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iperf

A TCP, UDP, and SCTP network bandwidth measurement tool subtitle

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to iperf

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Summary

The top open-source alternatives to iperf are Wireshark, Zabbix, and Flent. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer for Unix and Windows. It lets you capture and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Performance Monitoring 11 social mentions

  2. 2
    Track, record, alert and visualize performance and availability of IT resources
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Free

    #Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #DevOps Tools 5 social mentions

  3. 3
    The FLExible Network Tester
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Network & Admin 7 social mentions

  4. 4
    Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Productivity 7 social mentions

  5. Ostinato is a packet crafter and traffic generator for network engineers. Wireshark in Reverse.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • $49.0 / One-off (1 user)

    #Monitoring Tools #Security #Security Monitoring 3 social mentions

  6. tcpdump is a common packet analyzer that runs under the command line.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Security

  7. 7
    Complete monitoring and alerting for servers, switches, applications, and services
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #Log Management

  8. vnStat is a console-based network traffic monitor for Linux and BSD that keeps a log of network...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #DevOps Tools 4 social mentions

  9. A benchmarking library that supports high-resolution timers & returns statistically significant results.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Network & Admin 3 social mentions

  10. 10
    See metrics from all of your apps, tools & services in one place with Datadog's cloud monitoring as a service solution. Try it for free.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial
    • $15.0 / Monthly (per host)

    #Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Error Tracking 5 social mentions

  11. An open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #Log Management 224 social mentions

  12. Suricata is a high performance Network IDS, IPS and Network Security Monitoring engine.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Cyber Security #Tool 12 social mentions

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