netperf Alternatives

netperf is described as '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' and is a Benchmark tool in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to netperf for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Web-based apps. The best netperf alternative is iPerf3, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like netperf are SmokePing, mtr, Trippy and Tessabyte.

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  1. iPerf3 icon
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    The iperf series of tools perform active measurements to determine the maximum achievable bandwidth on IP networks. It supports tuning of various parameters related to timing, protocols, and buffers. For each test it reports the measured throughput, loss, and other parameters.

    26 iPerf3 alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Wine
    • FreeBSD
    • Docker
     
    • iPerf3 is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to netperf.

    • iPerf3 is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to netperf.

    • iPerf3 is Free and Open Sourcenetperf is also Free and Open Source
  2. SmokePing icon
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    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...

    29 SmokePing alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. mtr icon
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    mtr combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single network diagnostic tool.

    34 mtr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Homebrew
     
  5. Tessabyte icon
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    An advanced network throughput testing utility for LAN, WLAN, and WAN: TCP/UDP, QoS, custom payloads, reporting, and scheduling.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    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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    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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    • Online
     
    • Packet Loss Test is the most popular Web-based alternative to netperf.

    • Packet Loss Test is Free and Proprietarynetperf is Free and Open Source
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    goben is a golang tool to measure TCP/UDP transport layer throughput between hosts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
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    • Mac
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    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
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    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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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Solaris
     
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    The FLExible Network Tester.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  11. NetStress icon
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    Tool that allows you to generate network traffic and analyze the network's throughput performance.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    A utility for testing the performance of a wireless or wired network that sends TCP and UDP data streams and computes important metrics: upstream and downstream throughput values, packet loss, and round-trip time, etc. It supports both IPv4 and IPv6 connections.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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