--- title: "GlassWire Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing - 2026" description: "Review of GlassWire Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs." source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/security/glasswire-profile/" page_type: "product" language: "en" --- [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Firewall Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/firewall/) / GlassWire Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. Overview [Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/security/glasswire-profile/reviews/)[Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/security/glasswire-profile/alternatives/) # GlassWire Review From $35.88-$89.76/year Free version 3 plans On this page - Overview - User Interface - Popular Alternatives - Pricing and Plans - Features - User Reviews - Popular Comparisons ## Overview GlassWire 4.7 [(69)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/security/glasswire-profile/reviews/) Pricing Starting at $35.88 flat rate per year Top Alternatives ### 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. Do you work for GlassWire? [Manage this product listing](https://www.g2.com/products/glasswire-firewall/claim_requests/new?auto=true) ## GlassWire User Interface ## Popular GlassWire Alternatives Main Product GlassWire 4.7 [(69)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/security/glasswire-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.61Ease of use - 4.45Value for money - 4.47Customer support - 4.48Functionality Pricing Starting at $35.88 per year Alternative Product [ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer](https://www.softwareadvice.com/network-monitoring/manageengine-netflow-analyzer-profile/) 4.5 [(96)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/network-monitoring/manageengine-netflow-analyzer-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.61Ease of use - 4.78Value for money - 4.68Customer support - 4.65Functionality Pricing Starting at $245.00 one time Alternative Product [Site24x7](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cloud-management/site24x7-profile/) 4.7 [(385)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cloud-management/site24x7-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.56Ease of use - 4.50Value for money - 4.50Customer support - 4.63Functionality Pricing Starting at $10.00 per month Alternative Product [ManageEngine OpUtils](https://www.softwareadvice.com/network-monitoring/manageengine-oputils-profile/) 4.4 [(130)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/network-monitoring/manageengine-oputils-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.58Ease of use - 4.65Value for money - 4.63Customer support - 4.53Functionality Pricing Starting at $138.00 per year Alternative Product [ManageEngine OpManager MSP](https://www.softwareadvice.com/network-management/manageengine-opmanager-msp-profile/) 4.4 [(75)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/network-management/manageengine-opmanager-msp-profile/#reviews) Ratings Breakdown - 4.59Ease of use - 4.78Value for money - 4.74Customer support - 4.69Functionality Pricing Available upon request Alternative Product [N-central](https://www.softwareadvice.com/network-management/solarwinds-n-central-profile/) 4.2 [(253)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/network-management/solarwinds-n-central-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.0Ease of use - 3.93Value for money - 3.92Customer support - 4.20Functionality Pricing Available upon request ## 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 ## GlassWire customer ratings - Overall rating: 4.7/5 - Total reviews: 69 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 51 reviews (74%) - 4 stars: 17 reviews (25%) - 3 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 1 reviews (1%) ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.6/5 - Value for money: 4.4/5 - Customer support: 4.5/5 - Functionality: 4.5/5 --- ### Easy to use firewall - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Nathaniel F. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Hospitality - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This is a easy to use visual firewall. It takes little knowledge to use and is super straight forward. Keeps everything working easy. #### Cons No real gripes about the product. It does what it states and does so very easy. --- ### GlassWire for Internet User - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Photography - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. 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 - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. --- ### Control your network! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### 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. --- ### A most useful tool for a shared network. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Christopher H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Cosmetics - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: February 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. --- ### Best way to measure the Usage of your apps!. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Chamuditha J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: September 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros - We can easily measure the internet usage of the software. - These statistics are better than our ISP, And we can break down local and external traffic. #### Cons - Don't have much, but if you are using the free version, most of the time popup showing to upgrade. --- ### Useful but not - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Carlos M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: November 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Glasswire let you see your main PC problems in a easy to understant graph, for me, as a computer tech in not very useful as I know how to manage my own pc and Task manager helps me almost in the same way thats why I prefer use it one and disable it, because having it working will slow down your pc a little. I feel this program is useful for people that need to check thing at least once each month, if you do, go and get it! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Great for checking your computer Easy to use and understand Colourful and great designed #### Cons Task manager almost do the same After checking it for a few days in the most of the cases you wont use it again until you have any problem Another program you dont need that is slowing down your pc --- ### Glasswire - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Richard H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: August 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It's shows me when items connect to my internal network and identifies them. This means I know what is using my internal and external bandwidth. It's a simple and easy network monitoring tool. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Very easy to use. Graphical displays show what is happening in an easy to view fashion. #### Cons Nothing really. It's too simple to get wrong. --- ### Saved me Thousands of Dollars! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Bob K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Networking - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. As a company that pays for bandwidth on our hosted virtual servers, we were paying a high price and felt they were over charging us. After using Glasswire to monitor the traffic, it was determined that it was not our software using the data but the hosting company's own monitoring of the servers. We proved this to them with Glasswire and out data usage bill went down by 300% saving us hundreds of ever month. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Monitoring of data use in and out of servers. Measuring of bandwidth #### Cons No cons. so far this software has done what it said. --- ### Useful and feature rich product. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Francisco B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: February 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Firewall. Graphs of network activity. Toolbox of network security. #### Cons Learning curve may not be straightforward. --- ### GlassWire review - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: George C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Banking - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The ease way to watch companies and were they are. #### Cons I can't think any present. 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