Alternatives to Akvorado
Self-hosted flow collector, enricher and visualizer for NetFlow, IPFIX and sFlow traffic data. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Akvorado
Self-hosted flow collector, enricher and visualizer for NetFlow, IPFIX and sFlow traffic data.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Akvorado.
ntopng
Web-based network traffic probe that shows real-time and historical flows by host, protocol and application.
ntopng shows real-time and historical traffic in a web interface with nDPI application detection and reads flow exports via nProbe, but some features need a paid licence.
GoFlow2
A NetFlow, IPFIX and sFlow collector written in Go that normalises flow data into one format.
GoFlow2 is an open-source collector that normalises NetFlow, IPFIX and sFlow, but it has no storage or dashboards of its own.
nfdump
A suite of command-line tools for collecting, processing and analyzing NetFlow, IPFIX and sFlow data.
nfdump is BSD-licensed and collects and filters NetFlow, IPFIX and sFlow records from the command line, with no built-in graphical interface.
pmacct
A set of passive network monitoring tools that collect NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, packet and BGP data.
pmacct is open source and adds BGP, BMP and RPKI data collection alongside flows, but it is configured through text files with no web console.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Malcolm
A self-hosted network traffic analysis suite that turns PCAP files, Zeek logs and Suricata alerts into searchable dashboards.
Arkime
Store and search captured network traffic through a web interface.
bgp.tools
A web tool for exploring BGP routing, ASNs, prefixes and peering, with paid network monitoring.
vnStat
A console network traffic monitor for Linux and BSD that logs interface usage over time.
Hubble
A network, service and security observability tool for Kubernetes clusters running Cilium, built on eBPF.
NetBox Community
Document network devices, addresses and connections on your own server.
