Comparison of packet analyzers

The following tables compare general and technical information for several packet analyzer software utilities, also known as network analyzers or packet sniffers. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.

General information

Basic general information about the software—creator/company, license/price, etc.

Creator Latest release User interface Software license Cost
Analyze This Comoe Networks Web GUI N/A?
Cain and Abel Massimiliano Montoro 4.9.56 / April 7, 2014 GUI FreewareFree
Capsa Colasoft 11.1 / April 24, 2018[1] GUI Proprietary $0-$995, depending on version[2]
Carnivore Federal Bureau of Investigation ? ? N/A?
Charles Web Debugging Proxy Karl van Randow 4.1.4 / July 10, 2017 GUI ? $30-$50 (Free Trial)
Clarified Analyzer Clarified Networks GUI ProprietaryNon-free
Clusterpoint Network Traffic Surveillance System Clusterpoint web GUI Proprietary?
CommView TamoSoft 6.5 GUI Proprietary $299-$599, $149 1 year subscription
Debookee iwaxx 6.0.0b2 (2278) / July 21, 2017[3] GUI Proprietary$29.90-$69.90
dSniff Dug Song 2.3 / December 17, 2000[4] CLI BSD License Free
EtherApe Juan Toledo 0.9.14 / February 6, 2016[5] GUI GNU General Public License Free
Ettercap ALoR and NaGA 0.8.2-Ferri / March 14, 2015[6] Both GNU General Public License Free
Fiddler Eric Lawrence 5.0.20182 / 28 June 2018 GUI Freeware Free
justniffer The Justniffer team 0.5.15 / March 21, 2016[7] CLI GNU General Public License Free
Kismet Mike Kershaw (dragorn) 2016-01-R1 / January 31, 2016[8] CLI GNU General Public License Free
Microsoft Message Analyzer Microsoft 1.4 / October 28, 2016 [9] GUI Proprietary Free
Microsoft Network Monitor Microsoft 3.4 / June 24, 2010 GUI Proprietary Free
netsniff-ng Daniel Borkmann 0.6.2 / November 7, 2016 CLI GNU General Public License Free
ngrep Jordan Ritter 1.45 (11/18/06) CLI BSD-style Free
Observer Viavi Solutions (formerly Network Instruments) GUI Proprietary Price on request
OmniPeek (formerly AiroPeek, EtherPeek) Savvius (formerly WildPackets) 11.1 / November, 2017 GUI Proprietary $1194-$5994, depending on version[10]
SteelCentral Transaction Analyzer OPNET Technologies/Riverbed Technology 17.0.T-PL1 / June 9, 2014[11] GUI Proprietary Non-free
snoop Sun Microsystems Solaris 10 / December 11, 2006 CLI CDDL Free
tcpdump The Tcpdump team 4.8.1 / October 25, 2016[12] CLI BSD License Free
Tranalyzer The Tranalyzer team 0.7.5 / February 10, 2018[13] CLI GNU General Public License Free
Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) The Wireshark team 2.4.5 / February 23, 2018[14] Both GNU General Public License Free
Xplico The Xplico team 1.2.0 / February 1, 2017[15] Both GNU General Public License Free

Operating system support

The utilities can run on these operating systems.

Client Microsoft Windows macOS Linux BSDs Solaris Other
Cain and Abel Yes No No No No No
Capsa Free Edition Yes No No No No No
Carnivore Yes No No No No No
Charles Web Debugging Proxy Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Clarified Analyzer Yes Yes Yes No No ?
Clusterpoint Network Traffic
Surveillance System		 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Any virtual-machine compatible OS
CommView Yes No No No No No
Debookee No Yes No No No No
dSniff ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
EtherApe No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Ettercap Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
justniffer No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Kismet Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
LANMeter No No No No No Fluke proprietary hardware
netsniff-ng No No Yes No No No
ngrep Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AIX, BeOS, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64 UNIX
Microsoft Network Monitor Yes No No No No No
Observer Yes No No No No No
OmniPeek (formerly AiroPeek, EtherPeek) Yes No No No No No
SteelCentral Transaction Analyzer Yes Version 3.5 capture agents on PowerPC only GUI, plus version 3.5 capture agents No Version 3.5 capture agents on SPARC only Version 3.5 capture agents on AIX and PA-RISC HP-UX only
snoop No No No No Yes No
tcpdump Yes (WinDump) Yes Yes Yes Yes AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64 UNIX
Tranalyzer No Yes Yes ? ? ?
Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64 UNIX
Xplico No No Yes No No No

Features

Process grouping Monitor mode Capture filter
Wireshark ???

References

  1. ↑ "Colasoft Announces Release of Capsa Network Analyzer v11.1 with Enhanced Usability" (Press release). April 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Capsa Enterprise Edition & Standard Edition & Free Edition - Colasoft".
  3. ↑ "Release History". debookee.com. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  4. ↑ "CHANGES". www.monkey.org.
  5. ↑ "EtherApe, a graphical network monitor". etherape.sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  6. ↑ "Downloads « Ettercap". ettercap.github.io. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
  7. ↑ "justniffer - Browse /justniffer at SourceForge.net". sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  8. ↑ "Kismet". www.kismetwireless.net. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  9. ↑ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44226
  10. ↑ "store.savvius.com".
  11. ↑ https://support.riverbed.com/content/support/software/steelcentral-npm/transaction-analyzer.html
  12. ↑ tcpdump. "Tcpdump/Libpcap public repository". www.tcpdump.org. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  13. ↑ Tranalyzer. "Tranalyzer repository". www.tranalyzer.com. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  14. ↑ https://www.wireshark.org/news/20180223.html
  15. ↑ https://www.xplico.org/archives/1513
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