SoftPerfect

What SoftPerfect does

SoftPerfect Pty Ltd is an Australian private software company founded in 2000 and headquartered in Queensland, Australia, that develops cross-platform network and system utility software for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The portfolio comprises 9 commercial products — Network Scanner, RAM Disk, NetWorx, NetGenius, WiFi Guard, Switch Port Mapper, Connection Emulator, Bandwidth Manager, and Connection Quality Monitor — alongside 5 free tools (Cache Relocator, TFTP Server, Ping Monitor, Certificate Monitor, IP Calculator) and 4 legacy products, covering network scanning, port mapping, bandwidth monitoring, RAM-based disk performance, TLS/SSL certificate monitoring, and distributed connection quality monitoring. Technical differentiation rests on protocol breadth (WMI, SNMP, HTTP, SSH, PowerShell, ICMP, TFTP/RFC 1350, IPv4/IPv6), cross-platform parity, and a privacy-first local-only architecture for products such as Certificate Monitor.

The company operates a product-led growth model: all software is available as a free download or free trial from softperfect.com, with commercial licenses sold exclusively through its own online store with PayPro Global payment processing across multiple currencies. Revenue is generated primarily through perpetual one-time software licenses (single device starting at $24.50, worldwide unlimited at up to $3,000) with 1 year of free updates included and optional 3-year or unlimited update subscriptions, supplemented by a worldwide reseller program and a 50% educational/charity discount. Primary customers are small-to-medium businesses, network administrators, and IT professionals, with secondary segments including home users and enterprises with distributed multi-site infrastructure. The company is founder-owned and self-sustaining, with no external funding, no parent company, and continuous operation spanning over 25 years.

Name

SoftPerfect

Legal name

SoftPerfect Pty Ltd

Website

https://softperfect.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SoftPerfect Pty Ltd develops cross-platform network and system utility software — including network scanners, RAM disks, bandwidth monitors, and certificate monitors — serving SMBs, IT professionals, and home users through perpetual licenses and freeware via direct digital distribution.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brisbane

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses: Perpetual one-time software licenses with optional update coverage. Licenses are valid indefinitely for the version purchased, with free updates for 1 year included. Extended updates available for 3-year or unlimited periods at additional cost.
2. Device-based Licensing: Tiered licensing based on device count: Single Device, Up to 5 Devices, Up to 10 Devices, Site License (unlimited within one location), and Worldwide License (unlimited globally). Business and Home license subtypes available.
3. Freeware Products: Several products are offered completely free (freeware) including RAM Disk, WiFi Guard, Cache Relocator, TFTP Server, Ping Monitor, Certificate Monitor, and IP Calculator, driving adoption and brand awareness.
4. Reseller Program: Channel partners worldwide can resell SoftPerfect software products through their own channels.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SoftPerfect Pty Ltd develops and sells commercial and free system and network utility software for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Its portfolio covers network scanning, bandwidth monitoring and control, RAM-based disk performance, TLS/SSL certificate monitoring, ping/host monitoring, TFTP file transfer, IPv4/IPv6 subnet calculation, and connection emulation. Offerings target small-to-medium businesses, network administrators, and individual home users, distributed through direct downloads, an online store, and a worldwide reseller program.

