The Network Performance Monitoring Agent
The secret weapon in Obkio’s NPM tool. Easy-to-deploy Monitoring Agents to effortlessly monitor & detect issues anywhere in your network.
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What Are Monitoring Agents & How to Deploy Them
Watch our Obkio Onboarding Series video to learn how Monitoring Agents work, how to deploy and configure them in all network locations, and how they exchange synthetic traffic to monitor end-to-end network performance.
What Are Obkio's Monitoring Agents?
The Eyes and Ears of Your Network. The Key to Agent-Based Monitoring.
Obkio’s Monitoring Agents are specialized software designed to continuously monitor the performance and availability of your network, devices and applications, from LAN to WAN. Deployed across various network locations, these agents act as the eyes and ears of network admins.
Unlike traditional passive monitoring methods, Obkio’s agents take an active approach, gathering real-time data from network endpoints and transmitting it to a SaaS cloud platform for analysis. Operating silently in the background, they provide up-to-the-minute insights without placing a heavy load on network resources, offering a highly efficient, scalable solution for network visibility.
Choose The Right Monitoring Agent For Your Network
Obkio offers four Monitoring Agent types, each designed to fit your unique network environment while delivering the same powerful features for easy deployment and real-time insights.
Software
Linux, MacOS & Windows. Ideal for installation on your existing infrastructure, these lightweight agents monitor network performance without requiring additional hardware.
Hardware
Physical devices that offer plug-and-play deployment for dedicated, high-performance network monitoring Perfect for branch offices where IT servers are no longer present.
Public
Deployed in the cloud of Service Providers (AWS, Azure, Google), these Agents monitor the performance of external networks like your Internet Service Provider (ISP), SASE or third-party services.
Virtual Appliance
Hyper-V & VMware. Agents that integrate seamlessly into your virtual environments, perfect for monitoring performance within data centers or cloud infrastructures.
How Obkio’s Agent-Based Network Monitoring Software Works
Experience proactive agent-based monitoring, offering real-time insights that outshine traditional tools.
Obkio’s network performance monitoring leverages specialized agents deployed at key network locations – such as data centers, and head offices, as well as critical network devices like routers and switches and more.
Agents communicate together and continuously run tests such as Network Performance Monitoring (NPM), speed tests, traceroutes, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and SNMP device monitoring. Agents exchange synthetic traffic (UDP packets) every 500 ms to actively track network metrics like latency, jitter, packet loss, and more. They simulate network activity in a non-intrusive way, ensuring privacy without collecting real user data (PII).
Data is securely transmitted via HTTPS to Obkio’s cloud SaaS platform, where it is processed and analyzed. Users can then access this data through a web or mobile app, providing clear, actionable insights to identify and resolve network issues proactively.
Empowering IT Pros with Easy-to-Deploy Monitoring Agents
Install quickly, skip the learning curve, manage effortlessly, and achieve powerful results.
Flexible Deployment
Obkio’s Monitoring Agents come in four types, each with identical features for seamless deployment across various locations. Public Monitoring Agents are managed by Obkio in major clouds like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Simple Setup & Maintenance
Install Agents at Head & Branch offices, Data Centers, Cloud or remote workstations. Once installed, they automatically receive updates and configurations from our Cloud platform, requiring no user interaction.
Continuous Performance Monitoring
Agents offer real-time insights into network and application performance, detecting intermittent issues and providing historical data for post-incident analysis.
End-User Perspective
Agents test performance as if they were end-users, placed strategically to monitor both ISP performance (WAN) and complete end-to-end network performance (LAN).
Distributed Monitoring
With the rise of SaaS and cloud services, deploy Agents across all locations to ensure comprehensive, distributed network monitoring, beyond traditional centralized solutions.
Zero Impact on Operations
Agents operate as endpoint devices, not affecting network performance. They simulate normal user activity without stress testing or port mirroring, ensuring no privacy concerns.
Why Obkio's Agent-Based Monitoring is Ideal for Distributed Network Monitoring
Obkio’s agent-based monitoring provides tailored, real-time visibility and proactive insights for distributed networks, delivering superior performance and scalability compared to traditional tools.
Obkio’s network performance monitoring tool addresses the challenges of distributed networks, where resources are spread across remote offices, cloud services, and data centers. Traditional monitoring tools often fall short, especially as the number of network paths to monitor increases dramatically. Obkio’s lightweight agents offer an effective agent-based approach that simplifies this process.
