--- title: GlassWire Firewall Reviews meta\_title: 'GlassWire Firewall Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 50 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how GlassWire Firewall works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.6 review\_count: 50 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Network Security url: https://www.g2.com/categories/network-security --- # GlassWire Firewall Reviews & Product Details GlassWire's next generation visual firewall helps you easily see detailed network activity with your devices in real-time. Our software is very easy to use and set up. * * * Seller [GlassWire](https://www.g2.com/sellers/glasswire) Discussions [GlassWire Firewall Community](https://www.g2.com/products/glasswire-firewall/discuss) Languages Supported German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by J H Show More ## Pricing Pricing provided by GlassWire Firewall. ### GlassWire Premium $35.88 1 Endpoint Per Year [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/glasswire-firewall/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Netgate pfSense](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Netgate pfSense") Netgate pfSense 4.7/5(326) ](https://www.g2.com/products/netgate-pfsense/reviews) [ ![Sophos Firewall](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sophos Firewall") Sophos Firewall 4.7/5(869) ](https://www.g2.com/products/sophos-firewall/reviews) [ ![Comodo Firewall](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Comodo Firewall") Comodo Firewall 4/5(38) ](https://www.g2.com/products/comodo-firewall/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/glasswire-firewall/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 50 real user reviews. Implementation Time 2 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ Typical contract price $0k - $0k [Sign in to view](/login) Per Year [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![S P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "S P.") SP S P. Undergraduate Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/21/2025 "The Best Network Monitoring Software" 5/5 What do you like best about GlassWire Firewall? The best thing about Glasswire is that it is very easy to use and it has more user-friendly interfaces. So we can monitor our network usage by just looking at the "Graph" or "Usage Details" interface. In the free version, we can monitor our data usage in the last 5 minutes, 3 hours, or 24 hours. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GlassWire Firewall? Nothing special. Actually, I'm very satisfied with GassWire. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GlassWire Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? So basically, I use GlassWire to monitor my network usage. I have limited internet connection. So I need to manage my data package for the entire month. By using GlassWire, I can get an overall idea about which apps on my laptop use more data and, according to that, adjust their usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Anmol G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Anmol G.") AG Anmol G. Quality Analyst Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/6/2022 "A Great Solution to keep your data consumption on track." 4.5/5 What do you like best about GlassWire Firewall? Ease of use, One touch on & Off of VPN, too many theme option Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GlassWire Firewall? Too many notifications on the first network activity. Interface can be a bit more intuitive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GlassWire Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? Glasswire is helping me in keeping my data consumption under the data plan limit, thereby saving my money. Helped me channel my data consumption and improved overall efficiency Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 10/4/2022 Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic WC Walter C. CTO Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/18/2020 "I love glasswire" 5/5 What do you like best about GlassWire Firewall? There's so much to love about this software. I love how I can easily check what software is connecting to the internet, how much data they are using and how it breaks down between local and external traffic. I can even view the hostnames to which each application is connecting to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GlassWire Firewall? Nothing really. Maybe the constant popups to upgrade to a paid package on the free version. I didn't have much trouble setting up Glasswire but i feel that i may be missing out on all it's benefits because of lack of some sort of tutorial or on-boarding process in terms of how to use the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GlassWire Firewall: A wonderful software especially considering that it's free. Gladly paid for the Elite licence for more features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GlassWire Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? I use Glasswire to monitor traffic on my PC and Android phone. I also use it to monitor about 10 computers connected on a network at work. It's proven to be a great time saver. Previously I had to check data and network usage on each PC but now thanks to glasswire I do it all on just 1 PC Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 2/18/2022 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite PS Paul S. IT Manager Publishing Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/18/2020 "User friendly firewall with clear GUI." 5/5 What do you like best about GlassWire Firewall? Fast, easy installation, excellent user interface - put simply, it just works! The user-friendly interface is excellent for both skilled and non-skilled users to learn the state of the desktop internet connections. It keeps us constantly updated with any necessary alerts and goes a long way for peace of mind. Glasswire is much more configurable than those regular standalone firewalls; it lets you blacklist connections specific to your own work environment. GlassWire enables to keep track of our mobile carrier data usage and Wi-Fi Internet activity which is great when our team are working remotely. I would not hesitate to recommend this product to both smaller businesses, teams and personal users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GlassWire