How much does FastNetMon Advanced cost?

FastNetMon Advanced is priced by bandwidth tier: $115/month (10 Gbps), $220/month (40 Gbps), or $350/month (100 Gbps). A one-time $85 activation fee applies to monthly subscriptions. This is the software license cost only — a dedicated server with at least 16 GB RAM, 8 CPU cores, and 150 GB SSD is required separately, typically adding $60–150/month.

Is FastNetMon Community Edition really free?

The FastNetMon Community software is free and open source. However, it requires a dedicated server with minimum 16 GB RAM, 8 CPU cores (SSE 4.2), and 150 GB+ SSD to run. That server typically costs $60–150/month. So while the software is free, the total infrastructure cost is not zero.

What is FastNetMon LiveView and what does it cost?

FastNetMon LiveView is a web dashboard add-on launched April 29, 2026. It is sold separately from the FastNetMon Advanced license at $70/user/month (or $720/user/year). It is not included in any FastNetMon Advanced plan — it requires a separate purchase on top of your existing Advanced subscription.

What is the total cost of FastNetMon for a 3-person team?

A 3-person team running FastNetMon Advanced (10G) + LiveView would pay: $115 (Advanced base) + $210 (LiveView, 3 × $70) = $325/month in software costs, plus $60–150/month for required server hardware. Total: approximately $385–475/month.

How does FastNetMon pricing compare to Flowtriq?

Flowtriq costs $9.99/node/month with unlimited users and a full web dashboard included. A team of any size with 20 nodes would pay $199.80/month. The equivalent FastNetMon setup (Advanced + LiveView for 3 users) costs $325+/month before server infrastructure. Flowtriq requires no dedicated server hardware.

Pricing breakdown · Updated April 2026

FastNetMon Pricing: The Complete Breakdown

Community, Advanced, LiveView add-on — here's what you'll actually pay, including the costs FastNetMon's pricing page doesn't show.

At a glance

FastNetMon pricing summary

All prices as of April 2026.

Edition	Software price	Required hardware	Who it's for	Free trial
Community	FreeOpen source (Apache 2.0)	Dedicated server required~$60–150/mo additional	ISPs with NetFlow infrastructure and zero budget	Free forever
Advanced	$115–$350/mo+ $85 activation (monthly)	Dedicated server required~$60–150/mo additional	ISPs, hosting providers needing FlowSpec + API	Trial by application
LiveView add-on	+$70/user/moor $720/user/year — on top of Advanced	No additional hardware	Teams who want a web dashboard — not included in Advanced	None

Edition details

What each FastNetMon tier includes

The gaps between editions are significant. Here's what you actually get — and don't get — at each price point.

FastNetMon Community

Community Edition

Free

Software only. Dedicated server required (~$60–150/mo not included).

NetFlow v5/v9, sFlow, IPFIX, SPAN detection
BGP blackhole (RTBH) via ExaBGP / GoBGP
Script-based notifications (custom shell script)
No web dashboard or UI of any kind
No native email or Slack alerts
No REST API
No BGP FlowSpec
No per-host thresholds (global only)
No attack classification by type
No commercial support

FastNetMon Advanced

Advanced Edition

$115–$350/mo

10G = $115/mo · 40G = $220/mo · 100G = $350/mo. One-time $85 activation on monthly plans. Dedicated server still required.

Everything in Community
BGP FlowSpec (surgical filtering)
REST API
Per-host thresholds and bandwidth graphs
Email notifications + PagerDuty webhook
Commercial support (1–3 tickets/month)
Web dashboard: not included — requires LiveView add-on (+$70/user/mo)
No attack classification by type
No PCAP capture
Still flow-based: 30–60s NetFlow latency

LiveView Add-on (April 2026)

LiveView Web Dashboard

+$70/user/mo

Requires an active FastNetMon Advanced license. Sold separately. $720/user/year billed annually.

