Kentik Network Monitoring System is a SaaS platform that combines device metrics, enriched flow telemetry, synthetic tests, and cloud telemetry for network monitoring. Its AI Advisor correlates metrics, flow, configuration history, alerts, synthetic tests, and live diagnostics to help investigate root causes. Kentik collects data through SNMP and streaming telemetry such as gNMI. Default intervals are one minute, with selected uses as fast as one second and legacy hardware as slow as ten minutes. Features include BGP prefix monitoring, configuration backups and diffs, on-demand diagnostics, customizable metrics, stateful alerts, and combined dashboards. Supported platforms include Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Integrations include Slack, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, ServiceNow, Kubernetes, Grafana, Splunk, and SAML 2.0 providers. Pro starts at $2,000 per month billed annually, with a 30-day trial.
Who it is for
Kentik NMS is aimed at enterprises and service providers operating complex networks. It suits teams needing device, flow, synthetic, and cloud visibility in one SaaS service.
What is good
- Correlates telemetry for root-cause investigation
- Supports SNMP and gNMI collection
- Includes BGP monitoring and configuration diffs
- Combines metrics, flows, and synthetic tests
- SaaS deployment requires no hardware maintenance
What to know first
- No free plan
- Pro uses an annual contract
- Starting price is $2,000 per month
Verdict
Kentik NMS brings broad network and cloud telemetry into shared dashboards, alerts, and diagnostics. Its annual-contract pricing and enterprise focus make plan details important before adoption.
Kentik Network Monitoring System plans and pricing
All plansCompared on network monitoring
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- $2,000/mo
