Best Free Download-Upload Meter [1]
Introduction
The products in this category are great little helpers providing a graphical representation of the network traffic going in and out of you PC. When I was reviewing possible contenders in this category I noticed two things. Firstly, it seems that each tool has a slightly different understanding of how to compute the bandwidth used (in and out). Secondly, most of them had problems to detect network devices under Windows. Quality wise they all don't give or take each other much. I found two of them a bit better than the other and made them number 1 and 2.
Rated Products
Platforms/Download: Windows (Desktop) [6] | [7]
Version reviewed: 5.5.5
Gizmos Freeware [8]
| Our Rating: 4/5 |
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Actively developed and improved, this little taskbar monitor shows your download and upload traffic. Networx offers a lot of settings to tailor it to your needs. Up to version 5.5.5 the product is absolutley free. Newer versions are commercial now (since Dec 2016).
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Actively developed and improved, this little taskbar monitor shows your download and upload traffic. Networx offers a lot of settings to tailor it to your needs. Up to version 5.5.5 the product is absolutley free. Newer versions are commercial now (since Dec 2016).
Read full review... [5]
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NetMeter [9] [10]
NetMeter is a simple beauty, graphically as well as in regards to quality and usability.
Platforms/Download: Windows (Desktop) [11] | [7]
Version reviewed: 2.0
Gizmos Freeware [8]
| Our Rating: 3/5 |
The network meter NetMeter is a simple beauty, graphically as well as in regards to quality and usability. Development paused since 2009 but was picked up again in 2013 resulting in version 2.0 evo. It does not offer as many settings as Networx but the stay-on-top histogram window with its customizable transparency is an awesome idea to keep your network traffic in sight.
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The network meter NetMeter is a simple beauty, graphically as well as in regards to quality and usability. Development paused since 2009 but was picked up again in 2013 resulting in version 2.0 evo. It does not offer as many settings as Networx but the stay-on-top histogram window with its customizable transparency is an awesome idea to keep your network traffic in sight.
Read full review... [10]
Platforms/Download: Windows (Desktop) [14] | [7]
Version reviewed: 1.4.2710
Gizmos Freeware [8]
| Our Rating: 2.5/5 |
FreeMeter does not need to be installed. Just doublclick the executable file to start the histogram. You can resize it but only up to 500*450 pixel. A righ-click in it opens a context menu with many settings to adjust. Unfortunately you cannot minimize it to tray like NetWorx. Also the predefined max values for a fixed scale miss the so important values between 100 Mbit and 1 Gbit.
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FreeMeter does not need to be installed. Just doublclick the executable file to start the histogram. You can resize it but only up to 500*450 pixel. A righ-click in it opens a context menu with many settings to adjust. Unfortunately you cannot minimize it to tray like NetWorx. Also the predefined max values for a fixed scale miss the so important values between 100 Mbit and 1 Gbit.
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Platforms/Download: Windows (Desktop) [17] | [7]
Version reviewed: 2.0.1
Gizmos Freeware [8]
| Our Rating: 2/5 |
iTraffic Monitor hits the spot in combining the most important features of all the tools here and put them in a fast, easy and attractive piece of software. Customizable graph, network settings, and as one of the only few that identified all my network devices.
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iTraffic Monitor hits the spot in combining the most important features of all the tools here and put them in a fast, easy and attractive piece of software. Customizable graph, network settings, and as one of the only few that identified all my network devices.
Read full review... [16]
Related Products and Links
There are lot of these little monitoring tools out there, too many to list them all here. A quick Internet search will surely make you find others.