Auvik Network Analysis Tool
Transform network complexity into clear, actionable insights with powerful path visualization, traffic analysis, and real-time monitoring
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See how Auvik’s network analysis tool tackles real-world use cases
Understanding what’s happening on your network shouldn’t require guesswork. Whether you’re troubleshooting a slowdown, planning for future growth, or keeping real-time applications running smoothly, you need visibility into traffic patterns, path performance, and the metrics that matter most. Here’s how organizations use Auvik to more effectively monitor their network infrastructure.
Visualize traffic patterns to help you analyze your network infrastructure
Your team is overwhelmed with complaints about slow applications and unexplained bandwidth spikes. Without visibility into actual traffic flows, though, you’re left guessing which devices, users, or applications could be causing the issues.
Auvik’s network flow analysis software gives you clarity:
- TrafficInsights captures flow data using NetFlow v5/v9, J-Flow, IPFIX, and sFlow from compatible network devices that export flow data.
- Machine learning classification identifies which applications, even encrypted traffic, are consuming bandwidth, so you can see if Dropbox, Zoom, or shadow IT is eating up resources.
- Interactive charts highlight top talkers, conversations, and geographic traffic destinations on a world map.
With Auvik’s software for network analysis, your team can transform raw traffic data into actionable insights to make informed decisions about your infrastructure.
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Network path analysis of hop-by-hop performance
A critical application is lagging, and users are frustrated. The problem could be anywhere along the path, but manually checking each device wastes time and may not even help locate the root cause.
Auvik’s network path analysis tools pinpoint problems fast:
- Northstar maps the complete route between any two devices on your network, or from a device to the internet.
- Hop-by-hop performance metrics at every step: CPU and memory usage, packet discards, transfer speeds, and up/down status.
- Alerts along the path are highlighted so you instantly see where problems are occurring.
- Northstar’s view strips away unrelated devices, focusing only on the exact path you’re troubleshooting.
Network path monitoring with Auvik turns a frustrating guessing game into a clear, visual diagnostic that gets you to the root cause with far less effort.
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Proactive capacity planning through historical bandwidth trend analysis
With budget constraints constantly top of mind, leadership requests hard data before approving a bandwidth upgrade. Without historical trends, your educated guesses are unlikely to survive scrutiny.
Auvik’s network analysis software arms you with the evidence you need:
- Historical charts reveal seasonal spikes, growth trends, and usage cycles that point to where upgrades are actually needed.
- Machine learning identifies which applications are driving consumption, so you can adjust policies and justify investments with specifics.
Walk into your next budget meeting with data-driven forecasts that prove exactly when and where your network needs additional support.
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Receive real-time alerts on critical network events before your users notice them
When a switch fails or an interface goes down, the clock starts ticking. The longer it takes to fix the cause of the issue, the more frustrated your users become.
Auvik’s alerting engine helps you prevent visibility gaps:
- 50+ pre-configured alerts, tuned to industry best practices, cover device failures, interface outages, bandwidth thresholds, VPN saturation, and configuration changes.
- Alerts trigger quickly, appearing as color-coded overlays directly on your network map.
- Smart alert suppression prevents notification floods when a core device fails by grouping related downstream alerts.
- Integrations with Slack, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, and ServiceNow route notifications to the right team instantly.
- Configurable delays and occurrence thresholds filter out false positives so you’re not chasing ghosts.
With Auvik’s network analysis software, you’ll catch issues as they emerge, resolving them before users even notice.
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Monitor latency and jitter performance for real-time applications
VoIP calls are choppy, video conferences keep freezing, and your real-time applications are suffering. Without granular performance data, you can’t tell if the problem is your network or something else entirely.
Auvik’s network analysis software tracks the metrics that matter:
- Active ICMP measurements continuously calculate round-trip latency and jitter across your monitored devices.
- Historical data reveals trends so you can identify when performance started degrading and correlate it with other network changes.
- Custom alert thresholds let you define what “unacceptable” looks like for your VoIP and video conferencing traffic.
- Dashboard visualizations display latency and jitter over time, giving you clear baselines to compare against.
Proactively tune your network before real-time applications suffer and prove to stakeholders exactly where performance issues originate with Auvik’s network analysis software.
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See your entire network — mapped & monitored
Every device, site, and connection—clearly visible, always up to date.
- Instantly create a live map of your network
- See every device and connection in one place
- Get automated alerts to detect issues fast
- Achieve full network visibility in under an hour
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Learn more about network analysis at Auvik
What is a network path, and how can Auvik help?
A network path is the route that data packets travel from a source device to a destination across your network infrastructure, passing through routers, switches, and other devices along the way. Auvik’s Northstar feature visualizes these paths in real time, showing you every hop between any two devices on your network. You get performance metrics at each step, so when something goes wrong, you can pinpoint exactly where.
Does Auvik provide end-to-end and hop-by-hop visibility for critical paths, or only device-level metrics?
Our platform provides both. Auvik maps the complete end-to-end path between devices and displays hop-by-hop metrics, including CPU, memory, packet discards, transfer speeds, and interface status at each point along the route. This means you’re not limited to isolated device data. You see how the entire path is performing, so you can isolate issues faster.
How noisy are the alerts, and how configurable are thresholds, suppressions, and maintenance windows?
Auvik is designed to cut through the noise, not add to it. You can customize thresholds, set occurrence delays (so alerts only fire after multiple failures), and use site-level suppression to control frequency. Auvik automatically groups related downstream alerts when a core device fails, so you see the root cause instead of dozens of symptoms. Many organizations see 30 to 40% fewer alerts, with some reducing volume by up to 80%.
How strong are integrations for workflows (ITSM/PSA, Slack/Teams, SIEM), and can we automate responses?
Auvik integrates directly with major platforms, including ServiceNow, ConnectWise, Datto Autotask, Slack, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, and Opsgenie. Alerts can automatically create tickets, route notifications to specific teams, and sync status updates back to Auvik. Webhook support lets you build custom integrations for automated response workflows tailored to your environment.
What types of traffic flow data does Auvik collect, and how long is historical data retained?
TrafficInsights collects NetFlow v5/v9, J-Flow, IPFIX, and sFlow data from compatible network devices. Flow data is retained for 14 days, giving you enough history for forensic analysis and identifying recurring patterns. For longer-term trending, device statistics are retained for months or years, depending on your subscription level.
Can Auvik identify which applications are consuming bandwidth, and how granular is the visibility?
Yes, and it works even with encrypted traffic. Our machine learning classification identifies specific applications like Dropbox, Netflix, Slack, and Zoom based on flow patterns and metadata. You can drill down to see top talkers by source address, destination address, port, and conversation, giving you the granularity to pinpoint exactly who and what is consuming your bandwidth.
What latency and jitter thresholds should I set for VoIP and video conferencing applications?
Industry guidelines commonly recommend keeping one-way latency under 150ms (round-trip under 300ms) and jitter under 30ms for acceptable VoIP quality. For video conferencing, staying under 100ms latency and 15ms jitter typically delivers noticeably better performance. Auvik lets you configure custom alert thresholds based on these targets so you’re notified before degradation impacts call quality.
How far back can I analyze bandwidth trends for capacity planning purposes?
Flow data in TrafficInsights is retained for 14 days for detailed analysis of traffic patterns and top talkers. For longer-term capacity planning, device-level performance statistics, including bandwidth utilization, interface throughput, and historical trends, are retained for months to over a year, depending on your subscription. This gives you the historical context to identify growth trajectories and justify infrastructure investments.