CloudShark vs NETCAP
CloudShark
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NETCAP
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| Figure | CloudShark | NETCAP |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | €49/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · Network Packet Analyzer Software | 7.4 (#22) | 9.2 (#2) |
| API | The v2 packet analysis API provides programmatic access to the Packet Viewer analysis engine using token-based authentication with configurable permissions. | The project exposes a Go Writer API for writing Protocol Buffer and CSV audit records, including headers and buffered channels. |
| Purpose | CloudShark organizes, shares, and analyzes packet captures for IT teams, cybersecurity experts, enterprises, and educators. | NETCAP converts network packet streams into structured audit records for network analysis, security research, machine learning, and forensics. |
| Support | The maintenance and support agreement includes unlimited software support by email during business hours and software releases at no extra charge during the contract period. | Pro includes email support, Enterprise offers priority support with an SLA, and Core lists community support. |
Plans
In their own words
CloudShark
CloudShark has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
NETCAP
NETCAP converts network packet streams into structured audit records for network analysis, security research, machine learning and forensics. Its free Core edition covers 66+ record types for protocols including TCP, UDP, HTTP, TLS, DNS and DHCP. Core captures live traffic, processes PCAP files, supports distributed collection and HTTP proxy capture, and outputs Protocol Buffers, CSV, JSON streams and Prometheus metrics. It is an open-source CLI under GPL-3.0, with platform binaries and Docker images.
Pro adds interactive graph analysis, a network activity timeline, investigation notes and more than 35 analysis modules. It can flag anomalies in decoded traffic and draft incident reports for editing; the maker says Pro analyzes captures locally without an upload step. Pro is available for macOS, Windows and Linux and includes email support. The plan is listed at $548 a month, with a €48/year option also shown, and a 14-day trial without a credit card. Enterprise has custom pricing and includes unlimited team seats, priority support with an SLA, custom integrations and volume licensing.