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| Product | Cisco ThousandEyes by Cisco View product | Kentik Network Observability 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 Network Observability delivers capacity forecasting for network latency troubleshooting. Explore its NDR capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors. |
| Product type | Digital Experience Monitoring & Network Visibility Platform | Network Performance Monitoring & Hybrid Observability |
| Best for | Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, Telecommunications | Telecom, Enterprise NetOps, Managed Service Providers, Telecommunications, Service Providers, Enterprise IT, Retail, Financial Services |
| 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 |
| Data residency | Cloud hosting regions across North America and Europe | US; EU regions |
| 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 | Enterprise routersSwitchesFirewallsCloud gateways |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR | SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | Cisco Catalyst SwitchesCisco SD-WANCisco WebexSplunkAppDynamicsServiceNowPagerDutySlack | CiscoAristaJuniperAWSAzureGCPPagerDutyServiceNow |
| Industries | Cross-industryTechnologyFinancial ServicesRetailHealthcareTelecommunications | TelecomEnterprise NetOpsManaged Service ProvidersTelecommunicationsService ProvidersEnterprise IT+2 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 Network Observability
Kentik Network Observability delivers capacity forecasting for network latency troubleshooting. Explore its NDR capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.Product type
Cisco ThousandEyes
Digital Experience Monitoring & Network Visibility PlatformKentik Network Observability
Network Performance Monitoring & Hybrid ObservabilityBest for
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, TelecommunicationsKentik Network Observability
Telecom, Enterprise NetOps, Managed Service Providers, Telecommunications, Service Providers, Enterprise IT, Retail, Financial ServicesPricing
Pricing model
Cisco ThousandEyes
Contact VendorKentik Network Observability
Contact VendorFree trial
Cisco ThousandEyes
Free trial: yesKentik Network Observability
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Cisco ThousandEyes
Kentik Network Observability
Deployment details
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cloud SaaS; SaaS cloud management platform with Cloud, Enterprise, and Endpoint AgentsKentik Network Observability
Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaSData residency
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cloud hosting regions across North America and EuropeKentik Network Observability
US; EU regionsKey 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 Network Observability
- End-to-end path visualization
- Interface utilization metrics
- Multi-cloud VPC flow correlation
- Proactive SLA monitoring
- Capacity forecasting
- Network latency troubleshooting
- WAN path optimization
- Interface capacity forecasting
Platform & access
API access
Cisco ThousandEyes
API access: yesKentik Network Observability
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Cisco ThousandEyes
SSO: yesKentik Network Observability
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Cisco ThousandEyes
RBAC: yesKentik Network Observability
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Cisco ThousandEyes
Multi-tenant: yesKentik Network Observability
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
Cisco ThousandEyes
Mobile app: yesKentik Network Observability
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Cisco ThousandEyes
Kentik Network Observability
Compliance
Cisco ThousandEyes
Kentik Network Observability
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Cisco ThousandEyes
Kentik Network Observability
Industries
Cisco ThousandEyes
Kentik Network Observability
Regions
Cisco ThousandEyes
Kentik Network Observability
Vendor
Company
Cisco ThousandEyes
CiscoKentik Network Observability
KentikHeadquarters
Cisco ThousandEyes
San Jose, California, USAKentik Network Observability
San Francisco, California, USACompany size
Cisco ThousandEyes
80,000+Kentik Network Observability
201-500Founded
Cisco ThousandEyes
1984Kentik Network Observability
2014