Firewall? I am very satisfied with this product and have no dislikes at this time. We haven't needed to contact the support team yet so cannot review that part of the service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GlassWire Firewall: It's a no-brainer purchase for personal or small team firewall protection but if you are hesitant to buy - you can always trial it and then upgrade to the paid version, it's an excellent protective and diagnostic tool - though it shouls be remembered that this is only one tool in the toolkit necessary for protecting our work environment nowadays. For large scale corporate use you should check alternative offerings for comparison before deciding to purchase this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GlassWire Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? We're using GlassWire to monitor and control program access to the Internet, saving on bandwidth and enhancing desktop security. We can easily filter desktop and mobile web traffic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 2/18/2022 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Carmine A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Carmine A.") CA Carmine A. IT System Administrator Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/29/2021 "GlassWire Firewall" 5/5 What do you like best about GlassWire Firewall? It is very easy to install and configure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GlassWire Firewall? Some of the alerts are false positives that need to be investigated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GlassWire Firewall: It is an excellent third-party firewall solution that gives you an extra layer of security so that your workstation is not low-hanging fruit for the bad actors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GlassWire Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? I am enabled to track and block unwanted hosts services trying to connect to my workstation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Jacob V.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jacob V.") JV Jacob V. Service Desk Analyst Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/21/2020 "A very useful tool with a few caveats." 4.5/5 What do you like best about GlassWire Firewall? The break down of the network activity is one of the best that I've seen from other network activity scanners. Not only does it help you see what programs are pulling from the network but also how much. Being able to turn off and on specific programs is a real help when troubleshooting. Since this is available for multiple devices and OS's you can keep track of your digital footprint as it were. Whenever anything is behaving questionably there is even the feature to have that program analyzed for any virus or malware definitions. The most helpful aspect that I have found is being notified whenever a new service starts using the network. If you haven't added any new programs and something starts to connect you know something is up. An upside is that everything is all in one place and easy to get to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GlassWire Firewall? The pay-per-month income setup is not a favorite of mine. As these programs are great for what they can do by keeping you on such a program it will inevitably become a problem for some as it cannot fully take over for an antivirus. If using with another antivirus it would yield some serious protections against intruders into your system. But on the other hand if you could only choose one many would opt for the antivirus protections since this has no real time scanner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GlassWire Firewall: If you have knowledge of networks and what a more detailed breakdown of your activity then GlassWire is where to look. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GlassWire Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? It did help me see where some hidden programs were causing some unnecessary network draw and remove them. If needing a detailed network outline and consumption and a meta amount of control over the network this is a clear contender for 1st place. It has made network overview much less of a hassle in trying to see what is drawing what. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 5/21/2024 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Chris W.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Chris W.") CW Chris W. Chief Executive Officer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/19/2020 "You control what you want talking to the internet (period)" 5/5 What do you like best about GlassWire Firewall? When I first downloaded Glasswire I didn't know what to expect. It was still very young and nothing like it had been developed to my knowledge. However, over the years I have installed it as one of my first applications on my systems. Glasswire offers so many amazing features. The paid upgrade and the "Ask to Connect" feature, it is a god sent and must have. Being able to see usage on metered connections is grand. The ability to see which devices are connecting to your network instantly is also amazing. It also alerts you to software upgrading, internet outages, and so so much more. I would say It is a must for people looking to secure their networks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GlassWire Firewall? The few downsides I would say it does offer is not being able to block programs from connecting to some IP addresses or subscribing to known lists of IPs. When using "Ask to Connect" the user needs to have a deep understanding of what needs a connection and what is unneeded. It's also lacking any kind of features that would allow me to view or monitor what kind of data is being sent in and out. Overall, these would not stop me from using the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GlassWire Firewall: If you want to have the most control of what is talking to what online or in your network. This is it. It has a great free version with many of the features with only a few amazing features gated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GlassWire Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? The best thing is you can stop threats before they can even get their payloads downloaded. Then you can see right where they are hiding and kill them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Felipe Glauber Lima R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Felipe Glauber Lima R.") FR Felipe Glauber Lima R. Assessor de Comunicação das Categorias de Base Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/18/2020 "Best network analyzer. Complete and friendly." 