Looking for a PingPlotter alternative?
PingPlotter is the tool serious troubleshooters reach for, and it genuinely proves ISP faults. The catch is that you need to read its charts to use it. Copper Goose Network Monitor gives a non-technical person the same "it's your ISP, not your house" answer in a sentence.
What PingPlotter does well
PingPlotter traces the route to a target and graphs latency and packet loss at every hop over time, so you can see exactly where along the path a problem starts. There's a free edition for a single target, and paid editions that add more targets and extra measurements.
Which one fits
Choose PingPlotter if…
- You're comfortable reading hop-by-hop latency and packet-loss graphs.
- You need to see exactly which hop on the route is failing.
- You're troubleshooting for other people or for work.
Choose Copper Goose if…
- You want the answer - Wi-Fi, router, fibre box or ISP - without interpreting a chart.
- You want it running quietly in the background and speaking up only when something is wrong.
- You want a dated log of every episode to send your ISP.
What Copper Goose Network Monitor does
- Learns what normal looks like on your own line - no plan speed to enter, nothing to configure.
- Names the part at fault in plain English: your Wi-Fi, a cable, the router, the fibre box or your ISP.
- Detects a weak Wi-Fi link, including when Windows still shows full bars.
- Says when other devices on your network are filling the line.
- Spots an Ethernet cable or port that has dropped to half its usual link speed.
- Logs every drop and slowdown with the time and the measured figures, and exports the log as a report for your ISP.
- Shows live download and upload speed, and tracks data usage against a limit you set, with warnings at 80% and 100%.
- Windows 10 and 11, code-signed installer. Free for 14 days, then $14 once, with a 7-day money-back guarantee.
Free for 14 days · then $14 once · 7-day money-back guarantee
Details about PingPlotter were checked on its official website on September 21, 2026. Products change — if something here is out of date, tell us at support@coppergoosetech.com and we’ll correct it.