GlassWire
Visualizes real-time and historical network activity, delivers alerts for suspicious behavior and unknown connections, manages firewall rules, reports DNS and system changes, identifies remote hosts, monitors app usage, supports remote monitoring, and detects possible threats.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Proprietary
Application types
EUPlatforms
- Windows
- Android
- Android Tablet
Features
Properties
- Intuitive Interface
Features
- Network activity
- Block apps
- Built-in Firewall
- Graphs
- Firewall
- Graphical component
- Network Tools
- Traffic Monitoring
- Push subscriptions
Tags
- Security & Privacy
- bandwidth
- intrusion-detection-system
GlassWire News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
- Douze added GlassWire as alternative to BitMeter II
the_g added GlassWire as alternative to DownloadMonitor- Fla updated GlassWire
- tiggadry liked GlassWire
jdakfkj333 added GlassWire as alternative to Minimal Firewall
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What is GlassWire?
GlassWire is a network security monitoring tool and analyzer that visualizes your network activity on an easy to use graph, alerts you of possible threats, manages your firewall, and more.
Network Monitor:
GlassWire's network monitor visualizes your current and past network activity by traffic type, application, geographic location, all on a beautiful and easy to understand graph. Go back in time up to 30 days and see what your computer or server was doing in the past. Click the graph to see details of what app or network event caused a spike in network activity.
Threat Monitoring:
GlassWire reveals hosts that are known threats, unexpected network system file changes, unusual application changes, ARP spoofing, DNS changes, and alerts you to the problem so you can take action. GlassWire can also remotely monitor and help protect servers or other computers far away. Install GlassWire on your server or remote PC and look out for unexpected threats or problems. If you see unexpected activity you can block it with GlassWire’s firewall.
Firewall:
GlassWire's firewall reveals all your network activity so you can easily see what your computer is doing in the background. GlassWire's firewall shows you what current and past servers your computer is communicating with so you can see potential threats and block them if necessary.
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GlassWire information
Developed by
Domotz Inc Licensing
Proprietary and Freemium product.Pricing
Subscription ranging between $3 and $41 per month + free version with limited functionality.Rating
Average rating of 3.1Alternatives
66 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
It was better because it was free... But its firewall is now paid =(
GlassWire doesn't let you use its' firewall functions unless you buy a paid version of it.
If you use the "free" version, it will send you occasional pop-up ads asking you to pay to upgrade.
I will never recommend something that has built-in ads. I will pay for a software/service that I think is worth it. I will NOT pay for a service that thinks annoying me with ads/notifications will get me to start paying.
I only liked the ability to monitor some of the network traffic. and how quick it is to report behavior changes. But as soon as I got a little pop up ad, I immediately thought to uninstall it. The Open Source world is picking up momentum, apps like Portmaster are popping up, Simplewall has been out for a while and they both address the privacy problems that come with windows (by providing options to opt out of windows spying/telemetry). The point is, these apps are given to the world for free, and done so transparently, and they don't send pop ups to sell you their product. Glasswire is not even open source, so it's not even entirely transparent what goes on in the background and whether the tradeoff is worth keeping it with its ads. In regards to Glasswire's functionality, I have only tried the free version so my rating is based on this, my recommendation is for people to always seek the Open Source Alternative, if it exists and its not so bad, get that instead. Especially if the product in question is sending little ads and selling you something other Open Source apps can do anyway. For my rating to improve I would suggest to the devs to make a separate free version that doesn't tease the premium version and show how useless or inferior the free version can be, this is a typical marketing scheme i mean you can't even change the theme in the free version ?!? It's so archaic and capitalistic. Dumped forever
Glass wire has locked benign features such as changing the theme (UI color) behind a paywall.
This is not a Freemium firewall app.
Pleasant colorful for beginner to see your connections, location/nation software connects to, your devices and your IP addresses easily. With Web Monitors, no messing with controls like firewalls. Good for seeing Window Updates changes, and other software updaters connect. Liked Software Firewalling while it was free. Popup upgrade nag in tray started showing, but can be shut off under General Settings. Upgrade & limit alerts show in dasboard. It's a lil naggy but, I've grown to really like this program.. and it is actively improved. If I get my operating systems/drives stable, I might actually pay for it.