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 | |
| Allegro Network Multimeter | Allegro Packets | / v4.0.4 | web GUI | Non-free, price on request, depending on device and extensions | |
| Cain and Abel | Massimiliano Montoro | / 4.9.56 | GUI | ||
| Capsa | Colasoft | / 11.1 | GUI | ||
| Carnivore | Federal Bureau of Investigation | N/A | |||
| Charles Web Debugging Proxy | Karl van Randow | / 4.1.4 | GUI | $30–$50 | |
| Clarified Analyzer | Clarified Networks | GUI | |||
| Clusterpoint Network Traffic Surveillance System | Clusterpoint | web GUI | |||
| CommView | TamoSoft | / 6.5 Build 770 | GUI | ||
| dSniff | Dug Song | / 2.3 | CLI | ||
| EtherApe | Juan Toledo | / 0.9.18 | GUI | ||
| Ettercap | ALoR and NaGA | / 0.8.3.1-Bertillon | Both | ||
| Fiddler | Eric Lawrence / Telerik | / 5.0.20194 | GUI | ||
| justniffer | The Justniffer team | / 0.5.15 | CLI | ||
| Kismet | Mike Kershaw | / 2020-04-R3 | CLI | ||
| Microsoft Message Analyzer | Microsoft | / 1.4 | GUI | ||
| Microsoft Network Monitor | Microsoft | / 3.4 | GUI | ||
| netsniff-ng | Daniel Borkmann | / 0.6.2 | CLI | ||
| ngrep | Jordan Ritter | / 1.47 | CLI | ||
| Observer | Viavi Solutions | GUI | |||
| OmniPeek | LiveAction | / 11.1 | GUI | ||
| Sniffer | Netscout | 2013 | GUI | Proprietary | Non-free |
| SteelCentral Transaction Analyzer | OPNET Technologies/Riverbed Technology | / 17.0.T-PL1 | GUI | ||
| snoop | Sun Microsystems | / Solaris 10 | CLI | ||
| tcpdump | The Tcpdump team | / 4.99.4 | CLI | ||
| Wireshark | The Wireshark team | / 4.0.6 | Both | ||
| Xplico | The Xplico team | / 1.2.2 | Both |