Free NetLimiter Alternatives
The best free alternative to NetLimiter is simplewall, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to NetLimiter and 13 is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to NetLimiter are Portmaster, Gufw, trickle and SterJo Netstalker.
NetLimiter alternatives are mainly Firewalls but may also be Network Monitors or Anti-Malware Apps. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of NetLimiter.
Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.
simplewall vs NetLimiter opinions
There's no easy way to see and I have found no way to limit bandwidth. this is the core feature of NetLimiter so I cannot consider this as an alternative at all.
frenchiverutiDoesn't show network usage, like how many KB is an app using.
Does not allow traffic shaping. Only blocking.
The tool is fine, easy to setup, but it can only block traffic, not limit.
Simplewall does allow the limiting of bandwidth for a process / application
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
Portmaster is a free and open-source application firewall that puts you back in charge over all your computer's network connections.
Gufw is an easy, intuitive way to manage your Linux firewall. It supports common tasks such as allowing or blocking pre-configured, common p2p, or individual ports port(s), and many others! Gufw is powered by Uncomplicated Firewall (ufw).
Gufw vs NetLimiter opinions
On Linux, it uses netfilter to rate-limit ports and applications
trickle works by taking advantage of the unix loader preloading. Essentially it provides, to the application, a new version of the functionality that is required to send and receive data through sockets.
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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.
A bandwidth limiting and traffic prioritization tool for linux.
Wonder Shaper vs NetLimiter opinions
Net Limiter is for Windows, Wonder Shaper will never fit on Windows (its for a complete different OS)
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.
TrafficToll allows you to limit download and upload bandwidth globally (per interface) and per process, even during the process' runtime.
GUI Client for vnStat Network Monitor for Linux or GNU/Linux - GitHub - Hulxv/vnstat-client: GUI Client for vnStat Network Monitor for Linux or GNU/Linux
KDE front-end to ufw, similar to the GTK/Gnome based gufw.
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