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CA Unified Communications Monitor vs Instana Infrastructure Monitoring comparison

Broadcom and Instana are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Broadcom is ranked #71, while Instana is ranked #33 with an average rating of 9.5. Broadcom holds a 0.1% mindshare in IM, compared to Instana’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 50% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Instana users who would recommend it.
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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

CA Unified Communications Monitor and Instana Infrastructure Monitoring are competing products in IT infrastructure management. CA Unified Communications Monitor holds an advantage for communication monitoring, while Instana Infrastructure Monitoring is favored for automation and analytics.

Features: CA Unified Communications Monitor includes communication tracking, analysis tools, and monitoring capabilities for unified communications. Instana Infrastructure Monitoring provides real-time analytics, automatic discovery of application dependencies, and insights into infrastructure performance.

Room for Improvement: CA Unified Communications Monitor could enhance its automation and real-time analytics. Instana Infrastructure Monitoring might improve by expanding communication monitoring features and offering more cost-effective solutions. Both products may benefit from broader integration capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: CA Unified Communications Monitor features straightforward deployment and traditional support, which eases integration. Instana Infrastructure Monitoring offers automated deployment and proactive support options that facilitate quick setup and management.

Pricing and ROI: CA Unified Communications Monitor offers a lower initial setup cost, providing a solid ROI for communication monitoring. Instana Infrastructure Monitoring, while potentially higher in cost, enhances ROI through insights and automation, improving long-term efficiency.

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Categories and Ranking

CA Unified Communications M...
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
71st
Average Rating
6.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Unified Communications Monitoring (5th), Network Monitoring Software (102nd)
Instana Infrastructure Moni...
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
33rd
Average Rating
9.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Monitoring Software (25th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of CA Unified Communications Monitor is 0.1%, down from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Instana Infrastructure Monitoring is 0.5%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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itarchit489981 - PeerSpot reviewer
Good end-to-end voice quality monitoring and offers valuable features
The solution should have automatic baseline detection. On the per hour, per base, per week. That's usually the best. And on a per individual CI level. I know that they're working on it and when that's available then we will definitely implement it because it will reduce the effort we need to maintain all the products. Right now we have to set thresholds for every location, and it needs to be actually dynamic so if we have better thresholding, we'll have faster alarms across all our locations. We won't have to expend effort on it by resetting or checking them on a regular basis.
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Hakimuddin Ronaque - PeerSpot reviewer
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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Good end-to-end monitoring"
"We use the solution to meet the needs of the customer."
"The product's initial setup is easy."
"The product is easy to deploy."
 

Cons

"All the features and functions of the solution can be improved."
"The solution should have automatic baseline detection."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The cost of the tool is around 130 USD per month."
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Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
8%
 

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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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Also Known As

CA UC Monitor
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Overview

CA Unified Communications Monitor is a unified communications monitoring solution that evaluates and reports on the network’s support of real-time applications in multi-vendor environments, so that Network Administrators can optimize the network’s quality of service and end user experience.

Broadcom

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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