mtr combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single network diagnostic tool.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux


The best free alternative to PingPlotter is mtr, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to PingPlotter and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to PingPlotter are Ping Tracer, Nagios, SmokePing and Paessler PRTG Network Monitor.
mtr combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single network diagnostic tool.


Ping Tracer continuously pings each network host between your computer and a given destination, helping visually identify the source of connectivity problems.

Nagios is a powerful monitoring system licensed under Nagios Enterprises that helps organizations identify and resolve IT infrastructure issues.



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...




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.




Open source cross-platform (Windows/Linux/Mac) Java Visual Traceroute, packet sniffer and Whois. Data is displayed in a 3D or a 2D map component.





Munin is a networked resource monitoring tool that can help analyze resource trends and "what just happened to kill our performance?" problems. It is designed to be very plug and play. A default installation provides a lot of graphs with almost no work.


Pingnoo is an open-source Windows, macOS and Linux visual trace route analyser.



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




TraceBar puts a live traceroute in your macOS menubar. It continuously monitors the network path to any host, showing every hop’s latency, packet loss, and route changes in real time.




It is well maintained, easy to use, has a simple user interface and is open source