IBM Instana vs. Lakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Instana
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Instana, an IBM company since the December 2020 acquisition, provides APM services for SOA, microservices, containerized applications and Kubernetes, and cloud native applications, as well as discovery and monitoring for IT assets.
$18
per month per Managed Virtual Server (MVS)
Lakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Lakeside Software offers cloud-based digital experience management. Lakeside’s Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack, gathers and analyzes more than 10,000 metrics every 15 seconds from every endpoint across the environment, collecting edge-based device telemetry data. With continuous insights into the ecosystems that power employees, customers use Lakeside’s technology to perform: End-User Experience Management Digital Workplace Planning IT Asset…N/A
Pricing
IBM InstanaLakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
Editions & Modules
Essentials
$18
per month per Managed Virtual Server (MVS)
Standard
$75
per month per Managed Virtual Server (MVS)
Self-Hosted
$93.80
per month per Managed Virtual Server (MVS)
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM InstanaLakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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User Ratings
IBM InstanaLakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
4.5
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM InstanaLakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
Likelihood to Recommend
With enterprise IT assets in a multitude of ecosystems, cloud infrastructures and sometimes still left stuck in a legacy on prem architecture, IBM Instana makes it easy to get the right data to drive development and / or DevSecOps processes with tangible input from the target environment itself.
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We are able to get to the root of the issue much more rapidly this way, and we don't have to interrupt the end user in order to see how their computer is functioning. Systrack is installed on-premises at our company. Check out that hosted infrastructure if you're in the market for it. In a matter of minutes, you may move from one workstation to more than 100k.
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Pros
  • Collecting Kubernetes and Infra level logs and presenting in easy to understand visuals.
  • Tracing the end-to-end journey of an event and also categorizing by technology and Endpoints
  • Built-in and custom alerts help to monitor almost all of scenarios without much additional configuration.
  • Ability to create Applications to logical group important flows
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  • Systrack may also be scaled up thus simply
  • Systrack provides a comprehensive picture of each system
  • Systrack's customer service is second to none
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Cons
  • I believe that the "live" option in monitoring does not truly update the status in real-time, thus I must manually update to feel comfortable.
  • The call analysis tool might be improved, third-party resources are restricted, and the pricing is slightly more than competitors in comparable categories.
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  • Every new version brings new ideas and capabilities to the table
  • Because of the sheer volume of information available, it can be difficult to know where to begin
  • With enough time and skill, creating bespoke dashboards with meaningful titles may be effective
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Likelihood to Renew
Instana has been able to fulfill our all requirement and provide out of box solution for multiple component like AWS RDS Monitoring and real time alerting setup on basis of that. it is also easy to integrate with other open-source alerting and monitoring tools which makes it easier to incorporate into our solutions
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Usability
IBM Instana totally alters our monitoring approach since it increases the stability of the system and simplifies the process of problem solving. And since it helps to lower the degree of alert exhaustion that we experience, it is a total game changer for us.
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Support Rating
IBM instana support team is good but when we ask them for support, they keep asking same thing again and again and mostly there is no solution
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Alternatives Considered
As a DevOps engineer, I've explored various Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools, including New Relic for real-time insights, AppDynamics for code-level visibility, Dynatrace for AI-driven monitoring, Datadog for comprehensive observability, Splunk for log management, Stackify Retrace for error tracking, and Raygun for crash reporting. Each tool offers distinct features, and the choice depends on specific use cases, technology stacks, and organizational needs. Thorough evaluations, considering factors like ease of use, integration capabilities, and scalability, help in selecting the most suitable APM solution for effective application monitoring in a DevOps environment.
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Systrack is also used to provide baseline and post-change analytics for the testing of new applications and equipment. This gives me the confidence to install high-quality items that won't cause any serious problems for customers. These are just some of the useful tools Systrack offers to assess the digital experience and take appropriate action.
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Return on Investment
  • Let's me monitor and pinpoint issues across multiple critical systems and applications that work in tandem, reducing drastically, the time in identifying root cause and solving the issues.
  • Let's me deep dive into issues found with a lot of detailed information about particular requests , and find proper solutions by my own research or even with Gen AI assistant using Watson.x or you could prompt your AI solution of choice as well.
  • All systems fail at some point, so IBM Instana gives stakeholders ease that large complex and critical systems that affect the very livelihood of people is being observed with pinpoint precision and that issues are addressed promptly and with compass pointing north towards the problem's root cause and solutions.
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  • It was easy to install Systrack to a group of virtual workstations while doing CPU utilization analysis in a virtual environment
  • You still need specialists to discover and fix problems in your environments with Systrack, but it will save you a lot of time
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ScreenShots

Lakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack Screenshots

Screenshot of Lakeside Assist is an all-in-one workspace for Level 1 service desk staff to quickly diagnose and resolve issues.Screenshot of Lakeside Resolve is a powerful root cause analysis tool to diagnose and resolve complex, estate wide issues by providing heightened visibility into physical and virtual desktops, quick problem resolution, and incident prioritization.Screenshot of By automating incident detection, troubleshooting, and resolution and streamlining workflows, Prevent makes robust proactive service operations possible for more members of the IT support team.Screenshot of Lakeside helps you proactively measure, analyze and optimize your employees’ digital experience anywhere they are working, all from easily consumable dashboards that surface that data you need quickly.Screenshot of Provide the right-sized hardware for different departments across your organization, saving IT costs and improving DEX. Take the guess-work out of your next refresh and ensure end users have what they need to be their most productive.