VisualRoute
The facts below are what the maker publishes about VisualRoute, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From VisualRoute's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced | — | Adds continuous trace and ping testing, trace history, and DNS response testing · Perpetual license; price depends on selected options |
| Business | — | Adds Visualware server traces, OmniPath, NetVu, report comparison, port testing, and browser-based tests · Perpetual license; price depends on selected options |
| Personal | — | Core traceroute and visualization features · no continuous trace or ping testing · no trace history · Perpetual license; price depends on selected options |
| SupportPro | — | Includes Business features and remote agents for distributed testing · Perpetual license; price depends on selected options |
The facts
Each one read from VisualRoute's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audience
- The maker describes VisualRoute as used by enterprises, ISPs, and network professionals.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Built-in tools
- The product includes Whois lookups, DNS response testing, and application port probing.checked 9 Oct 2026
- IPv6
- VisualRoute traces IPv6, and Business and SupportPro editions can run traces from Visualware IPv6-enabled servers.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Licensing
- Licenses are perpetual, and optional annual support covers priority support and free upgrades to new major releases.checked 9 Oct 2026
- NetVu
- NetVu diagrams active routes, highlights shared hops and single points of failure, and shows live latency and loss.checked 9 Oct 2026
- OmniPath
- OmniPath discovers multiple paths to a destination and can expose load balancers and failover routes.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- VisualRoute visualizes traceroute data to help locate latency, packet loss, and routing problems.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The stated minimums include 1 GB RAM, 200 MB free disk space, a 1.5 GHz processor, and an active internet connection.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Seat limits
- The pricing page says site licenses and volume pricing are available for orders above 25 seats by quote.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The support page says the engineering team responds within 24 hours on business days.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Views
- It provides table, graph, route intelligence, global route map, ping plot, OmniPath, and trace history views.checked 9 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform
- The current download is a 64-bit Windows 10 or Windows 11 installer and requires 64-bit Java 8 or later.checked 9 Oct 2026
Money
- Trial
- The 15-day trial provides the full Advanced Edition feature set and requires no credit card.checked 9 Oct 2026
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