Packet Capture Alternatives

Packet Capture is described as 'Packet capture/Network traffic sniffer app with SSL decryption. Not that feature rich yet, but it's a powerful debugging tool especially when developing an app' and is a network analyzer in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Packet Capture for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best Packet Capture alternative is Wireshark, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Packet Capture are mitmproxy, InterceptSuite , tcpdump and NetworkMiner.

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    Driftnet is a program which listens to network traffic and picks out images from TCP streams it observes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    tcpflow, a TCP Flow Recorder, is a program that captures data transmitted as part of TCP connections (flows), and stores the data in a way that is convenient for protocol analysis or debugging. A program like 'tcpdump' shows a summary of packets seen on the wire, but...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Radware icon
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    Complete DDoS protection and load balancing solutions to ensure optimal security for applications in virtual, cloud and software defined data centers.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
  4. Packet Peeper icon
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    Packet Peeper is a free network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for Mac OS X.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. WebSiteSniffer is a packet sniffer tool that captures all Web site files downloaded by your Web browser while browsing the Internet, and stores them on your hard drive under the folder that you choose.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Native Cocoa app for capturing and analyzing packets. Similar to Wireshark, but with a native interface (and less features). If you don't like the X11 GTK Wireshark, this is your app.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Packet sniffer tool that captures all HTTP requests/responses sent between the Web browser and the Web server and displays them in a simple table.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. The Network Diagnostic Tool (NDT) is a client/server program that provides network configuration and performance testing to a users desktop or laptop computer. The system is composed of a client program (command line or java applet) and a pair of server programs (a webserver...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
  9. MicroOLAP TCPDUMP is a clone of tcpdump , the most used network sniffer/analyzer for UNIX, compiled with the original tcpdump code (http://www.tcpdump.org/), and MicroOLAP Packet Sniffer SDK.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Pirni Pro icon
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    Pirni Pro is a network security tool designed for iOS, and specifically for iPhone and iPod Touch devices. It is capable of intercepting traffic on a wireless network segment, capturing passwords, and regular expressions entered by the user.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
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    EtherPEG is a free program for the Macintosh that shows you all the JPEGs (and GIFs) going by on your network.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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