Free NetSpeedMonitor Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to NetSpeedMonitor for Windows and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best free Windows alternative is TrafficMonitor, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to NetSpeedMonitor and many of them are free and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Windows alternatives to NetSpeedMonitor are GlassWire, Sniffnet, NetSpeedTray and Paessler PRTG Network Monitor.

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  1. TrafficMonitor icon
     64 likes

    Shows real-time network speed, CPU, and memory usage on Windows via a floating window or taskbar widget. Features customizable skins, historical traffic stats, resource monitoring, and lightweight operation for home or advanced users. Free and open-source.

    57 TrafficMonitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
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  2. GlassWire icon
     153 likes

    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.

    68 GlassWire alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  3. NetSpeedTray icon
     7 likes

    A lightweight, highly customizable system tray application that monitors and displays real-time network speeds for Windows.

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    • Windows
     
  4. Comprehensive monitoring solution with over 200 sensor types, user-friendly interface, and powerful capabilities such as traffic analysis, failover clustering, and remote probes. Offers email and SMS alerts, supports SNMP and WMI, provides high-availability features and detailed reporting.

    112 Paessler PRTG Network Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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  5. BitMeter OS icon
     38 likes

    BitMeter OS keeps track of how much you use your internet/network connection, and allows you to view this information in a variety of ways.

    38 BitMeter OS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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  6. NetTraffic icon
     20 likes

    Live data rate chart. Network usage history (statistics). Quota counter (limit usage meter). Works with every network connection. Multi-language. Installer & portable. Lightweight. Freeware.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  7. Cucusoft Net Guard, a free software to monitor your broadband usage, speed up your Internet speed, kill malware who are wasting your bandwidth, provide you a monthly detail Bandwidth Usage report. On the market, this kind of software is sold for $30 or higher and even has fewer...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. OpenNetMeter icon
     5 likes

    A simple program to monitor your network/data usage. Made for the average windows user.

    Cost / License

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    • Windows
     
  9. FreeMeter icon
     14 likes

    Monitor network bandwidth (C#.NET 2k/XP+). Desktop and Systray graph. Configurable connection speed, update interval, color, transparency. Monitor any or all network interfaces. Ping/Trace/UPnP utilities. Email notifier (POP/IMAP).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  10. NetMeter Evo icon
     5 likes

    NetMeter Evo is the direct successor to NetMeter which had been in development by me until 2009. Compared to the old NetMeter it lacks some features like the traffic log and alarms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. NetGraph icon
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    NetGraph is a free to use network bandwidth monitor. It shows real-time information about the state of network traffic in a visual display format selected by the user. NetGraph can monitor the data flows of wired, Wi-Fi and mobile connections.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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