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Comparison · Analytics
ntopng vs OpenHouse
A side-by-side editorial comparison of ntopng and OpenHouse — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
ntopng vs OpenHouse: at a glance
What is ntopng?
ntopng 7.0 adds an AI traffic analyst, Wazuh integration and BGP in one release.
ntopng 7.0 arrived in September, ten months after 6.6. nAnalyst brings AI chat, policies, dashboards and an agentic loop across multiple LLM providers, with an MCP server included. The release also adds Wazuh XDR/SIEM integration, a Sites hierarchy, BGP/BMP with RPKI validation, a ClickHouse timeseries engine, OpenID Connect SSO, MFA and passkeys, and a new Vue.js frontend replacing legacy pages.
What is OpenHouse?
OpenHouse records why table maintenance fails and adds timezone-aware retention.
OpenHouse landed Views M1 on October 30, with create, replace, list and delete over its commit-only engine behind database-scoped gating. On November 3 it shipped two operational changes: the Optimizer now stores a failure reason for each failed maintenance operation, and retention policies on string-date columns can use a timezone instead of UTC.
ntopng vs OpenHouse: editorial side-by-side
ntopng
0.0ANALYTICS
ntopng 7.0 adds an AI traffic analyst, Wazuh integration and BGP in one release.
◆ Current state
ntopng 7.0 arrived in September, ten months after 6.6. nAnalyst brings AI chat, policies, dashboards and an agentic loop across multiple LLM providers, with an MCP server included. The release also adds Wazuh XDR/SIEM integration, a Sites hierarchy, BGP/BMP with RPKI validation, a ClickHouse timeseries engine, OpenID Connect SSO, MFA and passkeys, and a new Vue.js frontend replacing legacy pages.
◆ Where it's heading
Each major has annexed an adjacent category, and 7.0 reaches for three at once: AI-assisted analysis, SIEM-adjacent security and routing visibility. ClickHouse is now the assumed foundation, and nAnalyst requires it. The licensing line is also explicit, with nAnalyst limited to enterprise M and above and the MCP functions split between community and pro.
◆ Prediction
Point releases should focus on nAnalyst and the new frontend, the two largest and least mature surfaces. The next major, on past spacing, is about a year off and likely extends the same analysis and security surfaces.
OpenHouse
5.0ANALYTICS
OpenHouse records why table maintenance fails and adds timezone-aware retention.
◆ Current state
OpenHouse landed Views M1 on October 30, with create, replace, list and delete over its commit-only engine behind database-scoped gating. On November 3 it shipped two operational changes: the Optimizer now stores a failure reason for each failed maintenance operation, and retention policies on string-date columns can use a timezone instead of UTC.
◆ Where it's heading
Feature series run in parallel: views, column defaults, and now table maintenance operations. The failure-reason work is framed as groundwork for dashboards and transient-versus-permanent classification. Retention timezone support is split across a backend PR and a Spark 3.5 SQL PR, the same stacked pattern used elsewhere.
◆ Prediction
Expect the Spark SQL half of retention timezones (#735) and further Optimizer failure-visibility work, likely failure classification.
Alternatives to ntopng and OpenHouse
Other Analytics products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either ntopng or OpenHouse.
DebugBear
DebugBear is growing from performance testing into uptime, browser support and ad-impact data.
OpenReplay
OpenReplay lets self-hosters block the hosts a recorded session can make its asset cacher fetch.
OpenCTI
OpenCTI accepts Filigran licenses and closes a draft-access hole in its TAXII routes.
InfluxDB
InfluxDB keeps patching its 3.11 and 3.12 lines, now with a catalog repair tool.
Basedash
Basedash adds verified dashboards so teams know which numbers to trust.
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Recent activity from ntopng and OpenHouse
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 20h agoOpenHousev0.5.548: Optimizer: capture and persist operation failure reason (#813)
- 1d agoOpenHousev0.5.547: Allow retention to use non-UTC date strings (#732)
- 4d agoOpenHousev0.5.546: Spark CREATE VIEW keeps server-owned location
- 5d agoOpenHousev0.5.545: Views M1: single-layer ViewsService over the commit-only engine (#843)
- 6d agoOpenHousev0.5.544: jobs scheduler table declares column-defaults
- 7d agoOpenHousev0.5.543: Add integration tests for snapshot expiration with refs (#492)
- 1mo agontopngntopng 7.0: nAnalyst AI, Wazuh integration, BGP and Sites
- 11mo agontopngntopng 6.6: AS dashboards and real-time ClickHouse export
- 1y agontopngntopng 6.4 adds Asset Inventory and Digital Twin ⚡
- 2y agontopngntopng 6.2: memory halved, MITRE alert classification
- 3y agontopngntopng 6.0 adds vulnerability scanning and CVE support ⚡
- 3y agontopngntopng 5.6: Kafka, ClickHouse clusters, Vue.js rework
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between ntopng and OpenHouse?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. OpenHouse is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is ntopng better than OpenHouse?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. OpenHouse is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to ntopng?
Top ntopng alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "ntopng alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/ntopng for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to OpenHouse?
Top OpenHouse alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "OpenHouse alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/openhouse for the full list with editorial commentary on each.