# GlassWire Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is GlassWire the right Network Security solution for you? Explore 68 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/136163/GlassWire/reviews --- GlassWire 4.7 (68) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of GlassWire Ease of use 4.6 Customer Service 4.5 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews Ankit J Scrum MasterInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Great tool to monitor graph, usage based on apps,traffic and publisher part.“ August 4, 2021 KF Kevin F Enterprise Applications AnalystComputer Software, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “at the time of writing this\] for MAC and my second is that I cannot use remote server manager from mobile client. But those are in no ways a reason to look somewhere else.“ August 18, 2020 KF Kevin F Enterprise Applications AnalystComputer Software, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “The Firewall and other detections such as "Evil Twin" or even change in name for software is awesome. And the Themes are super useful when you have to stare at a screen for any given moment. “ August 18, 2020 HR Heather R Records Specialist Airlines/Aviation, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “It’s hard to get someone to understand in customer support“ June 17, 2021 Yasiru G DevOps EngineerInformation Technology and Services, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Glasswire lets you monitor your network usage and present it with colourful and insightful charts and graphs.“ March 24, 2021 Francisco B ProfesorHigher Education, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Learning curve may not be straightforward.“ February 28, 2022 Jeffrey A Web Designer/DeveloperInformation Technology and Services, Self-employedUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Overall, Glasswire is a fantastic, easy-to-use network monitoring software with an inbuilt firewall, that gives in-depth information on network usage.“ March 22, 2022 Ayesh P PhotographerPhotography, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “That is the main issue I faced on using this software. When I use it first time it was not a payable software.“ May 23, 2020 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 68 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Aritra K. NA Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best User Friendly Network Monitor Out There" January 16, 2025 4.0 My overall experience with GlassWire has been very positive. I've been an ardent user of this software for the past 4 years. It has helped me countless times to identify malicious connections being made by an unauthorized software. It provides an added peace of mind to me and helps me to use any software on my computer without any care in the world. Pros It provides round the clock Network Monitoring that is understandable in layman's terms. I can see each and every application that's trying to connect to a server over the internet down to the last minute details about the trust score of the server. Very useful for people who like to keep an eye on their systems so that no malware or hacker compromise the integrity of the system. Cons Recently they moved over to a paid version which limits the user to view history of connections that were made in the past. Now, only last 24hrs history is available to the user. Review Source AM Angelo M. IT Advisor Architecture & Planning Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "The best firewall for non-experts and the remote technical team" August 15, 2022 5.0 Pros We used to buy antivirus licenses that have a firewall as one of their features. But we didn't like it very much for our remote employees. Many times it was necessary to create unsigned connections with the application server, so it became cumbersome for the technical team. With Glasswire, we can give the remote employee a short training on how to manage and configure the firewall. And it's quite convenient, since we purchase personal use licenses for employee-owned workstations. We chose it mainly for its ease of use. Its performance and functionality makes it compare with solutions that integrate everything. At least in our experience, it's better if one app doesn't take care of everything, that allows us to decentralize until it hurts. Monitoring our windows server becomes easier when some novice has typed something he shouldn't Cons I wouldn't change anything. We leave that up to the developer. The tool does its job perfectly. I would only add one option, that it be multiplatform, we also want it in linux. Switched from [Norton AntiVirus](https://www.capterra.com/p/648/Norton-Security/)[AVG Antivirus Business Edition](https://www.capterra.com/p/176245/AVG-Antivirus-Business-Edition/) The firewall is complicated to handle for novices and the common employee. We do not want a solution that integrates everything, this in our experience fails. Review Source WP Walter P. Exec VP International Trade and Development Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Utterly annoying" August 19, 2020 1.0 Bought it. Paid for it. Expected it to work properly. Liked the advertised features. HOWEVER, absolutely HATE the constant interruptions, pop-ups, computer slow-downs, and overall experience. Will be cancelling it