OPEN ECOSYSTEM

The operating layer between
the tools your teams already trust

Flock9 connects discovery, validation and automation across your existing stack — without replacing the systems your teams rely on, and without locking you in. Runs in your environment. Open by design. And if we're ever not the right choice: you can always leave, with your data and automation jobs intact.

WHY AN OPERATING LAYER

Why an operating layer, not another platform?

The industry’s answer to network automation has been the mega-platform: replace your stack, adopt our ecosystem, sign for years.

We’ve watched that model produce complexity, dependency and costs that outlive the value.

THE MEGA-PLATFORM MODEL

Replace what works. Move everything in. Accept the dependency. Pay for the complexity long after the original promise has faded.

We took the opposite view.

The best tools for discovery, source of truth and automation already exist, many of them open source, chosen by your teams for good reasons.

What’s missing is the layer that makes them work together, with the control enterprise networks require.

That’s what we build. Nothing more and nothing you can’t walk away from.

Keep the tools. Add the operating layer.

Preserve your existing investments while connecting data, validation and automation into one controlled model.

ARCHITECTURE & OPERATING MODEL

One layer. Three capabilities. Your stack underneath.

Flock9 does not replace the systems your teams already rely on. It connects them into a controlled operating model that can grow one capability at a time.

01

Connect

Bring together network data, source of truth, Git, ITSM and the operational tools already used across your environment.

02

Validate

Continuously compare actual network state with intent, policy and security requirements — before drift becomes risk.

03

Automate

Turn trusted findings into controlled, repeatable actions with approvals, audit trails and verification built in.

04

Scale

Extend the model across teams, domains and environments without forcing a big-bang migration or a single-vendor stack.

Start with one capability. Grow into a connected operating model - at your pace, on your terms.
VERIFIABLE BY DESIGN

Built on principles you can verify.

Not promises hidden behind a sales process. Practical choices you can inspect before you commit.

01

You can always leave.

Your data, configurations and automation jobs are exportable in open formats. No proprietary prison, no exit penalty. We’d rather earn your renewal than enforce it.

Open formats
02

Your environment, your rules.

Deploy on-premises, in private cloud or air-gapped. No public SaaS dependency required.

Your deployment
03

Open source is our foundation — and our responsibility.

We build on open technology and contribute back to the projects we depend on.

Open technology
04

Transparent pricing.

No “contact sales” wall. See what it costs before you start a conversation.

Open enough to inspect. Practical enough to deploy. Flexible enough to leave.

See the enterprise controls →
BUILT FOR ENTERPRISES

The controls enterprise networks expect.

Flock9 is designed for the governance, security and deployment requirements that come with operating at scale.

RB

Granular RBAC

Control access across teams, roles, domains and environments without flattening everything into one permission model.

AU

Audit & governance

Track who changed what, when and why — with approvals, histories and evidence built into the operating model.

SE

Enterprise-grade security

Support secure authentication, controlled access and deployment models designed for sensitive environments.

API

API-first by design

Connect Flock9 to your source of truth, ITSM, Git, monitoring and automation stack through open interfaces.

SC

Scale across domains

Extend across sites, business units, customers and network domains without rebuilding the operating model each time.

ON

Runs in your environment

Deploy on-premises, in private cloud or air-gapped. No public SaaS dependency required.

Enterprise-ready without becoming a mega-platform.

The controls are there when you need them. The freedom to choose your own stack remains.

No public SaaS required
PROOF

Chosen by teams who compared us to the big platforms.

WHY THEY CHOSE FLOCK9

Why one of North America’s largest banks chose a small, open vendor over a major enterprise platform.

The bank spent nine months evaluating every major network automation platform on the market. The leading enterprise platform came in at roughly ten times the cost of Netpicker — which itself landed at cost parity with the legacy contract it was replacing.

But the decision wasn’t just about price.

“Some of these products are incredibly bloated. They’re trying to do so much. This one is focused in how it’s built — and it has the scale that’s needed to grow if we need to.”

Network automation lead, top-tier North American bank
Netpicker outperformed every competitor in device discovery. The engineering team chose it unanimously.
Customer names and details are shown only where publication is permitted. This reference story is anonymised.
THE ENGINES

The products behind the ecosystem.

Flock9 is the operating model. These are the engines — and your engineers can try them today, without talking to sales.

PRODUCT 01

Slurp’it

Network discovery

Fast, multi-vendor discovery that turns raw network data into structured insight. The foundation of every automation journey.

PRODUCT 02

Netpicker

Validation & automation

Test, validate and remediate with control. Built for compliance, security and scale.

Share the technical depth with your team.

Send your engineers directly to the product sites, where they can explore features, documentation and hands-on access.

YOUR NEXT STEP

Start small. Stay in control. Leave whenever you want.

Connect the tools your teams already trust and grow toward enterprise-wide automation — one proven use case at a time.

Runs in your environment
No vendor lock-in
Open by design
Software should earn your renewal. Not enforce it.