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| Product | Kentik Network Observability by Kentik View product | Cisco ThousandEyes by Cisco View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | Kentik Network Observability delivers capacity forecasting for network latency troubleshooting. Explore its NDR capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors. | 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. |
| Product type | Network Performance Monitoring & Hybrid Observability | Digital Experience Monitoring & Network Visibility Platform |
| Best for | Telecom, Enterprise NetOps, Managed Service Providers, Telecommunications, Service Providers, Enterprise IT, Retail, Financial Services | Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, Telecommunications |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: yes | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | SaaSCloud | SaaSCloudOn-Premise |
| Deployment details | Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS | Cloud SaaS; SaaS cloud management platform with Cloud, Enterprise, and Endpoint Agents |
| Data residency | US; EU regions | Cloud hosting regions across North America and Europe |
| 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: no | Mobile app: yes |
| Supported platforms | Enterprise routersSwitchesFirewallsCloud gateways | Global internet vantage pointsenterprise networksuser endpointsAWSAzureGCP |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | CiscoAristaJuniperAWSAzureGCPPagerDutyServiceNow | Cisco Catalyst SwitchesCisco SD-WANCisco WebexSplunkAppDynamicsServiceNowPagerDutySlack |
| Industries | TelecomEnterprise NetOpsManaged Service ProvidersTelecommunicationsService ProvidersEnterprise IT+2 more | Cross-industryTechnologyFinancial ServicesRetailHealthcareTelecommunications |
| Regions | Global | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Kentik | Cisco |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, USA | San Jose, California, USA |
| Company size | 201-500 | 80,000+ |
| Founded | 2014 | 1984 |
Overview
What it is
Kentik Network Observability
Kentik Network Observability delivers capacity forecasting for network latency troubleshooting. Explore its NDR capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.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.Product type
Kentik Network Observability
Network Performance Monitoring & Hybrid ObservabilityCisco ThousandEyes
Digital Experience Monitoring & Network Visibility PlatformBest for
Kentik Network Observability
Telecom, Enterprise NetOps, Managed Service Providers, Telecommunications, Service Providers, Enterprise IT, Retail, Financial ServicesCisco ThousandEyes
Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, TelecommunicationsPricing
Pricing model
Kentik Network Observability
Contact VendorCisco ThousandEyes
Contact VendorFree trial
Kentik Network Observability
Free trial: yesCisco ThousandEyes
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Kentik Network Observability
Cisco ThousandEyes
Deployment details
Kentik Network Observability
Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaSCisco ThousandEyes
Cloud SaaS; SaaS cloud management platform with Cloud, Enterprise, and Endpoint AgentsData residency
Kentik Network Observability
US; EU regionsCisco ThousandEyes
Cloud hosting regions across North America and EuropeKey features
What it offers
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
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
Platform & access
API access
Kentik Network Observability
API access: yesCisco ThousandEyes
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Kentik Network Observability
SSO: yesCisco ThousandEyes
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Kentik Network Observability
RBAC: yesCisco ThousandEyes
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Kentik Network Observability
Multi-tenant: yesCisco ThousandEyes
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
Kentik Network Observability
Mobile app: noCisco ThousandEyes
Mobile app: yesSupported platforms
Kentik Network Observability
Cisco ThousandEyes
Compliance
Kentik Network Observability
Cisco ThousandEyes
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Kentik Network Observability
Cisco ThousandEyes
Industries
Kentik Network Observability
Cisco ThousandEyes
Regions
Kentik Network Observability
Cisco ThousandEyes
Vendor
Company
Kentik Network Observability
KentikCisco ThousandEyes
CiscoHeadquarters
Kentik Network Observability
San Francisco, California, USACisco ThousandEyes
San Jose, California, USACompany size
Kentik Network Observability
201-500Cisco ThousandEyes
80,000+Founded
Kentik Network Observability
2014Cisco ThousandEyes
1984