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Cisco ThousandEyes

Synthetic monitoring that tests network, app and internet-path performance from vantage points outside your network.

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ThousandEyes runs synthetic tests from Cisco-operated cloud agents, ISP vantage points and customer-deployed enterprise/endpoint agents to measure how a network path, website, SaaS app or API performs from the outside in, rather than watching device counters from inside the network. Path visualization and BGP monitoring trace where a slowdown or outage actually happens — the ISP, a CDN, a cloud provider, or the last mile to an end user's laptop. This is the synthetic-monitoring-from-outside category, distinct from flow analytics tools like Kentik that instrument traffic inside your own network, and from device monitoring tools like SolarWinds or Zabbix. It suits network and SRE teams accountable for services that depend on the public internet.

At a glance

Vendor Cisco Systems
Pricing model Quote only
Free tier No
Deployment Cloud
Open source No
Best for Network and SRE teams who need outside-in visibility into internet, ISP and SaaS dependency performance.

Pricing

Priced on consumption of monitoring units by cloud/enterprise agent tests plus per-seat endpoint agent fees; sold through a Cisco sales contract, no public price list.

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Features

  • Synthetic tests from global cloud, ISP and enterprise vantage points
  • BGP route monitoring and path visualization
  • End-user/endpoint agent monitoring from real devices
  • Internet Insights aggregate outage detection
  • HTTP, network, DNS, voice and page-load tests
  • Alerting with root-cause path analysis
  • API for embedding test data into other systems

Integrations

Profile last reviewed September 21, 2026

Head to head

Alternatives

Catchpoint Synthetic and real-user monitoring from a large third-party agent network that measures internet, app and endpoint performance from outside your network. Kentik Flow-based network traffic analytics that ingests NetFlow, sFlow and BGP data to show what is actually crossing your network. Auvik Automated network discovery, mapping and device monitoring aimed at MSPs and IT teams managing multiple sites.

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Terms to know

Data observability Continuous automated monitoring of pipelines and datasets to catch freshness, volume and quality problems early. Path analysis Examining the sequences of actions users take through a product to find common, high-value, or drop-off routes.

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How to choose a network monitoring tool Network tools split into three jobs — device health, inside-network flow, and outside-in synthetic testing. Pick by which job you actually have.