The Network Tools vs MockForge

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The Network Tools compared with MockForge
Detail	The Network Tools	MockForge
What it does	Free network diagnostic tools for DNS, IP, email and SSL checks	Open-source API mock server for multiple protocols
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	IN	US
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Free plan: All 41 tools with unlimited checks, 3 saved domains with daily monitoring, 7 days of history. Pro plan: $29/month for 50 domains, scans every 6 hours, email, Slack, Telegram and webhook alerts, 12 months of history and API access.	Free: $0/month with 10,000 requests/month and local mocks only. Pro: $29/month with 250,000 requests/month, 100,000 platform AI tokens/month, and 3 hosted mocks. Team: $99/month with 1,000,000 requests/month, 1,000,000 platform AI tokens/month, and unlimited hosted mocks. Annual plans include 2 mont
Key features	DNS Lookup - resolve A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, CNAME records Blacklist Checker - query 7 major DNS blocklists SSL/TLS Certificate Checker - verify certificate chain, expiry and protocol support Email Deliverability - check SPF, DKIM and DMARC records WHOIS Lookup - query domain registration details Reverse DNS (PTR) - check IP to hostname resolution Port Checker - test common HTTP/HTTPS ports BIMI Lookup - query BIMI TXT records Domain monitoring with automated scans Multi-channel alerts via email, Slack, Telegram and webhooks	Multi-protocol support (REST, gRPC, GraphQL, WebSocket, Kafka, MQTT and more) Realistic data synthesis with template tokens and faker fields Latency and fault injection for testing retries and fallbacks Record and replay for capturing and replaying live traffic Modern admin UI for managing servers, overrides and metrics Configuration as code with OpenAPI specs and YAML Local-first development without account requirement CI integration with local endpoints HTTP bridge exposing gRPC services over REST BYOK AI integration with user provider keys
What makes it different	41 tools all available free with unlimited checks Clear sourcing - every result shows its source and what was not tested Live DNS queries from edge servers via DNS-over-HTTPS Domain monitoring and alerts with affordable Pro plan at $29/month	Multi-protocol mocking from one configuration file Realism-first simulation with data synthesis and failure injection Open source with permissive MIT or Apache-2.0 licensing Local-first approach with optional cloud collaboration Deploy to cloud hosting with a single command
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	5 +1 (up) since last check	9 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	6	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	17	17
Referring domains (Majestic)	6	7

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