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Manic Pulse

A monitoring server you run yourself

Know how your network performs at every site, all the time.

An always-on server for Windows Server, Linux or Docker. Monitor switches, routers, firewalls, access points and servers, test call quality and throughput between sites, back up device configurations and track certificates — with maps, reports and alerts.

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Free for 3 agents, 10 devices and 25 certificates. A new server has a 30-day trial of every module.

The Manic Pulse dashboard: devices, agents, alerts and certificates
The dashboard: devices, agents online, open alerts, schedules and certificates.

Network testing

Call quality (latency, jitter, loss, MOS), throughput, bufferbloat, path MTU and DSCP between the server and agents, or agent to agent. Run on a schedule, on request, or from the Manic Toolkit app.

Infrastructure monitoring

Up/down by ping, TCP, web page or SNMP (v1, v2c and v3); interfaces and throughput, CPU, memory and disks. Servers without SNMP are watched through the Pulse agent.

Maps and finder

World, site, floor and comms-room maps, LLDP/CDP neighbours and auto-links, and an ARP and MAC finder that shows the switch port a device is plugged into.

Configuration backup and checks

Encrypted backups over SSH on a schedule, a new version only when something changed, and every change highlighted. Checks for routing, VLANs, trunks, LAGs, PoE, DNS and ports.

Certificate monitoring

TLS, RADIUS/EAP, ClearPass, ISE and FortiNAC connectors, with reminders to each certificate's owner. Private keys stay in Manic Vault.

Reports and alerts

Dashboards are free. Add PDF and CSV reports, emailed every week or month, and alerts by email, Teams or Slack.

Private by design

  • Agents only connect out, and run only Manic Pulse tests
  • Certificate pinning, per-agent keys and a hash-chained audit log
  • Secrets and configuration backups encrypted on the server
  • Administrator, operator and viewer roles, and two-step sign-in
  • No cloud service needed — it all runs on your network

Buy only what you need

Network testing, monitoring, configuration backup, certificates and reports are separate modules, or take everything as Pulse Complete.

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A floor-plan map with device status
Maps from the world down to the comms room.
Find a device: the switch port for an IP address
Find the switch port a device is plugged into.
Comparing two configuration backups
Compare two configuration backups, changes highlighted.

Works with the rest of Manic Networks

Run tests from the Manic Toolkit app, keep certificate keys in Manic Vault, and use Manic Control for organisation sign-in.

Manic ToolkitManic Vault TeamManic Control

Start with the free tier

Create an account to download the server and agents, and read the step-by-step guides.

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