---
title: "PeakHour alternative for Mac: Kilobat vs PeakHour"
url: "https://kilobat.app/peakhour-alternative"
description: "Kilobat vs PeakHour: an honest comparison. PeakHour monitors your router, provider and the internet over time, records outages, reads SNMP and UPnP…"
---

Kilobat vs PeakHour

# A PeakHour alternative for Mac.

PeakHour monitors your router, provider and the internet over time, records outages, reads SNMP and UPnP router counters, and tracks speed and responsiveness. Here is how Kilobat compares.

[Download for Mac ↓](https://kilobat.app/downloads/Kilobat-1.9.0.dmg)

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

## Side by side

| Job | PeakHour | Kilobat |
|---|---|---|
| Outage and latency history | ✓ | ✓ Pro |
| Router counters | SNMP and UPnP | UPnP |
| Speed history and plan comparison | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live traffic by app | — | ✓ Free |
| App blocking and data budgets | — | ✓ Pro |
| Wi-Fi picker and radar | — | ✓ |

PeakHour details are from [PeakHour’s own documentation](https://peakhour.app/), as of October 2026; we haven’t benchmarked it. Corrections welcome at the support address.

## Which should you choose?

### Choose PeakHour if

- You want whole-network monitoring over SNMP, or deep long-term router graphs.

### Choose Kilobat if

- You want your Mac’s own traffic, control and Wi-Fi tools alongside connection history.

## Pricing

See [PeakHour’s site](https://peakhour.app/) for current pricing. Kilobat is free, with Pro for $19 once.

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

## Get your network out of the dark.

[Download for Mac ↓](https://kilobat.app/downloads/Kilobat-1.9.0.dmg)

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