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Kentik pricing
Kentik publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 1 September 2026, Kentik pricing is on request across 2 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- On request
- Model
- Annual contract only, per tier
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Not on record
Kentik plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | $24000/year | 4 | Entry tier |
| Premier | On request | 4 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Pro
$24000/yearThe entry tier. It covers 50 users, 1,000 flows per second baseline, 2.5m synthetics credits, 120 days traffic retention.
Premier
On requestOver Pro, this tier adds:
- 1,000 users
- 5M synthetics credits
- Custom dimensions and scheduled reporting
- Quote-only
What the product covers
The full Kentik feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Flow-based traffic analysis
- Synthetic testing
- Cloud network monitoring
- DDoS detection
- API-driven querying
People bring Kentik in for a network engineering team at an isp or large enterprise needing flow-level traffic visibility beyond basic uptime monitoring, a cloud-heavy organisation wanting visibility into cloud provider network cost and performance across multiple providers, a security or network operations team wanting ddos detection layered on top of standard traffic monitoring, a team needing synthetic testing alongside passive flow analysis in one platform rather than two separate tools. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Kentik are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Networking
Too few networking tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentik (this page) | On request | Annual contract only, per tier | - | |
| MikroTik RouterOS | On request | One-time purchase, per licence level | - | vs Kentik |
| Cisco Meraki | On request | quote, hardware plus mandatory recurring licence | - | vs Kentik |
| PRTG Network Monitor | On request | Per sensor tier, billed monthly on an annual contract | - | vs Kentik |
| OpenVPN | Free | Open source core is free; Access Server billed per simultaneous connection | - | vs Kentik |
| Icinga | Free | Open source core, with paid repository, module and support subscriptions sold separately | - | vs Kentik |
| pfSense | Free | Open source Community Edition, free; commercial Plus edition sold separately by Netgate | - | vs Kentik |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Kentik badges page.
Before you pay for Kentik
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between $24000/year and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Kentik against the tools that do have one before committing.
Kentik runs on web, api, and is published by Kentik of San Francisco, California, United States. The full record is on the Kentik review, and the rest of the category is under best networking tools.
Kentik pricing questions
- How much does Kentik cost?
- Kentik publishes 2 tiers, from $24000/year for Pro up to On request for Premier. The cheapest paid tier is $24000/year.
- Does Kentik have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Kentik is listed as Annual contract only, per tier. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Pro and Premier on Kentik?
- Premier costs On request against $24000/year, and adds 1,000 users, 5m synthetics credits, custom dimensions and scheduled reporting, quote-only.
- Is the Premier plan on Kentik worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is 1,000 users, 5m synthetics credits, custom dimensions and scheduled reporting, quote-only. It costs On request against $24000/year for Pro. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which networking tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 networking tools listed alongside Kentik have a free tier: OpenVPN, Icinga, pfSense, ZeroTier.
- What am I actually paying for with Kentik?
- The record lists 5 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a network engineering team at an isp or large enterprise needing flow-level traffic visibility beyond basic uptime monitoring, a cloud-heavy organisation wanting visibility into cloud provider network cost and performance across multiple providers, a security or network operations team wanting ddos detection layered on top of standard traffic monitoring.
- Does Kentik charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Kentik prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Kentik against before paying?
- The closest networking tools in this directory are MikroTik RouterOS, Cisco Meraki, PRTG Network Monitor, OpenVPN. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Kentik covering price, platforms and features.