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Akvorado vs ntopng

Both stand on network traffic analysis software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Akvorado

Free plan APILinuxMac+2

Akvorado provides a flow-processing pipeline with enrichment and web-based exploration, at no listed price. Account for its database, proxy, and resource requirements before deployment.

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ntopng combines traffic collection, protocol identification and performance metrics in a web interface. The Community edition has stated suggested network limits, while paid options are perpetual licenses with maintenance included.

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The facts

	Akvorado	ntopng
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Yes
Runs on	API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web	API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows
Lowest paid plan	Not published	Pro: €299.95, paid once
Plans published	None	6
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	akvorado.net	ntop.org
On network traffic analysis software	#3 of 26	#1 of 26

Akvorado: what it does well

Receives NetFlow, IPFIX, and sFlow
Enriches flows with SNMP and geographic data
Grafana plugin is available
Licensed under AGPLv3

What to know first

Requires Kafka and ClickHouse
Console expects an authenticating proxy
Data is lost on restart without a configured database
Downgrading is not supported

ntopng: what it does well

Explores traffic in real time and historically
Detects more than 450 Layer-7 protocols
Includes latency, throughput and packet-loss metrics
Offers an HTTP-based REST API and Lua scripting
Free Community edition is available

What to know first

Community edition suggests a maximum of eight interfaces
Community edition suggests a maximum of 256 live local hosts
Pro costs €299, paid once
Paid license includes one year of maintenance

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