No. 11 of 20 ·Network Packet Capture Software

nChronos

Web · Windows · Linux · Self-hosted

Freedom report

Two barsScore 5.6

Free tierNo free tier on record
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

nChronos is ranked #11 of 20 in network packet capture software on Freedom251. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Windows.

nChronos plans and pricing

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nChronos 6.4 Not published Request a demo or quote; pricing not shown colasoft.com · 5 Oct 2026

Compared on network packet capture software

Live capture: Yes
Offline trace analysis: Yes
Display filters: Yes
Capture file formats: Colasoft Packet File (.cscpkt, .rawpkt, .cscproj); Accellent 5Views (.5vw); EtherPeek V9 (.pkt); HP Unix Nettl (.TRC0, .TRC1); libpcap/Wireshark/Ethereal/Tcpdump (.cap, .pcap); Microsoft Network Monitor 1.x/2.x (.cap); Novell LANalyzer (.tr1); NetXRay 2.0; Windows Sniffer (.cap); Sun_Snoop (.Snoop); Visual Network Traffic Capture (.cap)
Supported platforms: Linux server; Windows console; web browser for server configuration

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The record

Purpose: nChronos is an application-centric network performance analysis system combining a server and console for continuous packet capture, storage, data mining and traffic analysis.
Intended users: The maker says nChronos is designed to monitor network traffic in medium and large corporates.
Packet capture: The server captures and stores network packets continuously and supports deployment through a network mirror port or link tap.
Historical analysis: Users can retrieve and analyze traffic packets retrospectively to investigate network and application problems.
Monitoring and alerts: The product provides real-time network statistics and user-defined alerts for network events.
Reports: It provides system and user-defined reports that can be emailed and scheduled hourly, daily, weekly or monthly.
Application analysis: Users can define custom application and transaction monitoring, and the analysis profiles include HTTP, FTP, email and DNS analysis.
Integrations: nChronos can replay packet files in formats including libpcap used by Wireshark, Ethereal and Tcpdump, plus several vendor packet formats.
Security: The maker says connections between nChronos Server and Console are encrypted using a private encryption algorithm.
Deployment: The product uses a client/server architecture, with server-side capture, analysis and storage and a console for viewing and analyzing server data.
Operating systems: The listed server requirements include openEuler 22.03, Rocky Linux 8.9, Red Hat 8.6 and CentOS Linux 7.9; console requirements list Windows 7/8/10 and Windows Server 2008/2012/2016/2019.
Hardware limits: Standard specifications list up to four logical links, eight capture interfaces and two concurrent connections to a server; 100,000 Mbps analysis requires professional capture cards.
Support: The maker provides an online support form and says a Colasoft representative responds to quote requests within one business day.
Company: Colasoft says it has developed network performance monitoring and diagnostics software and hardware solutions since 2001.

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Network Packet Capture Software in 2026#11 of 20

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Sources

colasoft.com/nchronos/· checked 5 Oct 2026
colasoft.com/request-quote/· checked 5 Oct 2026
colasoft.com/company/about.php· checked 5 Oct 2026