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Traffic generator for network engineers

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Ostinato - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: March 2026

Ostinato overview

What is Ostinato?

Ostinato is a load testing platform designed to help network engineers manage circuit bandwidth testing, load balancing, L2/L3 forwarding, and various other network-related activities.

Ostinato is a versatile packet crafter, pcap player and traffic generator that includes an intuitive GUI, automation, a comprehensive Python API for scripting and a turbo add-on for 10G, 25G and 40G line-rate traffic generation.

Starting price

99flat rate /
per year

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Pros & Cons

Pricing

Integrations

Ease of Use

Ostinato’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

Ostinato pros, cons and reviews insights

To determine these pros and cons insights, we analyzed responses from 

Overall rating

Reviews sentiment

 
 
 
1-2(1)
3-4(7)
5(38)

What do users say about Ostinato?

Sometimes can be overwhelming amount of data to filter an go thru, maybe more intuitive filtering could help

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Who uses Ostinato?

Based on 46 verified user reviews.

Company size

Enterprises

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Information Technology and Services
Computer & Network Security
Telecommunications
Accounting
Others

Use cases

Load Testing

Ostinato's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Ostinato users:

API
Benchmarking
Performance metrics
Performance testing
Real-Time analytics
Real-Time monitoring
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & statistics
Status tracking

All Ostinato features

Features rating:

API
Benchmarking
Performance metrics
Performance testing
Real-Time analytics
Real-Time monitoring
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & statistics
Status tracking

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Ostinato pricing

Value for money rating:

Pricing plans

Pricing details:

Free plan
Free trial
Subscription

Solo, Pro, Business

149

Per year

Labbing (GNS3, EVE-NG, CML, CLAB)

99

Per year

User opinions about Ostinato price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Ostinato's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“The extensive configuration options can have a steep learning curve for new users getting started But that’s it.”
WW

William W.

Systems and Network Engineer

“It has matured greatly and if its result data can be tied into analytics/splunk/AI type systems vai api pipeline an AI system can take the traffic load/impact results from Ostinato and provide additional analysis feedback.”
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jeff S.

Principal

Ostinato integrations (1)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 46 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Ostinato integrations and how users feel about them.

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Wireshark

Integration rating: 5.0 (2)

It works flawlessly with Wireshark

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Leandro A.

Developer

Ostinato support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base

Training options

Documentation
Videos

Ostinato FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of Ostinato?

Ostinato has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Small Business, Mid-size Business, Large Enterprises

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Q. What level of support does Ostinato offer?

Ostinato offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base

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