DNSViz vs Globalping
DNSViz
dnsviz.net
Globalping
globalping.ioSide by side
| Figure | DNSViz | Globalping |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $10/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · Network Diagnostic Software | 8.7 (#5) | 9.3 (#1) |
| Intended users | The project describes DNSViz as a resource for understanding and troubleshooting DNSSEC deployment. | The about page says the platform is designed for solo developers through enterprise companies and aims to keep it useful to most users for free. |
| Open source | The DNSViz source repository identifies its license as GPL-2.0. | The maker describes every Globalping component as open source and actively developed on GitHub with its community and users. |
| Purpose | DNSViz visualizes DNS zone status to help understand and troubleshoot DNSSEC deployment. | Globalping runs network tests from a globally distributed network of probes to monitor, debug, and benchmark internet infrastructure. |
| Support | The website invites users to submit questions, comments, and feedback. | The project directs users to GitHub issues for API or tool problems and also provides [email protected] for private contact. |
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In their own words
DNSViz
DNSViz is a free, open-source tool for visualizing DNS zone status and investigating DNSSEC deployment. It lays out a domain's authentication chain and resolution path, and identifies configuration errors. The graph can show delegations, record sets, negative responses, DNSKEY and DS records, signatures, wildcards, warnings and errors. It classifies DNS data as secure, bogus or insecure according to whether a trust chain reaches an anchor. The web service can run new analyses, but its maintenance mode means historical analyses cannot be loaded and new results cannot be saved to its database. For command-line use, the suite includes tools to query DNS, assess results and produce graph or text output. Queries use recursive resolvers by default, or authoritative servers when requested; graph output can be an image, DOT graph or HTML file. DNSViz documents installation on Linux, macOS and FreeBSD, among other Python-supported environments, and provides a Docker container. It is intended for understanding and troubleshooting DNSSEC, including pre-deployment checks of proposed zone and delegation changes.
Globalping
Globalping runs network tests from probes in locations around the world to help monitor, debug, and benchmark internet infrastructure. It offers ping, traceroute, DNS, MTR, and HTTP tests, with locations selectable by country, continent, city, US state, region, ASN, ISP, tag, or cloud region. A measurement can request up to 500 probes. The Free plan costs nothing: unregistered users can use up to 50 probes per measurement and run 250 free tests per hour; registered users can use up to 500 probes and 500 free tests per hour. Additional tests cost one credit each. The platform includes a REST API, command-line interface, and integrations such as Slack, Discord, Zapier, n8n, and GitHub Bot. The CLI supports Linux, Mac, and Windows and can script tests. Globalping’s maker describes its components as open source and actively developed with its community. It says commercial use is supported within its terms of service.