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Kentik Network Monitoring System

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Spec sheet

Purpose
Kentik NMS monitors network health and performance by unifying device metrics, enriched flow telemetry, and AI-assisted troubleshooting in a SaaS platform.Read 30 Sep 2026 · kentik.com
Deployment
Kentik describes NMS as a SaaS-native service requiring no hardware, upgrades, or maintenance.Read 30 Sep 2026 · kentik.com
Integrations
Listed integrations include Slack, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, ServiceNow, Kubernetes, Grafana, Splunk, and SAML 2.0 single sign-on providers.Read 30 Sep 2026 · kentik.com
Headquarters
San Francisco, CaliforniaRead 28 Sep 2026 · kentik.com
Founded
2014Read 28 Sep 2026 · kentik.com
Alerts and dashboards
Kentik provides stateful alerting and dashboards that combine NMS metrics, flow, synthetic tests, and cloud telemetry.Read 30 Sep 2026 · kentik.com
Collection
The product collects and normalizes device metrics through SNMP and streaming telemetry including gNMI.Read 30 Sep 2026 · kentik.com
Device and cloud coverage
The product page lists Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and several SD-WAN options among supported platforms.Read 30 Sep 2026 · kentik.com
Monitoring intervals
The solution brief states default one-minute data intervals, with special use cases as fast as one second and legacy hardware as slow as ten minutes.Read 30 Sep 2026 · kentik.com
Network features
Features include BGP prefix monitoring, automated configuration backups and diffs, on-demand device diagnostics, and customizable metrics.Read 30 Sep 2026 · kentik.com
Pricing limits
Kentik platform editions use annual contracts, include edition-specific flow-per-second capacity and synthetic credits, and can be scaled through Kentik.Read 30 Sep 2026 · kentik.com
Scale and audience
Kentik says the NMS is designed for enterprises and service providers relying on complex networks and is built to handle the scale of the largest networks.Read 30 Sep 2026 · kentik.com
Security controls
The pricing comparison lists encrypted transport, single sign-on, and audit log features for both Pro and Premier editions.Read 30 Sep 2026 · kentik.com
Troubleshooting
AI Advisor correlates metrics, flow, configuration history, alerts, synthetic tests, and live device diagnostics to help diagnose root causes.Read 30 Sep 2026 · kentik.com

Plans and prices

Trial Priced on request Try free for 30 days Read 23 Sep 2026 · kentik.com
Pro $2,000 a month Starting price per month, billed annually; $24,000 per year 50 users Read 23 Sep 2026 · kentik.com
Trial Free 30 days Read 30 Sep 2026 · kentik.com
Pro $24,000 a year $2,000 starting price per month, billed annually ($24,000) 50 users · 120 days traffic visibility retention · 45 days forensic retention · annual contract Read 30 Sep 2026 · kentik.com
Premier Priced on request Contact us for pricing 1,000 users · 120 days traffic visibility retention · 45 days forensic retention · annual contract Read 30 Sep 2026 · kentik.com

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