Network analysis tool ratings
Tools for measuring censorship and inspecting traffic.
7 network analysis are rated against 4 public criteria, and 7 have enough evidence for a letter grade. Of the 2 with a known jurisdiction, 2 are based in a Five Eyes country, and 2 in the wider Fourteen Eyes.
Open-source network analysis only · Criteria for this category · Suggest an addition · Markdown
| Name | Grade | Score | Data | Jurisdiction | Open source | No trackers or telemetry | No ads or data sales | Independent audit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Desktop application for monitoring network traffic, showing connections, hosts, applications and data usage in real time, with filters, charts and notifications. |
Grade A | 100 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Free software and global measurement network that tests websites, apps and networks for censorship, blocking and traffic manipulation, and publishes the results as open data. |
Grade B | 85 | 100% | – | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes |
Windows utility that circumvents deep packet inspection (DPI) censorship by modifying outgoing packets, blocking passive DPI redirects and working around active DPI blocking. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Interactive HTTPS proxy for intercepting, inspecting, modifying and replaying web traffic, with a console interface, a web interface and a Python scripting API. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Network scanner for host discovery, port scanning, service and operating system detection, with a scripting engine for further checks and the Zenmap graphical interface. |
Grade D | 50 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Network protocol analyzer that captures network traffic and lets users inspect packets across hundreds of protocols, live or from saved capture files. |
Grade D | 50 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Free web tool from ping.eu that checks whether a given host and port run an open proxy server, alongside other online network tools such as ping, traceroute and WHOIS. |
Grade F | 0 | 100% | – | No | No | No | No |
Questions
What is the most private option among network analysis?
No pick has been made yet. The table above is sorted by score, based on public evidence.
How are network analysis rated?
Each entry answers 4 questions: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and independent audit. Answers need links to evidence. See the full criteria.
Does jurisdiction matter?
Jurisdiction decides which laws can compel a provider to hand over data. Each entry shows its country and whether it is in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. The data a provider can hand over depends mostly on what it stores and who holds the keys. Read about jurisdictions and the CLOUD Act.