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Downdetector vs Open Visual Traceroute

A side-by-side look at Downdetector and Open Visual Traceroute. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Downdetector

Downdetector

Online Services

Downdetector is a website that tracks outages and monitors the status of various websites and online services. It provides real-time user-submitted problem reports, historical downtime data, and outage maps to help users identify potential issues and planned maintenance with popular sites.

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Open Visual Traceroute

Open Visual Traceroute

Network & Admin

Open Visual Traceroute is an open source network diagnostic tool for visualizing the route that packets take to a network host. It provides a graphical interface showing network latency and packet loss.

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