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Kentik Network Capacity Planning
San Francisco, California
What it is
Kentik Network Capacity Planning is a cloud service for network and infrastructure teams planning capacity across interfaces, WAN links, data centers, and cloud interconnects. It reports link capacity, utilization, and performance, then analyzes SNMP interface metrics and historical traffic to forecast daily bandwidth and project link runout. Automatically generated traffic baselines help identify unusual traffic and bandwidth hogs. The service correlates SNMP with NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX, and BGP routing context, with visibility across data centers and AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Teams can right-size WAN connections and forecast connectivity costs. Custom thresholds and notifications can warn before overload. API and web access are available. Pricing starts at $2,000/mo billed annually, with a 30-day trial and no free plan. Editions require annual contracts and specified allowances.
For and against
For
- Daily bandwidth forecasts and link runout projections
- Visibility across major cloud environments
- Traffic baselines identify bandwidth hogs
- API and web access
- 30-day trial available
Against
- No free plan
- Starting price is $2,000/mo billed annually
- Annual contracts are required
- Scaling options require contacting Kentik
The verdict
Kentik combines capacity forecasting, traffic context, and hybrid-cloud visibility for infrastructure planning. Buyers should account for annual contracts, telemetry allowances, and the listed starting price.
Who it suits
It suits network and infrastructure teams, including service providers planning capacity across customers, services, and geographies. It is also relevant to teams managing hybrid-cloud connectivity.
Plans and prices
Trial
Trial; 30 days
Read 2 Oct 2026 · kentik.com
Pro
50 users · 120 days traffic visibility retention · 45 days forensic retention
Read 2 Oct 2026 · kentik.com
Premier
Up to 1,000 users · 120 days traffic visibility retention · 45 days forensic retention
Read 2 Oct 2026 · kentik.com
On the record
- Alerts
- Custom thresholds and automated notifications can alert teams before links overload and cause downtime.kentik.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Capacity visibility
- Kentik reports network interface link capacity, utilization, and performance.kentik.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Company history
- Kentik says its founders started the company in 2014.kentik.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Compliance limits
- Kentik says it does not process or store PCI or ePHI data from customer networks and advises customers to discuss use in PCI or HIPAA environments with its staff.kb.kentik.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Contracts and limits
- Kentik’s platform editions require annual contracts, include specified flow and synthetics allowances, and require contacting the company for scaling options.kentik.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Cost planning
- The solution supports right-sizing WAN connections and forecasting network connectivity costs.kentik.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Forecasting
- Capacity Planning analyzes SNMP interface metrics and historical traffic to produce daily bandwidth forecasts and link runout projections.kentik.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Hybrid cloud
- Kentik describes visibility across data centers and AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.kentik.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Kentik lists integrations including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Slack, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, and ServiceNow.kentik.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Kentik describes its platform as designed for network and infrastructure teams, including service provider teams planning capacity across customers, services, and geographies.kentik.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- SaaS delivery
- Kentik describes itself as a SaaS-native solution and says most customers use its multi-tenant SaaS platform.kentik.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Security
- Kentik states that customer data at rest is encrypted with AES-256 and that it completes annual SOC 2 Type II audits.kb.kentik.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Telemetry
- The page says Kentik correlates SNMP interface metrics with NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX flow data, and BGP routing context.kentik.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Traffic baselines
- Kentik automatically generates traffic baselines to help identify anomalous traffic and bandwidth hogs.kentik.com · read 2 Oct 2026
