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Put two or three cybersecurity products side by side and see how they differ on deployment, pricing, features, integrations and compliance.
| Product | Cisco ThousandEyes by Cisco View product | Kentik by Kentik View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | Cisco ThousandEyes by Cisco: BGP route monitoring. Ideal for end-to-end digital experience monitoring. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top NDR alternatives. | Kentik: multi-cloud flow log ingestion, NetFlow/sFlow analytics and BGP route monitoring. Built for BGP route leak detection. Compare Network Security alternatives. |
| Product type | Digital Experience Monitoring & Network Visibility Platform | Network Observability & Traffic Intelligence Platform |
| Best for | Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, Telecommunications | Telecommunications, Enterprise IT, Cloud Providers, FinTech, Digital Enterprise, Cloud Services, Financial Technology |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: yes | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | SaaSCloudOn-Premise | SaaSCloud |
| Deployment details | Cloud SaaS; SaaS cloud management platform with Cloud, Enterprise, and Endpoint Agents | Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS (Multi-tenant & Dedicated) |
| Data residency | Cloud hosting regions across North America and Europe | US; EU (Kentik Cloud infrastructure) |
| Key features | ||
| What it offers |
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| Platform & access | ||
| API access | API access: yes | API access: yes |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | SSO: yes | SSO: yes |
| Role-based access (RBAC) | RBAC: yes | RBAC: yes |
| Multi-tenant | Multi-tenant: yes | Multi-tenant: yes |
| Mobile app | Mobile app: yes | Mobile app: no |
| Supported platforms | Global internet vantage pointsenterprise networksuser endpointsAWSAzureGCP | Multi-cloudOn-prem routersSwitchesCloud VPCsCDNs |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR | SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAA |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | Cisco Catalyst SwitchesCisco SD-WANCisco WebexSplunkAppDynamicsServiceNowPagerDutySlack | AWSGoogle CloudMicrosoft AzureServiceNowSplunkDatadogSlackPagerDuty |
| Industries | Cross-industryTechnologyFinancial ServicesRetailHealthcareTelecommunications | TelecommunicationsEnterprise ITCloud ProvidersFinTechDigital EnterpriseCloud Services+1 more |
| Regions | Global | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Cisco | Kentik |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, USA | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Company size | 80,000+ | 201-500 |
| Founded | 1984 | 2014 |
Overview
What it is
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cisco ThousandEyes by Cisco: BGP route monitoring. Ideal for end-to-end digital experience monitoring. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top NDR alternatives.Kentik
Kentik: multi-cloud flow log ingestion, NetFlow/sFlow analytics and BGP route monitoring. Built for BGP route leak detection. Compare Network Security alternatives.Product type
Cisco ThousandEyes
Digital Experience Monitoring & Network Visibility PlatformKentik
Network Observability & Traffic Intelligence PlatformBest for
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, TelecommunicationsKentik
Telecommunications, Enterprise IT, Cloud Providers, FinTech, Digital Enterprise, Cloud Services, Financial TechnologyPricing
Pricing model
Cisco ThousandEyes
Contact VendorKentik
Contact VendorFree trial
Cisco ThousandEyes
Free trial: yesKentik
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Cisco ThousandEyes
SaaSCloudOn-Premise
Kentik
SaaSCloud
Deployment details
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cloud SaaS; SaaS cloud management platform with Cloud, Enterprise, and Endpoint AgentsKentik
Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS (Multi-tenant & Dedicated)Data residency
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cloud hosting regions across North America and EuropeKentik
US; EU (Kentik Cloud infrastructure)Key features
What it offers
Cisco ThousandEyes
- Hop-by-hop network path visualization
- Synthetic transaction testing
- BGP route monitoring
- Internet Insights outage tracking
- Real-user browser experience monitoring
- Automated WAN anomaly detection
- API alerting
- End-to-end digital experience monitoring
Kentik
- Multi-cloud flow log ingestion
- NetFlow/sFlow analytics
- BGP route monitoring
- Automated DDoS detection
- Synthetic latency monitoring
- Hybrid network traffic analysis
- DDoS mitigation triggering
- BGP route leak detection
Platform & access
API access
Cisco ThousandEyes
API access: yesKentik
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Cisco ThousandEyes
SSO: yesKentik
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Cisco ThousandEyes
RBAC: yesKentik
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Cisco ThousandEyes
Multi-tenant: yesKentik
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
Cisco ThousandEyes
Mobile app: yesKentik
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Cisco ThousandEyes
Global internet vantage pointsenterprise networksuser endpointsAWSAzureGCP
Kentik
Multi-cloudOn-prem routersSwitchesCloud VPCsCDNs
Compliance
Cisco ThousandEyes
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR
Kentik
SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cisco Catalyst SwitchesCisco SD-WANCisco WebexSplunkAppDynamicsServiceNowPagerDutySlack
Kentik
AWSGoogle CloudMicrosoft AzureServiceNowSplunkDatadogSlackPagerDuty
Industries
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cross-industryTechnologyFinancial ServicesRetailHealthcareTelecommunications
Kentik
TelecommunicationsEnterprise ITCloud ProvidersFinTechDigital EnterpriseCloud Services+1 more
Regions
Cisco ThousandEyes
Global
Kentik
Global
Vendor
Company
Cisco ThousandEyes
CiscoKentik
KentikHeadquarters
Cisco ThousandEyes
San Jose, California, USAKentik
San Francisco, California, USACompany size
Cisco ThousandEyes
80,000+Kentik
201-500Founded
Cisco ThousandEyes
1984Kentik
2014