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Kentik pros and cons

Vendor: Kentik
4.6 out of 5

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PROS

Data Explorer allows users to craft specific insights and effectively communicate these to executives.
Kentik provides unmatched real-time visibility across network infrastructure, centralizing data that usually requires multiple tools.
API access enables extensive automation, enhancing reporting and management functionalities.
Drill-down capabilities into network activity provide rapid identification of locations and causes of issues.
Kentik excels in traffic engineering, helping users determine traffic sources or destinations during sudden surges.

CONS

Kentik has complications that require additional support from its end.
Kentik could improve its AI capabilities as the industry trends in this direction.
During outages, issues with Kentik delay resolving desired results.
Kentik's API usability could be improved as it is complex to operate.
Pricing model of Kentik is identified as an area for improvement.
 

Kentik Pros review quotes

SW
Network Architect/Security Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Jan 7, 2017
Good NetFlow visualization and analysis tools are valuable to anybody who needs to understand the traffic that flows in and out the network.
it_user585876 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a university with 10,001+ employees
Jan 12, 2017
Kentik answers the flow question: what are my flows, where are they are going, and what can I do to better optimize my connectivity.
it_user591852 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 22, 2017
Technical support is second to none.
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it_user607401 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 13, 2017
This product is easily the best network monitor that I’ve ever seen or heard about.
reviewer1194984 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Backbone Engineering at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 25, 2019
I really love the Data Explorer. I use it all the time to go in and craft exactly what I need to see. I'm able to then take that story and explain it to the executives. I've done that a couple of times and it is helpful.
reviewer1195920 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Automation Tools at a computer software company with 1-10 employees
Sep 26, 2019
Having the API access allows us to do a great deal of automation around a lot of our reporting and management tools.
reviewer1202292 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Engineer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 6, 2019
I am able to do a lot of work on the visualization end to create different visualizations and different ways to get information out of it.
JN
Sr. Network Manager at Netskope
Nov 26, 2019
The most valuable feature is being able to pull traffic patterns; to and from destinations. We're able to understand where our traffic is going, our top talkers from an AS set, as well as where our traffic's coming from.
AD
Director, Interconnection Strategy at GTT
Dec 12, 2019
The most valuable features have been anything around traffic engineering: being able to determine the source or destination of a surge of traffic, whether it's DDoS-related, or a customer just happened to have a sudden uptick in traffic. Being able to tell where that's coming from or where it's going to enables us to do things based on that.
PeterCarlsten - PeerSpot reviewer
Area Controller at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Dec 12, 2019
We're pretty happy with the API functionality. It's web, and it's very simple to set up queries. It has served us well and you don't need to be an expert on the API or the product to set these things up.
 

Kentik Cons review quotes

SW
Network Architect/Security Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Jan 7, 2017
I would like to see more granular user and security rights.
it_user585876 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a university with 10,001+ employees
Jan 12, 2017
Sometimes it's difficult to order the dimensions correctly when trying to make Sankey flow diagrams.
it_user591852 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 22, 2017
There is a large difference between BGP and normal nodes. I don't think this plays out to the best for the customer or Kentik.
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it_user607401 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 13, 2017
Perhaps a better explanation would be to see how tagging is captured and a method of comparing my tagged interfaces on Kentik’s side.
reviewer1194984 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Backbone Engineering at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 25, 2019
I've checked out the V4 version of the interface and it's still a little bit clunky for me to use. I still go back to the old interface. That's definitely one that they still need to work on. It doesn't seem like everything that you get in the V3, the older interface, is there. For instance, I was trying to add a user or do the administrative tasks in V4, and I couldn't figure out where I was supposed to do that.
reviewer1195920 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Automation Tools at a computer software company with 1-10 employees
Sep 26, 2019
There is room for improvement around the usability of the API. It's a hugely complex task to call it and you need a lot of backing to be able to do it. I should say, as someone who's not in networking, maybe it's easier for people who are in networking, but for me that one part is not very user-friendly.
reviewer1202292 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Engineer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 6, 2019
I would like to see them explore the area of cost analysis.
JN
Sr. Network Manager at Netskope
Nov 26, 2019
The only downside to Kentik, something that I don't like, is that it's great that it shows you where these anomalies lie, but it's not actionable. Kentik is valuable, don't get me wrong, but if it had an actionable piece to it...
AD
Director, Interconnection Strategy at GTT
Dec 12, 2019
They're moving more in a direction where they are saying, "Hey, here's information that you may be interested in or may a need," before the question has to explicitly be asked. Continuing to move in that direction would be a good thing.
PeterCarlsten - PeerSpot reviewer
Area Controller at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Dec 12, 2019
We asked for a way, regarding the potential networks that exist, to hook Kentik up with external tools like peering DBs to correlate things together and see what we can do... This is all in the [next] beta now.