BitMeter OS

BitMeter OS

Codebox
NetFlow Analyzer

NetFlow Analyzer

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About

BitMeter OS is a free, open source bandwidth monitoring tool compatible with Windows, Linux, and macOS. It tracks your internet and network usage, presenting the data through a web-based interface or command-line tools. The Web Interface offers real-time graphs and charts, updating every second to display current connection activity. Users can access detailed bandwidth usage for specific dates and export this information to spreadsheets. The History pane visualizes usage patterns over hours, days, and months. BitMeter OS allows users to set customizable alerts for when internet usage surpasses defined thresholds. Additionally, the calculator utility estimates upload/download times and data transfer capacities. The Preferences pane enables interface customization, including a built-in RSS feed. BitMeter can only monitor network traffic going to/from the computer where it is installed. If you want to monitor multiple computers then you will need to install BitMeter on each one.

About

NetFlow Analyzer is a comprehensive traffic analysis tool that leverages flow technologies to provide real-time visibility into network bandwidth performance. NetFlow Analyzer is primarily a bandwidth monitoring tool, which has optimized thousands of networks globally, offering a holistic view of your network bandwidth and traffic patterns. NetFlow Analyzer is a unified solution that collects, analyzes, and reports on your network's bandwidth usage, and by whom. NetFlow Analyzer is your partner in optimizing bandwidth usage across a million interfaces globally, as well as providing network forensics and network traffic analysis. Reconfigure policies with traffic shaping via ACLs or class-based policies to gain control of the applications that use the most bandwidth. NetFlow Analyzer leverages Cisco NBAR technology to give you deep visibility into Layer 7 traffic and recognize applications that use dynamic port numbers or hide behind known ports.

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Supported
iPhone Supported
iPad Supported
Android Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Individuals and businesses seeking a solution to monitor and manage their internet and network bandwidth usage

Audience

Companies searching for a flow-based network traffic monitoring for deeper traffic analysis

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

Free
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

$245
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.9 / 5
ease 4.8 / 5
features 4.8 / 5
design 4.7 / 5
support 4.5 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • It allows you to get your data flow and views from high level to down to the packet. From triaging slow performance to identifying potential security incidents. It's hands down the best of the lot.
  • Demonstrates strong understanding of network traffic analysis and efficiently uses NetFlow Analyzer to monitor bandwidth usage. Identifies anomalies and performance bottlenecks quickly, ensuring smooth network operations. Collaborates well with network and security teams, providing accurate insights and detailed reports. Maintains consistent accuracy in dashboards, alerts, and threshold configurations to support proactive issue detection.
  • Shows top talkers, top protocols, top applications. Helps pinpoint where bandwidth is being consumed. Works with Cisco NetFlow, Juniper J-Flow, sFlow, IPFIX, etc. Good for mixed vendor environments. Historical trends help with capacity planning. Easy to spot usage spikes over time.
  • ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer is an ultimate option for monitoring bandwidth consumption. You can monitor it in realtime and check whether any choke is there or not. It provides information on which user or which devices is consuming the most giving the top talkers. 2. It manages the network traffic, analyzes it, checks for packet drops and helps in defining the rules and policies. 3. Helps in analyzing security issues and provides alerts if there are network threshold breaches for DDOS attacks.
  • ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer provides real-time bandwidth and traffic analysis with intuitive dashboards and support for multiple flow formats, making it easier to identify top talkers, bottlenecks, and anomalous traffic patterns. Users appreciate its historical trend reports and capacity planning insights, which help forecast future bandwidth needs and optimize network utilization, and many find its value-for-money and ease of use strong points compared with similar tools.

Cons

  • It is a lot of product and the scope of activities can be daunting.
  • Needs to further optimize report automation and configuration standardization for faster operational workflows. Could enhance documentation practices for traffic policies, alert tuning, and device integrations. May benefit from deeper exploration of advanced features like QoS monitoring and capacity planning. Workload balancing can be improved during peak monitoring or incident periods.
  • Default thresholds can be noisy. You’ll tweak alerts and reporting frequently at first. Lots of panels and charts; can be overwhelming initially. Custom dashboards take time to refine.
  • There are no cons for NetFlow Analyzer. It is very robust and secure. Provides customized dashboard options for network administrators. Consolidated view of all devices can be seen at one place. It has support for all the major network players like CISCO, Juniper, HP, Dell and more. NetFlow Analyzer also provides stats of the earlier bandwidth consumption, thus helps in deciding the capacity of the bandwidth pipe to be procured.
  • Its focus is primarily on flow-based traffic monitoring, so it doesn’t cover broader infrastructure health metrics by itself, and some users report slower performance or delays when generating large reports or filtering during peak traffic periods. Customization of alerts and reporting can be limited, and certain flow types or deep drill-downs may require extra configuration or feel less intuitive, particularly in very large or diverse environments.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Supported

Company Information

Codebox
Founded: 2004
codebox.net/pages/bitmeteros

Company Information

ManageEngine
India
www.manageengine.com/latam/netflow/

Alternatives

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Categories

Categories

Network Monitoring Features

Bandwidth Monitoring Supported
Baseline Manager Supported
Diagnostic Tools Supported
Internet Usage Monitoring Supported
IP Address Monitoring Not Supported
Real Time Analytics Supported
Resource Management Not Supported
Server Monitoring Not Supported
SLA Monitoring Supported
Uptime Monitoring Not Supported
Web Traffic Reporting Supported

Network Security Features

Access Control Supported
Analytics / Reporting Supported
Compliance Reporting Not Supported
Firewalls Not Supported
Internet Usage Monitoring Supported
Intrusion Detection System Not Supported
Threat Response Supported
VPN Not Supported
Vulnerability Scanning Supported

Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) Features

Anomalous Behavior Detection Supported
High Bandwidth Usage Monitoring Supported
Historical Behavior Data Supported
Identify High Network Traffic Sources Supported
Network Transaction Visibility Supported
Stream Data to IDR or Data Lake Not Supported
Traffic Decryption Supported

Integrations

Elastic Observability Not Supported
ManageEngine OpManager Not Supported
NXLog Not Supported
Netdata Not Supported
Observo AI Not Supported

Integrations

Elastic Observability Supported
ManageEngine OpManager Supported
NXLog Supported
Netdata Supported
Observo AI Supported
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