User Reviews of IBM Instana Observability

Updated January 2026

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IBM Instana Observability review

FranciscoGálvez
FranciscoGálvez
Technical Manager at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Observability has improved collaboration and predicts failures across distributed...
From my perspective, IBM Instana Observability is quite technical. Compared to some competitors, it offers an abundance of information about system performance but lacks planning or capacity planning information. You do not receive reports with recommendations; instead, it provides only the technical layer. Other companies, like Compuware,...
IBM Instana Observability review

Saisurya P
Saisurya P
DevOps engineer at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees
Unified monitoring has improved infrastructure visibility but customer support...
One of the best features IBM Instana Observability offers is its nice and clean UI, with everything being clean and sorted out. What stands out to me specifically about the UI of IBM Instana Observability is the way everything is organized, clean, easy to read, and easy to understand with clear navigation to each component. IBM Instana...

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