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title: "Netutilus alternative for Mac: Kilobat vs Netutilus"
url: "https://kilobat.app/netutilus-alternative"
description: "Kilobat vs Netutilus: an honest comparison. Netutilus is a network toolbox of 20 tools: an internet check, ping, traceroute and MTR, a speed test with a…"
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Kilobat vs Netutilus · November 2026

# A Netutilus alternative for Mac.

Netutilus is a network toolbox of 20 tools: an internet check, ping, traceroute and MTR, a speed test with a bufferbloat grade, DNS, Whois, GeoIP and certificate lookups, a port scan, an uptime monitor, a LAN scanner that flags new devices, and a Wi-Fi analyzer. Here is how Kilobat compares.

[Download for Mac ↓](https://kilobat.app/downloads/Kilobat-1.31.1.dmg?via=site)

```
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat
```

## Side by side

| Job | Netutilus | Kilobat |
|---|---|---|
| Is it the Wi-Fi or the provider? | ✓ Internet Check | ✓ Pro, with Wi-Fi, router, DNS and sign-in pages |
| Speed test and bufferbloat | ✓ A+ to F grade; scheduled tests (Pro) | ✓ Free, with call and streaming verdicts; plan checks (Pro) |
| Ping, traceroute and MTR | ✓ MTR and a route map (Pro) | ✓ Route history hop by hop |
| DNS, Whois, certificate and port lookups | ✓ | DNS timing and switching; no Whois or port scan |
| Uptime monitor for your own hosts | ✓ Pro | — |
| New devices on your network | ✓ Pro | ✓ Pro |
| Wi-Fi signal and nearby networks | ✓ Pro | ✓ Pro, with a radar and saved spots |
| VPN state and IPv6 leaks | ✓ Menu bar | ✓ Menu bar and leak test; kill switch (Pro) |
| Live traffic by app | — | ✓ Free |
| App blocking and data budgets | — | ✓ Pro |
| For AI agents | MCP (Pro) | CLI, MCP and agent skills, free |

## Which should you choose?

### Choose Netutilus if

- You want a toolbox for hosts and domains, such as Whois, certificates, port scans, DNS records and uptime checks.
- You want those tools in a sandboxed Mac App Store app.

### Choose Kilobat if

- You want to know which app is using your connection, and to block it or cap it.
- You want diagnosis that keeps running in the background, with call, remote-session and outage reports.
- You want a free CLI and MCP server for scripts and agents.

## Pricing

Netutilus: Free with 13 tools; Netutilus Pro $17.99 once on the Mac App Store, or via Setapp, as listed on 2 November 2026. Kilobat: free, with Pro for $29 once.

[See every comparison →](https://kilobat.app/alternatives)

## Get your network out of the dark.

[Download for Mac ↓](https://kilobat.app/downloads/Kilobat-1.31.1.dmg?via=site)

```
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat
```