Instana Infrastructure Monitoring vs PRTG Network Monitor comparison

Instana and Paessler GmbH are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Instana is ranked #36 with an average rating of 9.5, while Paessler GmbH is ranked #6 with an average rating of 7.8. Instana holds a 0.5% mindshare in IM, compared to Paessler GmbH’s 4.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Instana users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Paessler GmbH users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 15, 2025

PRTG Network Monitor and Instana Infrastructure Monitoring are competing in the network and infrastructure monitoring category. Instana holds an advantage with its automation and real-time insights for complex environments.

Features: PRTG Network Monitor includes robust monitoring of bandwidth, traffic, applications, and virtualization. Instana Infrastructure Monitoring offers automatic discovery and mapping, real-time updates, and advanced performance metrics.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: PRTG Network Monitor provides straightforward deployment and responsive customer support. Instana Infrastructure Monitoring has a more involved deployment process due to its advanced features, requiring more initial effort.

Pricing and ROI: PRTG Network Monitor offers competitive pricing appealing to budget-conscious buyers with favorable ROI. Instana, though more expensive, provides a high ROI through its rich features and depth.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Instana Infrastructure Moni...

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

36th

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

25th

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

PRTG Network Monitor

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

6th

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

11th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

104

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Instana Infrastructure Monitoring is 0.5%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PRTG Network Monitor is 4.4%, up from 4.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
PRTG Network Monitor	4.4%
Instana Infrastructure Monitoring	0.5%
Other	95.1%

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Hakimuddin Ronaque

Assistant Manager at Lauren Information Technologies Pvt Ltd

Has the capability to automatically integrate with a large number of products

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten. I have not worked much on other technologies, like SAP or VMware's virtualization part, on-prem infrastructure, or cloud infrastructure. Instana Infrastructure Monitoring is so fast and easy to adapt that it works fine. I have not explored other operating systems or infrastructure solutions because my company doesn't have that customer scale. Most of our customers are on-prem or on AWS or Azure, but Instana Infrastructure Monitoring adapts to their infrastructure very well. My company came to know how well Instana Infrastructure Monitoring adapts to our customers' infrastructures when we take care of the PoC phase. Around 12 to 15 people in my company use the product.

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Noman-Saleem

Network Support Officer at Habib Metropolitan Bank Ltd

Detects suden changes but significant pricing concerns affect the effectiveness of network traffic troubleshooting

We use PRTG Network Monitor for monitoring traffic on interfaces and the behavior of network traffic. If there are sudden changes in traffic or any configuration issues, we can sort them out using PRTG. It's very helpful for troubleshooting and monitoring traffic utilization on our interfaces…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The product's initial setup is easy."

"The product is easy to deploy."

"It helps the entire organization become digitally enabled."

"The product is simple and easy to implement."

"The most valuable features of PRTG Network Monitor are user-friendly, and the graphical interface is good for all the network devices that are mapped in this organization. It's very easy to find reports for any devices that we are looking for."

"The most valuable features of PRTG Network Monitor are the threshold notification when certain traffic increases and goes beyond the defined threshold. The up and down status email notifications and other notifications are useful. Additionally, it is user-friendly, and customizable, and there are many features available."

"I really love the activity library. It gives the flexibility to discover data and metrics about my interface and data server."

"Ability to create a dashboard inside software monitoring."

"The initial setup was easy. We didn't have any issues with the process and everything rolled out smoothly."

"We like the alerting system, the SNMP monitoring and the customization of the bandwidth."

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Cons

"Instana Infrastructure Monitoring needs to support monitoring of the .NET framework since it is one of the areas where the solution currently has shortcomings."

"The product’s scalability is an area with certain limitations, making it an area where improvements are required."

"I would like a more straightforward ability to create dashboards and maps. The network maps should be a bit more flexibility in the GUI to do what we need to do."

"The remote probes seem to be a little bit buggy at times. They just stop working or they say they can't communicate. What we tend to do to is install the remote app onto the servers that we use. That seems to clear it up."

