What is 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.
What Kentik does
The capabilities that matter for network monitoring, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Snmp polling
- ✓
- Netflow sflow ipfix
- ✓
- Auto discovery topology
- -
- Wifi monitoring
- -
- Sdwan monitoring
- -
- Synthetic active monitoring
- -
- Config backup change mgmt
- -
- Cloud VPC monitoring
- -
- Multi tenant msp
- -
- Anomaly detection
- -
- Open source
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (12)
Independently observed- ServiceNow⇄•
- Jira⇄•
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
- PeeringDB
- CloudFront
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- JSON
- Custom webhooks
- SNMP←•
Kentik FAQ
Common questions about Kentik, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is 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. It is indexed under Network Monitoring.
Source: https://www.kentik.com
What platforms does Kentik support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Kentik. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.kentik.com
Can Kentik be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Kentik, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://www.kentik.com
What does Kentik integrate with?
We have confirmed 11 integrations for Kentik, including Slack, Microsoft Teams, PeeringDB, CloudFront, Docker, Kubernetes, Email and JSON, plus 3 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.kentik.com
Kentik alternatives
Other network monitoring we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Checkmkmedium · 50%
- SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorMonitor network availability, performance, and health across multi-vendor devices with automatic discovery and centralized visibility.low · 21%
- LibreNMSA lightweight, extensible network device configuration backup tool that modernizes configuration management across 130+ device typeslow · 33%
- PRTG Network Monitorlow · 25%
- IcingaAn open-source system for monitoring infrastructure and collecting performance metricslow · 27%
Compare Kentik
Side by side against other network monitoring, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Kentik, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.05 | 3.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 17 | 0.05 | 0.8 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.16 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing transparency | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 4 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Open source, Snmp polling, Netflow sflow ipfix | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 3 | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
Pricing
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Model | commercial | mediumsource · 2026-08-17 · 60% |
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