IBM Instana Observability

Full-stack observability powered by agentic AI

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Overview

Proactively solve issues across your application stack

IBM Instana Observability provides automated, AI-powered, observability with simplicity at its core for DevOps and engineering teams.

Instana automatically discovers and instruments applications and infrastructure, delivering real-time, full-stack visibility through an easy-to-use UI.

Features

Scale with your business without retooling

Look inside your IT domain

Access high fidelity full-stack data in real time—updated every second—to identify, trace and fix issues before they impact users. Get upstream and downstream visibility of application and infrastructure environments for over 300 platforms.

Instana also automatically discovers and maps GenAI workflows and agents, connecting prompts, outputs, tokens, latency, cost and errors to full-stack context so teams can troubleshoot AI-driven services faster and control spend.

Accelerate incident investigation

Investigate and resolve IT incidents faster with agentic AI. Eliminate manual work like runbook creation and incident summarization.

IBM Instana Intelligent Incident Investigation UI dashboard screenshot

Proactively improve performance and efficiency

Powered by IBM Turbonomic,  you can automatically optimize application performance while reducing wastage.

IBM Turbonomic application optimization and performance analysis UI dashboard screenshot

Real-time discovery with no manual effort

Automatically detect changes across applications and infrastructure, and map dependencies in real-time. Get a live, contextual view of how everything connects so you can trace issues, understand impact and fix issues fast.

Instana UI dashboard screenshot showing API service maps

Unlock OpenTelemetry-powered observability for any IT environment

IBM Instana enhances OpenTelemetry (OTel) by seamlessly integrating with the OpenTelemetry Collector, ensuring comprehensive monitoring for microservices and cloud-native applications. With advanced telemetry tools, businesses can optimize performance, reduce downtime and gain real-time insights into system health.

Instana OpenTelemetry Collector diagram

Use cases

How Instana delivers value

From applications to infrastructure, Instana helps provide end-to-end monitoring and remediation of your IT stack.

Application monitoring
Digital experience monitoring
Cloud-native monitoring
Infrastructure monitoring

Case studies

See Instana in action

Explore more real‑world case studies that show how organizations solve challenges and drive measurable business value.

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Scuderia Ferrari HP

Instana provides real-time monitoring for the Scuderia Ferrari HP mobile app, improving uptime and reliability, no matter how many users tune in.

2x
increase in daily active users
35%
increase in average time spent in-app
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Integrations

Over 300 supported technologies

Out-of-the box integrations with no plug-ins or application restarts, as well as support for third-party technologies and IBM proprietary software and infrastructure.

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Pricing

Find the right plan for you

IBM Instana has flexible purchase options: Pay Per Use, SaaS and Self hosted.

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Pricing plans

Plan Name: Try Instana for Free

Full Stack Visibility in 5 Minutes! Easily Manage the Performance of Your Microservice Applications

Pricing:

Free trial

Features

  • 14-day free full access
  • Monitor applications, infrastructure, logs, and digital experiences
  • Gain visibility across microservices and distributed systems
  • Explore AI-powered insights and platform features
  • Experience 300+ supported tech
  • Test Instana in your environment before you commit

Plan Name: PayPerUse

Pricing: Starting at $0.03 USD per MVS hour per month

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Features

  • Usage-based pricing - pay only for what you consume
  • Access infrastructure-only monitoring (Essentials) or full observability as needed
  • No time commitment - cancel anytime
  • Perfect for lean teams with simple use cases
  • Comply with regulatory and sovereignty requirements
  • No add-ons available

Plan Name: SaaS

Pricing: Starting at $21.20 USD per MVS per month

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Features

  • Flexible bundling for Essentials (infrastructure) or Standard (full stack observability) per MVS
  • Unlimited users and no limits on hosts or scale
  • Flexible billing options
  • Add-on: Managed PoPs, Data ingestion, Logs in context
  • Perfect for scaling teams with dynamic environments
  • Comply with regulatory and sovereignty requirements

Plan Name: Self Hosted Old

Self-managed observability with greater control over deployment

Pricing:

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Features

  • Feature parity with SaaS (Essentials & Standard)
  • Monthly Updates
  • Full control over data, deployment, and upgrade cadence
  • Comply with regulatory and sovereignty requirements
  • Easy setup
  • Available as an annual subscription

Plan Name: Self-Hosted

Pricing: Starting at $385.20 USD per MVS per year

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Features

  • Feature parity with SaaS (Essentials & Standard)
  • Monthly Updates
  • Full control over data, deployment, and upgrade cadence
  • Comply with regulatory and sovereignty requirements
  • Easy setup
  • Available as an annual subscription
  • Logs in context included
Take the next step

Unlock cloud-native application performance with AI-driven automated observability.

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