Flowcious

Flowcious is a cloud-based network visibility and analysis service that aims to provide network intelligence, security, and planning capabilities. According to Flowcious Inc., the vendor of the product, it is suitable for companies of all sizes, ranging from small businesses to large enterprises. IT professionals, network administrators, security analysts, service providers, and data centers across various industries reportedly rely on Flowcious to enhance their network operations and improve overall security posture.

Key Features

Bandwidth monitoring: Keep track of bandwidth usage per application, easily identify congestion, and gain insights into traffic flow within your network. This feature helps identify applications that consume excessive bandwidth and enables the enforcement of bandwidth usage policies.

Forensic database: Store and index raw traffic for thorough incident analysis and forensics. This feature allows for fast retrieval of flow data, facilitating detailed investigations of network incidents.

Identify top talkers: Effortlessly identify applications that consume significant bandwidth, enforce bandwidth usage policies, and pinpoint the most active communicators within the network. This feature simplifies the identification of high-bandwidth applications.

Detect & mitigate attacks: Utilize machine learning algorithms to detect and flag abnormal traffic patterns, and proactively mitigate threats in real-time. This feature enhances network security by identifying and addressing potential threats using NetFlow data.

Focus in subnets of interest: Analyze network traffic based on specific subnets, interfaces, ports, data centers, or other user-defined criteria. This feature offers flexibility and targeted analysis of specific areas of interest within the network.

Geolocate traffic: Gain insights into the geographic origins and destinations of network traffic, identify traffic patterns based on geographical locations, and analyze traffic flows accordingly.

Trusted By NetOps & SecOps: Flowcious is reportedly trusted by service providers, data centers, and multi-cloud businesses. The platform simplifies network operations and decision-making, leveraging big data and machine learning to enhance network intelligence and improve overall security posture.

Cost-effective: Flowcious offers a cost-effective solution for network visibility and analysis, with no upfront costs for hardware or software. According to the vendor, it is a fully managed service with transparent pricing and no hidden maintenance costs, allowing businesses to pay only for the resources they use.

Instant Deployment: Flowcious does not require the installation of appliances or software downloads. Users can quickly deploy the platform by simply sending NetFlow, jFlow, IPFIX, or sFlow data from their routers, reducing implementation time and effort.

Beyond NetFlow: Flowcious provides comprehensive network visibility without compromising user privacy. According to the vendor, it offers advanced intelligence similar to Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) without the associated costs and scalability challenges. By utilizing NetFlow metadata, Flowcious delivers detailed network insights while ensuring the privacy of actual data transmitted over the network.