"A room for improvement in PRTG Network Monitor is its sensors. Its application technology sensor, such as the IAS, .NET, etc., needs some improvement because it doesn't work as expected. For example, the IAS sensor doesn't give immediate information, and the information you get from it isn't of good value. The web GUI of PRTG Network Monitor also needs improvement because errors keep popping up if it's not been updated to the latest version. What I'd like to see in the next release of the tool is end-to-end topology mapping for the business model, and that should be required. There has to be a technical map. Technical mapping and topological creation are missing in PRTG Network Monitor, so I would like to see those in the future."

"The clustering aspect needs improvement, as there is a bit of confusion about you do when hit that 5000 probe mark."

"If PRTG could help me see the bandwidth for each host I have on my network, either for a wireless or a wired network, that would be very helpful."

"PRTG could use reporting tools and mobile alert tools. It should be easier to diagnose and respond to problems from a mobile device on the go."

"PRTG Network Monitor could improve the price."

"When it comes to third-party integration, one of the things we were looking at was putting some sensors onto our firewall, for instance. If there were a little bit more documentation and some step-by-step guides around that, that would be useful for us."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost of the tool is around 130 USD per month."

"We are licensed for 2500 endpoints."

"We have an unlimited perpetual license, so we just pay support costs and it can scale throughout the organization."

"One thing I like is that when you buy sensors, it's a perpetual license, so once you buy 2,000 sensors, you've got 2,000 sensors; it's not a recurring cost."

"When you buy PRTG, everything comes in one bundle. Licensing is very easy."

"If you are not too sure about it, try the free version. Then, if you like it, you can go to the paid version and roll it out."

"Our licensing costs are 10,000 euros over three years."

"We have unlimited devices and sensors, and it is a bit pricey, but we do have unlimited sensors. With all things considered the price is fine, related to the solution itself. PRTG Network Monitor is good value for money."

"On a yearly basis, I believe it's between £1,200 and £1,500."

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it_user174738

IT Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

May 31, 2015

Nagios vs. Zabbix vs. PRTG vs. Spiceworks vs. Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor

I have researched a quite a few network monitoring tools which can be used for various monitoring purposes of not only the servers, but the intermediate routers as well. There are majorly three types of these softwares. Ones which are completely open-source, you can do almost anything you want…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Government

Financial Services Firm

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	54
Midsize Enterprise	18
Large Enterprise	38

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Instana Infrastructure Monitoring?

The product is easy to deploy.

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What needs improvement with Instana Infrastructure Monitoring?

The product’s scalability is an area with certain limitations, making it an area where improvements are required.

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What is your primary use case for Instana Infrastructure Monitoring?

I use the solution in my company, especially if an application is down and it is considered to be a P1 issue or a critical issue. The network team will blame the application team, while the applica...

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What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?

PRTG network monitor is one of the best tool i have ever used for the monitoring. It have auto discovery option. it avoid the configuring the device in PRTG. It automatically discover the device an...

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What do you like most about PRTG Network Monitor?

The tool is integrated with our email for the alerts.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PRTG Network Monitor?

The pricing is in the middle. It's not too high, nor too low, but it's reasonable.

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Overview

Instana ensures that your application delivery organization has the data, visibility and information they need to manage the performance of critical business applications across the DevOps lifecycle. Built to handle the dynamic nature of containerized, microservice architectures, Instana automates infrastructure and application monitoring helping you to ensure the performance and quality of custom applications and accelerate your CI/CD cycle.

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PRTG Network Monitor runs on a Windows machine within your network, collecting various statistics from the machines, software, and devices which you designate. PRTG comes with an easy-to-use web interface with point-and-click configuration. You can easily share data from it with non-technical colleagues and customers, including via live graphs and custom reports. This will let you plan for network expansion, see what applications are using most of your connection, and make sure that no one is hogging the entire network just to torrent videos.

To monitor a large IT environment, it's important to be able to scale PRTG up. Paessler PRTG Enterprise Monitor includes all the proven capabilities of PRTG Network Monitor, which are enhanced by exclusive ITOps Board for a service-oriented, central overview of multiple PRTG servers.

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