatsUp Gold provides network monitoring, alerting capabilities, real-time performance metrics, and easy dashboard configuration. It integrates with various IT management solutions. Instana offers application performance monitoring, automatic discovery of applications and infrastructure, and AI-driven insights, suitable for complex environments. Instana provides deeper application-level insights.

Room for Improvement: WhatsUp Gold could enhance its application-level monitoring, expand its integration capabilities, and improve automation features. Instana might benefit from simplifying its user interface, offering more straightforward pricing options, and reducing the learning curve for new users.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: WhatsUp Gold features an intuitive installation process and robust customer support, enabling quick setups. Instana offers automatic deployment through agent-based solutions and provides detailed documentation and responsive service teams. Its advanced capabilities require comprehensive resources for deployment.

Pricing and ROI: WhatsUp Gold offers competitive pricing, appealing to those seeking cost-effective solutions with solid ROI due to its straightforward setup and operation. Instana requires a higher investment, with pricing reflecting its advanced capabilities and insights, leading to higher ROI as businesses leverage its potential.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Instana Infrastructure Moni...

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

36th

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

25th

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

WhatsUp Gold

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

30th

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

24th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (30th), Network Monitoring Software (31st), Server Monitoring (16th), Configuration Management (17th), Log Management (28th), Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (12th)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Instana Infrastructure Monitoring is 0.5%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WhatsUp Gold is 1.2%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
WhatsUp Gold	1.2%
Instana Infrastructure Monitoring	0.5%
Other	98.3%

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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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Tom Condo

Supervisor Information Services Operations at Seminole County Public Schools

If CPU, memory, or disk space is over-utilized, it alerts us immediately via text or email if there is an issue

When it comes to the intuitiveness of the topology mapping feature, our network architect created a vision diagram of our entire network and then created the links tied into the WhatsUp active monitoring to different spots on our topology map. It's one of the more critical functions we do here. We have the map displayed in different places in our room and help desk. We get alerted via emails but we can also see it visually. It does what it says it's going to do. We find this feature very helpful. The interactive mapping interface for scrolling, zooming, and drilling down on an element to learn about a network issue is good. When we see a network there will sometimes be a spot that has one link. You can go into a particular part of the topology map, scroll in, and see exactly which module it is. All the information is provided. This feature really helps. You can see the correlation between that link and what failed. This feature is very helpful. The interface is fairly intuitive. Some of our users used SolarWinds and Nagios, and WhatsUp is easy in comparison. Once you get set up, the look, feel, and configuration are good. Our network architect had never used it before but he was able to create the Visio and map. It was very simple. He has no problems with it.

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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

"The product's initial setup is easy."

"The product is easy to deploy."

"The tool's most valuable feature is the visibility it offers of everything in the network and infrastructure."

"We no longer have to manually search for problems because we are alerted when something in the network goes down."

"The installation and configuration process are easy."

"This is a good, stable network monitoring solution for devices."

"The best feature of WhatsUp Gold is the automatic generation of topology and its integration with virtualization and wireless."

"I use it on premises to monitor my network database. We monitor the link up/down and use the SNMP traps as well."

"The product is reasonably priced."

"The documentation is very good."

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Cons

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

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

"Importing the maps and being able to customize them could be easier."

"I think there are a few bugs now. Although they give some resolution for this, we cannot share the network remotely because of our company policy."

"WhatsUp Gold should work on real-time monitoring and configuration management. If they succeed in doing this, the solution will cover all the network troubleshooting aspects and will be a benefit."

"Setting up WhatsUp Gold is complicated and not easy because it requires managing SNMP and many complex settings in the devices it's monitoring, and fine-tuning it to fit our needs is also not very easy."

"The pricing for this solution has gone up quite recently, which has led some of our customers to buy an alternative product."

"I would like to see better integration with switches so that you can see what is connected to each port, what the traffic is, and have a network map automatically generated."

"The licensing model could be improved. Right now, the levels are too far apart. This causes the solution to be more expensive than it needs to be."

"The tool should focus on increasing its market share, as it is the only area of concern where improvements are needed."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"Pricing is reasonable compared to other products."

"The most valuable feature is the cost compared to other solutions."

"I'm not sure, but it's expensive. We don't pay any additional fees."

"The price of WhatsUp Gold is good."

"The tool's price is reasonable. WhatsUp Gold is cheaper than SolarWinds."

"The choice of version depends on the number of points, or devices, that you want to monitor, and this makes the product expensive."

"There is a license needed to use WhatsUp Gold."

"This is a well priced solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Healthcare Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Government

11%

Computer Software Company

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	14

Questions from the Community

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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What do you like most about WhatsUp Gold?

The interactive mapping interface for scrolling, zooming, and drilling down on an element to learn about a network issue is good. When we see a network there will sometimes be a spot that has one l...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WhatsUp Gold?

Clients find the licensing calculator confusing, but we simplify this for them by collecting relevant information first. The licensing is based on devices, providing better cost-effectiveness than ...

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What needs improvement with WhatsUp Gold?

It would be great if WhatsUp Gold could add features that simplify management with AI, as it is currently too complicated to manage.

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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

Explore and manage your entire network infrastructure effortlessly with WhatsUp Gold's robust layer 2/3 discovery, creating a detailed interactive map from the edge to the cloud. Monitor devices, wireless controllers, servers, virtual machines, applications, and traffic flows across various environments. Real-time alerts ensure optimal performance, allowing you to meet or exceed SLAs. The platform offers customizable maps, dashboards, and alerts for easy network management. Quickly resolve issues with intuitive workflows, reducing Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR). WhatsUp Gold's integrated log management provides easy visibility and control of device log data, allowing monitoring, filtering, searching, and alerting on syslogs or Windows logs. Archive logs to comply with regulatory requirements and preserve historical data, all through a user-friendly interface. Streamline network monitoring and issue resolution with WhatsUp Gold, making network management efficient and hassle-free.

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