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NetQMon Cloud vs PingWise

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NetQMon Cloud compared with PingWise
DetailNetQMon Cloud logo NetQMon CloudPingWise logo PingWise
What it doesLightweight eBPF flow engine for OpenWrt and Linux routers with real-time traffic monitoring and kernel shaping Quorum-based uptime monitoring from 15 probes on 6 continents
StageNot given Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
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Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingFree: Community plan with 2,600+ open source rules and core features. Pro Monthly: $3.99/mo with 3,800+ rules and weekly updates. Pro Annual: $29.99/yr with all Pro entitlements. Pro Lifetime: $69.99 one-time with permanent license and 1 year of rule updates. 650,000 free credits monthly, then prepaid packs from €5. A 1-minute monitor uses 43,200 credits/month. Bought credits valid for 24 months.
Key features
  • Real-time eBPF network telemetry with zero-copy line rate processing
  • Zero-agent device profiling using DHCP fingerprinting and mDNS
  • Encrypted traffic identification without SSL decryption
  • Sub-second quality telemetry with TCP/UDP RTT monitoring
  • Local timeseries storage in SQLite or ClickHouse databases
  • Per-device bandwidth ceilings and isolation with HTB
  • Application-aware QoS priority queues with kernel HTB classes
  • Sub-second policy synchronization with automatic kernel fail-safe rollback
  • Flow tracing from socket to BGP origin with latency tracking
  • Privacy-first architecture extracting only metadata, no packet payloads
  • 15 probes on 6 continents
  • Quorum-based alerting requiring 2/3 probes from 3 continents and 3 networks
  • HTTP(S) monitoring with keyword matching
  • TLS certificate and expiry monitoring
  • Ping, TCP, SMTP, and DNS monitoring
  • Heartbeat monitors for cron jobs and backups
  • Domain expiry checking at no cost
  • Partial outage detection by region
  • Integration with Slack, Teams, Discord, Telegram, PagerDuty
  • Public status pages with custom branding
What makes it different
  • Fully self-hosted with zero mandatory cloud sync or telemetry fees
  • Lightweight eBPF implementation using only 1.2% CPU and 18MB RAM
  • Open source core engine with optional Pro rules subscription model
  • 99.4% application identification accuracy without decrypting encrypted traffic
  • Complete privacy by design storing only flow headers and SNI, never payloads
  • Eliminates false alarms with quorum-based confirmation across continents
  • Free confirmation rounds never touch your credit balance
  • 650,000 free credits every month with no subscription or seats
  • Detailed evidence in every alert showing what each probe saw
  • Import from UptimeRobot, updown.io, or Uptime Kuma with no lock-in
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)2 +2 (up) since last check15 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)00
Citation Flow (Majestic)164
Referring domains (Majestic)31

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