momentarily (or whenever I get around to doing it). Software should be neither seen, nor heard from, if it is to be effective. Wives are for interruptions!!!! Pros I appreciate what GlassWire is "trying" to do, but this is not what it actually does. It does give "additional" information about the status of my computer and its workings, as well as its internet connectivity, but it does so at a very annoying expense. Cons I HATE, yes - absolutely hate the constant interruptions, pop-ups, non-interesting information and idiotic colors that are EXTREMELY annoying. I now remember why I had GlassWire before and why I eventually cancelled it. Software should be neither seen, heard, nor annoying in order to be effective. I HATE the products, and really don't care what it does. If it's doing its job, it should do it quietly, unobtrusively, and without interrupting my work (or pleasure). We already have too many interruptions in life. Review Source Response from GlassWire August 24, 2020 GlassWire's alerts are all optional and can be displayed any way you prefer, or not at all. Just go to the top left GlassWire menu and choose "settings" then "security". For the colors you don't like, we literally have 15 different color options from black and white, to dark themes, to more colorful. Just go to the top left menu and choose "themes". Kasun M. Civil Engineer Civil Engineering Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Network Monitoring Software" September 2, 2023 5.0 When it comes to network security Glasswire does a great job but it's not capable of controlling other activities like file security etc. Pros At once, I had a problem with unidentified network usage in my PC. My friend suggested this software and it was a great one. Glassware displays each and every network activity on your PC and the applications and processes which consumes data. And also it facilitate to stop any network activity with it's firewall. Cons When it comes to network security Glasswire does a great job but it's not capable of controlling other activities like file security etc. And also the notifications from Glasswire are sometimes disturbing. Review Source Ankit J. Scrum Master Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Highly Recommended" August 4, 2021 4.0 great tool and highly recommended Pros . Great tool to monitor graph, usage based on apps,traffic and publisher part. . You get options to check what all devices are connected to your network . The alerts for network connection are instant. . Customisable theme , snooze alert, incognito mode are some additional features . You get options to control your network and a power to approve or deny network request. . You get options to remove users from the network . Price wise perfect and pocket friendly with number of users and options you get. Cons . Lots of customization which may confuse the user. . Notification can be annoying as your get alert for every activity on network. Review Source Yasiru G. DevOps Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Monitor Your Network Usage with Glasswire" March 24, 2021 4.0 Overall experience with Glasswire is really impressive. Due to Glasswire, I have managed to save a significant amount of bandwidth usage from unwanted applications and processes. Pros Glasswire lets you monitor your network usage and present it with colourful and insightful charts and graphs. You can view the usage by dates, weeks, months and also have access to the usage history. Furthermore, it lets you see which applications are using the bandwidth and the amount of consumption. Whenever new application or process starts using the bandwidth you are notified with a notification from Glasswire. Cons The only issue I see with Glasswire is not being able to see which websites are using the bandwidth and the amount. It only shows particular web browser has used the bandwidth, not by a particular website. Review Source Rune E. CEO Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Glasswire - trusted" December 4, 2019 5.0 I use it for one of the home computers that I have used for visiting all sorts of links online. I installed Glasswire to ensure that I had some control over what traffic I was involved with. Pros Glasswire delivers an overview of the traffic that is on the network I am using. This enables me to see first hand if something is up. Cons It could be cheaper for a PRO version as the features in the free is allright, one would like to have more as it is a very good program, but the price is a bit high. Review Source Saqlain M. Student Facilities Services Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Awesome piece of Software" August 2, 2019 5.0 SUPER AWESOME BRO Pros I love this software. I am very found of good software, useful software, which now a days are very scarce. I can not thank developers enough for making a software which shows what application uses the internet and uploads/downloads to what address. This kind of detailed information hub reviles the vulnerability which I didn't know was there before. It also enabled me with the power to block the traffic. Simply "It Is AWESOME" Cons I don't know of any cons yet, I have used just the trial. But it will be very bad if they record our browsing history and logins. Which they say they don't but real truth will come forward in time. Review Source Response from GlassWire