SmokePing AlternativesNetwork Monitors and other similar apps like SmokePing

SmokePing is described as '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' and is a Network Monitor in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to SmokePing for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Homebrew and Docker apps. The best SmokePing alternative is PingPlotter. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try mtr or Ping Tracer. Other great apps like SmokePing are iPerf3, Tracebar, PingInfoView and vmPing.

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  1. PingPlotter icon
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    PingPlotter is a graphical traceroute and ping tool that visualizes network performance in a way that makes identifying the source of problems quicker and easier.

    39 PingPlotter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  2. mtr icon
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    mtr combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single network diagnostic tool.

    38 mtr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    31 Ping Tracer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. iPerf3 icon
     22 likes

    The iperf series of tools perform active measurements to determine the maximum achievable bandwidth on IP networks. It supports tuning of various parameters related to timing, protocols, and buffers. For each test it reports the measured throughput, loss, and other parameters.

    28 iPerf3 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Wine
    • FreeBSD
    • Docker
     
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  5. Tracebar icon
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    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.

    39 Tracebar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
  6. PingInfoView icon
     10 likes

    PingInfoView is a small utility that allows you to easily ping multiple host names and IP addresses, and watch the result in one table.

    15 PingInfoView alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
     
  7. vmPing icon
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    vmPing (Visual Multi Ping) is a graphical ping utility for monitoring multiple hosts. Numerous host monitors can be added and removed, and each monitor dynamically resizes with the application window. Color-coding allows you to tell at a glance the status of each host.

    15 vmPing alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  8. Trippy icon
     3 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Homebrew
     
  9. Ping Monitor icon
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    This is a simple ping application that displays real-time ping times to a specified host using a Deno backend, a WebSocket connection, and a WebView frontend with a Chart.js graph.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  10. Pingnoo icon
     4 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Multiping icon
     5 likes

    MultiPing is an application built for monitoring one or more TCP/IP hosts, while providing detailed historical information about the collection period. Using the proven and powerful PingPlotter engine technology, MultiPing allows you to monitor numerous targets simultaneously...

    23 Multiping alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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