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Sockit

Why Sockit?

Most IT teams run separate tools for endpoint management, identity, app monitoring, log collection and ticketing, and spend each incident joining them by hand. Sockit keeps devices, people, apps and their logs in one place, so it can explain a failure and act on it.

One incident, two ways

The same failing app, handled by hand and handled by Sockit. Look at who does each step.

Without Sockit

6 steps, all by hand
  1. YouAn alert says hr-portal is down

  2. YouLog in to the server, find W3SVC stopped, restart it

  3. YouIt stops again ten minutes later

  4. YouSearch for who owns hr-portal

  5. YouPaste the logs into a chat to work out why

  6. YouRestart it again while you wait for an answer

With Sockit

4 steps by Sockit, 1 decision by you
  1. SockitW3SVC stopped, so the policy restarts it: tries 1, 2 and 3

  2. SockitStill failing, so it stops trying and opens Case #1043

  3. SockitAI reads the app's logs

    The worker crashes on start. Faulting module: aspnetcorev2.dll.

  4. SockitPriya Raman, the app's owner, is notified

  5. YouDecide the fix, with the evidence in front of you

What changes with Sockit

Six things that are hard to get by joining separate tools together.

  • Alerts go to whoever owns the app

    Ownership comes from your directory: reporting lines, who owns each computer, and the app owners you assign. Nobody has to keep a routing table up to date.

    What it covers
  • AI reads the logs first

    When an app's errors spike, AI reads the log lines, names the likely cause and how sure it is, and puts the evidence on the Case.

    See the use cases
  • Routine failures get fixed, up to a limit

    Auto-Recovery restarts services and processes or reinstalls a pinned package, within retry limits and a fleet-wide brake, then hands over to a person.

    How Auto-Recovery works
  • The AI asks before it acts

    The assistant answers within your permissions and logs every lookup. Admin changes it carries out need your yes first, and deleting something means typing its name.

    Meet the assistant
  • Runs on your server, with your AI key

    One bundle on a server you own. The AI uses your key for Claude, Gemini or DeepSeek, and nothing goes to a provider until you add one.

    Read the security overview
  • We set it up with you

    Our team installs Sockit, connects your directory and rolls out the agents on your own estate.

    View demo

Everything Sockit does today

34 features across six areas, every one of them in the product now.

Identity

  • Joiners and leavers, with scheduled offboarding
  • Access requests and approvals
  • Roles and capability-based access
  • Temporary admin access that expires on its own
  • MFA for console sign-in
  • Active Directory users, groups and OUs; Entra ID sync

Endpoints

  • Agents for Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Installed software inventory
  • Patch status on every OS, plus Windows Update installs
  • Remote uninstall
  • Local users and groups, listed per machine
  • Agent updates in waves, when turned on

Applications

  • AI classification of your own apps
  • Tech stack and log file discovery on Windows, macOS and Linux
  • App Watch: down, and running again
  • HTTP and TCP health checks on Windows
  • Crash capture on Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Auto-Recovery: restart, reinstall or run a pinned script

Network

  • Network flows per process
  • Dependency maps with ports
  • Dependency-down detection
  • Firewall drops by process, destination and port

Response

  • AI root cause from the app's own logs
  • Cases with AI verdicts and evidence
  • Routing to the app or machine owner
  • Teams, email and webhook notifications
  • Custom detection rules
  • AI Assistant, scoped to your access

Oversight

  • Separate read and write agents
  • Tamper-evident admin audit log, plus a sign-in audit
  • AI tool audit, including blocked calls
  • Dry runs for patching and uninstall
  • Hash-pinned recovery scripts
  • AI that asks before making changes

Side by side

Common IT tasks, without Sockit and with it
Finding who owns an appWithout Sockit: Ask around, or check a spreadsheetWith Sockit: Read from your directory and the owners you assign
When an app goes downWithout Sockit: Someone notices, then starts diggingWith Sockit: A Case with the likely cause, sent to the owner
A service that keeps stoppingWithout Sockit: Restart it by hand, againWith Sockit: Restarted by policy up to 3 times, then handed to a person
A question about the estateWithout Sockit: Check several consoles and join the resultsWith Sockit: Ask the assistant; it sees what you can see
Giving someone admin rights for an hourWithout Sockit: Grant it, then remember to take it backWith Sockit: Temporary access that removes itself when it expires
Proving who changed whatWithout Sockit: Collect logs from each toolWith Sockit: An admin log no one can edit, with sign-in and AI audits beside it

See Sockit on your own machines

Our team sets Sockit up on your own server. Start by looking around the demo.

  • Set up by our team
  • Runs on your own server
  • AI stays off until you add your key