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| Product | Cisco ThousandEyes by Cisco View product | Zeek by Zeek 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. | What does Zeek do? It covers file hash extraction and high-speed packet capture. See typical use cases, self-hosted deployment and how it compares to rivals. |
| Product type | Digital Experience Monitoring & Network Visibility Platform | Open-Source Network Security Monitoring & Behavioral Analysis Engine |
| Best for | Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, Telecommunications | Cybersecurity, SOC Teams, Network Engineering, Defense, Research, Telecom |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: yes | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | SaaSCloudOn-Premise | CloudOn-Premise |
| Deployment details | Cloud SaaS; SaaS cloud management platform with Cloud, Enterprise, and Endpoint Agents | Open Source; Self-hosted Software; Self-hosted Software Engine; Hardened Appliance; Cloud Virtual Sensor |
| Data residency | Cloud hosting regions across North America and Europe | Customer Infrastructure Dependent (Completely Self-Contained) |
| Key features | ||
| What it offers |
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| Platform & access | ||
| API access | API access: yes | API access: no |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | SSO: yes | SSO: no |
| Role-based access (RBAC) | RBAC: yes | RBAC: yes |
| Multi-tenant | Multi-tenant: yes | Multi-tenant: no |
| Mobile app | Mobile app: yes | Mobile app: no |
| Supported platforms | Global internet vantage pointsenterprise networksuser endpointsAWSAzureGCP | Enterprise NetworksDatacenter FabricsMulti-Cloud VPCsMonitoring Taps |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR | BSD LicenseCommon CriteriaNetwork Standards |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | Cisco Catalyst SwitchesCisco SD-WANCisco WebexSplunkAppDynamicsServiceNowPagerDutySlack | ElasticsearchSplunkSuricataKafkaArkimeWiresharkCorelight |
| Industries | Cross-industryTechnologyFinancial ServicesRetailHealthcareTelecommunications | CybersecuritySOC TeamsNetwork EngineeringDefenseResearchTelecom |
| Regions | Global | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Cisco | Zeek |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, USA | Berkeley, California, USA |
| Company size | 80,000+ | 1-10 |
| Founded | 1984 | 1994 |
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.Zeek
What does Zeek do? It covers file hash extraction and high-speed packet capture. See typical use cases, self-hosted deployment and how it compares to rivals.Product type
Cisco ThousandEyes
Digital Experience Monitoring & Network Visibility PlatformZeek
Open-Source Network Security Monitoring & Behavioral Analysis EngineBest for
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, TelecommunicationsZeek
Cybersecurity, SOC Teams, Network Engineering, Defense, Research, TelecomPricing
Pricing model
Cisco ThousandEyes
Contact VendorZeek
Contact VendorFree trial
Cisco ThousandEyes
Free trial: yesZeek
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Cisco ThousandEyes
SaaSCloudOn-Premise
Zeek
CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cloud SaaS; SaaS cloud management platform with Cloud, Enterprise, and Endpoint AgentsZeek
Open Source; Self-hosted Software; Self-hosted Software Engine; Hardened Appliance; Cloud Virtual SensorData residency
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cloud hosting regions across North America and EuropeZeek
Customer Infrastructure Dependent (Completely Self-Contained)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
Zeek
- Stateful network protocol analysis
- Structured transaction logging (HTTP/DNS/TLS)
- File hash extraction
- Event-driven domain scripting language
- High-speed packet capture
- Network security monitoring
- Network forensic investigation
- Protocol transaction logging
Platform & access
API access
Cisco ThousandEyes
API access: yesZeek
API access: noSingle sign-on (SSO)
Cisco ThousandEyes
SSO: yesZeek
SSO: noRole-based access (RBAC)
Cisco ThousandEyes
RBAC: yesZeek
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Cisco ThousandEyes
Multi-tenant: yesZeek
Multi-tenant: noMobile app
Cisco ThousandEyes
Mobile app: yesZeek
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Cisco ThousandEyes
Global internet vantage pointsenterprise networksuser endpointsAWSAzureGCP
Zeek
Enterprise NetworksDatacenter FabricsMulti-Cloud VPCsMonitoring Taps
Compliance
Cisco ThousandEyes
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR
Zeek
BSD LicenseCommon CriteriaNetwork Standards
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cisco Catalyst SwitchesCisco SD-WANCisco WebexSplunkAppDynamicsServiceNowPagerDutySlack
Zeek
ElasticsearchSplunkSuricataKafkaArkimeWiresharkCorelight
Industries
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cross-industryTechnologyFinancial ServicesRetailHealthcareTelecommunications
Zeek
CybersecuritySOC TeamsNetwork EngineeringDefenseResearchTelecom
Regions
Cisco ThousandEyes
Global
Zeek
Global
Vendor
Company
Cisco ThousandEyes
CiscoZeek
ZeekHeadquarters
Cisco ThousandEyes
San Jose, California, USAZeek
Berkeley, California, USACompany size
Cisco ThousandEyes
80,000+Zeek
1-10Founded
Cisco ThousandEyes
1984Zeek
1994