Instana vs Jaeger
InstanaNetwork Performance Monitoring
JaegerDistributed Tracing
Free (open source)Published price
Instana Network Performance Monitoring Full-stack observability powered by agentic AI | Jaeger Distributed Tracing Monitor and troubleshoot workflows in complex systems. | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Network Performance Monitoring | Distributed Tracing |
| What it is | IBM enterprise observability platform with automatic application discovery, tracing, and root cause analysis for complex systems. | Jaeger is an open-source distributed tracing platform for monitoring and troubleshooting microservices-based architectures. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | Instana's current public materials do not provide a citable numeric starting price for the commercial offering. Pricing is therefore treated as sales-led or quote-based. | Free (open source) Jaeger is free, open-source distributed tracing software. It has no paid SaaS plan or numeric commercial price; hosting and managed observability services are separate. |
| Pricing model | Not available | Free |
| Free options | No free plan · Free trial | Free plan · Free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2015 | 2016 |
| Team size | 201-500 employees | 1-10 employees |
| Headquarters | Chicago, IL | Remote (CNCF) |
| Featured clients | Not available | Uber |