Best Network Monitoring in 2026 · page 2

Cacti

Cacti is a free, self-hosted framework for network graphing and operational monitoring, built around RRDtool.

FreeMeter

FreeMeter is a Windows system resource meter for viewing computer activity and capacity.

WhatsUp Gold

WhatsUp Gold monitors availability and performance across networks, systems, applications, and cloud environments.

Google Cloud Network Intelligence Center

SmokePing

SmokePing measures network latency, latency variation, and packet loss, then stores and displays those results.

DU Meter

Intermapper

Intermapper helps IT and infrastructure teams discover network devices, map their relationships, monitor health and performance, and receive alerts when conditions change.

MRTG

MRTG is a free, self-hosted tool that monitors traffic load on network links and produces HTML pages with PNG graphs.

NetVizura NetFlow Analyzer

NetVizura NetFlow Analyzer is a self-hosted tool for visualizing network traffic by device, interface, subnet, traffic segment, and end user.

MultiPing

Progress Flowmon

Progress Flowmon is a network and security monitoring platform that uses AI-based detection to identify threats and anomalies while providing network…

ExtraHop RevealX

ExtraHop RevealX combines network detection and response, network performance management, intrusion detection and packet forensics.

NetCrunch

NetTraffic

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) is paid, self-hosted software for monitoring complex, hybrid, multi-vendor networks.

NetLimiter

NetLimiter is paid Windows software for monitoring internet traffic and controlling bandwidth.

Shinken

Broadcom DX NetOps

Cisco ThousandEyes

NetBeez

ITRS OP5 Monitor

Auvik Network Management

LiveAction LiveNX

NetWorx

AutoScan-Network