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Alternatives to Auvik
19 networking tools sit alongside Auvik in this directory. Below is what separates each from Auvik on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 12
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Auvik starts at
- On request
Why people look past Auvik
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Auvik entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Auvik carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 12 of the 19 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Auvik publishes a single plan, Auvik at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Network monitoring for MSPs and IT teams priced per managed device or per collector, with published rates
- Sold on a Per collector or per managed device per month model rather than quote, per managed device.
- 2 tiers to Auvik's 1.
Infrastructure monitoring licensed by sensor count, not by device, which changes what a licence actually covers
- Sold on a Per sensor tier, billed monthly on an annual contract model rather than quote, per managed device.
- 5 tiers to Auvik's 1.
Free, community-driven network monitoring with commercial support sold by a third-party partner, not the project itself
- Can be used without paying; Auvik cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee; commercial support sold by a third-party partner model rather than quote, per managed device.
Open source infrastructure monitoring, free at its core, with paid support and modules sold separately by Icinga GmbH
- Can be used without paying; Auvik cannot.
- Sold on a Open source core, with paid repository, module and support subscriptions sold separately model rather than quote, per managed device.
- 2 tiers to Auvik's 1.
Software-defined mesh networking, free up to 10 devices and one network, then billed per device
- Can be used without paying; Auvik cannot.
- Sold on a Free up to 10 devices and 1 network, then per additional device per month model rather than quote, per managed device.
- 3 tiers to Auvik's 1.
Open source firewall software with a free Community Edition and a separate commercial Plus edition sold by Netgate
- Can be used without paying; Auvik cannot.
- Sold on a Open source Community Edition, free; commercial Plus edition sold separately by Netgate model rather than quote, per managed device.
- 2 tiers to Auvik's 1.
Every Auvik alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auvik (this page) | On request | Quote, per managed device | 1 | |
| DomotzFor a comparable SaaS network monitoring tool with an actually published per-device or per-collector price | On request | Per collector or per managed device per month | 2 | vs Auvik |
| PRTG Network MonitorFor a fully commercial alternative with a published sensor-based price list | On request | Per sensor tier, billed monthly on an annual contract | 5 | vs Auvik |
| LibreNMSFor a free, self-hosted alternative to a paid SaaS network monitoring subscription | Free | Open source, no licence fee; commercial support sold by a third-party partner | 1 | vs Auvik |
| Icinga | Free | Open source core, with paid repository, module and support subscriptions sold separately | 2 | vs Auvik |
| ZeroTier | Free | Free up to 10 devices and 1 network, then per additional device per month | 3 | vs Auvik |
| pfSense | Free | Open source Community Edition, free; commercial Plus edition sold separately by Netgate | 2 | vs Auvik |
| OpenVPN | Free | Open source core is free; Access Server billed per simultaneous connection | 3 | vs Auvik |
| Catchpoint | Free | Free tier plus published entry tiers, enterprise quote-only | 4 | vs Auvik |
| NetBird | Free | Per user per month | 3 | vs Auvik |
| Nebula | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Auvik |
| Headscale | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Auvik |
| Twingate | Free | Per user per month | 3 | vs Auvik |
| Zabbix | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Auvik |
| Netdata | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Auvik |
| Juniper Mist | On request | Quote, hardware plus required Wi-Fi Assurance subscription | 2 | vs Auvik |
| Kentik | On request | Annual contract only, per tier | 2 | vs Auvik |
| Cisco Meraki | On request | Quote, hardware plus mandatory recurring licence | 1 | vs Auvik |
| ThousandEyes | On request | Quote, unit-based consumption on annual or prepaid contracts | 1 | vs Auvik |
| MikroTik RouterOS | On request | One-time purchase, per licence level | 2 | vs Auvik |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Auvik badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Auvik is most often brought in for an msp wanting a single saas platform to monitor and map multiple client networks with per-client segregation, an internal it team wanting automatic, versioned configuration backup for switches and routers without managing that infrastructure themselves, a network team wanting continuous, automatically updated network topology mapping rather than maintaining diagrams manually, an organisation wanting traffic visibility by application without deploying a separate flow collector. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Auvik is broadly right and the question is cost, the Auvik pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Networking category lists everything the directory holds, and best networking tools ranks them.
Auvik runs on web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Auvik alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Auvik?
- 19 other networking tools are listed in this directory, led by Domotz, PRTG Network Monitor, LibreNMS, Icinga. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Auvik?
- 12 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: LibreNMS, Icinga, ZeroTier, pfSense, OpenVPN.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Auvik?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Auvik?
- Auvik is most often brought in for an msp wanting a single saas platform to monitor and map multiple client networks with per-client segregation, an internal it team wanting automatic, versioned configuration backup for switches and routers without managing that infrastructure themselves, a network team wanting continuous, automatically updated network topology mapping rather than maintaining diagrams manually, an organisation wanting traffic visibility by application without deploying a separate flow collector. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Auvik?
- None of the networking tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Auvik alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Networking, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Auvik against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Auvik covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every networking tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Networking category, 19 tools beside Auvik. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.