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About Check-Host
Check-Host.net is a web tool for checking whether a website, server or IP address is reachable. It runs ping, HTTP, TCP port, UDP port and DNS checks from servers in many countries, so you can see latency, packet loss and DNS records from different locations at once.
It also shows IP geolocation and whois data, includes a subnet calculator that converts IP ranges to CIDR and back, and offers a live server terminal for diagnostics. An API is documented for building your own monitoring.
Strengths
- Checks run from many locations around the world at once
- Covers ping, HTTP, TCP, UDP and DNS in one place
- IP geolocation, whois and a subnet calculator included
- Documented API for building your own monitoring
Limitations
- Web service only, with no self-hosted version
- Page carries advertising for hosting services
Details
- Pricing
- FreeThe checks are used in the browser at no cost.
- License
- Proprietary
- Platforms
- Web
- How it runs
- Web application
- Works offline
- No
- Best suited for
- Checking whether a site or server is reachable from outside your own network
- Categories
- Network tools, Website testing
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Check-Host
Compare allSoftware that can replace Check-Host for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Globalping
A free service for running ping, traceroute, DNS, MTR and HTTP tests from probes worldwide.
Globalping is an open-source service running ping, traceroute, MTR, DNS and HTTP tests from volunteer probes worldwide, adding a CLI and shareable results.
RIPE Atlas
A global network of measurement probes for testing internet connectivity and reachability from many locations.
RIPE Atlas measures reachability from a large global probe network with public data and an API, but custom measurements need an account and it targets network operators.
Check-Host as an alternative
Listings that name Check-Host as an alternative.
DNSChecker
A web tool that checks DNS propagation by querying public resolvers in many countries.
Check-Host runs DNS checks from many worldwide locations alongside ping, HTTP, TCP and UDP tests, with an API, but the page carries hosting advertising.
Is It Down Right Now
A web tool that checks whether a website is down for everyone or only for you.
Check-Host tests a host from many worldwide locations with ping, HTTP, TCP, UDP and DNS, giving more technical detail but no user comments.
KeyCDN Performance Test
A free web tool that measures DNS, connection, TLS and TTFB times for one URL from 10 locations.
Check-Host checks HTTP, ping, TCP and DNS from many locations at once, focusing on reachability rather than KeyCDN's timing breakdown, and carries hosting ads.
whatsmydns.net
A free online tool that checks DNS propagation against nameservers in many countries.
Check-Host runs DNS checks from many locations alongside ping, HTTP, TCP and UDP tests and offers a documented API, though its pages carry hosting advertising.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Downdetector
A website that shows whether online services, networks and games are down, based on real-time user reports.
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.
