Danbyte vs ISC Stork
Danbyte
danbyte.net
ISC Stork
isc.orgSide by side
| Figure | Danbyte | ISC Stork |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 4 |
| Spec score · DHCP Management Software | 8.7 (#1) | 8.6 (#2) |
| Integrations | Listed integrations include Ansible, Terraform, Slack, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, Proxmox, VMware vCenter, SNMP, nmap, LDAP/AD and WinRM. | Stork can export traffic activity data to Prometheus for display in Grafana charts. |
| Monitoring | Danbyte uses active checks plus SNMP and nmap discovery to maintain an observed layer and a drift inbox. | Stork reports host and daemon health data including memory, CPU utilization, software versions, and uptime. |
| Self-hosting | Danbyte can run fully air-gapped on the user's hardware with no phone-home, no telemetry and no expiring license. | The software is designed for local deployment and ISC supplies RPM, Debian and Alpine packages plus source builds. |
| What it does | Danbyte combines IP address management, data-center infrastructure inventory, connectivity, monitoring and automation in one network source of truth. | Stork is a web dashboard for monitoring, troubleshooting and managing Kea DHCP plus monitoring and limited read-only management of BIND and PowerDNS. |
Plans
Danbyte
- Free and open sourceFree
- Self-hosted DanbyteFree
- Danbyte CloudPriced on request
ISC Stork
- Stork open-source softwareFree
- Stork open-source softwareFree
- Kea/Stork support subscriptionPrice not published
- Professional support for StorkPriced on request
In their own words
Danbyte
Danbyte is an open-source IP address management, data-center infrastructure management and network source-of-truth platform. It tracks IP space, hardware, cabling, power, virtualization, monitoring and automation in one system. For IPAM, it calculates prefix containment, available space and utilization per VRF, and handles VLANs, DHCP ranges, DNS zones and route targets. Its DCIM tools model rack elevations, device faceplates, ports, power and virtual chassis. Network views include cable and fibre tracing, floor plans, circuits, VPN tunnels and wireless SSIDs. Proxmox VE and VMware vCenter imports cover virtual machines and related infrastructure, with drift reconciliation; active checks, SNMP and nmap discovery help maintain an observed layer. Automation options include Ansible and Terraform inventories, Jinja templates, signed webhooks and scoped APIs. Danbyte can run on user hardware, including fully air-gapped deployments, without telemetry or an expiring license. The free, self-hosted offer includes all features without seat licensing. The Linux quick installer bundles Python, Node and dependencies but requires PostgreSQL 15+ and Redis.
ISC Stork
ISC Stork is a free, open-source web interface for monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintaining Kea DHCP server configuration. It reports host and daemon health, including memory, CPU utilization, software versions, and uptime, and monitors DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 pool use and high-availability status. With the required Kea hooks installed, administrators can manage reservations, subnets, and pools through its interface. Stork can display BIND configuration and DNS zone information, but DNS support is in early stages and it does not change BIND settings. Traffic activity can be exported to Prometheus for Grafana charts, and LDAP can be used for administrator authentication and authorization. A deployment uses a Stork server and agents installed on application servers; the server requires PostgreSQL. The server and agents communicate through TLS-encrypted gRPC channels. Stork expects the running Kea configuration to be authoritative, and the Kea Configuration Backend hook is incompatible with Stork management. It runs on most Linux and Unix platforms and macOS under the MPL 2.0 license. ISC offers free community help and paid professional support.