Free iPerf3 AlternativesInternet Speed Test Apps like iPerf3

The best free alternative to iPerf3 is Speedtest by Ookla. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to iPerf3 and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to iPerf3 are mtr, SmokePing, Trippy and iPerf3Client .

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  1. Speedtest by Ookla icon

    Speedtest by Ookla

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    Tests download, upload, and ping speeds with a global server network for accuracy worldwide. Offers real-time consistency graphs, street-level carrier coverage maps, VPN for privacy, premium ad-free VPN option, detailed reports, and easy result sharing.

    58 Speedtest by Ookla alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Apple TV
    • Kindle Fire
    • US flagUnited States
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    mtr

     25 likes

    mtr combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single network diagnostic tool.

    41 mtr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    • European Union flagEU
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    SmokePing

     10 likes

    SmokePing is a deluxe latency measurement tool. It can measure, store and display latency, latency distribution and packet loss. SmokePing uses RRDtool to maintain a longterm data-store and to draw pretty graphs, giving up to the minute information on the state of each network...

    33 SmokePing alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Trippy

     4 likes

    Trippy combines the functionality of traceroute and ping and is designed to assist with the analysis of networking issues.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Homebrew
    Visualize GeoIp on a world map
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  8. Tessabyte icon

    Tessabyte

     1 like

    An advanced network throughput testing utility for LAN, WLAN, and WAN: TCP/UDP, QoS, custom payloads, reporting, and scheduling.

    6 Tessabyte alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    Tessabyte Windows Client
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    Flent

     1 like

    The FLExible Network Tester.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    netperf

     1 like

    Netperf is a benchmark that can be used to measure the performance of many different types of networking. It provides tests for both unidirectional throughput, and end-to-end latency.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Solaris
    • IBM AIX
    • HP-UX
    • US flagUnited States
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    PPerf

     2 likes

    PowerShell Iperf GUI - A PowerShell script to start iperf and show the output (similar to Jperf).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Packet Loss Test

     3 likes

    Test your Internet connection for lost packets or high latency to ensure that your gaming and communication is always reliable.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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    nuttcp

     1 like

    nuttcp is a network performance measurement tool intended for use by network and system managers. Its most basic usage is to determine the raw TCP (or UDP) network layer throughput by transferring memory buffers from a source system across an interconnecting network to a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Solaris
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    goben

     1 like

    goben is a golang tool to measure TCP/UDP transport layer throughput between hosts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
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