GL PacketScan vs Kismet

GL PacketScan

5.8 #18 in Network Packet Analyzer Software

About GL PacketScan

Kismet

7.1 #4 in Network Protocol Analyzers

About Kismet
GL PacketScanKismet
Free planNoYes
Free trialNoNo
Paid from—Free
Open sourceNoNo
PlatformsWeb, Windows, Linuxapi, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Windows
Deploymentbothboth
Capture sourcesbothboth
PCAP supportYesYes
Traffic decryptionYesYes
Remote captureYesYes
Flow analysisYesYes
Free plan—Yes
CLI tools—Yes

Both are listed in Best Network Protocol Analyzers. On Everything Xiaomi, Kismet scores higher on our published basis.