August 19, 2020 Hello Saqlain, thanks for your review! You wrote "it will be bad if they record our browsing history and logins". We agree! That's why your data never leaves your device. We couldn't record it even if we wanted since we never have any access to it. https://www.glasswire.com/privacy/ You can confirm this by finding your data usage database on your own PC. https://www.glasswire.com/userguide/#Moving\_Database We are not a cloud service that keeps your data on our servers. Nathaniel F. IT Technician Hospitality Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Easy to use firewall" January 21, 2019 5.0 Pros This is a easy to use visual firewall. It takes little knowledge to use and is super straight forward. Keeps everything working easy. Cons No real gripes about the product. It does what it states and does so very easy. Review Source Christopher H. Technical Officer Cosmetics Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A most useful tool for a shared network." February 21, 2019 5.0 Pros The free version offers all the basic features needed to monitor my broadband usage. And make sure I am not the one taking all the broadband :) Cons They keep reminding me there is a paid version :D I really don't have anything negative to say about it. Review Source SP Scotty P. Retired Consumer Electronics Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Is it working" September 14, 2023 4.0 I downloaded a pirated 2019 version of Glasswire to properly evaluate it as the free version is typically pointless & useless. I've found it disturbing that despite the "blocked" attribute I gave at least some windows files seem to access the internet anyway, I'm still evaluating it. Using it along with a trial version of Bitdefender having ditched avast. Pros Love the ease I can simply block a program I feel has no business getting internet access. Cons Is it really blocking things I tell it to???? Windows updates & other windows programs in particular. Review Source MH Mike H. Network, Security, & Communications Manager Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great network traffic visibility at a reasonable price" August 18, 2020 5.0 I'm involved in network security and seeing the traffic and applications creating that traffic helps when diagnosing possible malware. Pros This product is easy to use and provides great visual cues for what traffic is going to and from your computer. If you need to know what is happening, this tool is great for that. Cons The product seems to create high CPU utilization at times. I hope this is improved in future releases. Reason for choosing GlassWire This product provides the most bang for the buck. Visibility is great and they keep making it better. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Director Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Almost complete" August 19, 2020 5.0 Great product Pros I love the way I can block individual programs from accessing the net. Cons I would love to see a Ubuntu and Mint (which is Ubuntu based) build for Linux. This is really a "missing" issue with Glasswire; no Linux support. I am happy to update this review if Linux support is added. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer IT Consultant Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Monitor Your Network" October 30, 2019 4.0 Easy traffic diagnostics for the home and business. Pros First off Glasswire is a beautiful application. For generally boring information thats dumped in logs, this is quite the difference. As a home user, I love being able to see what apps are using how much traffic, and its also great at getting what IP a program is sending to. Sometimes thats hard to tell just from a program like Wireshark. Cons Some paid features I feel should be free, but a business needs to make their money somehow and you have to respect that. Review Source RP Roby P. Owner Accounting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Used for years" August 19, 2020 5.0 Great service Pros Love the features and security that this offers and knowing who and what is in use on my system. Cons Nothing that I have noted. Wish it would quit asking me to pay for the update though. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Art Director Graphic Design Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "An amazing piece of software to have" October 20, 2020 5.0 Its easy to use and beautiful UI really goes a long way to understand more about your computer and its connections. Pros The UI and easy of use together with the easy to read information provided makes this app one of its kind. Seeing how my internet usage is being distributed really helped me take better decisions . Cons I don't have anything to complain right now - I got everything I need from it. Review Source RH Richard H. Retired Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Glasswire" August 19, 2020 5.0 It's shows me when items connect to my internal network and identifies them. This means I know what is using my internal and external bandwidth. It's a simple and easy network monitoring tool. Pros Very easy to use. Graphical displays show what is happening in an easy to view fashion. Cons Nothing really. It's too simple to get wrong. Review Source CT Carl T. owner Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "GlasWire inexpensive Network