NetScanTools Pro vs Wireshark
NetScanTools Pro
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| Figure | NetScanTools Pro | Wireshark |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 10 | 2 |
| Spec score · Network Troubleshooting Software | 8.0 (#7) | 8.2 (#5) |
| Founded | 1995 | 1998 |
| Purpose | NetScanTools Pro is a Windows-based suite for network diagnostics, internet research, and IT security work. | Wireshark captures and interactively browses network traffic as a network protocol analyzer. |
| Support | Phone support is available to customers or registered users after email support is deemed insufficient, during weekday business hours from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pacific Time. | Community support is available through the Q&A site and Wireshark users mailing list. |
Plans
NetScanTools Pro
- Upgrade to new version$239, paid once
- Quick Start Plan (1 user)$299, paid once
- Quick Start Plan (4 users)$549, paid once
- Standard Plan (1 user)$599, paid once
- Premium Plan (1 user)$999, paid once
- Standard Plan (4 users)$1,049, paid once
- Quick Start Plan (10 users)$1,295, paid once
- Premium Plan (4 users)$1,899, paid once
- Standard Plan (10 users)$2,499, paid once
- Premium Plan (10 users)$4,495, paid once
In their own words
NetScanTools Pro
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Wireshark
Wireshark is a free network protocol analyzer for capturing and examining network traffic. It supports live capture and offline analysis through a graphical interface or the TShark terminal utility, and can inspect hundreds of protocols. Display filters narrow what appears during analysis, though their syntax differs from capture filters. Wireshark reads and writes capture formats including pcap and pcapng, and can decompress gzip-compressed files. Analysis features include VoIP tools, packet coloring rules, and exports to XML, PostScript, CSV, or plain text. It can decrypt traffic for protocols including IPsec, Kerberos, SSL/TLS, WEP, and WPA/WPA2. The software is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows under GNU General Public License version 2, with no license fee for the full version. Windows packages include Npcap, which is needed for live packet capture. What a capture can show depends on the operating system, capture library, network interface, and network configuration; switched networks may not expose unicast traffic between other ports. Community help is available through a Q&A site and users mailing list.