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10 tools compared: how each is priced, where it runs, and what to consider instead.
| Tool | Pricing model | Free tier | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auvik Automated network discovery, mapping and device monitoring aimed at MSPs and IT teams managing multiple sites. | Quote only | No | No |
| Catchpoint Synthetic and real-user monitoring from a large third-party agent network that measures internet, app and endpoint performance from outside your network. | Quote only | No | No |
| Cisco ThousandEyes Synthetic monitoring that tests network, app and internet-path performance from vantage points outside your network. | Quote only | No | No |
| DX NetOps Enterprise network performance and fault management suite covering multi-vendor device monitoring, capacity and root-cause analysis. | Quote only | No | No |
| Kentik Flow-based network traffic analytics that ingests NetFlow, sFlow and BGP data to show what is actually crossing your network. | Usage-based | No | No |
| LibreNMS Community-driven, fully open-source network monitoring platform with auto-discovery, forked from Observium. | Open source + paid | Yes | Yes |
| Nagios Long-standing open-source device and service monitoring engine, with a commercial XI edition adding a web UI and reporting. | Free tier + paid | Yes | Yes |
| ntopng Open-source real-time traffic analyzer that shows top talkers and application-level flow breakdowns on a network link. | Free tier + paid | Yes | Yes |
| SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor SNMP-based device and link monitoring that maps network topology and alerts on device health and link performance. | Quote only | No | No |
| Zabbix Fully-featured open-source monitoring platform for networks, servers and applications, free with optional paid support subscriptions. | Open source + paid | Yes | Yes |