By deploying agents at various locations, businesses gain real-time visibility into every endpoint, avoiding any blind spots and allowing network admins to proactively detect and resolve issues before they impact performance.
Obkio’s easy-to-deploy and scalable solution provides full visibility through intuitive dashboards and graphs, enabling users to analyze data and gain insights into traffic patterns, potential bottlenecks, and overall network health, streamlining the monitoring of modern distributed networks.
4 Agents Types – Same Features
Software
Software
Multiple Servers
Installed directly on a new or existing system, and available for Windows, Linux, and Docker.
Low Footprint
Requires very little system resources, as low as 2 vCPU, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of disk.
Single Command Installation
All you need is to paste a single command line provided by the application. A cron will be installed to keep the agent up-to-date.
Ideal for Data centers and Clouds
Can be deployed in Data centers, Cloud environment or at any locations where a Linux or Windows machine is available to host the software.
Hardware
Hardware
Plug & Play
All you need is: the small hardware appliance & two cables to plug (Ethernet (DHCP) & Power). And it’s ready to use! Add your hardware to the Obkio app using the serial number and you’re ready to gol no configuration required.
Ideal for Branch Offices
Usually deployed in Branch Offices when no servers are available to run the Software or Virtual Appliance agents.
Public
Public
Global Internet Monitoring
Quick and easy solution to monitor your business' Internet Performance, no matter where your office may be.
Easy and Ready to Use
Hosted and maintained by Obkio in major cloud providers around the world, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, these type of Monitoring Agents are deployed within seconds.
Virtual Appliance
Virtual Appliance
Ideal for Head Office and Data centers
Usually deployed in Head Offices and Data centers where Virtualized environments are available.
Supporting Major Hypervisors
Available for VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V and Oracle Virtualbox.
Why 4 types of agent?
Because we think it should be simple to deploy no matter your environment!
How Many Monitoring Agents Do I Need?
One Agent Per Location, Scalable and Cost-Effective
Deploy just one agent per location for effective network monitoring. Obkio’s agent-based solution is highly scalable, making it perfect for organizations of any size. Whether you’re managing a small office or a large enterprise, you can easily add or remove agents as your network grows or changes.
This ensures you only pay for what you use while maintaining consistent performance and reliability across all your network locations.
Mass Deploying Obkio’s Network Monitoring Agents for Large Enterprise Networks
For large enterprise networks with multiple locations, deploying network monitoring agents individually can be time-consuming and inefficient. That’s where Obkio’s Deployment Profiles come in, allowing IT teams to mass deploy Obkio’s Windows Agents across multiple computers quickly and effortlessly.
Obkio’s Deployment Profiles streamline the installation process by providing a pre-configured setup that can be applied across numerous devices simultaneously. Instead of manually installing agents on each machine, IT teams can:
✅ Automate Installation: Use Deployment Profiles to mass install agents on multiple computers in just a few clicks.
✅ Ensure Consistency: Apply uniform settings and configurations across all deployed agents to maintain network performance monitoring accuracy.
✅ Save Time & Resources: Eliminate the need for repetitive manual installations, enabling IT teams to focus on network optimization instead.
By leveraging Deployment Profiles, enterprises can quickly roll out Obkio’s Monitoring Agents across their entire network, regardless of the number of locations. Whether deploying agents to branch offices, data centers, or remote sites, Obkio ensures seamless installation, allowing businesses to monitor network performance at scale without delays.
What Our Customers Are Saying
No Matter Your Network Issue We've Got the Solution For You
Obkio offers Flexible plans for Small, Medium and Large Businesses.
Obkio’s solution is designed to be the simplest and most adaptable network performance monitoring tool available. Our flexible plans let you optimize costs by adding or removing agents on a month-to-month basis, ensuring you only pay for the coverage you need. With a range of options tailored for both individual users and businesses, you can choose a plan that fits your specific requirements.
Plus, as your network grows, the cost per agent decreases, making it ideal for everyone from remote IT professionals to large-scale corporate networks.
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- Single and home offices
- SMEs with less than 3 locations
- Mid to large multisite networks
- MSPs & large businesses
- Non-Profit Organizations
- Colleges and Universities
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