Next-Generation Network Monitoring
You can’t buy time, but you can replace your antique NMS.
Built for modern NetOps
- Unified network intelligence: Correlate device metrics, config context and alerts from any site, vendor, or cloud with traffic and synthetics in one platform.
- Integrated diagnostics for faster RCA: AI-guided investigations combine telemetry, alerts, configs, and autonomous tests and diagnostic commands to diagnose root cause faster.
- Built for modern operations: Scalable architecture for all your telemetry, without server sprawl or heavy collector maintenance.
AI network troubleshooting
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AI Advisor: Lower MTTR with AI that correlates device metrics, flow, synthetics, alerts, and more to resolve issues faster.
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Configuration context: Native configuration backups and diffs provide config context alongside other network telemetry.
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Collect live diagnostics: AI Advisor automatically selects, runs, and analyzes read-only show commands when live device data is called for.
Comprehensive monitoring
- Flexible monitoring: Full device health and performance, custom metrics, any vendor, via SNMP or streaming telemetry.
- Full context: Gather syslog, traps, configuration backups and diffs alongside metrics reduce blind spots.
- Normalized data: Consistent coverage across sites, clouds, VMs, and devices, regardless of collection protocol.
Context-rich dashboards and alerts
- Stateful, flexible alerting: Nest alert conditions and detect persistent issues to fine tune alert policies to your network needs and reduce alert noise.
- Full network context: Easily tie alerts to device and interface details, synthetic tests and traffic so you can triage and escalate with full network context.
- Unified dashboards: View NMS metrics, flow, synthetics, and cloud telemetry together in one dashboard to link device issues with traffic and user impact.
Built for modern scale
- Industry-leading polling speed: Identify issues faster with extremely fast polling across large environments.
- Built for modern networks: Support hybrid environments and higher telemetry volume without constant care-and-feeding.
- Modern, scalable architecture: Expand device count and telemetry volume without heavy maintenance overhead.
“We are switching to Kentik NMS to support our many network devices. The nice, simple dashboard provides all the NMS metrics we need for troubleshooting. Kentik NMS’ extensibility makes it easy to integrate to our internal tools through APIs.”
Network Monitoring FAQs
What is a Network Monitoring System?
A Network Monitoring System (NMS) is a platform that continuously observes a network’s health and performance. It collects and analyzes data from devices like routers, switches, and servers to identify and troubleshoot issues. An NMS provides real-time insights, alerts for potential problems, and comprehensive reports to ensure optimal functionality. By monitoring traffic, detecting anomalies, and generating actionable insights, network monitoring systems help maintain network reliability and efficiency, which are crucial for business operations and security.
What devices and platforms does Kentik’s Network Monitoring System support?
Kentik’s Network Monitoring System supports a wide range of devices and platforms, including:
- Network devices: Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet
- Cloud platforms: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- Monitoring agents: Kentik Host Agent, ntop Host Agent
- SD-WAN solutions: VMware SD-WAN, Cisco SD-WAN, Silver Peak EdgeConnect
For more supported integrations, please visit Kentik’s Integrations page.
What makes Kentik NMS superior to legacy network monitoring tools?
Kentik NMS is unique in its unified telemetry, real-time data collection, and AI-assisted troubleshooting. Unlike legacy network monitoring solutions, it offers a zero-maintenance SaaS deployment with no hidden costs, integrating all network data into a single, user-friendly portal. This modern approach ensures faster, more efficient troubleshooting and scalability, making it ideal for today’s dynamic network environments.
What makes a Network Monitoring System one of the “best” options?
The best NMS platforms combine broad device coverage with modern telemetry (streaming telemetry), fast analytics, reliable alerting, and low operational overhead. For hybrid networks, it also helps when the NMS, like Kentik, can correlate device health with traffic and performance signals so teams can validate impact and troubleshoot faster.