PeerBlock AlternativesTop Firewalls and other similar apps like PeerBlock

PeerBlock is described as 'Lets you control who your computer "talks to" on the Internet. By selecting appropriate lists of "known bad" computers, you can block communication with advertising or spyware oriented servers, computers monitoring your p2p activities, computers' and is a very popular Firewall in the file sharing category. There are five alternatives to PeerBlock for Windows, Linux, iPhone, iPad and Mac. The best PeerBlock alternative is simplewall, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PeerBlock are PeerGuardian, BeeThink IP Blocker, iplist and Sparetoolz.

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  1. simplewall icon

    simplewall

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    Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    Tiziano
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    Completely different approach but with similar results

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    • Almost everyone thinks simplewall is a great PeerBlock alternative.

    • simplewall is the most popular Windows alternative to PeerBlock.

    • simplewall is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PeerBlock.

    • simplewall is Free and Open SourcePeerBlock is also Free and Open Source
    • simplewall is Lightweight and Privacy focusedPeerBlock is not according to our users
  2. PeerGuardian icon

    PeerGuardian

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    PeerGuardian is a privacy oriented firewall application. It blocks connections to and from hosts specified in huge blocklists (thousands or millions of IP ranges). Its origin seeds in targeting aggressive IPs while you use P2P.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Guest
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    Discontinued but still available, and still an alternative.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think PeerGuardian is a great PeerBlock alternative.

    • PeerGuardian is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to PeerBlock.

    • PeerGuardian is Free and Open SourcePeerBlock is also Free and Open Source
  4. BeeThink IP Blocker icon

    BeeThink IP Blocker

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    BeeThink IP Blocker is a Windows IP Blocking program which controls one computer interacts with other computers over the network. It can be successfully used on Windows server machines, in a production environment, to easily ban unwanted IP addresses or visitors by country with...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • BeeThink IP Blocker is the most popular commercial alternative to PeerBlock.

    • BeeThink IP Blocker is Paid and ProprietaryPeerBlock is Free and Open Source
    • BeeThink IP Blocker is Privacy focusedPeerBlock is not according to our users
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    iplist

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    iplist is a Linux application for blocking connections to and from a specified range of hosts using the netfilter netlink-queue library. iplist is an open source IP filtering program similar to PeerGuardian .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. Sparetoolz icon

    Sparetoolz

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    Sparetoolz is a new app based on the peer-to-peer sharing economy. It’s a safe, secure platform that connects tools owners (who have tools) with tools renters (who need them).Tool owners can have an instant side hustle with virtually no overhead, making money from tools they...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Guest
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    Peerblock blocks network connections, Sparetoolz does not do this or anything remotely close to it and is for something else entirely.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Sparetoolz is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to PeerBlock.

    • Sparetoolz is Free and ProprietaryPeerBlock is Free and Open Source
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