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title: "Portal"
slug: "portal"
description: "Navigate the Kentik Portal with ease. This guide covers UI basics, main navigation, and how to access network insights, dashboards, and settings today."
updated: 2026-01-29T22:57:13Z
published: 2026-01-29T22:57:13Z
canonical: "kb.kentik.com/portal"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kb.kentik.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Portal

Welcome to the Portal home of the Kentik Knowledge Base (KB)!

The **Kentik Portal** is the powerful **user interface** for the **Kentik Platform**.

Explore the Portal category in the KB with the **Explore Articles** side bar, available anytime you view an article.

## **Subcategories**

- [**Portal Overview**](/v1/docs/portal-overview)
- [**Featured**](/v1/docs/featured-overview)
- [**Core**](/v1/docs/core-overview)
- [**Synthetics**](/v1/docs/synthetics-overview)
- [**Network Monitoring**](/v1/docs/nms-overview)
- [**Edge**](/v1/docs/edge-overview)
- [**Protect**](/v1/docs/protect-overview)
- [**Service Provider**](/v1/docs/service-provider-overview)
- [**Cloud**](/v1/docs/cloud-overview)
- [**Main Settings**](/v1/docs/main-settings)
- [**Org & User Settings**](/v1/docs/org-user-overview)

## **Platform vs. Portal**

Still confused about the difference between Kentik Platform and Kentik Portal? Here’s the gist:

- **Platform** = The engine (backend infrastructure, APIs, data processing)
- **Portal** = The interface (frontend UI, dashboards, user workflows)