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What is Kentik
Kentik is a network observability and network traffic analysis platform that collects and analyzes flow, routing, and telemetry data to help teams understand performance, capacity, and traffic behavior across on-prem and cloud networks. It is used by network engineering, NOC, and SRE/NetOps teams for troubleshooting, peering/transit visibility, DDoS/traffic anomaly investigation, and capacity planning. The product emphasizes high-scale flow analytics (e.g., NetFlow/sFlow/IPFIX), BGP and routing context, and integrations for alerting and incident workflows.
Strong flow and routing context
Kentik centers analysis on network flow records and enriches them with routing and BGP-related context to explain where traffic comes from and where it goes. This supports use cases such as peering/transit analysis, traffic engineering, and identifying path-related contributors to performance issues. For organizations that already export flows from routers, switches, and cloud environments, it can provide broad visibility without deploying full packet capture everywhere.
Cloud and hybrid visibility
The platform supports collecting telemetry from common cloud and hybrid network sources in addition to traditional network devices. This helps teams correlate traffic shifts between data centers, cloud regions, and internet edges. It is well-suited to environments where network paths span multiple domains and ownership boundaries.
Operational dashboards and alerting
Kentik provides dashboards, queries, and alerting oriented to network operations, including anomaly-style detections based on traffic behavior. It integrates with common notification and incident tooling so network events can be routed into existing workflows. This can reduce time spent assembling ad hoc reports during incidents and post-incident reviews.
Requires quality telemetry inputs
Value depends heavily on the availability and correctness of exported flows, routing data, and cloud telemetry. Sampling, inconsistent templates, or missing exporters can reduce fidelity and make some investigations inconclusive. Organizations may need upfront work to standardize exports and retention across network domains.
Not a full APM replacement
Kentik focuses on network-level visibility rather than deep application code instrumentation and end-to-end application tracing. Teams looking for comprehensive application performance monitoring typically need additional tools for service-level metrics, traces, and logs. Correlating network findings to application root cause may require integrations and cross-tool workflows.
Learning curve for advanced analysis
Effective use often requires familiarity with flow analytics concepts, routing/BGP fundamentals, and query-driven investigation. Building high-signal dashboards and alerts can take iteration to avoid noisy detections. Smaller IT teams may find initial setup and tuning more demanding than simpler host-based monitoring tools.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Trial (Free) | Free — 30-day trial | "Try Free for 30 Days" available; time-limited trial (30 days). |
| Pro | $2,000 per month (starting), billed annually ($24,000 per year) | Listed starting price; includes Kentik Core, NMS, Synthetics, Cloud, Edge features; Included FPS: 1000; Included Synthetics Credits: 2.5M; Number of Users: 50; 13 months retention; add-ons available (Protect Advanced, Service Provider Analytics, Firehose). |
| Premier | Contact us (custom pricing) | Enterprise-tier features and scale (Number of Users: 1000; Included FPS: 1000; higher quotas for dashboards, API queries, populators, synthetics credits: 5M); includes SSO, Audit Log, Kentik Map; many capabilities may be add-ons; contact sales for pricing. |
Seller details
Kentik Technologies, Inc.
San Francisco, CA, USA
2014
Private
https://www.kentik.com/
https://x.com/kentikinc
https://www.linkedin.com/company/kentik/
