Netify

Netify

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Netify is a deep packet inspection and network intelligence platform. It classifies traffic by application, protocol, and device, then feeds cloud analytics for security, ISP, and operations teams.

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About Netify

What Is Netify

Netify is a network intelligence platform built by eGloo, an Ottawa-based software company. It pairs a local deep packet inspection engine with cloud analytics and machine-readable data feeds, so a network operator can run network traffic analysis on what is actually on the wire instead of guessing from port numbers.

The product comes in three parts. The Netify DPI Agent is an embeddable engine that identifies applications, protocols, and encrypted flows right on the device, firewall, router, or SD-WAN platform. Netify Data Feeds supply application-level intelligence: which IPs, domains, CDNs, and hostnames belong to which service. Netify Informatics takes the metadata those pieces produce and builds dashboards, trends, and historical records in the cloud. In 2026 the company introduced NINOX, its next-generation DPI engine, which ships as the default detection engine in Netify Agent v5.3.x.

The main limit is who it is for. Netify is sold to OEMs, integrators, ISPs, and enterprise network teams, not to casual users, and pricing is arranged through sales rather than a public checkout page. If you just want to see your home router's traffic, this is far more machinery than you need. Teams that want a hosted, hand-held dashboard without any integration work should also look at lighter monitoring services first.

Getting Started

  1. Contact Netify through the site to discuss which parts you need, since there is no self-serve sign-up.
  2. Integrate the Netify DPI Agent into your firewall, router, or embedded platform using the documentation and reference builds.
  3. Subscribe to the Data Feeds your team needs, such as application, VPN, Tor, or CDN feeds.
  4. Point the agent's metadata at Netify Informatics, or into your own management and orchestration systems through the runtime API.
  5. Build dashboards, filters, and alerts, then use the historical flow records for capacity planning and incident review.

Product Information

A quick look at Netify's pricing, supported platforms, and performance.

Free PlanNo
Paid PlansContact sales
PlatformEmbedded agent, firewalls, routers, SD-WAN, cloud analytics
DevelopereGloo (Netify)
CategoryOther
Release DateAug 2013
Latest UpdatedAug 2025
Website Visits285.1K
Website Global Rank151.4K
API AvailabilityYes

Best for

The users, tasks, and scenarios where this tool fits best.

Users

  • OEMs and hardware vendors
  • ISPs and telecom operators
  • Security analysts
  • Enterprise network administrators

Tasks

  • Classifying encrypted traffic
  • Bandwidth monitoring by application and device
  • Building forensics records
  • Enriching other systems with network data

Scenarios

  • A firewall vendor shipping a new model
  • An ISP sorting out congestion on one segment
  • A security team reviewing an incident
  • A multi-tenant deployment

Key features

Deep Packet Inspection Engine

Netify identifies applications and protocols by inspecting packet contents rather than trusting port numbers, so traffic that uses non-standard ports is still classified correctly. The engine runs locally on the device, which keeps classification close to the data and avoids shipping raw packets anywhere. Its NINOX generation is written from IETF specifications and cites more than 110 RFCs.

Encrypted Traffic Visibility

Modern traffic is mostly encrypted, so Netify reads what is still in the clear: server names from SNI, negotiated ALPNs, certificate common names, and JA4 client fingerprints. It decrypts QUIC Initial packets to match the detail you'd get from standard TLS flows. That means encrypted applications stay visible without full man-in-the-middle decryption.

Application-Level Data Feeds

The Data Feeds map the internet at the application level, showing which IPs, domains, CDNs, and hostnames belong to which service. Separate feeds cover VPNs, Tor, CDN edge nodes, cloud hosting, mobile gateways, and ISPs. Teams use them to attribute traffic to a real name instead of a bare IP address.

Cloud Analytics with Informatics

Netify Informatics turns local metadata into dashboards, trends, and alerts in the cloud. It charts bandwidth by application, protocol, geolocation, and dozens of other fields, and it lets you filter and drill into whichever dimension matters. The point is turning raw flow data into something an operations or security lead can act on.

Historical Flow Records and Forensics

Informatics keeps a time-stamped history of traffic on the network, which works like an audit trail. When something goes wrong, you can trace which device connected to what and when. That record supports breach investigations, malware analysis, and demonstration of regulatory compliance.

No-Code Integration and Runtime API

Netify automates packet capture, flow tracking, and analysis so integrators don't have to build that plumbing themselves. A runtime API lets management systems and orchestration platforms interact with the DPI agent while it runs. Version 5.2 added overlays for customization and group support for filtering by device or user set.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • The DPI Agent is embeddable and license-clear, so hardware vendors can ship it without inheriting GPLv3 obligations that open-source DPI libraries carry.
  • Classification reaches into encrypted traffic through SNI, ALPN, and JA4 fingerprints, which keeps modern apps visible.
  • The three products fit together but also stand alone, so a team can start with one piece and add the others.
  • Informatics keeps historical flow records, which supports forensics and compliance rather than only live monitoring.
  • The Agent v5.2 release is a long-term support line, which matters for OEMs with multi-year product cycles.

Cons

  • There's no public price list or self-serve sign-up, so any evaluation starts with a sales conversation, which slows down piloting.
  • The whole stack targets OEMs, ISPs, and enterprise network teams, so individuals and small businesses won't find a usable entry point.
  • Getting full value needs engineering effort to integrate the agent and wire the metadata into existing systems, which isn't a weekend job for a non-technical team.
  • The next-generation NINOX engine is still being rolled out as the default in v5.3.x, so the most advanced detection isn't on the stable line yet.

Frequently asked questions

Netify inspects network traffic to identify applications, protocols, and devices, then turns that data into cloud dashboards and data feeds. In short, it tells you what is running on a network, not just how many bytes moved.