Paessler PRTG Network Monitor Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to Paessler PRTG Network Monitor is Zabbix, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Sniffnet, Netdata, Better Stack and Datadog. Network Monitors like Paessler PRTG Network Monitor are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Linux, the web, Mac and self-hosting.

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  1. notimon icon
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    Monitor your email alerts service and detect that it's stopped working before your users complain.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  2. BWMonitor icon
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    Bandwidth Monitor monitors your network and internet bandwidth. It tracks traffic of all network adapters and displays real-time download and upload speeds in graphical and numerical forms.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. UpDown Meter graphs network activity for a specific network adapter. It is deliberately designed to consume trace memory and processor time, so it can run as long as the system runs, providing an overview of how the connection is being used.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. FreeMeter icon
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    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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  5. BitMeter icon
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    BitMeter 2 is a bandwidth meter, it allows you to visually monitor your internet connection by displaying a scrolling graph that shows your upload and download speed over time.

    39 BitMeter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Datapath.io icon
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    Datapath.io is a network performance management tool which automates the process of performance optimization.It scans global internet infrastructure to find the fastest,least expensive network path with the least packet loss and optimized bandwidth.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. Network Scanner is an IP scanner for scanning both large corporate networks with hundred thousands of computers and small home networks with several computers. The program can scan both a list of IP addresses or computers and ranges of IP addresses.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. trafficWatcher is a small tool to monitor your network activity.

    Unlike other tools, trafficWatcher can differentiate between traffic inside your LAN and the traffic that reaches the internet. It shows the current up and download speed in a small icon in the system tray.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. 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
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  10. Network Lights is a Windows program, which blinks keyboard LEDs (Light Emitting Diode) indicating outgoing and incoming network packets on network interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Network Activity Indicator displays the old 'two monitors' icon in Windows 7 that flashes blue to show network activity in the System Tray.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. When a server goes down, it costs not only money but also productivity loss and reputational damage. The majority of the servers go down because of a full disk. Logs are getting too big, or disk images cache grows without bounds.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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