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Nmap
Who runs Nmap, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest network security scanner alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- Wireshark
Measured from Nmap’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Nmap01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs Nmap
Nmap nmap.org
Nmap Free Security Scanner, Port Scanner, & Network Exploration Tool. Download open source software for Linux, Windows, UNIX, FreeBSD, etc.
Wikidata: network discovery and security auditing tool
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What Nmap tracks
What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.
tracker that follows visitors
6 of the 19 alternatives below have fewer, 7 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
- US company
- 1 tool
Visitor analytics
Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to Nmap
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Nmap, thumbs down if it isn’t.
18 of the 60 sites closest to Nmap match.
- 01
Shodan Search Engine
Search Engine for the Internet of Things
Very close - 02
Launchpad
software forge
Very close - 03
Home | TCPDUMP & LIBPCAP
Web site of Tcpdump and Libpcap
Very close - 04
Syncthing
open source continuous file synchronization software
Close - 05
Cygwin
Unix subsystem for Windows machines
Close - 06
NuGet Gallery | Home
The NuGet Gallery is the central package repository for NuGet, the package manager for .NET.
Close - 07
Open Source Cloud ERP Software | ERPNext
ERPNext is the world's best 100% open source ERP software which supports manufacturing, distribution, retail, trading, services, education & more. Contact us!
Close - 08
Oracle VirtualBox
open-source x86 virtualization application
Close - 09
Podman
daemonless OCI-compliant container runtime
Close - 10
WinMerge - You will see the difference…
WinMerge is an Open Source differencing and merging tool for Windows. WinMerge can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand and handle.
Close - 11
Mozilla - Internet for people, not profit (US)
We’re working to put control of the internet back in the hands of the people using it.
Close - 12
Mullvad VPN - Privacy is for the people
Free the internet from mass surveillance and censorship. Fight for privacy with Mullvad VPN and Mullvad Browser.
Close - 13
chrony – Introduction
free NTP software
Close - 14
Proton: Privacy by default
Over 100 million people use Proton to stay private and secure online. Get a free Proton account and take back your privacy.
Close - 15
Firefox: The fast, private browser that keeps you safe — Firefox.com
The independent browser that has your back. Firefox blocks trackers, has a free built-in VPN, puts you in control of AI, and never sells your personal data.
Close - 16
CamScanner: AI PDF Scanner, OCR & Online PDF Tools
CamScanner is a free AI-powered PDF scanner app with OCR and online PDF tools. Scan documents, extract text, convert files, edit PDFs, and sync across devices.
Close - 17
Open Web Protocol - Mysterium Network
An open-source ecosystem of protocols, tools and infrastructure to liberate the web. Our node network empowers both builders and users to access free information.
Close - 18
Browserleaks - Check your browser for privacy leaks
BrowserLeaks is a suite of tools that offers a range of tests to evaluate the security and privacy of your web browser. These tests focus on identifying ways in which websites may leak your real IP address, collect information about your device, and perform a browser fingerprinting.
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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Nmap’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Nmap uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Nmap adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 4 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,213
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 99 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Nmap’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: google-analytics.com/analytics.js
- Web servers
- Apache HTTP Server header server: Apache/2.4.6 (CentOS)
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=SrtYpJGxZzMTcczZG44XtLVK-sEPit9bputDjWc0lF4
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 14/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on nmap.org 10/20
- Google Workspace 9/20
- Apple Business · not on nmap.org 9/20
- Cloudflare · not on nmap.org 8/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on nmap.org 8/20
- Adobe · not on nmap.org 6/20
- Atlassian · not on nmap.org 6/20
- DocuSign · not on nmap.org 6/20
- PHP · not on nmap.org 6/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on nmap.org 5/20
- OpenAI · not on nmap.org 5/20
- React · not on nmap.org 4/20
- Salesforce · not on nmap.org 4/20
- jQuery · not on nmap.org 4/20
- WordPress · not on nmap.org 4/20