Alternatives to Globalping
A free service for running ping, traceroute, DNS, MTR and HTTP tests from probes worldwide. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Globalping
A free service for running ping, traceroute, DNS, MTR and HTTP tests from probes worldwide.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Globalping.
RIPE Atlas
A global network of measurement probes for testing internet connectivity and reachability from many locations.
RIPE Atlas runs measurements from a large global probe network with public data and an API, but custom measurements need an account and it is not open source.
Check-Host
Online tool that checks a host with ping, HTTP, TCP, UDP and DNS from servers worldwide.
Check-Host runs ping, HTTP, TCP, UDP and DNS checks from servers worldwide with an API, but it is a closed web service carrying advertising.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Globalping as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Down For Everyone Or Just Me
Online check that tells you whether a website or service is down for everyone or only you.
Globalping is open source and runs ping, traceroute, DNS and HTTP tests from probes worldwide through a web interface, CLI and API.
Is It Down Right Now
A web tool that checks whether a website is down for everyone or only for you.
Globalping is open source and runs ping, traceroute, DNS, MTR and HTTP tests from volunteer probes worldwide, with a CLI and API alongside the web interface.
KeyCDN Performance Test
A free web tool that measures DNS, connection, TLS and TTFB times for one URL from 10 locations.
Globalping is open source and runs HTTP, DNS, ping and traceroute tests from many worldwide probes, with a CLI and API, though it depends on volunteer probe availability.
whatsmydns.net
A free online tool that checks DNS propagation against nameservers in many countries.
Globalping is open source and runs DNS queries from volunteer probes worldwide, with a web interface, CLI and API, plus ping, traceroute and HTTP tests.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
mtr
Combines traceroute and ping into one continuously updating report.
Trippy
Combines traceroute and ping into one live interface showing loss and latency at every hop along a route.
DNSChecker
A web tool that checks DNS propagation by querying public resolvers in many countries.
Hurricane Electric BGP Toolkit
A web lookup for ASNs, prefixes, peers and internet routing data run by Hurricane Electric.
