perfSONAR vs VisualRoute
perfSONAR
perfsonar.netVisualRoute
visualroute.visualware.comSide by side
| Figure | perfSONAR | VisualRoute |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Spec score · Network Troubleshooting Software | 7.6 (#8) | 7.0 (#13) |
| Purpose | perfSONAR is a network measurement toolkit designed to provide federated path coverage and help establish end-to-end network performance expectations. | VisualRoute visualizes traceroute data to help locate latency, packet loss, and routing problems. |
| Support | The project provides a user mailing list for questions about deployments and an announcement mailing list for releases and security updates. | The support page says the engineering team responds within 24 hours on business days. |
Plans
VisualRoute
- AdvancedPrice not published
- BusinessPrice not published
- PersonalPrice not published
- SupportProPrice not published
In their own words
perfSONAR
perfSONAR is a free, open-source network measurement toolkit for assessing performance across network paths and finding problems as they occur. It offers a common interface for scheduling measurements, storing results in uniform formats, retrieving data at scale, and generating visualizations. Operators coordinate tests across multiple nodes with a shared JSON mesh configuration; results can remain on each node or go to a central dashboard server. A standard node runs throughput or latency tests on one network interface, although simultaneous testing there may affect accuracy. The documentation covers Docker and Ansible deployment, a central archive with Grafana, and Client and esmond APIs for raw data access. perfSONAR is installed on an operator-controlled local server, so maintaining nodes and test configuration is required. It monitors packet loss and jitter, supports path visualization and synthetic tests, and is licensed under Apache License 2.0. The listed plan costs nothing.
VisualRoute
VisualRoute has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.