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Best NVIDIA DSX Air Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from network simulation software ranked against NVIDIA DSX Air on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    EVE-NG Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free6.7
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs EVE-NG
  2. 2
    IMUNES Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free6.7
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs IMUNES
  3. 3
    Cisco Modeling Labs Free plan LinuxMacWebWin Free6.6
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs Cisco Modeling Labs
  4. 4
    Containerlab Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs Containerlab
  5. 5
    GNS3 Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free6.6
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs GNS3
  6. 6
    Mininet Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.6
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs Mininet
  7. 7
    OMNeT++ Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.6
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs OMNeT++
  8. 8
    PNETLab Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free6.6
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs PNETLab
  9. 9
    Cisco Packet Tracer Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs Cisco Packet Tracer
  10. 10
    Kathará Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs Kathará
  11. 11
    Marionnet Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs Marionnet
  12. 12
    ns-3 Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs ns-3
  13. 13
    QuNetSim Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs QuNetSim
  14. 14
    Cloonix Free plan LinuxWeb Free6.4
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs Cloonix
  15. 15
    EMANE Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.4
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs EMANE
  16. 16
    Mininet-WiFi Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.4
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs Mininet-WiFi
  17. 17
    NetSim by Tetcos Free plan Win Free6.4
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs NetSim by Tetcos
  18. 18
    OMNEST Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 5.6
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs OMNEST
  19. 19
    PacketStorm Network Emulators WebWinMacLinux 5.4
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs PacketStorm Network Emulators
  20. 20
    Days Linux 5.3
    NVIDIA DSX Air vs Days

NVIDIA DSX Air alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1EVE-NG6.7Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2IMUNES6.7Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3Cisco Modeling Labs6.6Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
4Containerlab6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5GNS36.6Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6Mininet6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
7OMNeT++6.6Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
8PNETLab6.6Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9Cisco Packet Tracer6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
10Kathará6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
11Marionnet6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
12ns-36.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
13QuNetSim6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
14Cloonix6.4Free planFreeLinux, Web
15EMANE6.4Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
16Mininet-WiFi6.4Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
17NetSim by Tetcos6.4Free planFreeWindows
18OMNEST5.6No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
19PacketStorm Network Emulators5.4No—Web, Windows, Mac, Linux
20Days5.3No—Linux
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Questions about NVIDIA DSX Air alternatives

What is the best alternative to NVIDIA DSX Air?

EVE-NG, number 1 in network simulation software with a score of 6.7 out of 10. The others here: IMUNES, Cisco Modeling Labs, Containerlab and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to NVIDIA DSX Air?

EVE-NG is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 17 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.