Comparison

Icinga vs Kentik

No leader: the top candidate Icinga has only 0.20 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Icinga41
Kentik29
Score
Vioscale score
Icinga41 / 100low · 20%
Kentik29 / 100low · 3%
Pricing
Free tier
Icinga
Kentik
Model
Price level
Icingafree
Kentik
Integrations
Count
Icinga
Kentik9
Adoption
Dependent repos
Icinga15,581
Kentik
Github stars
Icinga9,249
Kentik
Activity
Commits last 30d
Icinga0
Kentik
License
Spdx
Kentik
Language
Primary
Kentik

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for network monitoring. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Snmp polling
Icinga-
Kentik-
Netflow sflow ipfix
Icinga-
Kentik-
Auto discovery topology
Icinga-
Kentik-
Wifi monitoring
Icinga-
Kentik-
Sdwan monitoring
Icinga-
Kentik-
Synthetic active monitoring
Icinga-
Kentik-
Config backup change mgmt
Icinga-
Kentik-
Cloud VPC monitoring
Icinga-
Kentik-
Multi tenant msp
Icinga-
Kentik-
Anomaly detection
Icinga-
Kentik-
Open source
Icinga-
Kentik-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Icinga

A free, open-source monitoring system with components for core monitoring, configuration management, database persistence, web UI, and incident notifications. Designed for self-hosted deployment with emphasis on transparency and community collaboration.

Independently observed

Kentik

Cloud-based network observability solution that provides real-time visibility into network traffic, DDoS detection and mitigation, security monitoring, and compliance visibility for network and security operators managing distributed infrastructure.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Icinga

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Kentik

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Icinga
Kentik
Linux
Icinga
Kentik
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Icinga
Kentik
Self-hosted
Icinga
Kentik
Hybrid
Icinga
Kentik

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Icinga

Not documented yet.

Kentik

9 total
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • PeeringDB
  • CloudFront
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Email
  • JSON
  • Custom webhooks
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.

Icinga vs Kentik: an evidence-based comparison · Vioscale