Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows

NetBalancer is described as 'Internet traffic control and monitoring tool designed for Win7/8/10' and is a popular app in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to NetBalancer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best NetBalancer alternative is NetLimiter. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try GlassWire or Fort Firewall. Other great apps like NetBalancer are cFosSpeed, NetSpeedMonitor, NetGenius and Bandwidth Manager.

L7-filter is a classifier for Linuxs Netfilter that identifies packets based on application layer data. It can classify packets as Kazaa, HTTP, Jabber, Citrix, BitTorrent, FTP, Gnucleus, eDonkey2000, etc., regardless of port.
L7 Filter is the most popular Linux alternative to NetBalancer.
SterJo NetStalker is innovative and FREE security software able to detect all authorized and unauthorized connections to your computer and send you alert for each new connection.


Datapath.io is a network performance management tool which automates the process of performance optimization.It scans global internet infrastructure to find the fastest,least expensive network path with the least packet loss and optimized bandwidth.


Datapath.io is the most popular Web-based alternative to NetBalancer.
Murus is a frontend for the OS X PF network firewall. From basic filtering to advanced proactive options, Murus allows to easily configure a complex network setup dragging and dropping icons and moving sliders and selecting checkboxes.




Speed Limiter application can simulate slow TCP/IP connections. All connections from that machine will go trough this app or you can configure only your application to use it as a proxy.

Traffic Shaper XP is a free bandwidth limiter for Windows 2000, XP and 2003 Server. It combines high performance traffic shaping with the ease of use and flexibility to keep your network free of congestion.


