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GlassWire 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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  • Overview
  • Pricing and Plans
  • Features
  • User Reviews

Overview

GlassWire
GlassWire
4.7
(68)

Pricing

Starting at $35.88 per year

About GlassWire

GlassWire is a network monitoring and security solution with a built-in firewall. It provides features such as internet security, bandwidth usage monitoring, remote server monitoring and internet privacy protection.

The network monitoring module allows administrators to monitor current and past network activity by traffic type, application and user’s geographic, all of which are displayed in graphs. Administrators can click the graph to see application details or network events, such as spikes in network activity.

GlassWire monitors threats, network system file changes, application changes, ARP spoofing, DNS changes and alerts administrators to various problems. The firewall reveals network activities so that administrators can see what current and past servers their computer is communicating with and can block potential threats. GlassWire’s usage tab lets users check how much bandwidth is being used to help maintain hosting limits.

Pricing is per license. Support is offered through an online knowledge base.

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GlassWire Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $35.88 per year
Free Trial
Free Version

Personal

$35.88

flat rate, per year

Plan includes:

  • All Security Features
  • Ask to Connect
  • Lock Down Mode
  • Mini Graph
  • New Skins & Dark Themes and Hide App Activity
  • Who's on Your Wifi or Network?
  • GlassWire Score
  • Anomaly Detection
  • Live Connections Map

Duo

$50.16

flat rate, per year

No plan information available

    Family

    $89.76

    flat rate, per year

    No plan information available

      GlassWire Features

      • Popular features found in Firewall
        Access Management
        Content Filtering
        Intrusion Prevention System
        Network Monitoring
        Next-Generation Firewall
        Policy Management
      • More features of GlassWire
        Activity Monitoring
        Activity Tracking
        Alerts/Escalation
        Alerts/Notifications
        Anti Virus
        Application Security
        Data Security
        Data Visualization
        Endpoint Protection
        Event Logs
        Filtering
        Financial Data Protection
        Firewalls
        Intrusion Detection System
        Monitoring
        Network Mapping
        Network Security
        Performance Metrics
        Real-Time Analytics
        Real-Time Data
        Real-Time Monitoring
        Real-Time Notifications
        Real-Time Reporting
        Reporting/Analytics
        Reporting & Statistics
        Risk Alerts
        Server Monitoring
        Summary Reports
        Threat Intelligence
        Visual Analytics
        Vulnerability Scanning
        Web Traffic Reporting

      GlassWire User Reviews

      Overall Rating

      4.7

      Ratings Breakdown

      5

      74%

      4

      25%

      3

      0%

      2

      0%

      1

      1%

      Secondary Ratings

      Ease of Use

      4.6

      Value for money

      4.4

      Customer support

      4.5

      Functionality

      4.5

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      Christopher H.

      Verified reviewer

      Cosmetics

      2-10 employees

      Used daily for less than 12 months

      Review source

      Reviewed February 2019

      A most useful tool for a shared network.

      5

      Ratings Breakdown

      5
      Ease of use
      5
      Value for money
      5
      Functionality
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      Pros:
      The free version offers all the basic features needed to monitor my broadband usage. And make sure I am not the one taking all the broadband :)
      Cons:
      They keep reminding me there is a paid version :D I really don't have anything negative to say about it.

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      VR

      Verified
      Reviewer

      Photography

      2-10 employees

      Used daily for less than 2 years

      Review source

      Reviewed May 2020

      GlassWire for Internet User

      5

      Overall it is very useful user friendly software.I still use this software and this is a one of my favorite software in my software collection.Every time I formatted my computer this is a one software which I use to install first.It safe guarding my computer and give me the full detail of my internet usage.It help me to save my internet data bundle which offer my internet package.

      Ratings Breakdown

      5
      Ease of use
      5
      Value for money
      5
      Customer support
      5
      Functionality
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      Pros:
      GlassWire is a very useful firewall software which I found by accidentally.It was very good useful software more than I thought.It is very simple to use because it simply shows the internet using applications on my computer and I can block those from accessing my internet by just one click.It has very simple user interface so without any knowledge any one can easily operate this software. If any new application start to accessing the internet it immediately shows up a massage and I can quickly blacklist or block that application.So from that I can easily find out any malware or virus applications which can not find out by my virus guard.And also it shows me my data usage of application to application.From that I could able to disable unwanted applications which use internet and save data of my internet connection.By disabling those unwanted data using applications by GlassWire I was able to speed up my internet connection than previous.GlassWire is not a heavy application which not use lot of ram and processing power.So that Its not slow down my day to day works and serve me very well.I recommend this software to any one who has unwanted data using problems of applications.
      Cons:
      This is very good software with well designed user interface.It was done every job which I was tell to do.But it did not able to stop down the windows auto update.That is the main issue I faced on using this software.When I use it first time it was not a payable software.Now it need to buy the software after the trial period.Lot of antivirus software supply the same usage of this application so I think buying those kind of antivirus software is much economical than buy this software.Those are the main drawbacks I saw in this software rather than it is very good software which must be in your software collection.

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      VR

      Verified
      Reviewer

      Used daily for less than 2 years

      Review source

      Reviewed March 2018

      Control your network!

