Globalping runs network tests from globally distributed probes to help monitor, debug, and benchmark internet infrastructure. Tests include ping, traceroute, DNS, MTR, and HTTP. You can target locations by country, continent, city, US state, region, ASN, ISP, tag, or cloud region. Its free plan gives unregistered users 50 probes per measurement and 250 free tests per hour; registered users get 500 probes per measurement and 500 free tests per hour. Each credit pays for one additional test, and a measurement can request up to 500 probes. Globalping provides a REST API, a CLI for Linux, Mac, and Windows, and integrations including Slack, Discord, Zapier, n8n, TypeScript and Go libraries, Helm, Visual Studio Code, and GitHub Bot. The CLI can script and automate tests from a terminal. The maker describes the platform’s components as open source and says commercial use is supported within its terms. It also says probes limit public information and block harmful or abusive domains and IPs.
Who it is for
Globalping suits developers and organizations that need network measurements from selected locations, from individual tests to scripted workflows. Its stated audience ranges from solo developers to enterprise companies.
What is good
- Tests include ping, traceroute, DNS, MTR, and HTTP
- Locations can be selected by country, city, ASN, or ISP
- Free plan includes up to 500 probes per measurement for registered users
- CLI supports scripting and test automation
- Maker describes every component as open source
What to know first
- Unregistered users receive 250 free tests per hour
- Registered users receive 500 free tests per hour
- Additional tests cost 1 credit each
Verdict
Globalping combines location-based network measurements with command-line, API, and third-party integration options. Consider the free test limits and credit cost when estimating ongoing use.
Globalping plans and pricing
All plansCompared on network diagnostic software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- hybrid
- DNS diagnostics
- Yes
- Packet-loss analysis
- Yes
- Command-line interface
- Yes
- Supported platforms
- Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, API, Docker, Kubernetes


