Alternatives to NTttcp
A Microsoft command-line tool for benchmarking network throughput on Windows. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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NTttcp
A Microsoft command-line tool for benchmarking network throughput on Windows.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as NTttcp.
iPerf3
Measures how fast a network link really is between two machines you control, which a speed test cannot.
iPerf3 is the standard cross-tool benchmark with TCP, UDP and SCTP and JSON output, officially supported on Linux, FreeBSD and macOS with third-party Windows builds.
nuttcp
Command-line tool for measuring TCP and UDP network throughput.
nuttcp measures TCP and UDP throughput on Windows, macOS and Linux, suited to scripting, and also needs the tool running at both ends.
Flent
Network benchmarking tool that runs repeatable tests with netperf and iperf and plots the results.
Flent runs repeatable tests built on netperf and iperf with plotting and a GUI, but is Linux-oriented and needs a test server.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
OpenSpeedTest
HTML5 speed test that can be self-hosted from a Docker image.
LibreSpeed
Self-hostable speed test with no Flash, Java or Websocket.
Packet Sender
A utility for sending and receiving TCP, UDP, SSL and DTLS packets to test network services.
oha
Measure web application performance with a terminal load generator.
