Compare AdRem NetCrunch vs. Kentik

NetCrunch is a next-gen, agentless infrastructure and traffic network monitoring system designed for hybrid, multi-site, and fast changing infrastructures. It combines real-time observability with alert automation and intelligent escalation to eliminate the overhead and limitations of legacy tools like PRTG or SolarWinds. NetCrunch supports agentless monitoring of thousands of nodes from a single server-covering physical devices, virtual machines, servers, traffic flows, cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP), SNMP, syslogs, Windows Events, IoT, telemetry, and more. Unlike sensor-based tools, NetCrunch uses node-based licensing and policy-driven configuration to streamline monitoring, reduce costs, and eliminate sensor micromanagement. 670+ built-in monitoring packs apply instantly based on device type, ensuring consistency across the network. NetCrunch delivers real-time, dynamic maps and dashboards that update without manual refreshes, giving users immediate visibility into issues and performance. Its smart alerting engine features root cause correlation, suppression, predictive triggers, and over 40 response actions including scripts, API calls, notifications, and integrations with Jira, Teams, Slack, Amazon SNS, MQTT, PagerDuty, and more. Its powerful REST API makes NetCrunch perfect for flow automation, including integration with asset management, production/IoT/operations monitoring and other IT systems with ease. Whether replacing an aging platform or modernizing enterprise observability, NetCrunch offers full-stack coverage with unmatched flexibility. Fast to deploy, simple to manage, and built to scale-NetCrunch is the smarter, faster, and future-ready monitoring system. Designed for on-prem (including air-gapped), cloud self-hosted or hybrid networks.

Kentik provides the network analytics and insight you need to manage all your networks. Both old and new. Both the ones you have and those you don't. All your traffic from your network to your cloud to the internet can be viewed on one screen. We offer: - Network Performance Analytics - Hybrid Analytics and Multi-Cloud Analytics (GCP. AWS. Azure) Internet and Edge Performance Monitoring - Infrastructure Visibility DNS Security and DDoS Attack Defense - Data Center Analytics - Application Performance Monitoring Capacity Planning Container Networking - Service Provider Intelligence - Real Time Network Forensics - Network Costs Analytics All on One Platform for Security, Performance, Visibility Trusted by Pandora and Box, Tata, Yelp. University of Washington, GTT, and many other! Try it free!