head to head/Design Tools

NetGlobe vs Normal Map Bench

Neck and neck on boosts. Profiles, pricing and deals below.

NetGlobe

Real-Time Network Intelligence for Windows & Mac

community boosts

⚡ 0

pricing

Paid

what it is

NetGlobe is live for Windows on the Microsoft Store and for Mac as a direct download. See every outbound connection from your machine, geolocated and analyzed in real time. Live world map, 3D globe, latency insights, threat intelligence (FireHOL, Spamhaus, ThreatFox, Tor), WHOIS / RDAP, traceroute, MTR, iperf3, speed test, and TLS certificate inspection — all running locally, with no account and no telemetry. Now available for Mac too — a one-time $18.99 direct download for Apple Silicon and Intel.

Normal Map Bench

Create Normal Maps Online

community boosts

⚡ 0

pricing

Free

what it is

Normal Map Bench turns a height texture into a clean tangent-space normal map, right in your browser. Inspect the result under a movable light, tune strength, smoothing and gradient filters (Sobel or Scharr), then export a PNG in OpenGL (Y+) or DirectX (Y-) format. Built for 3D artists and game developers who need quick, private texture conversion: no upload, no account, no remote processing.