Comparison
Witina AI vs Auvik
Both map and monitor a mixed-vendor network from the cloud, with a small collector on your site. They differ on where your device credentials are stored, whether the product can change configuration safely, and what you can learn about price before you talk to anyone.
Compared on 30 September 2026 using Auvik's own documentation. Sources are at the end of the page.
Your credentials stay on your network
Auvik's documentation says: "All the credentials you share with Auvik are sent to the cloud and stored securely using AES-256 encryption." Witina AI relays a credential to the gateway on your network and encrypts it there.
How credential storage works →Changes you can approve and undo
Auvik backs up configurations, shows diffs and alerts you when a config changes. Its own FAQ asks "Can Auvik automatically restore known good configurations?" and answers "No." In Witina AI, a change can go through approvals and a schedule, snapshots the device first, is verified, and can be rolled back. The operations available depend on the device platform.
A price you can see
Auvik quotes each customer, on an annual contract with a minimum spend. Witina AI's prices are published, and you can pay month to month.
What each costs →A small office costs nothing
Witina AI is free for up to 10 devices, access points included. That covers a firewall, a couple of switches and a handful of APs, and there's no card to enter. Auvik offers a 14-day trial.
Feature by feature
Where Auvik has something we don't, the table says so.
| Witina AI | Auvik | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing and terms | ||
| Published prices | Yes Every plan listed, from $0 | No Quote only |
| Billing unit | Per managed device, access points included | Per network device; access points, printers and UPSs aren't billed |
| Contract | Month to month or annual if you prefer | Annual with a minimum contracted spend; no cancelling mid-term |
| Free plan | Yes Up to 10 devices, no credit card | No 14-day trial |
| Security | ||
| Where device credentials are stored | Your gateway Encrypted on your network | Auvik's cloud AES-256, decrypted when a feature needs them |
| Which devices a credential is tried on | The ones you choose You map credentials to devices | Every relevant device Until one works; filters can narrow it |
| Connection from your site | Outbound only | Outbound only |
| Collector failover | Yes Add gateways to a network and devices spread across the healthy ones; if one fails, its devices move to the others automatically | Yes Standby collectors per subnet, with a priority order and automatic failback |
| Security certification | None yet We're early and pre-audit | SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 |
| Discovery and monitoring | ||
| Passive discovery | Yes Listens to DHCP, LLDP/CDP and mDNS first; scanning is opt-in | Not documented Scans the collector's subnet and the networks you approve |
| Automatic topology map | Yes | Yes Layers 1 to 3 |
| SNMP monitoring and alerts | Yes | Yes |
| Syslog | No | Higher tiers Performance or Core |
| NetFlow, IPFIX and sFlow | No | Higher tiers Performance or Core |
| Servers and workstations | No Network gear only | Yes With the Auvik agent, billed per machine |
| Help finding the cause | Yes Named rules give the cause and the fix for the faults they cover | Yes Topology-aware alert suppression; AI suggests a probable cause |
| Configuration and access | ||
| Config backup and diff | Yes | Yes |
| Push changes with approval and rollback | Yes Plan, approve, schedule, snapshot, verify and roll back; available operations vary by platform | No No automatic restore; single-line remote commands |
| Remote access to devices | Yes In-browser SSH, telnet and device web UIs; serial consoles; chained SSH bastions; recorded sessions | Yes Remote terminal, remote browser and tunnels |
| For MSPs | ||
| Multi-tenant console | Yes A portfolio board that puts the client in the worst shape first | Yes MSP, multi-client and client levels |
| PSA integrations | Not yet Two-way ticketing is on our roadmap | Yes ConnectWise PSA, Autotask, HaloPSA, ServiceNow and more |
| AI | ||
| AI agents over MCP | Yes Agents read network state and draft changes; running one needs a separate grant | Not documented No MCP server in Auvik's documentation |
| AI assistant in the app | No Diagnosis is rule-based | Yes Aurora, which suggests diagnostic commands |
| Coverage | ||
| Vendor coverage | Cisco, Juniper, Arista, UniFi, Netgear, EdgeRouter and more; configuration change support varies by platform | Can identify 15,000+ models from 700+ vendors, but "makes no claims to fully support" them with SNMP, CLI, config backup or topology mapping |
What it costs
Auvik doesn't publish prices; its pricing page is a quote form. Its own article on pricing works an example at $27 a month per network device on its Core tier, and access points, printers and UPSs aren't billed. The table uses that rate. Your Auvik quote may differ, and every Auvik contract also carries a minimum spend, which isn't included here.
| Network | Witina AI, per month | Auvik at $27 per network device |
|---|---|---|
| Small office 1 firewall, 2 switches, 5 access points | $0 Free | $81 plus the contract minimum |
| One office 1 firewall, 6 switches, 8 access points | $59 Starter | $189 plus the contract minimum |
| Five sites 5 firewalls, 40 switches, 55 access points | $136 Starter, plus 2 gateways | $1,215 plus the contract minimum |
The five-site example assumes one address space. Auvik's Core tier includes syslog and flow analysis, which Witina AI doesn't have.
Auvik's MSP edition has no published rate, so we haven't priced an MSP book here. Witina AI's MSP plan is $899 a month for 400 devices and 100 client networks. Every plan →
Try it on your own network
Start free in the cloud with no credit card, or run it on your own hardware first and see what it finds.
Moving from Auvik? Book a demo and we'll walk through it on your gear.
Sources
Auvik's own pages, checked on 30 September 2026. Products change; if something here is out of date, tell us and we'll fix it.
- Pricing page (quote form)
- Pricing details, with the $27 Core-tier example
- What devices are billable; minimum contracted spend
- How credentials are used and stored
- Best practices for managing credentials
- How discovery works
- Site types (syslog and flow by tier)
- Configuration management and FAQ
- Managing multiple collectors (failover)
- Remote access features
- Integrations
- Vendors Auvik can identify
- Aurora troubleshooting FAQ
- SOC 2 Type II announcement
Auvik is a trademark of Auvik Networks Inc. Witina AI isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Auvik.