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A-Packets
What A-Packets is
A-Packets analyzes PCAP and PCAPNG captures for incident response, forensics, and protocol inspection. Its analyzer reconstructs HTTP sessions, maps hosts and services, examines wireless artifacts, extracts files, identifies exposed credentials, and flags suspicious events. The hosted analyzer accepts native capture files produced by tools such as Wireshark and tcpdump. Public analysis is available without signup for free, with a 25 MB upload limit; its result page is public. Private reports and storage are available through workspaces or one-time analysis packs. Workspace plans include a REST API key, with monthly options priced from $11.99 a month to $49.99 a month and yearly options from $99 a year to $399 a year. One-time packs cost from $14.99, paid once to $99.99, paid once. OnPrem supports customer-controlled capture and report storage, Docker Compose, Kubernetes with Helm, and air-gapped deployment. Its analysis is case by case and does not decrypt TLS payloads, capture traffic continuously, or provide alerts.
Who it suits
A-Packets suits incident response, forensic, and network security teams reviewing packet captures. Its OnPrem option is aimed at SOC, DFIR, network operations, MSSP, integration, and forensic teams needing customer-controlled deployment.
What it does well
- Analyzes PCAP and PCAPNG captures.
- Reconstructs HTTP sessions and maps hosts and services.
- Public analysis is available without signup.
- Workspace plans include a REST API key.
- OnPrem supports air-gapped deployment.
What to know first
- Public analysis result pages are public.
- Public uploads are limited to 25 MB.
- OnPrem does not decrypt TLS payloads.
- OnPrem does not capture continuously or alert.
Limits
Public analysis accepts uploads up to 25 MB and makes the result page public. Credit pack reports are automatically deleted after 30 days; OnPrem analyzes captures case by case and does not decrypt TLS payloads, capture continuously or alert.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Public analysis | No signup · 25 MB upload · public result page · sanitized captures | Free |
| Starter Workspace | Per Month · 25 MB file · 10 private files · private reports · REST API key | $11.99 a month |
| Starter Workspace (monthly) | Per Month · 25 MB file size · 10 private files · private reports · REST API key | $11.99 a month |
| Starter Pack | One-time payment · 3 private analyses · 25 MB maximum · expires in 6 months | $14.99, paid once |
| Professional (yearly) | Billed once per year · 50 MB file size · 50 private files · private reports · REST API key | $199 a year |
| Professional | Billed once per year · 50 MB file · 50 private files · private reports · REST API key | $199 a year |
| Professional | Per Month · 50 MB file · 50 private files · private reports · REST API key | $24.99 a month |
| Professional (monthly) | Per Month · 50 MB file size · 50 private files · private reports · REST API key | $24.99 a month |
The first 8 of 16 plans, as apackets.com lists them, read 15 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word. Every plan
Getting started
- Visit the A-Packets website.
- For public analysis, upload a PCAP or PCAPNG file up to 25 MB.
- For private reports and a REST API key, workspace plans include these features.
- Credit packs list a one-time payment for a specified number of private analyses.
- For customer-controlled deployment, use OnPrem with Docker Compose, Kubernetes with Helm or an air-gapped deployment.
Verdict
A-Packets provides packet capture analysis with public and private options, plus an OnPrem deployment for customer-controlled infrastructure. Check the public result visibility and OnPrem limits against your workflow before choosing a plan.
Questions
Is A-Packets free?
Yes. Public analysis costs nothing. The result page is public and uploads are limited to 25 MB.
What file formats can it analyze?
The hosted analyzer processes native .pcap and .pcapng files generated by standard capture tools such as Wireshark and tcpdump.
How much do workspace plans cost?
Monthly plans are $11.99 a month, $24.99 a month or $49.99 a month. Yearly plans are $99 a year, $199 a year or $399 a year.
Are private analyses available?
Yes. Workspace plans include private reports, and subscription analyses have permanent private storage controlled by the account holder. Credit pack reports are automatically deleted after 30 days.
