# Instana

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/instana
- **Category:** APM Tools
- **Homepage:** https://www.ibm.com/products/instana
- **Also known as:** instana
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-05T14:17:31.103Z

## Vioscale score

**82.4 / 100**, confidence 21% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 80 | 0.047 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| reliability | 0 | 0.175 | 0 | - |
| capabilities | 81.2 | 0.07 | 5.7 | ✓ |
| integrations | 71.3 | 0.094 | 6.7 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 10 | 0.129 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 100 | 0.07 | 7 | ✓ |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-05, [verify at source](https://www.ibm.com/products/instana). Independently observed._

from £0.03/mo · Hybrid · Free tier · 14-day trial

> From £0.03/MVS hour or £20.25/MVS/month. Free 14-day trial.

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| PayPerUse | Starting at £0.03/MVS hour | - | - |
| SaaS | Starting at £20.25/MVS/month | - | - |
| Self-Hosted | Starting at £368.04/year | - | annual |

### PayPerUse

Usage-based pricing with access to Essentials or full observability

- Infrastructure-only monitoring or full observability
- No time commitment
- Cancel anytime

### SaaS

Flexible bundling for Essentials or Standard with unlimited users

- Essentials (infrastructure) or Standard (full-stack observability)
- Unlimited users
- No limits on hosts or scale
- Flexible billing options

### Self-Hosted

Annual subscription with feature parity to SaaS

- Feature parity with SaaS (Essentials and Standard)
- Monthly updates
- Full control over data and deployment
- Logs in context included

### Add-ons

- **Instana Managed PoPs** ($0.00 per execution)
- **Logs in context** ($0.35 per GB)

## About

IBM Instana provides automated, AI-powered observability with automatic discovery and instrumentation of applications and infrastructure. It offers real-time, full-stack visibility and uses agentic AI for accelerated incident investigation and resource optimization.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS, Self-hosted

## Integrations (5)

_Independently observed._

- ServiceNow ITSM
- AWS
- Azure
- Google Cloud
- Kubernetes

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for APM Tools. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Instrumentation** | |
| Auto-instrumentation | ✓ |
| Distributed tracing | ✓ |
| **Insight** | |
| Service map | ✓ |
| Code / continuous profiling | - |
| Database monitoring | - |
| Error analytics | ✓ |
| Real-user monitoring | ✓ |
| **Intelligence** | |
| Anomaly / root-cause AI | ✓ |
| **Standards** | |
| OpenTelemetry support | OTLP ingest |
| **Core** | |
| Language agents | - |
| **Deployment** | |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Insight** | |
| SLO / error-budget tracking | - |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.model | freemium | [link](https://www.ibm.com/products/instana) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | low | [link](https://www.ibm.com/products/instana) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.starting_gbp | 0.03 | [link](https://www.ibm.com/products/instana) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://www.ibm.com/products/instana) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://www.ibm.com/products/instana) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | [link](https://www.ibm.com/.well-known/security.txt) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| security.gdpr | yes | [link](https://www.ibm.com/trust) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 300 | [link](https://www.ibm.com/products/instana) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

### market

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US","GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | [link](https://www.ibm.com/products/instana) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/instana). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*