Maps, alerts, and site visibility

Network monitoring

Network monitoring tools named when someone wants to leave Auvik, plus a seeded alternative with a public starting price.

Public pages, not a ranking

Alphabetical inside each group. Positioning is a paraphrase of the linked page, checked 2026-10-15, unless the cell says a claim was not extracted. Dollar amounts appear only in the price column, with a source.
Vendor	Group	What the public page supports	Price signal
Auvik	Named in a public thread	Homepage describes network management for monitoring, live mapping, alerts, traffic analysis, inventory, and configuration backup, aimed at IT pros and MSPs. A trial is offered with no credit card. Homepage checked 2026-10-15. No dollar amount on that page.	Omitted. No dollar amount on the page we checked.
Domotz	Seeded alternative	Homepage describes network monitoring and management for MSPs and other IT teams, deployed with a collector. Homepage checked 2026-10-15.	The homepage says monitoring from $35 per collector per month, and a 14-day free trial with no credit card. domotz.com homepage, observed 2026-10-15.

Switch triggers

The general triggers this desk watches are a price change, a sour account-management relationship, and distributor or marketplace fees. Those are themes from public MSP discussions. A theme is attached to a named product only when a linked thread title supports it.

2026-10-13 · Editorial summary

Network monitoring: a public “who do you use?” thread

Editorial summary of a public r/networking thread asking which network monitoring tools people use. Recorded at 67 points and 107 comments on 15 October 2026. This note does not reprint comments or name posters.

r/networking thread · No usernames or comment quotes.

2026-09-29 · Editorial summary

Looking for an Auvik replacement after a bad experience

Editorial summary of a public r/msp thread whose title says the poster is looking for an Auvik replacement after a bad experience. Recorded at 31 points and 50 comments on 15 October 2026. We do not describe that experience beyond the title, and we do not reprint comments.

r/msp thread · No usernames or comment quotes.

Migration checklist stub

A starting list, not a vendor runbook. Confirm each step against your contract and the vendor’s own documentation.

Export the client list, site list, and the count of agents or collectors you actually bill.
Read the current agreement for notice, auto-renewal, and what you can export when you leave.
Write down the alerts, scripts, and integrations that have to exist on day one.
Pilot on one non-critical client before a fleet cutover.
Leave the old agent or collector in place until the new one is reporting.
Note whether you buy direct or through a distributor, and who owns that login.
List sites and where a collector or probe has to sit.
Confirm who owns SNMP and device credentials before the old account closes.

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