Can A-Packets be self-hosted?
OnPrem supports Docker Compose, Kubernetes with Helm and air-gapped deployments, with captures and reports stored in customer-controlled infrastructure.
What are OnPrem's analysis limits?
It analyzes captures case by case. It does not decrypt TLS payloads, capture traffic continuously or alert.
Facts from A-Packets's own pages
- Analysis
- The analyzer reconstructs HTTP sessions, maps communicating hosts and services, reviews wireless artifacts, extracts files, identifies credential exposure, and flags suspicious events. · apackets.com, 9 Oct 2026
- API
- The automation API supports PCAP upload, scheduled analysis and integrations; the REST upload endpoint uses a Bearer API key. · apackets.com, 15 Oct 2026
- API availability
- The pricing page lists a REST API key on Starter Workspace, Professional and Advanced private plans. · apackets.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The maker identifies SOC, DFIR, incident response, network security, network operations, MSSP, integration, and forensic teams as intended OnPrem users. · apackets.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Availability limitation
- The terms warn that service availability, processing and results can be delayed, incomplete or inaccurate and are not guaranteed. · apackets.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud infrastructure
- Uploaded PCAP files and related data are stored using AWS S3 currently in the United States and MongoDB Atlas, whose region depends on the selected cluster and may include the United States. · apackets.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Cloud security
- The maker says it encrypts data in transit and at rest, isolates private captures, and restricts personal information access to authorized personnel. · apackets.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Company disclosure
- The About page identifies A-Packets as an EU-based vendor but does not state a legal entity name, headquarters city, employee count or funding. · apackets.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Credential detection
- Credential analysis covers HTTP Basic/Digest, SIP Digest, SMB, NTLM, Kerberos, LDAP, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Telnet and FTP artifacts. · apackets.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Data residency
- Hosted captures are stored in AWS S3 in the United States and MongoDB Atlas in a region dependent on the cluster. · apackets.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- OnPrem supports Docker Compose, Kubernetes with Helm, and air-gapped deployments, with captures and reports stored in infrastructure controlled by the customer. · apackets.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Event detection
- The analyzer highlights scans, insecure credential use and other suspicious patterns for analyst review. · apackets.com, 15 Oct 2026
- File extraction
- A-Packets extracts images, office documents and other files embedded in captured traffic. · apackets.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Hosted scale
- The About page reports more than 371,000 captures analyzed on the hosted service. · apackets.com, 15 Oct 2026
- HTTP reconstruction
- The service rebuilds HTTP requests, responses, headers, forms and transferred content from captures. · apackets.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Identity integrations
- OnPrem supports passkey 2FA, LDAP/Active Directory, SAML 2.0, OAuth providers and SCIM provisioning. · apackets.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Independent caution
- The same write-up cautions readers to avoid uploading captures containing WPA handshakes, plaintext passwords or hashes when confidentiality matters. · 05t3.github.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Independent domain fact
- ScamAdviser reports a WHOIS registration date of 2019-04-11 and hosting through DigitalOcean. · scamadviser.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Independent trust assessment
- ScamAdviser describes apackets.com as very likely legitimate and notes its valid SSL certificate. · scamadviser.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Independent use example
- A security-training write-up uses A-Packets to identify a web server, malware delivery details and exfiltrated credentials from a capture. · 05t3.github.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- OnPrem supports local passkey two-factor authentication, LDAP/Active Directory, SAML 2.0, OAuth through Google, Microsoft, and GitHub, and SCIM provisioning. · apackets.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Limit: Cloud-policy objection
- A LinkedIn commenter described uploading PCAPs to a cloud platform as unacceptable for environments that prohibit such transfers. · fr.linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Sensitive-data risk
- Another LinkedIn commenter warned that uploading PCAPs can expose infrastructure maps and sensitive information. · fr.linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Upload privacy concern
- A LinkedIn commenter questioned what uploaded data is covered by the privacy terms and said the wording appeared focused on contact data. · fr.linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
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