Network / NMS
Kentik
Kentik
Modern, big-data network observability built on flow analytics (NetFlow/sFlow/IPFIX/BGP) plus synthetics and cloud-traffic cost analysis.
- Category
- Network / NMS
- License
- Proprietary
- Deployment
- SaaS
- Cost
- Enterprise
- Free tier
- No
- Self-host effort
- —
- Maturity
- Rising
- Popularity
- Modern flow/observability leader
The catch
Priced and built for serious traffic volumes — overkill and pricey for a small on-prem LAN, and you're trusting a SaaS with sampled flow telemetry rather than running your own.
Monitors
NetworkMetricsCloudSynthetics
Protocols
NetFlow / sFlow / IPFIXSNMP
Capabilities
AlertingDashboardsFlow analysisAnomaly detectionAPI
Built for
EnterpriseSRE / DevOps
The honest take
The flow-analytics tool the big networks actually use. If “the network” means ISP-scale traffic and BGP, it’s superb; if it means 40 switches in three closets, it’s a cannon for a nail.
Pricing in the real world
- median customer ≈ $84k/yr (varies widely)
Custom; signals range from ~$500/mo small Pro to median ≈ $84k/yr.