SoftPerfect Network Scanner

Powerful multipurpose network administration tool for Windows, macOS and Linux

SoftPerfect Network Scanner iconThis fast, highly configurable IPv4/IPv6 scanner can streamline many of your network support procedures. Its well-designed interface, light weight and portability coupled with an extensive range of options and advanced features make SoftPerfect Network Scanner an invaluable tool, whether you are a professional system administrator, someone providing occasional network maintenance, or a general user interested in computer security.

SoftPerfect Network Scanner can ping computers, scan ports, discover shared folders and retrieve practically any information about network devices via WMI, SNMP, HTTP, SSH and PowerShell. It also scans for remote services, registry, files and performance counters; offers flexible filtering and display options and exports NetScan results to a variety of formats from XML to JSON.

Whether you need a quick inventory of your home or office network or a complex analysis of software and hardware configuration across hundreds of devices, the Network Scanner has you covered.

Key features

Discovery & scanning

  • Fully supports both IPv4 and IPv6 discovery.
  • Performs a ping sweep and displays live devices.
  • Detects hardware MAC addresses, even across routers.
  • Scans for listening TCP ports, some UDP and SNMP services.
  • Grabs service banners to identify web servers, FTP servers and other software.
  • Retrieves SSL/TLS certificate details such as issuer, subject and expiry date.
  • Discovers writable and hidden shared folders.

Information gathering

  • Retrieves any system information via WMI, remote registry, file system and service manager.
  • Retrieves currently logged-on users, configured user accounts, uptime, etc.
  • Supports remote SSH, PowerShell, VBScript and Python command execution.
  • Integrates with Nmap for OS discovery, vulnerability tests, and much more.

Management & reporting

  • Supports Wake-On-LAN, remote shutdown and sending network messages.
  • Launches external third-party applications.
  • Exports results to HTML, XML, JSON, CSV and TXT.
  • Can be run from a USB flash drive without installation.

Screenshots

SoftPerfect Network Scanner's main window
Main application window
SoftPerfect Network Scanner's main window with the Options menu expanded
Main application window with the Options menu expanded
SoftPerfect Network Scanner's Additional options window
Additional options
SoftPerfect Network Scanner's Workstation options window
Workstation options
Product Info & Download

Latest version

26.3 (2 March 2026)
Changelog

Supported platforms

Intel, AMD and ARM64

Some features vary between platforms

Licence

Try before you buy:
free unlimited duration trial with maximum of 10 devices displayed

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🌐 Multilingual packages

Windows installer

Size: 15M

Windows portable

Size: 15M

macOS disk image

Size: 22M

Linux packages +

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