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Full-Featured NetFlow Analysis

Flat Rate. No Limits.

Noction Flow Analyzer delivers enterprise-grade NetFlow, sFlow, SNMP and BGP visibility at a single predictable price. There are no caps on devices, interfaces, sites, users, or dashboards.

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$299

Flat monthly price for most installations

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$299

Flat monthly price for most installations

Days of fully featured free trial

24/7

Premium support included in every plan

Why Noction Flow Analyzer

Everything You Need. Nothing You Don't.

NFA is purpose-built for network engineers who want deep flow visibility without the complexity and cost structures that come with enterprise-only platforms.

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Predictable Flat-Rate Pricing

One license. One price: $299/month or $2,990/year. No per-device fees, no per-flow tiers, no surprise invoices. Budget with confidence from day one.

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Unlimited Devices & Interfaces

Add as many routers, switches, firewalls, and interfaces as your network requires. Scaling your monitoring never triggers an upsell or a pricing conversation.

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Unlimited Sites

Monitor every branch, data center, PoP, and remote location under a single NFA license. Distributed networks are supported natively — no add-on required.

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Unlimited Users

Give every engineer, NOC analyst, and operations team member their own login. NFA never charges per seat, so there’s no reason to limit access to visibility data.

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Unlimited Custom Dashboards

Build as many dashboards as your workflows demand — per-site, per-customer, per-application. Organize your network view exactly the way your team thinks.

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On-Premises Deployment

NFA runs on your own hardware. Your flow data stays inside your network — never transmitted to a third-party cloud. Essential for compliance-sensitive environments.

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Multi-Protocol & Multi-Vendor

Ingest NetFlow v5/v9, IPFIX, sFlow, J-Flow, NetStream, and SNMP from any vendor. Tested with Cisco, Juniper, Huawei, Arista, MikroTik, Brocade, and more.

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Full BGP Path Visibility

BGP add-on delivers complete AS_PATH analysis — not just the next hop or first three ASNs. Correlate flow data with BGP tables for true routing intelligence.

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Rapid Setup, Instant Visibility

Send network flows to NFA and start seeing graphs within minutes. A clean, intuitive interface means your team gets productive fast.

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Noction Flow Analyzer vs Kentik

A transparent look at how the two platforms compare across the criteria that matter to network operations teams.

Feature / Criterion	Noction Flow Analyzer	Kentik
Pricing Model	✓Flat-rate license	~Custom per-device / per-flow pricing
Number of Monitored Devices	✓Unlimited	~Limited by licensing tier
Number of Interfaces	✓Unlimited	~Scales with contract size
Number of Monitored Sites	✓Unlimited	~Scales with contract size
User Seats	✓Unlimited	~Varies by plan
Custom Dashboards	✓Unlimited	~Available (plan-dependent)
Free Trial	✓30 days — full features, no card	~Available; scope varies
Deployment Model	✓On-premises (your hardware)	~Cloud SaaS (flows leave your network)
Flow Data Privacy	✓Data stays inside your network	~Data sent to Kentik’s cloud
Flow Protocol Support	✓NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, NetStream, and more	✓NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, and more
BGP Analysis	✓Full AS_PATH via optional add-on	✓Available (plan-dependent)
SNMP Support	✓Included	✓Included
Data Retention	✓No limit (depends on your storage)	~Depends on plan and FPS volume
24/7 Support	✓Included in every plan	~Varies by tier
Free Upgrades	✓All major releases included	~SaaS — automatic
Custom Alerting	✓Threshold-based, multi-metric	✓Advanced alerting available
Target Audience	✓SMB to large enterprise & ISPs	~Primarily large enterprise & service providers
Pricing Transparency	✓Published, upfront, no negotiation	~Custom quote required

fair pricing

Full transparency. Know exactly what you'll pay.

One Flat Rate. No Surprises.

With NFA, a single annual or monthly license gives you everything: unlimited devices, unlimited interfaces, unlimited sites, unlimited users, and unlimited dashboards. Grow your network. Your cost doesn’t move.

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Noction NFA
$299
per month
✓ Unlimited devices
✓ Unlimited users
✓ Unlimited sites

Kentik

Custom

quote required

Per-device pricing

Per-flow-rate tiers

Annual commitment

NFA annual plan: $2,990/year — saving you $598 vs. monthly billing. 24/7 support & all upgrades.

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Network Devices (routers, switches, firewalls) Unlimited

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Monitored Interfaces Unlimited

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Sites & Locations Unlimited

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User Accounts Unlimited

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Custom Dashboards Unlimited

scale without friction

No caps. No ceilings. No upsells.

Most flow analyzers increase in cost as your network expands. Add a new site? New cost. Onboard a new engineer? New seat fee. NFA has none of that. One license covers your entire infrastructure, your entire team, and your entire portfolio of monitoring dashboards.

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Data Privacy & Security

Your IP Flow data. On your infrastructure.

NFA installs directly on servers you own and operate. Flow data never leaves your network perimeter. You control the hardware, the storage, the retention policy, and who has access. It’s the right choice for ISPs, financial services firms, government agencies, and any organization where data residency is non-negotiable.

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NFA (On-Premises)

Flow data collected → processed → stored → visualized
entirely within your network. Zero data leaves your perimeter.

NFA runs on commodity Linux servers (CentOS or Ubuntu) with modest hardware requirements. No specialized appliances needed.

Cloud SaaS Model

Flow data is exported from your network and transmitted to a vendor-operated cloud. Data residency depends on the vendor’s infrastructure and policies.

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