PcapAI vs termshark

PcapAI analyzes PCAP and PCAPNG network captures and creates security reports. Its machine-learning models evaluate packet context and relate findings to MITRE ATT&CK techniques. Reports are downloadable PDFs with risk scores, packet evidence, findings, and remediation steps. The service detects plaintext credentials, NTLM hashes, Kerberos tickets, and session tokens, then masks discovered credentials in reports. It also surfaces retransmissions, per-flow latency, TCP Zero Window events, and ARP conflicts. The homepage offers free uploads without an account; compressed archives are not accepted, and file-size limits vary by plan. Options include web, API, Windows, macOS, Linux, and self-hosted use. An open-source MCP Server supports local analysis with AI assistants such as Claude Desktop; the maker says packet data stays on the device. The Advanced plan includes API access, and the maker describes sending findings to Splunk, Elastic SIEM, or Microsoft Sentinel. Pricing includes a $9.00 USD one-time Single Report, monthly and annual plans, and one-time packs.

termshark is a terminal interface for tshark, inspired by Wireshark, for inspecting packet captures and network traffic. It can read pcap files or sniff live interfaces when tshark is permitted, including on a remote machine where a capture need not be copied to a desktop. Users can apply Wireshark display filters, group conversations by protocol, and reassemble TCP and UDP streams. Packet search covers packet lists, structures and bytes, using text, regular expressions, hexadecimal input or display filters. The guide also describes importing a Wireshark column set when the configuration can be found, and transferring the current capture with Magic Wormhole. The project lists Linux, macOS, BSD variants, Android through Termux and Windows. It is free and MIT-licensed, and the project says its Go implementation builds as one executable on each platform. Packet analysis requires tshark 1.10.2 or higher in the user's PATH. The project notes that some tshark features are not yet exposed by termshark; the latest listed release is v2.4.0, dated July 11, 2022.