Product overview

SoftPerfect develops commercial and free system and network utility software for home users and small to medium businesses. The product portfolio consists of commercial products (Network Scanner, RAM Disk, NetWorx, NetGenius, WiFi Guard, Switch Port Mapper, Connection Emulator, Bandwidth Manager, and Connection Quality Monitor), free tools (Cache Relocator, TFTP Server, Ping Monitor, Certificate Monitor, IP Calculator), and legacy products (Print Inspector, Mobile Broadband Toolkit, File Recovery, LAN Search Pro). The offerings focus primarily on network and system utilities including network scanning, bandwidth management, connection monitoring, and system performance tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SoftPerfect Network Scanner Universal IPv4/IPv6 scanner that pings computers, scans ports, discovers shared folders, and retrieves network device information via WMI, SNMP, HTTP, SSH and PowerShell with flexible filtering and display options. For network administrators and IT professionals.
• SoftPerfect RAM Disk High-performance RAM disk application that creates a disk entirely stored in computer memory, achieving higher performance and reducing strain on physical drives. For IT professionals, developers and power users on Windows, macOS and Linux.
• SoftPerfect NetWorx Network traffic monitoring tool that collects usage data, monitors connection quality, measures Internet speed, and tracks applications accessing the Internet with historical data and real-time supervision.
• SoftPerfect NetGenius Bandwidth monitoring and control tool for each application that displays real-time Internet usage, allows setting bandwidth limits, prioritising applications, and blocking untrusted programs.
• SoftPerfect WiFi Guard WiFi network security monitoring tool that alerts users when unrecognised devices connect to the network at set intervals. For home users and small WiFi network operators.
• SoftPerfect Switch Port Mapper Network administration tool for managed switches that reports connected devices on ports, displaying MAC address, IP address, hostname, port speed, device type, and VLAN assignments.
• SoftPerfect Connection Emulator Network testing tool that imitates a connection with low bandwidth, delays, losses and other packet traversal issues to mimic a low-grade communication channel for application testing. For network application developers, system administrators and network engineers.
• SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager Full-featured traffic management tool for Windows that offers bandwidth control and quality of service based on prioritised rules that specify bandwidth limits for each Internet user, IP address, port and network interface.
• Connection Quality Monitor Software package using a distributed client-server architecture for monitoring Internet connection health that periodically checks connectivity, performs speed tests, records ping time, jitter, downtime, and measured upload and download speeds across multiple locations.
• SoftPerfect Cache Relocator Free utility for relocating Internet browser cache to a RAM disk to speed up browsing, offload hard disk drives, and prolong SSD lifespan.
• TFTP Server Free, standards-compliant TFTP server implementing RFC 1350 with modern extensions for network booting, firmware updates, and configuration file distribution. Available in GUI, console and Windows service modes.
• Ping Monitor Free desktop application that continuously monitors network hosts via ICMP ping, tracking latency, packet loss and jitter in real time with three view modes: table, tile grid, and route trace.
• Certificate Monitor Free desktop TLS/SSL certificate monitor that tracks expiry dates, evaluates certificate health with letter grades (A-F), and alerts for expiring or misconfigured certificates. Runs entirely on the user's computer with full privacy.
• IP Calculator Free IPv4/IPv6 subnet calculator with binary bit visualisation, interactive subnet planning, VLSM, route summarisation and overlap detection.
• SoftPerfect Print Inspector Print monitoring, management and auditing solution for corporate networks that manages print jobs, provides printer settings access, and collects statistics about printed documents.
• SoftPerfect Mobile Broadband Toolkit Multipurpose tool for built-in and USB-connected 3G/4G modems that checks Internet connection at set intervals, reconnects on dropout, and monitors data usage.
• SoftPerfect File Recovery Free tool for restoring accidentally deleted files on hard disks, USB flash drives, CF and SD cards, supporting FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and NTFS5 with compression and encryption.
• SoftPerfect LAN Search Pro Utility for fast file searching across local networks that can search by file names, types, hidden resources, restricted access resources, IP subnets, and LAN FTP servers.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ManageEngine (Zoho): ManageEngine offers a broad suite of IT management tools including network monitoring, bandwidth analysis, switch port mapping and certificate management — directly paralleling SoftPerfect's portfolio but as part of a much larger enterprise suite.
• SolarWinds: Long-established provider of network monitoring, performance management and IT management tools (e.g., Network Performance Monitor, IP Address Manager) used by both SMBs and enterprises. Directly comparable category to SoftPerfect Network Scanner, NetWorx and Connection Quality Monitor, but at a much larger scale and with broader portfolio.
• Datadog: Cloud-native observability platform covering network device monitoring, latency/jitter tracking and synthetic checks. Represents the cloud-delivered trajectory competing against SoftPerfect's Connection Quality Monitor for distributed infrastructure customers.
• Progress WhatsUp Gold: WhatsUp Gold provides network monitoring, mapping and traffic analysis for SMB and mid-market customers. Comparable to SoftPerfect's Ping Monitor and NetWorx combined with broader switch/port mapping capabilities.

Direct peers

• Paessler (PRTG): Paessler's PRTG Network Monitor is one of the most widely deployed SMB-to-enterprise network monitoring suites, covering ping, packet sniffing, bandwidth and QoS — overlapping significantly with SoftPerfect Network Scanner, Ping Monitor, NetWorx and Bandwidth Manager.
• Famatech (Advanced IP Scanner): Famatech's Advanced IP Scanner is a widely-used free LAN scanning tool with paid Remote Desktop Manager — the closest direct peer to SoftPerfect Network Scanner for SMBs and IT pros needing device discovery and remote access.
• PRTG (free tier) / Paessler Free: PRTG's free tier (100 sensors) is the most direct SMB freeware competitor to SoftPerfect's Network Scanner and Ping Monitor, both targeting IT professionals managing smaller networks.
• HHD Software (RAM Disk utilities): HHD Software offers Free Serial Port Monitor and related Windows utilities that overlap with SoftPerfect's device/port scanning and RAM disk categories, particularly for advanced Windows users.

Emerging players

• Angry IP Scanner: Open-source IPv4/IPv6 network scanner covering similar use cases to SoftPerfect Network Scanner (ping, port scan, hostname resolution). Comparable at the free-tool layer where pricing is zero vs. SoftPerfect's freemium model.
• Qiling (ImDisk Toolkit): Open-source RAM disk and disk image toolkit for Windows — the most cited free alternative to SoftPerfect RAM Disk in advanced user and developer communities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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