Traffic Shaper XP Alternatives

Traffic Shaper XP is described as 'free bandwidth limiter for Windows 2000, XP and 2003 Server. It combines high performance traffic shaping with the ease of use and flexibility to keep your network free of congestion' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Traffic Shaper XP for Windows, Linux, Xfce and Mac. The best alternative is NetLimiter. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try trickle or Wonder Shaper. Other great apps like Traffic Shaper XP are NetBalancer, cFosSpeed, BWMeter and Bandwidth Manager.

Traffic Shaper XP alternatives are mainly Firewalls but may also be Network Monitors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Traffic Shaper XP.

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Traffic Shaper XP

Freemium • Proprietary
Windows

Traffic Shaper XP is a free bandwidth limiter for Windows 2000, XP and 2003 Server. It combines high performance traffic...

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NetLimiter
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Paid • Proprietary
Firewall
Network Monitor
Windows
24 alternatives to NetLimiter
NetLimiter is an ultimate Internet traffic control and monitoring tool designed for Windows. You can use NetLimiter to set download/upload transfer rate limits for applications or even single connection and monitor their Internet traffic.
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Bandwidth limiting
Filtering
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Quotas support
Custom rules
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Priorities
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Traffic Monitoring
NetBalancer
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Paid • Proprietary
Network Monitor
Windows
21 alternatives to NetBalancer
NetBalancer is an internet traffic control and monitoring tool designed for Win7/8/10.
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NetBalancer Features
Sits in the System Tray
Interface Overlay
Bandwidth limiting
Traffic Monitoring
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cFosSpeed
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Paid • Proprietary
Firewall
Windows
11 alternatives to cFosSpeed
cFosSpeed is a network driver, which attaches itself to existing Internet connections. It then optimizes data transfer by means of Traffic Shaping. This software is designed to achieve maximum performance of your Internet connection so you take advantage of it when browsing and...
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cFosSpeed Features
Traffic Monitoring
Traffic shaping
trickle
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Free • Open Source
Linux
8 alternatives to trickle
trickle works by taking advantage of the unix loader preloading. Essentially it provides, to the application, a new version of the functionality that is required to send and receive data through sockets.
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Wonder Shaper
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Free • Proprietary
Linux
13 alternatives to Wonder Shaper
A bandwidth limiting and traffic prioritization tool for linux.
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Traffic Monitoring
BWMeter
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Paid • Proprietary
Firewall
Windows
46 alternatives to BWMeter
BWMeter is a powerful bandwidth meter, monitor, traffic controller and firewall, which measures, displays and controls all traffic to/from your computer or on your network. Unlike other products, it can analyze the data packets (where they come from, where they go, which port...
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BWMeter Features
Network activity
Traffic Monitoring
Bandwidth Manager
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
33 alternatives to Bandwidth Manager
SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager is a full-featured traffic management tool for Windows that offers cost-effective bandwidth control and quality of service based on built-in prioritized rules. These rules can specify a bandwidth limit for each Internet user.
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Bandwidth Manager Features
Traffic Monitoring
Speed Limiter
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Windows
6 alternatives to Speed Limiter
Speed Limiter application can simulate slow TCP/IP connections. All connections from that machine will go trough this app or you can configure only your application to use it as a proxy.

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L7 Filter
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Free • Open Source
Linux
6 alternatives to L7 Filter
L7-filter is a classifier for Linuxs Netfilter that identifies packets based on application layer data. It can classify packets as Kazaa, HTTP, Jabber, Citrix, BitTorrent, FTP, Gnucleus, eDonkey2000, etc., regardless of port.
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Traffic Monitoring
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Throttled Pro
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
16 alternatives to Throttled Pro
Throttled Pro optimizes your internet connection and provides QoS (Quality of Service) to Mac OS X. It provides both ACK packet prioritization and PRIQ priority services. For the non-technical reader out there, it allows for better bidirectional speeds, and allows you to...
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QoS