Free ntop AlternativesNetwork Monitors and other similar apps like ntop

The best free alternative to ntop is HyperDX, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to ntop and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to ntop are DeepFlow, Cacti, iftop and Netweak.

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ntop alternatives are mainly Network Monitors but may also be Uptime Monitor Services or Network Analyzers. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of ntop.

ntop

Network Monitor
Free • Open Source

NTop is a hybrid layer 2 / layer 3 network monitor, that is by default it uses the layer 2 Media Access Control (MAC) addresses AND the layer 3 tcp/ip addresses. ntop is capable of associating the two, so that ip and non-ip...

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ntop alternatives page was last updated May 28, 2024

HyperDX
An open source observability platform: Unify session replays, logs, traces, and errors – all without the Datadog price tag.
61 HyperDX alternatives
License model
- Freemium • Open Source
Platforms
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Self-Hosted
- Docker
HyperDX Features
Application Monitoring
Metrics
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- HyperDX is the most popular SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to ntop.
- HyperDX is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to ntop.
- HyperDX is Freemium and Open Sourcentop is Free and Open Source

DeepFlow
Unify your cloud-native monitoring with zero-code eBPF, advanced profiling, and 10x storage efficiency.
53 DeepFlow alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
DeepFlow Features
No Coding Required
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Cacti
Cacti is a complete frontend to RRDTool, it stores all of the necessary information to create graphs and populate them with data in a MySQL database. The frontend is completely PHP driven. Along with being able to maintain graphs, data sources, and Round Robin archives in a...
55 Cacti alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Network Monitor
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
Cacti Features
Graphs
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iftop
iftop does for network usage what top(1) does for CPU usage. It listens to network traffic on a named interface and displays a table of current bandwidth usage by pairs of hosts. Handy for answering the question "why is our ADSL link so slow?".
9 iftop alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Network Monitor
- Network Analyzer
Platforms
- Linux
iftop Features
Network activity
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Netweak
Netweak is a delightful, minimalist monitoring platform that gives you insights on performance and availability for your linux servers & websites.
146 Netweak alternatives
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application types
- Uptime Monitor Service
- Network Monitor
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
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Top Netweak Features
1. Website Monitoring
2. Performance Monitoring
3. Cloud Monitoring
4. Server Monitoring
5. Ad-free
6. Dark Mode
7. Status Page
8. Incident Management
9. Metrics
10. Discord Notifications
11. Embeddable
12. Slack Notifications
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SigNoz
Open source observability platform. SigNoz helps developers find issues in their deployed applications & solve them quickly.
181 SigNoz alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Network Monitor
- Error Logger
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
SigNoz Features
Application Monitoring
APM monitoring
Server Monitoring
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nload
nload is a console application which monitors network traffic and bandwidth usage in real time. It visualizes the in- and outgoing traffic using two graphs and provides additional info like total amount of transfered data and min/max network usage.
13 nload alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Network Monitor
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- Solaris
nload Features
Command line interface
Graphs
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Comments about nload as an Alternative to ntop

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it's simple and runs in terminal
Positive comment •Jan 30, 2022
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- nload is Free and Open Sourcentop is also Free and Open Source

NIXStats
SaaS monitoring tool for linux servers and websites. Think up-time robot but with more features. You can monitor your linux hosts, windows hosts under development.
170 NIXStats alternatives
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application type
- Uptime Monitor Service
Platforms
- Online
NIXStats Features
1. Website Monitoring
2. Computer monitoring
3. Server Monitoring
4. Performance Monitoring
5. Downtime Detection
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Discontinued
While the website is still up, the application and monitoring agent has not received any updates in over a year.Newer major versions of Debian are no longer compatible.Additionally, it appears the project has been sold and merged into another product, see https://github.com/NIXStats/nixstatsagent/issues/60.
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IPtraf-ng
iptraf-ng is a fork of original iptraf-3.0.0. IPTraf-ng is a console-based network monitoring utility. IPTraf-ng gathers data like TCP connection packet and byte counts, interface statistics and activity indicators, TCP/UDP traffic breakdowns, and LAN station packet and byte...
11 IPtraf-ng alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Network Monitor
Platforms
- Linux
IPtraf-ng Features
Traffic Monitoring
Traffic Analysis
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IPtraf-ng VS ntop
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wavemon
wavemon is a wireless device monitoring application that allows you to watch signal and noise levels, packet statistics, device configuration and network parameters of your wireless network hardware. It should work (though with varying features) with all devices supported by the...
23 wavemon alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Network Monitor
- Network Analyzer
Platforms
- Linux
wavemon Features
Command line interface
WiFi Signal Measurement
Wireless
Network activity
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vnStat
vnStat is a console-based network traffic monitor for Linux and BSD that keeps a log of network traffic for the selected interface(s). It uses the network interface statistics provided by the kernel as information source.
10 vnStat alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Network Monitor
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
vnStat Features
Stats
Graphs
Network Graph
Network Statistics
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trafshow
TrafShow continuously display the information regarding packet traffic on the configured network interface that match the boolean expression. It periodically sorts and updates this information.
7 trafshow alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Network Monitor
Platforms
- Linux
trafshow Features
Traffic Monitoring
Traffic Analysis
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Discontinued
Official website and app unavailable.
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