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LAN Sheriff vs Pulsetic
Pulsetic monitors website uptime from multiple locations, while LAN Sheriff monitors all outbound traffic from your own devices.
LAN SheriffNothing leaves town unnoticed 🤠 Every server your devices talk to, live on a world map. Self-hosted, open source, zero config.
PulseticWebsite uptime monitoring, 30 seconds, 15 locations.Side by side
- What it is
- LAN Sheriff:LAN Sheriff is a self-hosted, open-source tool that visualizes every outbound connection from your devices on a live world map.
- Pulsetic:Pulsetic monitors website uptime, SSL, keywords, ports, APIs and real user performance, sending alerts via phone, SMS, email and chat.
- Best for
- LAN Sheriff:Live outbound traffic map
- Pulsetic:Multi-channel alerts with regional verification
- Who it’s for
- LAN Sheriff:Home users, hobbyists, and small-team IT admins who want privacy-first network visibility.
- Pulsetic:Websites, SaaS, e-commerce and developers needing reliable uptime monitoring.
- Pricing
- LAN Sheriff:Free
- Pulsetic:Freemium
- Plans
- LAN Sheriff:—
- Pulsetic:Free $0 · Solo $9 per month · Team $19 per month · Organization $49 per month
- Open source
- LAN Sheriff:Yes, 105 GitHub stars
- Pulsetic:—
- Works with
- LAN Sheriff:Tailscale, Discord, Slack, ntfy, webhook
- Pulsetic:Slack, Discord, Telegram, Twilio, Zapier, Webhooks, API
- DevHunt upvotes
- LAN Sheriff:32
- Pulsetic:162
- Launched on DevHunt
- LAN Sheriff:Aug 2026
- Pulsetic:Jan 2024
LAN Sheriff features
- Watchtower egress map. Shows a live world map with lines to every external server, including country, org, app and traffic details.
- Deputy & Patrol modes. Runs without privileges on a single machine or with elevated access to monitor all devices on a network segment.
- Radio Chatter DNS feed. Streams every DNS lookup with domain, resolver and classification of trackers or malware.
- Precinct network map. Auto-generates a diagram of devices and their connections based on observed traffic.
- Wanted List suspicion engine. Ranks and explains suspicious connections using plain-language reasons.
- Dispatch peer sharing. Pairs multiple instances to aggregate observations without exposing raw traffic.
- Export & alerts. Exports CSV/JSON and can send alerts to webhook, ntfy, Discord or Slack.
- Multi-language UI. Interface available in 12 languages, including right-to-left scripts.
Pulsetic features
- Regional Failure Confirmation. Checks are re-verified from multiple data centers before an alert is sent, preventing false alarms.
- Multi-Channel Alerts. Phone calls, SMS, WhatsApp, email, Slack, Teams, Discord, Telegram, webhooks and API.
- Customizable Status Pages. Public or private pages on your own domain with branding, password or SSO protection.
- Real User Monitoring (RUM). Measures LCP, CLS, INP, FCP and other metrics on real visitors, with 1,000 page views free per month.
- Dependency & Service Monitoring. Email alerts when external services like Stripe or GitHub experience incidents.
- AI Assistant. Ask plain-language questions about downtime and let the AI create, pause or open monitors.
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.