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GlassWire vs vnStat

GlassWire

7.9#1 in personal firewallsFrom $2.99 a month

Free planAndroidWebWindows

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vnStat

5.7#28 in bandwidth monitoring softwareFree plan

Free planLinuxSelf-hosted

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GlassWire plans

FreeFree
Personal Plan$2.99 a month
Personal$35.88 a year
Duo$50.16 a year
Family$89.76 a year

vnStat plans

vnStatFree

Pick GlassWire if…

GlassWire suits people who want to monitor network activity on Windows or track app data use on Android. The free tier may fit users who need only short-term history; longer histories are listed with the paid plan.

Pick vnStat if…

vnStat suits users who want console-based historical traffic summaries for one or more network interfaces. It is not an application-level monitor, and its estimates cannot predict traffic peaks.

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