Network monitoring
Devices, links, latency and traffic: SNMP polling, flow analysis and path monitoring.
Lists: Network monitoring tools in 2026 Best network monitoring tools in 2026 Open source network monitoring tools in 2026 Network monitoring tools with a free plan in 2026 Self-hosted network monitoring tools in 2026
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Flow collector and visualizer that receives NetFlow, IPFIX and sFlow, enriches flows with interface and routing data, stores them in ClickHouse and shows them in a web UI.
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Cloud-managed network monitoring that discovers and maps switches, routers and firewalls, tracks traffic and alerts on device problems.
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Network graphing tool built on RRDtool: polls devices over SNMP or scripts and draws long-term graphs of traffic and system metrics.
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Infrastructure monitoring for servers, networks, cloud and containers with automatic service discovery; the base edition is open source and paid editions add more.
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Remote network monitoring for MSPs and IT teams: a collector on each site discovers devices and alerts on outages and SNMP metrics.
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Flow and SNMP collector that ships network flow records to Elasticsearch, OpenSearch and other stores, with ready-made dashboards and security detections.
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Network observability layer for Cilium that shows service dependencies, network flows and DNS and HTTP traffic between Kubernetes workloads, using eBPF.
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Network observability SaaS that analyzes flow, BGP and device data to show traffic, performance problems and DDoS attacks.
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Network monitoring system with automatic SNMP discovery, graphs and alerting, supporting a long list of network hardware vendors.
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On-premises network and server monitoring for routers, switches, firewalls, Windows and Linux hosts and virtual machines.
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Self-hosted scanner that discovers devices on your network and alerts when new, unknown or offline devices appear.
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AdRem Software's agentless network monitoring system for devices, servers and services over SNMP, WMI and other protocols, with maps, dashboards and alerting.
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Open source network management tool that discovers switches and routers over SNMP and lets you locate devices by MAC or IP, browse ports and track inventory.
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Network and infrastructure management system with SNMP discovery, network maps, server agents and event correlation; an Enterprise edition adds support and features.
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Web-based network traffic monitor that analyses packets or flows to show top talkers, applications, hosts and alerts. Open source Community edition with paid Pro and Enterprise versions.
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Network performance monitoring that places agents at sites, in clouds and on user devices and runs synthetic traffic between them to measure latency, loss and jitter.
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Network monitoring platform with SNMP auto-discovery of devices; a free Community Edition and a paid Professional edition with faster updates.
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Network management platform for fault and performance monitoring at scale; Horizon is the open source edition and Meridian the supported one.
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Network troubleshooting tool that runs continuous traceroutes to chart latency and packet loss hop by hop. Desktop editions include a free version; the Cloud edition monitors remote users.
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NetFlow and IPFIX analysis platform for network traffic visibility, capacity planning and security investigations.
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Set of passive network monitoring daemons that collect NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, BGP and BMP data and export traffic accounting to databases or message brokers.
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Flow-based network monitoring and network detection and response from Progress, covering traffic analysis, application performance and threat detection.
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Windows-based network and server monitoring from Paessler built around sensors for SNMP, WMI, flows, ping and HTTP, with maps and dashboards.
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Latency monitor that probes hosts continuously and graphs latency and packet loss distribution over time.
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Suite of network, server, database and application monitoring products, sold as self-hosted software and as the SaaS SolarWinds Observability.
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Network performance monitoring that polls interfaces and devices over SNMP at short intervals and keeps full-resolution history for capacity planning and forensics.
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Cisco's network and internet visibility service: synthetic tests from cloud and enterprise agents trace the network path to your apps and SaaS providers.
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Progress network monitoring for devices, servers and applications, with layer 2/3 discovery and interactive network maps.
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Open source monitoring for networks, servers, VMs, applications and cloud, using agents, SNMP and templates with trigger-based alerting; Zabbix Cloud is the hosted option.
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