5/5 What do you like best about GlassWire Firewall? GlassWire has one feature I've never seen before: a mini viewer available over my desktop apps. The firewall works great and seamlessly on Windows. The Elite edition allows me monitor unlimited remote clients, which is another unique function. The log of data is one of the biggest ones. It keeps an year of traffic, apps updates and consumption by protocol data. I used to pay for antivirus, but they never permitted me to know when my connection is being used by third-party apps. Now, with GlassWire only, I know and can investigate inappropriate use of my bandwidth by unknown sources. For streamers, it's a key tool. Well, I need to highlight the visuals. GlassWire is beautifully developed and comes with good skins options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GlassWire Firewall? Glasswire doesn't allows me to customize the units for bandwidth measurement. It would be awesome if the user could choose between, MBps, Mbps or, even, kbps. Some kind of integration between GlassWire Mobile and desktop would be cool. Imagine users using smartphone as remote viewer! Incognito mode doesn't explain what it's made for. Doesn't have a GAME MODE. Doesn't have a STREAMER MODE, allowing user to choose specific apps to use network with priority, similiar to a "QoS via software". The app doesn't have an AUTO DARK MODE for night times. It would be great if users can set different skins for different hours of day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GlassWire Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? GlassWire replaced antivirus, giving more speed for my PC and a more transparent network analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic CT Chris T. President, Ottawa PC Users' Group Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/14/2020 "GlassWire - a great add-on to Windows Firewall" 5/5 What do you like best about GlassWire Firewall? I think the best feature of GlassWire is the ability to have programs checked at VirusTotal.com before they can access the Internet. Beyond this, GlassWire makes it simple to prevent even non-malicious programs from accessing the Internet. This is great for programs that may leak personal information to the Internet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GlassWire Firewall? There is nothing I dislike about GlassWire. It is a solid, effective product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GlassWire Firewall: Try it! There is a trial version available and only by using it will you truly understand just how powerful this program is. It is easy to set up and configure. Reporting on network activity is clear and easily understood. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GlassWire Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? Programs on my PC are checked at VirusTotal.com before they are premitted to access the Internet. If I get some new piece of malware on my PC before my chosen anti-malware program detects it, hopefully one of the more than dozens of anti-malware programs at VirusTotal.com will detect it. This is a fantastic capability. I also use GlassWire to block some programs from accessing the Internet when I feel there is no good reason to allow them to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Computer & Network Security](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer & Network Security") AC Verified User in Computer & Network Security Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/18/2020 "Glasswire helps me track my home office traffic better!" 4.5/5 What do you like best about GlassWire Firewall? I use glasswire to monitor my homelab, where I try some of the craziest things. I love Glasswire's ability to dig deep into the past - I can easily discern between new and ongoing trends, and see what is really using my bandwidth over time. I've been able to easily identify and remove unexpected talkers that I had long thought removed, or block them. Since I can easily see both incoming and outgoing traffic, I'm able to gain better insight into what is actually going on behind the scenes. I haven't seen any AV conflicts and that really makes me happy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GlassWire Firewall? I would really like to be able to see (or at least access) glasswire data from a local control console from one of the machines within my network - it's annoying to have to go from machine to machine. Glasswire also has the potential to introduce conflict with VPNs like NordVPN, as well as some command and control programs such as Tanium or Bigfix - it concerns me that the recommended techniques for bypassing some of those conflicts, such as with VPN, may reduce functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GlassWire Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you? I'm able to track down anything from minor undesirable activity up through major talkers on my network, and look at things both in real time as well as extensive historical perspectives. By reviewing this activity in Glasswire's different activity views, I can determine where to focus my energies significantly more easily than watching things with only OS-native and free analysis tools at my fingertips. This is a significant benefit for me as one of my side-goals in my home lab is to optimize network activity for the products I'm supporting, so Glasswire helps with that a lot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ## Questions about GlassWire Firewall? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about GlassWire Firewall ](https://www.g2.com/products/glasswire-firewall/discussions/new) GU Guest User What is GlassWire Firewall used for? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-glasswire-firewall-used-for) ![Jacob V.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jacob V.") JV Jacob Vaughan • Last activity over 6 years ago What have you found to be the best software to integrate with GlassWire to give a rounded out network protection? 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