Instana Infrastructure Monitoring vs PRTG Network Monitor comparison

Instana and Paessler GmbH are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Instana is ranked #37 with an average rating of 9.5, while Paessler GmbH is ranked #5 with an average rating of 7.9. 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 Sep 21, 2025

PRTG Network Monitor and Instana Infrastructure Monitoring both compete in the network and infrastructure monitoring market. PRTG holds an advantage with its cost-effectiveness and customer support, while Instana's rich features justify its higher investment.

Features: PRTG Network Monitor includes a range of custom sensors, an intuitive alert system, and is tailored for diverse network situations. Instana Infrastructure Monitoring offers robust application performance monitoring, automatic root cause analysis, and is suited for dynamic environments requiring advanced features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: PRTG Network Monitor offers straightforward installation with strong customer support, making it suitable for users seeking simplicity. Instana Infrastructure Monitoring involves a complex setup with automated code deployment, ideal for enterprises needing seamless integration.

Pricing and ROI: PRTG Network Monitor is recognized for flexible pricing, offering excellent ROI for small to mid-sized enterprises. Instana Infrastructure Monitoring comes with a higher setup cost but provides significant long-term value in larger IT landscapes with sophisticated monitoring tools.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Instana Infrastructure Moni...

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

37th

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

24th

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

5th

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

10th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

112

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Instana Infrastructure Monitoring is 0.5%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PRTG Network Monitor is 4.4%, up from 4.2% 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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madhan kumar hs

software engineer at Capgemini

Alerting precision has reduced incident response times and improved department-level network visibility

The auto-pause sensor during the maintenance window is good without any false alerts, and it prevents me from getting flooded with alerts during planned maintenance, helping department heads understand their own network usage better. It has reduced incident response time by giving clearer ownership of each alert, ensuring alerts go to the proper recipient. SNMP testers and auto-pause are among the best features of PRTG Network Monitor, which is particularly useful for different departments such as HR and finance, where alerts can be filtered accordingly. The alerting features and dashboard of PRTG Network Monitor are very helpful, especially in our industry. However, the dashboard can look cluttered on smaller screens, which is one negative aspect. PRTG Network Monitor has impacted us positively; we have stopped getting flooded with alerts during planned maintenance or unplanned outages. Compared to others, this gives specific alerts very quickly and helps department heads understand their own network usage better, thus reducing incident response time so that each alert has clear ownership.

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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 is easy to deploy."

"The product's initial setup is easy."

"It is a user-friendly solution."

"PRTG Network Monitor is a very stable product."

"The best feature is that it lets me know what is going on. I need to know if something has gone down, I need to know if something is running very slowly. PRTG tells me that."

"There is a simplicity to setting up the extra sensors. It's really easy for us to build infrastructure and start monitoring very quickly."

"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."

"The fact that I can use custom MIB files to customize my sensors for the things that are not there as a default is a good feature."

"The bandwidth monitoring is a very attractive feature, it can tell you the bandwidth utilization while it is attempting to connect to the host for feedback."

"We can see which fiber links have been used heavily and, if they are used heavily, we can introduce more links to particular buildings or particular areas."

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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."

"PRTG Network Monitor can improve the reports. In the reports, you have to give an alert for that SMS and email, the emergency calls and downtimes have to be reported accordingly. You have to enable email services or an SMS gateway service to receive more alerts at the proper time."

"While the desktop app is good, they could slightly improve it. We would like it to be a single pane of glass. At the moment, you can only see certain portions of information. You have to scroll through to make it more granular. We want them to develop the desktop app to be more user-friendly."

"I wouldn't mind better categories for the sensors. When I go to add a new sensor for a new device, there are some categories in there already, and they can be filtered out, but there's quite a large pool of sensors... When I want to go in and find something quite specific, I have got to scroll down and scroll down to find what I'm actually looking for,"

"The automation should be improved."

"PRTG Network Monitor could improve interaction with customers by offering direct support involvement instead of just mail responses."

"I know we're going to move to Docker applications and I understand that PRTG does some monitoring regarding this. I do not know if it is complete. If it's not yet complete, it's something they should consider improving."

"PRTG Network Monitor should provide syslog monitoring since it is not available at this time. There are very limited features as compared to other solutions."

"PRTG Network Monitor can be improved because the dashboard themes feel outdated."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"Because we are only on the free version, we have a limited number of sensors. Therefore, we are not monitoring as much as we want to be to obtain historical information."

"There is a license to use PRTG Network Monitor and it is annually."

"We've got 1,000 nodes and I believe it's a few hundred quid a month."

"I'm paying something like €1000 per year for the maintenance. I've got unlimited sensors."

"We pay for PRTG Network Monitor annually. The price is approximately 10,000 rupees annually."

"Licenses are very expensive, so I would like to see cheaper licensing."

"We have an unlimited license for this solution."

"We bought a license for 4000 sensors."

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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

13%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	59
Midsize Enterprise	18
Large Enterprise	45

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?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for PRTG Network Monitor is that it is 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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booxware, drivenow, scopevisio, enevo, TimoCom, mobitech

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