NETCAP vs PacketSafari
NETCAP
netcap.io
PacketSafari
packetsafari.comSide by side
| Figure | NETCAP | PacketSafari |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €49/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 4 |
| Spec score · Network Packet Analyzer Software | 9.2 (#2) | 8.6 (#5) |
| API | The project exposes a Go Writer API for writing Protocol Buffer and CSV audit records, including headers and buffered channels. | The on-prem HTTP streaming API uses POST /api/v2/ai/agent/run with bearer authentication and supports cli, tshark, and standard modes. |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Valencia, Spain |
| Integrations | Pro lists handoffs or integrations with Wireshark, Metasploit, hashcat, John, and BetterCrack; Core includes a Maltego transformation plugin. | Security intelligence sources can include ET Open, abuse.ch SSLBL and URLhaus, and Stamus lateral-movement feeds. |
| Purpose | NETCAP converts network packet streams into structured audit records for network analysis, security research, machine learning, and forensics. | PacketSafari investigates packet captures for root-cause, performance, and security questions and returns findings linked to packet evidence. |
| Self-hosting | Core can be built from source, installed as precompiled binaries, or run from Alpine and Ubuntu Docker images. | Enterprise On-Prem keeps captures, identity, storage, retention, AI endpoints, and egress inside customer-controlled infrastructure. |
| System requirements | Current downloads list macOS 14 or newer for Apple Silicon and Intel, Windows 10/11 64-bit, and Debian or Ubuntu amd64. | The Anonymizer supports macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon and Windows 10 or 11 on x64; anoncap CLI bundles target Linux x64, macOS Apple silicon or Intel, and Windows x64. |
| What it does | NETCAP converts live network traffic or PCAP files into structured, type-safe audit records for security research, forensics, monitoring and machine-learning workflows. | PacketSafari analyzes PCAP, PCAPNG, and CAP files for root-cause and security investigations, returning packet-linked evidence and reports. |
Plans
PacketSafari
- Free EvaluationFree
- Dedicated Enterprise SaaSPriced on request
- Enterprise On-PremPriced on request
- Teams SaaSPriced on request
In their own words
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.
PacketSafari
PacketSafari has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.