Auvik review

Auvik is built around the map. Once its collector is on the network, it discovers devices, builds an inventory and draws the topology so an admin can see how switches, firewalls and access points connect. Monitoring and alerting run over SNMP, NetFlow, SSH and vendor APIs, and the platform also handles configuration backups and automation, which many monitoring tools leave to a separate product. Troubleshooting features include advanced NetFlow, network path analysis, troubleshooting agents and centralized syslog, and Auvik lists integrations with PSA and RMM tools including Autotask, ConnectWise Automate and ConnectWise Manage. The trial gives all features for 14 days with unlimited sites and devices and needs no credit card. The tradeoff is price transparency: Auvik sends you to a quote, so you cannot compare it with PRTG or Datadog until sales replies. Its focus is network infrastructure, so teams that also need application tracing will pair it with something else.

Who it is for

MSPs and lean IT teams that want automatic topology maps and config backups across many sites without running a server.

Price

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Key features

• Automatic discovery, inventory and topology mapping
• Network monitoring and alerting over SNMP, NetFlow, SSH and vendor APIs
• Configuration backups and automation for network devices
• Advanced NetFlow, network path analysis and centralized syslog
• Integrations with PSA and RMM tools such as Autotask and ConnectWise

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Cloud delivery, so there is no monitoring server to maintain
• Strength: Trial covers all features with unlimited sites and devices
• Strength: Config backups sit next to monitoring in the same product
• Weakness: Pricing is quote-based, with no public rate on the site
• Weakness: Focused on network gear; deep application monitoring needs another tool
• Weakness: Trial is 14 days, shorter than the 30 days some rivals offer

Key facts

• Pricing model: Quote-based
• Free trial: 14 days, no credit card
• Protocols: SNMP, NetFlow, SSH, vendor APIs
• Hosting: Cloud

Where it ranks

Auvik is No. 2 in our Best Network Monitoring Tools verdict.