ElastiFlow
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What both publish
| Fact | ElastiFlow | ntopng |
|---|---|---|
| Company profile | LinkedIn lists ElastiFlow as a privately held software-development company founded in 2020 with 11–50 employees and Atlanta headquarters. | LinkedIn lists NTOP as founded in 1998, headquartered in Pisa, Italy, with 11–50 employees. |
| Documentation depth | The docs cover NetObserv, NetIntel, configuration reference, quickstart deployment and community support through Slack and a forum. | The documentation includes user guides, installation instructions, command-line options, interface guidance, authentication, integrations, advanced features and API references. |
| Founded | 2017 | 1998 |
| Installation | The documentation provides a virtual-appliance quickstart, and the appliance guide supports VMware, KVM and Proxmox deployment. | Binary packages are provided for Linux and Windows, with additional installation guidance for macOS, FreeBSD, OPNsense, pfSense and containers. |
| Integrations | Documented data platforms include Elasticsearch, Elastic Cloud, Elastic Cloud Enterprise, OpenSearch, AWS OpenSearch Service, Apache Kafka, Confluent, Redpanda, Splunk and Cribl Stream. | Documented integrations include OPNsense, pfSense, Suricata, ClickHouse, Kafka, syslog, Grafana and Wazuh. |
| Licence | The current collector is distributed under ElastiFlow proprietary community and commercial EULAs rather than an OSI open-source licence. | The Community edition is open source under GNU GPLv3; Professional and Enterprise editions additionally use ntop's EULA. |
ElastiFlow plans
- BasicFree
- EnterprisePriced on request
- PremiumPriced on request
ntopng plans
- CommunityFree
- Community (Open Source)Free
- Pro€299.95, paid once
- Enterprise M€699.95, paid once
- Enterprise L€899.95, paid once
- Enterprise XL€1,499.95, paid once
Pick ElastiFlow if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.
Pick ntopng if…
ntopng suits people who need traffic visibility across network sources and want real-time or historical exploration. The free Community edition is described for home and network practitioners with smaller networks.