The First Application-Aware Network Digital Twin

Network monitoring / observability tools can show you what is happening on your network. However, they can’t tell you if a device is reaching End-of-Life (EoL), or if your segmentation policy is behaving according to security and regulatory standards. This is where IP Fabric’s network digital twin comes in; it shows you why the network is behaving the way it is, and whether that behavior matches your intent. In short, IP Fabric serves as the “glue” for your monitoring / observability stack, giving you a unified view of network behavior so you can easily pinpoint risks, prove compliance, and keep critical services running smoothly.

You might already have multiple tools with network discovery features. However, these discovery features are often unable to:

• Discover all on-prem / cloud vendors.
• Map relationships between devices.
• Map dependencies between the network and critical applications.

Due to these limitations, most organizations have missing or incorrect data about 20-40% of their networks. However, IP Fabric takes a different approach to discovery. It uses CLI and API calls to discover every device and connection across on-prem and cloud environments, then it ingests application data from tools like Illumio. The result is a complete, accurate, and app-aware model of your network and cloud behavior at that point in time.

IP Fabric’s digital twin is completely vendor-neutral, and can be queried using natural language, so any team or tool can benefit from using it. For example:

• Network teams can safely automate change management, troubleshooting, and other critical workflows.
• Architecture teams can plan and understand the impact of projects like refreshes and M&As.
• Application teams can troubleshoot faster by mapping dependencies to on-prem and cloud environments.
• Security teams can discover unmanaged devices and validate security controls (e.g. segmentation).
• Compliance teams can generate timestamped, audit-ready evidence for all major regulatory standards.
• AI & automation teams can build with AI-ready data, and validate every automated workflow.
• Executives can easily tie network performance to budgeted initiatives, and check on network security / compliance posture.

Network digital twins are essential for ensuring stability and security, while also optimizing spend. IP Fabric is the only app-aware network digital twin, which you can use to:

• Model every device and dependency from on-prem and cloud environments to critical applications.
• Validate that your network, cloud, and application behavior is aligned with security / regulatory requirements.
• Ground every team and workflow in the same unified understanding of the network.
• Reduce Operational Expenses (OpEx), such as paying maintenance fees for phantom devices.
• Reduce Capital Expenditures (CapEx), such as rightsizing your network before a refresh.

IP Fabric can be deployed either on-prem or in the cloud. It deploys to a single, lightweight Virtual Machine (VM). Read-only access is sufficient for discovery. Get step-by-step instructions for deploying and configuring IP Fabric in our free trial guide.

Yes, IP Fabric is secure. IP Fabric is ISO 27001 certified and SOC 2 compliant. It’s also non-invasive by design; it’s deployed on a dedicated Virtual Machine (VM), and runs self-hosted in your environment, so it’s compatible with air-gapped networks. IP Fabric doesn’t collect any SNMP data, as read-only access is sufficient for discovery. Visit our privacy policy for more information on how IP Fabric collects and uses data.

IP Fabric is an open platform, meaning that it’s quick and easy to integrate into any workflow via our open API and enterprise-grade MCP server. Many customers choose to integrate IP Fabric’s insights with tools like:

• Monitoring / observability tools
• Microsegmentation & app performance monitoring tools
• Network automation tools & AI agents
• Firewall management tools
• CMDBs & Sources of Truth

All of IP Fabric’s data is vendor-neutral, so that any team or AI agent can understand and use it to take action.

IP Fabric is licensed on an annual subscription basis according to the number of on-prem devices and cloud objects in your target infrastructure. We do not charge by the seat, nor do we charge for supported integrations. If you’re using our MCP server, you can bring your own LLM to manage AI costs.

Not sure how many devices or cloud objects you have in your infrastructure? IP Fabric will help you determine exactly what you have in your network. Visit our pricing page or contact us to learn more.