Packetriot Reviews & Ratings

4.3/5

“Affordable & Scalable—Nice for Self-hosting Dev Work”

Packetriot’s free plan allowed me to host a dev landing page and webhook endpoint during hackathons without spending a dime. Later I upgraded to the $5/mo tier to add more tunnels and ports—it scales nicely. It supports Windows, Mac, Linux, and even Raspberry Pi, which makes spinning up custom endpoints super easy. Once I learned basic CLI commands for “configure,” “route,” and “start,” it became second nature. I wish it had a desktop GUI and some mobile-friendly tools for on-the-go, but for webhooks, dev testing, and static sites it's been rock solid.

Pros : Free and low-cost tiers, works across platforms (Win/Linux/Mac/ARM), great for static sites and dev testing.

Cons : No native GUI, entirely command-line driven, mobile support is lacking.

Switched from : Expose

Reason to switch : : I moved from Expose to Packetriot because of better pricing tiers, native ARM support, and TLS/Let’s Encrypt built-in.

4.3/5

“Works Smooth on CG NAT Without Any VPN Drama”

I used Packetriot to expose a Plex and Nextcloud server sitting behind my ISP’s CG-NAT. No VPN, no router port forwarding—Packetriot handled it all. Support helped walk me through firewall and IP whitelisting setup, and once configured, it just worked beautifully. It even has TLS encryption and logs via a clean dashboard—nice bonus for monitoring. It took some time to set up routes for each app manually, and managing a custom domain took a bit of trial and error. But the freedom of accessing servers behind restrictive NAT made the effort totally worth it.

Pros : Connects remote services behind CG-NAT easily, supports firewalls & ACLs.

Cons : Requires manual proxy routes, personal domain setup can be confusing.

Switched from : LocalXpose

Reason to switch : I switched from LocalXpose because Packetriot offered built-in firewall controls and smoother support for CG-NAT setups.

4.3/5

“Static Domain & Easy Setup—A Solid ngrok Alternative”

I switched over to Packetriot after trying ngrok, mainly because Packetriot gives you a persistent domain, so I didn’t have to keep updating virtual host configs every time I spun up a tunnel. The install script and setup wizard got me running an Apache website in just a few minutes. Once configured, it ran reliably overnight. It even handled HTTPS via Let’s Encrypt automatically—super slick. It wasn’t completely plug-and-play at first; I had to navigate some command-line options and choose the edge region manually. In the end though, I was really impressed with how stable and polished it felt.

Pros : Free static domains, easy tunneling, support for HTTPS and TCP.

Cons : Initial setup has a slight learning curve, edge server choices are limited.

Switched from : ngrok

Reason to switch : I went from ngrok to Packetriot because I wanted a static host name and auto-HTTPS, without the hassle of frequent reconfiguration.