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Comparison

Instana vs Lumigo

On the evidence we track, Instana leads this comparison with a composite score of 59/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Instana full profile →Lumigo full profile →
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★Instana59
Lumigo53
Score
Vioscale score
Instana59 / 100low · 40%
Lumigo53 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Instana✓
Lumigo✓
Model
Instanaquote
Lumigofreemium
Price level
Instanalow
Lumigolow
Transparent
Instana✗
Lumigo✗
Integrations
Count
Instana300
Lumigo5
Security
Disclosure policy
Instana✓
Lumigo–
Gdpr
Instana✓
Lumigo✓
Hipaa
Instana–
Lumigo✓
Soc2
Instana✓
Lumigo✓
Reliability
Status page
Instana–
Lumigo✓
Market
Availability
InstanaAvailable worldwide
Lumigo–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for apm tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Instrumentation
Auto-instrumentation
Instana✓
Lumigo✓
Distributed tracing
Instana✓
Lumigo✓
Insight
Service map
Instana✓
Lumigo✓
Code / continuous profiling
Instana✓
Lumigo-
Database monitoring
Instana✓
Lumigo-
Error analytics
Instana✓
Lumigo✓
Real-user monitoring
Instana✓
Lumigo-
SLO / error-budget tracking
Instana-
Lumigo-
Intelligence
Anomaly / root-cause AI
Instana✓
Lumigo✓
Standards
OpenTelemetry support
InstanaOTLP ingest
LumigoOTel-native
Core
Language agents
Instana300+ technologies supported
Lumigo-
Deployment
Hosting
InstanaCloud + self-hosted
LumigoCloud + self-hosted

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Instana

Leader

A monitoring and observability platform that automatically discovers and monitors applications and infrastructure, providing real-time full-stack visibility with AI-powered incident investigation and performance optimization.

Independently observed

Lumigo

Lumigo is an AI-powered observability platform providing root cause analysis, distributed tracing, and log management for microservice environments across AWS, Kubernetes, and OpenTelemetry.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Instana

Leader
SubscriptionFree tier14-day trial
  • EssentialsContact sales
    • Infrastructure monitoring
    • Automatic infrastructure dynamic map
    • Cloud, hybrid and on-premise discovery
    • Kubernetes and orchestration monitoring
  • StandardContact sales
    • Distributed end-to-end tracing
    • Website and mobile observability
    • Code-level visibility
    • Synthetic monitoring
    • Business process monitoring
    • +3 more
as of verify ↗

Lumigo

from $119/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

From $99/mo (annual). Free tier with 150k traces/mo. 14-day free trial.

  • BasicFree
    • 150k Traces/mo
    • 14 Day Trace Retention
    • 5GB/mo Logs
    • 3 Days Log Retention
    • 5GB/mo Metrics
    • +3 more
  • Standard$99/mo annual, $119/mo monthly
    • 1M Traces/mo
    • 14 Day Trace Retention
    • 40GB/mo Logs
    • 7 Days Log Retention
    • 40GB/mo Metrics
    • +4 more
  • Plus$299/mo annual, $359/mo monthly
    • 5M Traces/mo
    • 14 Day Trace Retention
    • 100GB/mo Logs
    • 30 Days Log Retention
    • 100GB/mo Metrics
    • +4 more
  • CustomContact sales
    • Custom Traces
    • Custom Trace Retention
    • Custom Log Volume
    • Custom Log Retention
    • Custom Metrics
    • +9 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Instana✓
Lumigo✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Instana✓
Lumigo✓
Self-hosted
Instana✗
Lumigo✓
On-premise
Instana✓
Lumigo✗
Hybrid
Instana✓
Lumigo✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (2)
  • AWS
  • Kubernetes

Instana

Leader
32 total - 30 not shared
  • ServiceNow
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Oracle Cloud
  • IBM Cloud
  • VMware Tanzu
  • Cloud Foundry
  • VSphere
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • Cassandra
  • Oracle Database
  • IBM Db2
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • SAP HANA
  • Apache Spark
  • Hadoop YARN
  • Apache HBase
  • ClickHouse
  • OpenSearch
  • GraphQL
  • AWS EC2
  • +6 more
Independently observed

Lumigo

5 total - 3 not shared
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Serverless Framework
  • CircleCI
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.