Comparison

Kentik vs LibreNMS

No leader: the top candidate LibreNMS has only 0.19 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
Kentik29
LibreNMS44
Score
Vioscale score
Kentik29 / 100low · 3%
LibreNMS44 / 100low · 19%
Pricing
Model
LibreNMScommercial
Integrations
Count
Kentik9
LibreNMS3
Adoption
Dependent repos
Kentik
LibreNMS2
Github stars
Kentik
LibreNMS4,848
Activity
Commits last 30d
Kentik
LibreNMS100
Release
Cadence days
Kentik
LibreNMS27
History
Kentik
LibreNMS20 items
Language
Primary
Kentik
LibreNMSPHP

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

LibreNMS

Automatically identifies and monitors networked devices with customizable alerts and API integration. Provides mobile applications for remote monitoring and includes billing and reporting functionality.

Independently observed

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Kentik
LibreNMS
iOS
Kentik
LibreNMS
Android
Kentik
LibreNMS
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Kentik
LibreNMS
Self-hosted
Kentik
LibreNMS
Hybrid
Kentik
LibreNMS

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • Slack
  • Email

Kentik

9 total - 7 not shared
  • Microsoft Teams
  • PeeringDB
  • CloudFront
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • JSON
  • Custom webhooks
Independently observed

LibreNMS

3 total - 1 not shared
  • IRC
Independently observed

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