secuirty monitor" October 20, 2020 5.0 Pros ease of use. easy to understand alerts. low overhead on computer resources. Cons can't think of anything i don't like except upgrade nag notifications Review Source SJ Sreenath J. \- Medical Devices Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Great product" October 11, 2019 5.0 Pros 1\. Ease of use 2. Notifications 3. Less interruption 4. Design Cons Just a suggestion Can add a temporary mode : which will give an application network connectivity only when its being used and automatically shuts off all network connectivity when the application is closed by user. in other words User can select weather the application has internet access while it's in tray or closed. Eg. I don't want Chrome to be connected to internet after I exit the application. Review Source PR Philip R. President Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Can't beat GlassWire" August 22, 2020 5.0 Like I said before it's interesting to see what apps connect and communicate to different sites Pros I like seeing what apps are communicating with sites and what sites they are talking to. Cons I can't seem to get it to work on both my phone and laptop. My laptop shows the graph moving but my phone just shows the graph with no movement so I'm not sure if it's working or not.. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Developer Consumer Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Must have application" August 29, 2019 4.0 Pros Providing multiple data specific features hel the user to rely on a single app Cons Memory consumption always is a question as it involves the continuous system evaluation Review Source JU Jahswill U. Digital marketer Retail Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Easy way to monitor traffic" July 25, 2018 5.0 Pros I found it easier to monitor traffic and keep track of what programs am running via this software. And the graphs make it quite easy to understand. Cons Its memory usage on device is pretty huge. Apart from that, its a very good one and I recommended it to a business associate Review Source BT Ben T. Used the software for: ### "Nifty little tool, low overhead and lots of info!" January 12, 2017 4.0 Found this through a tech podcast (tekthing I believe) and have been using it ever since to EASILY block and manage connections to and from my PC to the rest of the network/internet. Sure there are other programs out there that do the same thing for free, but this looks and feels like a well polished program that makes it easy to do! Review Source WM Will M. Manager Computer Networking Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A Must for Traffic Monitoring " April 17, 2025 5.0 Just being able to have a tool that can do all the firewall and traffic monitoring has been so nice to have Pros Networking monitoring and the firewall systems are so valuable my work environment Cons Nothing. The program works great. Does everything We need. I cant ask for more Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Photographer Photography Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "GlassWire for Internet User" May 23, 2020 5.0 Overall it is very useful user friendly software.I still use this software and this is a one of my favorite software in my software collection.Every time I formatted my computer this is a one software which I use to install first.It safe guarding my computer and give me the full detail of my internet usage.It help me to save my internet data bundle which offer my internet package. Pros GlassWire is a very useful firewall software which I found by accidentally.It was very good useful software more than I thought.It is very simple to use because it simply shows the internet using applications on my computer and I can block those from accessing my internet by just one click.It has very simple user interface so without any knowledge any one can easily operate this software. If any new application start to accessing the internet it immediately shows up a massage and I can quickly blacklist or block that application.So from that I can easily find out any malware or virus applications which can not find out by my virus guard.And also it shows me my data usage of application to application.From that I could able to disable unwanted applications which use internet and save data of my internet connection.By disabling those unwanted data using applications by GlassWire I was able to speed up my internet connection than previous.GlassWire is not a heavy application which not use lot of ram and processing power.So that Its not slow down my day to day works and serve me very well.I recommend this software to any one who has unwanted data using problems of applications. Cons This is very good software with well designed user interface.It was done every job which I was tell to do.But it did not able to stop down the windows auto update.That is the main issue I faced on using this software.When I use it first time it was not a payable software.Now it need to buy the software after the trial period.Lot of antivirus software supply the same usage of this application so I think buying those kind of antivirus software is much economical than buy this software.Those are the main drawbacks I saw in this software rather than it is very good software which must be in your software collection. Review Source