Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) vs Instana Infrastructure Monitoring comparison

Google and Instana are both solutions in the Cloud Monitoring Software category. Google is ranked #23 with an average rating of 8.0, while Instana is ranked #25 with an average rating of 9.5. Google holds a 1.2% mindshare in CMS, compared to Instana’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Instana users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Google Cloud's operations suite and Instana Infrastructure Monitoring compete in the monitoring solutions category. Google Cloud's operations suite has an advantage due to its scalability and integration with Google services, while Instana is preferred for its automation and real-time visibility.

Features: Google Cloud's operations suite provides comprehensive monitoring, logging, and application performance management, integrating with Google services. Instana offers real-time monitoring, automatic application discovery, and diagnostics, focusing on automation and visibility in dynamic environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Instana is recognized for a straightforward deployment and robust automation. Google Cloud's operations suite simplifies deployment for users of Google Cloud Platform, emphasizing seamless integration within its ecosystem.

Pricing and ROI: Google Cloud's operations suite is more cost-effective for existing Google users, with lower setup costs. Instana requires a higher initial investment but offers potentially greater long-term ROI due to its advanced features and automation capabilities.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud's operations s...

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

23rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (26th), Log Management (29th)

Instana Infrastructure Moni...

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

25th

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Infrastructure Monitoring (33rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Cloud Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) is 1.2%, down from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Instana Infrastructure Monitoring is 0.8%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Anand_Patel

Senior Technical Architect at T-Systems International GmbH

Offers reliable Ops Agent and logging transport feature with easy third-party integrations

As part of our company, we implemented several changes in our log analytics pattern, including the storage and procurement process. Earlier, before implementing the solution, our company was able to procure only one year of data, but later, we came to the three-year mark. Around 15-20% reduction has been witnessed in the total analytic consumption of our company. The aforementioned result was possible because the solution allowed the creation of a dashboard where factors like storage costs, proportion of logs, and logs presence in a storage bucket or BigQuery can all be checked. Earlier all logs were stored in a raw storage, but currently our company is able to move logs in table bucket that contributes towards cost savings.

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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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The features that I have found most valuable are its graphs - if I need any statistics, in Kubernetes or Kong level or VPN level, I can quickly get the reports."

"The cloud login enables us to get our logs from the different platforms that we currently use."

"Provides visibility into the performance uptime."

"Google's technical support is very good."

"Offers a valuable logging transport feature"

"We find the solution to be stable."

"Our company has a corporate account for Google Cloud and so our systems and clusters integrate really well."

"It's easy to use."

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"The product is easy to deploy."

"The product's initial setup is easy."

Cons

"If I want to track any round-trip or breakdowns of my response times, I'm not able to get it. My request goes through various levels of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and comes back to my client machine. Suppose that my request has taken 10 seconds overall, so if I want to break it down, to see where the delay is happening within my architecture, I am not able to find that out using Stackdriver."

"The process of logging analytics can be improved"

"Lacking sufficient operations documentation."

"It could be more stable."

"The logging functionality could be better."

"While we are satisfied with the overall performance, in certain cases we must add additional metrics and additional tools like Grafana and Dynatrace."

"This solution could be improved if it offered the ability to analyze charts, such as a solution like Kibana."

"The product provides minimal metrics that are insufficient."

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"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

"We have a basic standard license without any additional costs."

"The cost of using Stackdriver depends on usage."

"The cost could be lower."

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

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

19%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

10%

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Google Stackdriver?

If the errors are caught early in the interface, it would be easier for users to manage. The process of logging analytics can be improved.

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What is your primary use case for Google Stackdriver?

I use the solution for logging, defining alerts, and monitoring. Our company's Java and Python logging teams mainly use it.

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What advice do you have for others considering Google Stackdriver?

The Ops Agent and logging transport feature of the solution have had a major impact on improving application performance. The solution also allows the transport of logs into log buckets, which is h...

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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

Google Stackdriver, Stackdriver Monitoring, Stackdriver Logging, Google Cloud Monitoring

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Overview

Real-time log management and analysis

Cloud Logging is a fully managed service that performs at scale and can ingest application and platform log data, as well as custom log data from GKE environments, VMs, and other services inside and outside of Google Cloud. Get advanced performance, troubleshooting, security, and business insights with Log Analytics, integrating the power of BigQuery into Cloud Logging.

Built-in metrics observability at scale

Cloud Monitoring provides visibility into the performance, uptime, and overall health of cloud-powered applications. Collect metrics, events, and metadata from Google Cloud services, hosted uptime probes, application instrumentation, and a variety of common application components. Visualize this data on charts and dashboards and create alerts so you are notified when metrics are outside of expected ranges.

Stand-alone managed service for running and scaling Prometheus

Managed Service for Prometheus is a fully managed Prometheus-compatible monitoring solution, built on top of the same globally scalable data store as Cloud Monitoring. Keep your existing visualization, analysis, and alerting services, as this data can be queried with PromQL or Cloud Monitoring.

Monitor and improve your application's performance

Application Performance Management (APM) combines the monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities of Cloud Logging and Cloud Monitoring with Cloud Trace and Cloud Profiler to help you reduce latency and cost so you can run more efficient applications.

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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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Sample Customers

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