Real-time traffic visualization
Attack event timeline
Team RBAC (Owner, Admin, Read-only)
Web-based configuration panel
Does not change detection engine or speed
No PCAP, no AI summaries, no postmortem reports
No Prometheus, no Kafka, no Terraform

Real-world cost

What you'll actually pay by team size

Adding LiveView seats to your Advanced license changes the math significantly for any team larger than one person. The table below uses the 10G Advanced tier ($115/mo) as the base.

Scenario	Advanced ($115)	+ LiveView	Software total	+ Server (~$100)	All-in/mo
Solo operator	$115	$70 × 1	$185/mo	+~$100	~$285/mo
2-person NOC	$115	$70 × 2	$255/mo	+~$100	~$355/mo
3-person NOC	$115	$70 × 3	$325/mo	+~$100	~$425/mo
5-person team	$115	$70 × 5	$465/mo	+~$100	~$565/mo
10-person team (40G tier)	$220	$70 × 10	$920/mo	+~$100	~$1,020/mo

Server estimate: $100/month represents a mid-range dedicated server meeting FastNetMon's minimum requirements (16 GB RAM, 8 cores SSE 4.2, 150 GB SSD). Actual costs vary by provider. $85 activation fee on monthly Advanced plans not included above.

The alternative

Flowtriq pricing vs FastNetMon

For context: Flowtriq is $9.99/node/month. Unlimited users. Full web dashboard included. No dedicated server hardware required. Here's how that compares across the same scenarios.

Scenario	FastNetMon all-in	Flowtriq	Difference
1 user · 10 nodes	~$285/mo	$99.90/mo	Save ~$185/mo
3 users · 20 nodes	~$425/mo	$199.80/mo	Save ~$225/mo
5 users · 50 nodes	~$565/mo	$499.50/mo	Save ~$65/mo
10 users · 100 nodes	~$1,020/mo	$999/mo	Similar

What Flowtriq includes that FastNetMon + LiveView doesn't

At every price point, Flowtriq includes: PCAP forensics with pre-attack ring buffer, AI incident summaries, automated postmortem reports, 7 attack families + confidence scoring, sub-second detection, 46 auto-mitigation rule types, Kafka export, Terraform provider, and 15+ Prometheus metric families.

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FAQ

FastNetMon pricing: common questions

Does FastNetMon Community have any ongoing cost?

The software itself is free. But FastNetMon Community requires a dedicated server with at least 16 GB RAM, 8 CPU cores (SSE 4.2 required), and 150 GB+ SSD. At most cloud or bare-metal providers, that server costs $60–150/month. The software is free; the infrastructure is not.

What is the $85 activation fee?

FastNetMon charges a one-time $85 activation fee for FastNetMon Advanced monthly subscriptions. This fee does not apply to annual plans. It is a one-time charge per instance, not recurring.

Is FastNetMon LiveView included in my existing Advanced subscription?

No. FastNetMon LiveView is a separate product launched April 29, 2026. It is billed separately at $70/user/month (or $720/user/year) and is not included in any Advanced tier. Existing Advanced subscribers must purchase LiveView separately if they want web dashboard access.

Does FastNetMon offer a free trial of Advanced?

FastNetMon Advanced trials are available but gated — you need to apply and be approved. There is no self-serve trial. Flowtriq offers a 7-day free trial with no credit card and no application required.

What does FastNetMon cost for multi-site deployments?

FastNetMon Advanced licenses are per-instance. Each additional deployment location requires an additional license at the same bandwidth-tiered pricing ($115–$350/month). Each instance also requires its own dedicated server. Costs multiply linearly with the number of monitoring points. Flowtriq uses per-node pricing that covers all deployment locations under one subscription.

Where can I see FastNetMon's official pricing?

FastNetMon's published pricing is at fastnetmon.com/pricing. The pricing shown there is for the Advanced license only — server infrastructure, activation fee, and LiveView are separate line items. This page aims to present the full picture of what operators actually pay.

Looking for a simpler alternative?

Flowtriq is $9.99/node/month. Dashboard included. Unlimited users. No hardware. No activation fees. 7-day free trial — no credit card required.

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