ShaPlus Bandwidth Meter for Windows

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Key Details of ShaPlus Bandwidth Meter

View bandwidth consumed for the session, day, or month.
Last updated on April 30, 2019
There have been 9 updates
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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffApril 30, 2019

If you really need to watch your Internet bandwidth, you need ShaPlus Bandwidth Meter. Unlike online bandwidth meters, ShaPlus monitors your Internet bandwidth instead of testing your connection speed. ShaPlus is designed to stay open in the Windows system tray, with a more detailed (but still compact) display for the notification area or anywhere on the desktop you care to drag and pin it. This free tool keeps track of your bandwidth use for the current session, the day, and the month. You can set it to track your billing period and even to stop tracking between specified times. Recent updates include the ability to display bandwidth in gigabytes, a counter reset option on the tray menu, and better stability in Windows 7 and 8.

ShaPlus Bandwidth Meter's installer offered the option to stay open in the system tray. If, like us, you choose this option, we recommend clicking Customize and making the icon permanent in the tray. Hovering over the tray icon shows current bandwidth use; clicking the icon opens a menu with options such as transparency and whether to display bandwidth in KB, MB, or GB. A Settings sheet offers more options, including a list of all our system's network interfaces to choose which ones to monitor and basic program options such as Start with Windows and Always on Top. We could also set the monthly start date and enter Do Not Track times for a 24-hour cycle. The three-part meter display will probably be the program's most useful feature to the majority of users. It showed our bandwidth use for Now, or the current session; Today; and This Month. A neat little feature let us change the meter's transparency right from the interface.

ShaPlus Bandwidth Meter is the perfect tool for those users who must keep track of every byte of network bandwidth, whether it's Internet use or any of your system's connections. It won't test your Internet connection speed, but there's no lack of free Web-based bandwidth meters that can do that job. For its rather more specialized function, ShaPlus is the best tool we've tried so far.

What’s new in version 1.4

Version 1.4:

Fixed bug causing runtime error in some Window 7 and Windows 8 installation
Option to display counter in GB (previously only KB or MB)
Option to reset "Now" Counter in Tray menu

ShaPlus Bandwidth Meter for Windows

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: April 16, 2013

Latest update: April 30, 2019

Version: 1.4

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 7
Windows Server
Windows 2003
Windows ME
Windows XP
Windows 10
Windows NT
Windows Vista
Windows 98
Windows 8
Windows 2000

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 120,827

Downloads Last Week: 4

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User Reviews

3.4/5

17 User Votes

Great simple program for data usage.
exgeekMay 24, 2014
Pros
Simple, gives running count plus aggregate for day and month.
Cons
None, this program is straightforward.
Summary
Wildly overestimates usage
tallardApril 15, 2013
Pros
None that I can see
Cons
-Wildly overestimates usage. -Image/content controls only work on IE
Summary
I was temporarily staying at a house with a 5GB limit. Even with limited Youtubing and FB picture uploading, I've in the past managed to stay within the 10GB range for a one month period. Given having to cope with 5GB, I completely stopped any video/photo activity whatsoever, and ended up with only my mail and FB open on Firefox, and an occasional document reading window. I simplified my Chrome to load no pictures/videos to view a TVguide listing. Still this bandwidth meter showed me accumulating usage at rate of about 100 MB per half hour! Seeing that I spend 2-3 hours a day on the internet, I was totalling between 0.5-0.9 GB per day!!!! doing nothing !!! Then I switched back to tethering from my cell phone, same activity pattern on same laptop, and the cell phone usage indicates a much more reasonable 0.2 GB per day. I estimate that ShaPlus overestimates usage approximately 2X, unless it's using that much itself simply being in operation???
Screwed with my settings on Chrome
MourieresNovember 27, 2012
Pros
none couldn't run it.
Cons
Did not run, rumoured to be Trojan don't know what else it may get up to. very worrying.
Summary
Only the very brave
This software does not work on windows 7.
shavid272June 25, 2012
Pros
No pros. Software doesn't work. Runtime error 6 overflow.
Cons
Software does not work.
Summary
simple and easy to use.
lukemacbaneApril 27, 2012
Pros
it loads fast, it is quiet, small and unobtrusive and does what it says it would do.
Cons
i am not completely savvy with its functions so it could also be doing other things, or not be doing other things, and i wouldn't know.
Summary
so far so good. Loaded pretty easily, and it sits there and tells me how much data has flown by. I've already tracked down two programs i simply cannot use until after i get out from under the data cap imposed by ATT. This will save me some worry.
DOES EXACTLY WHAT IS NEEDED, SIMPLY AND QUICKLY!
FLASHZIPMay 22, 2011
Pros
I am using a "pay as you go" 4G modem that actually does not have a usage meter to guide me, and this is PERFECT. Also totals this up for the year. If you have to stay under a certain usage level to keep from being "throttled", this is a great help!
Cons
NOT ANY FOR ME!
Summary
If you are on unlimited dial-up and have no idea how much bandwidth you consume monthly, this tool is GREAT. With it, you can tell how much bandwidth you would need (at minimum), if you were to go to a pay-as-you-go super fast 4G plan. I now know that it does NOT pay to use the very fast (BUT VERY EXPENSIVE) 4G modem access for daily leisurely surfing, but only when speed is of an essence or when a wireless connection is absolutely necessary. Also, most wireless carriers that offer UNLIMITED service often "throttle" your usage after a certain bandwidth usage per payment cycle, and their offer then shifts from "all you want" to "all that you can manage to get" after they slow down your connection to dial-up speed! With this tool, you can effectively "stay-under" that unadvertised (but easy to determine through user blogs, .etc) punishment point!
Best of BSNL dataone users with limited download plans
jaixpertJuly 28, 2010
Pros
Takes very less space
Cons
Limited to PC only. No synchronisation with server.
Summary
Good software with some limitations
angshumandaJuly 9, 2010
Pros
Free, easy to use, records the monthly totals..
Cons
One can not add or subtract any amount of uses from the total if he/she needs it.. It doesn't come with a schedule or planner with it...
Summary
At last, a simple program which does what it should
MycielOctober 30, 2009
Pros
+ small and light + no tons of additional functionalities and configuration options, which aren't needed for a program which is supposed to do one thing only + works with all connection types, including WiFi
Cons
- doesn't show in GB (who has a download limit in KB or MB these days?) - it would be nice for the (chosen) current result to be shown directly in the tray icon (in GB of course), not only after hovering or as an additional window
Summary
After going through at least ten freeware programs (and a dozen paid), all of them either having tons of additional functions and options, being heavy, not detecting all connections, or actually not performing the simple task of showing the current download volume and resetting it each month, I found this wonderful thing. If you have a monthly download volume limit and don't want to clutter your system with lots of additional software to control it, the ShaPlus Bandwith Meter is perfect for you.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Oct 31, 2009<p/>Download v1.3 from shaplus.com, it fixes a common bug and adds a great yet simple functionality - a Monthly Totals listing, shown in GB! Having this version from the start I would give it 5/5.
easy of use
Hans MeyerMay 27, 2009
Pros
great idea to have a permanent judge of the downloads
Cons
nothing to mention
Summary

Developer’s Description

By ShaPlus Software

View bandwidth consumed for the session, day, or month.

ShaPlus Bandwidth Meter remains in tray and displays the bandwidth consumed for the session, day and month. ShaPlus Bandwidth Meter will be useful for people with limited bandwidth/month Internet connection. Other features: option to make meter always visible, transparency of meter can be adjusted, option to exclude bandwidth during certain period of day (for those who have unmetered bandwidth during certain hours of the day).