Catchpoint vs ThousandEyes

Looking for a ThousandEyes alternative?

Common issues users face

Limitations in node types, BGP monitors and public node coverage

Hosted on public cloud, lacks independence

Missing essential features: scenario testing, 'what-if' analyses, and long-term data retention

Catchpoint sees more than ThousandEyes

Here are three reasons to choose Catchpoint

Catchpoint's independent, widely distributed infrastructure and extensive global network
Do you want to monitor Cisco from Cisco?

Catchpoint dominates in BGP monitoring with diverse sources, scalability, and natively built into our product

Catchpoint offers long-term data retention (months vs years), real time (not 15 minutes) metrics for faster resolution

More advantages of Catchpoint over ThousandEyes

Catchpoint

ThousandEyes

Infrastructure hosting

Infrastructure for nodes and RUM is not hosted, is independent and highly distributed

Hosted on AWS, all their infrastructure (other than the agents/nodes), including vendors, are on AWS

Node coverage

Industry leading coverage with 2600+ nodes – more than 2x of ThousandEyes'

Only ~600 public nodes/agents

BGP monitors

Over 1,000+ BGP monitors, with 3 different monitoring sources, that are product-native

As of 2023, TE has only ~80 BGP monitors and 2 sources

BGP data recency

Real-time data from managed peers

No real-time BGP data (15 min refresh delay)

CDN data reliability

Trusted by Top 9 of 10 CDN providers, with comprehensive SLA management solution

CDN telemetry data is not reliable due to lack of monitoring from ISP

Data exploration capability

Robust analytics supported by over 100 standard metrics, dimensions, 40+ out-of-the-box monitors, and AI-powered dashboards

Limited prowess – minimal web metric queries, constrained protocol support, backbone nodes housed in unreliable data centers, and inflexible telemetry data, coupled with a non-scalable path visualization that demands granular, minute-by-minute inspection

Webhook API

IPM platform's webhook API sends detailed, real-time node data to customers' databases, predating Open Telemetry

Features REST API with limited functions due to constrained UI. Supports Webhook for alerts and recently integrated OpenTelemetry for synthetic monitoring

Data retention

Stores raw data for up to 7 years, with a minimum of 3 years’ retention

Retains data for 31days in test views and 90 days for alerts/browser waterfalls (accessible via API only)

Network path evaluation

Conducts frequent network path evaluations, with 200ms ping intervals and traceroute checks every minute

Lacks continuous testing support, offering minute-interval tests only

Network test timing

Enables network tests exclusively during application layer failures, optimizing resource usage

Mandates constant network path testing at uniform frequency, leading to potential resource wastage for non-network test users

Performance testing

WebPageTest [THE Gold Standard] for website performance testing, offering multi-layer tests

Web tests restricted to page layer, with web-based test data limited to five key metrics

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