BrByte Captor vs nfdump
BrByte Captor
captor.brbyte.comnfdump
github.comSide by side
| Figure | BrByte Captor | nfdump |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | 199 BRL/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · Network Traffic Analysis Software | 7.8 (#10) | 7.5 (#15) |
| Support | BrByte support covers installation problems and product questions; network implementation consultancy is charged separately. | The project points users to its man pages, GitHub issues and pull requests, and the email address in AUTHORS for questions. |
Plans
BrByte Captor
- Level 1199 BRL a month
- Level 2299 BRL a month
- Level 3399 BRL a month
In their own words
BrByte Captor
BrByte Captor has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
nfdump
nfdump is free BSD-licensed software for collecting, processing, and analyzing network-flow data in Linux self-hosted deployments. It handles NetFlow versions 1, 5, 7, and 9, IPFIX, and sFlow versions 4 and 6, and can convert live or PCAP-file traffic into flow data. Analysis includes tcpdump-like filtering, user-defined aggregation, flow statistics, conversation analysis, and bandwidth monitoring. Optional databases can add geolocation, autonomous-system, and Tor exit-node details. Results can be written as text, CSV, JSON, or user-defined formats. The suite includes nfcapd, sfcapd, nfdump, nfanon, nfexpire, and nfreplay. Collected files support LZO, LZ4, ZSTD, and bzip2 compression; ZSTD and bzip2 need system libraries. Metric export is documented through nfinflux for InfluxDB and nfexporter for Prometheus-compatible tools, and compatibility with NfSen is documented. Root privileges are unnecessary unless binding below port 1024. nfcapd has no built-in access control, so host-level filtering should protect source addresses. Version 1.7.x reads files from nfdump 1.6.18 or newer.