      5

      Ratings Breakdown

      4
      Ease of use
      2
      Value for money
      4
      Customer support
      2
      Functionality
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      Pros:
      I use GlassWire to keep my network under control, it allows me to see any new activity that may be suspect, it keeps track of my usage.
      Cons:
      In previous versions I could block any app on the firewall of GlassWire, but lately I noticed that this option is not available anymore and it requires an upgrade. This is a set back for the free version.

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      VR

      Verified
      Reviewer

      Retail

      Self-Employed

      Used daily for more than 2 years

      Review source

      Reviewed June 2022

      The best network security software out there

      5

      Overall, GlassWire is great.

      Ratings Breakdown

      5
      Ease of use
      5
      Value for money
      5
      Customer support
      4
      Functionality
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      Pros:
      I really like how easy GlassWire is to use. Even my grandmother could use it if she wanted to. Additionally, the nice looking graphs help with monitoring what goes into and out of your computer
      Cons:
      I didn't like how limited the software is. With ease of use usually comes lack of functionality and sadly GlassWire wasn't able to break this cycle.

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      VR

      Verified
      Reviewer

      Mining & Metals

      11-50 employees

      Used daily for more than 2 years

      Review source

      Reviewed August 2019

      A must have for metered connections!

      5

      GW has helped me take control of my metered connections and prevent programs like email clients and others transmit large volumes of data in the background. A must have for metered connections and as an addon to the security s/w!

      Ratings Breakdown

      5
      Ease of use
      5
      Value for money
      4
      Customer support
      4
      Functionality
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      Pros:
      The ability to control all the applications installed in my pc and the data volume they use especially with metered connections. Also, it offers you a real-time protection on top of the security s/w you use without slowing down the connection or the computer.
      Cons:
      Sometimes it needs to be reset - does not start automatically with Win10

      Reasons for choosing GlassWire

      Most solutions similar to Glasswire either are too technical and need constant attention or they just miss key functionality needed in an application of this kind.

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      VR

      Verified
      Reviewer

      Higher Education

      1001-5000 employees

      Used daily for less than 2 years

      Review source

      Reviewed October 2019

      GlassWire as a network monitoring software

      5

      Its a tool we must have to monitor our network about its usage and to be in alert what applications are using our internet connection and for what??

      Ratings Breakdown

      4
      Ease of use
      3
      Value for money
      4
      Functionality
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      Pros:
      First of all GlassWire has a very attractive nice interface. GlassWire make us to see and understand the current usage of our network connection. It gives us a notification when ever there is a new network activity because of this we can be in alert about unwanted network accesses. GlassWire help us to track our data usage of the device. We can see which application is use more data and what are the servers it getting data from. It has a good feature called "Things" it scans our network and tell the details about the devices that are connected to it.
      Cons:
      Its price is little bit high. If the network scanner can scan for the security issues of the network it will be a great help.

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      VR

      Verified
      Reviewer

      Information Technology and Services

      Self-Employed

      Used daily for less than 2 years

      Review source

      Reviewed March 2022

      One of the best network monitoring softwares on the market

      5

      Overall, Glasswire is a fantastic, easy-to-use network monitoring software with an inbuilt firewall, that gives in-depth information on network usage.

      Ratings Breakdown

      5
      Ease of use
      5
      Value for money
      4
      Customer support
      5
      Functionality
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      Pros:
      Glasswire has a beautiful user interface, is easy to install and configure, and allows users to block specific applications from gaining access to the internet.
      Cons:
      Specific important features require users to upgrade to the paid version, therefore the free version can be somewhat limiting.

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      VR

      Verified
      Reviewer

      Hospitality

      201-500 employees

      Used daily for less than 2 years

      Review source

      Reviewed May 2018

      A great simple firewall

      5

      Ratings Breakdown

      5
      Ease of use
      5
      Value for money
      5
      Customer support
      4
      Functionality
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      Pros:
      This does a great job of blocking traffic and presenting all the traffic on a nice clean UI . Everything is easy to access and learn how to use.
      Cons:
      Not really a huge fan of the tiered software options but I understand it. I would rather just pay for a pro version and get all the features but it is most accessible to others at the different price points.

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      VR

      Verified
      Reviewer

      Banking

      51-200 employees

      Used daily for more than 2 years

      Review source

      Reviewed March 2020

      Best Data usage visualizer app

      5

      Being able to track what's hogging my network has been very useful to me.

      Ratings Breakdown

      4
      Ease of use
      5
      Customer support
      4
      Functionality
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      Pros:
      Data visualized is very Accuracy and Privacy was very much considered.
      Cons:
      Software still not available for mac os.

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      VR

      Verified
      Reviewer

      Used daily for less than 2 years

      Review source

      Reviewed February 2018

      Nice

      5

      Ratings Breakdown

      5
      Ease of use
      5
      Value for money
      5
      Customer support
      5
      Functionality
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      Pros:
      Since I discovered GlassWire I didn't stop using it, it gives me all the informations I need about my network, devices, software connections... I can block them and see my monthly usage, the application is very well made and updates are quick.

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