Full-stack automated observability

Stay ahead of every issue with the world’s most granular, highest cardinality monitoring

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Stay ahead of every incident

IBM Instana® automatically and continuously delivers the highest-fidelity data:

  • One-second granularity so you stay ahead of every problem

  • An end-to-end distributed trace of every call or request

  • A graphing model and dynamic maps to show you how everything is related

This insight allows all application stakeholders to see the exact data they want with the context they need. It enables them to quickly determine the cause of an issue and take immediate action to fix it.

Only Instana® delivers the real-time, high-fidelity data required in today's dynamic application and infrastructure environments to find and fix issues before they impact users.
Benefits
Faster deployments

Automated monitoring configuration keeps CI/CD pipelines running at full speed.
Actionable insights

Real-time contextual understanding helps DevOps find and fix problems faster.
Monitor your entire stack together

Holistic monitoring with visibility from hardware and infrastructure to applications and business processes.
End-to-end visibility across shared services

Understand upstream and downstream dependencies across the entire application service map.

Features
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Real-time dependency maps

Consistently get the full context. Understand the dependencies of each application service and infrastructure component with data that is "automatically and continuously updated" based on the discovery.
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Pipeline feedback

Gain immediate understanding of the impact of software releases, empowering developers and ensuring better application quality.
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Full open telemetry support

Automate, contextualize and take intelligent action in open telemetry to ensure that no service is left uninstrumented and you get the full picture in context. Enjoy the same great Instana experience no matter where the data comes from.
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Smart alerts

Eliminate the guess work with meaningful alerts tailored to your environment and customized blueprints to suit your needs.
Results 40%

Improve operational efficiency by 40%1

 60%

Reduce revenue-impacting incidents by up to 60%1

 90%

Decrease developer troubleshooting time by up to 90%1
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Infuses the CI/CD process with automation, context and actionable intelligence to help deliver better software faster.

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Gain a comprehensive, centralized view of the health and performance of your entire IT ecosystem in a single dashboard.

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Automates application discovery, monitoring, tracing and root cause analysis.

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IBM Instana Observability gives everyone across the enterprise intuitive access to the data that they want, along with the context they need. This capability enables rapid issue prevention and remediation.

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