# NetLimiter review (2026): is it worth it? > Per-app internet bandwidth limits and monitoring for Windows Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. NetLimiter is a Windows tool for limiting and monitoring how much network bandwidth each application uses. It can block an application's connections, set transfer quotas, keep long-term traffic statistics and be administered remotely. It is sold as a per-computer license with a 28-day trial. - **Category:** Desktop Utilities - **Made by:** Locktime Software s.r.o. - **Website:** https://netlimiter.com/ - **Runs on:** Windows - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you use a Mac or Linux machine, as it runs only on Windows. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing NetLimiter's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Bandwidth limits:** Set a maximum transfer speed for the machine, an application, a user or a single connection, or adjust an entity's bandwidth priority. - **Real-time traffic monitoring:** Shows how much data each application sends and receives, with a live traffic chart and a log of connections allowed or blocked. - **Connection blocker:** Rules block chosen applications from connecting to the internet; an interactive Ask prompt can create a rule as a connection is attempted. - **Quotas and scheduling:** Set data transfer quotas per application or filter that trigger a limit or blocker rule, and schedule when rules switch on and off. - **Filters and long-term stats:** Build filters from application paths, domains, IP ranges and users, and view detailed traffic history stored locally. - **Remote administration:** Control other machines running NetLimiter remotely, and set which users may control or monitor traffic on a machine. ## Good for - Stopping one application from using the whole connection - Seeing which programs talk to the internet and how much - Administrators managing several Windows machines ## Worth knowing - Windows only; the vendor says it works on Windows 7, 10, 11 and later. - A license covers one computer, including virtual machines, and runs for a set period of 1 or 2 years. - When a license period ends the program switches to a restricted mode until the license is renewed. - Checkout prices load by script and are localized by its payment provider, so no list price could be confirmed. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. NetLimiter limits, blocks and watches the network use of each app on Windows, with quotas and long-term stats. You pay for a license that covers one computer for a set 1 or 2 years, and we could not confirm a price. - **Value for money: C.** No list price could be confirmed: the checkout loads by script and is localised. Licenses run for 1 or 2 years, then the program drops to a restricted mode. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 28-day trial. The listing does not say whether it needs a card, and there is no free plan. - **Features: B.** Per-app limits, live traffic, a connection blocker, quotas, schedules, filters, long-term stats and remote administration. The listing names no gap in the core job. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating is on record, but you install it and set limits per app from a list. - **Platforms and integrations: D.** Windows only: 7, 10, 11 and later. No Mac, Linux or phone version. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Locktime Software s.r.o.'s own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among desktop utilities - NetLimiter's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 13 of the 186 other desktop utilities we grade, and level with 21. - It stands best on features (B, above 113 of 186) and worst on platforms and integrations (D, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/utilities ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of NetLimiter you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 152 of the 186 other desktop utilities grade higher. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Readings from inside the operating system. - You could not: Blocking that reaches every browser and app and is hard to switch off. - You could not: A real app for Windows. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** System monitor, Site & app blocker, Reports ## Alternatives - [GlassWire](https://toolgpa.com/tools/glasswire): Windows network monitor and firewall with a traffic time machine. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/glasswire-vs-netlimiter) - [TripMode](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tripmode): Mac app that blocks background data use on slow or metered networks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/netlimiter-vs-tripmode) - [LuLu](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lulu): Free open-source Mac firewall for outgoing connections. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/lulu-vs-netlimiter) - [Radio Silence](https://toolgpa.com/tools/radio-silence): Mac firewall and network monitor that blocks apps from going online. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/netlimiter-vs-radio-silence) - [Process Lasso](https://toolgpa.com/tools/process-lasso): Windows process automation for CPU priorities and affinities. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/netlimiter-vs-process-lasso) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://netlimiter.com/ - https://netlimiter.com/features - https://netlimiter.com/buy - https://netlimiter.com/buy-conditions - https://netlimiter.com/subscription-periods Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/netlimiter Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).