UpGuard Security Rating for speed tests

TL;DR

According to Upguard's Security Scan the most secure speed tests are Toast (score 893/950), Which Broadband Speed Test (score 855/950), Internet Speed at a Glance and SpeedOf.me both have a score of 846 out of 950.

 

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Method of measurement
  3. Speed tests to test
  4. The measurements
  5. Conclusions
 

Introduction

The security of websites is like air. You take it for granted, and you don't even think about it. Then you suddenly realize that it was essential if you have been hacked by an infected website.

For this speed test test we test the security of speed tests with the free-to-use online tool Upguard.

 

Method of measurement

For this test we let Upguard analyse the speed tests, and note the results.

 

Speed tests to test

Because this is a relative simple test, the unique speed tests as collected at ZOMDir will be tested.

 

The measurements

  1. Astound speedtest label B, score 352/950
  2. Bandwidth Place label A, score 551/950
  3. Bredbandskollen label F, no score
  4. Broadband Speed Checker label C, score 323/950
  5. Cloudflare label B, score 447/950
  6. Comparitech label F, no score
  7. DSLReports label F, no score
  8. Fast label B, score 732/950
  9. Fireprobe label C, score 304/950
  10. Google Fiber label B, score 257/950
  11. Internet Speed at a Glance label A, score 846/950
  12. LibreSpeed label B, score 656/950
  13. M-Lab label B, score 798/950
  14. Meter.net label C, score 418/950
  15. N Perf label F, no score
  16. Ookla Speedtest label B, score 722/950
  17. Open Speed Test label C, score 266/950
  18. SamKnows label C, score 646/950
  19. SpeedCheck label B, score 361/950
  20. SpeedOf.me label A, score 846/950
  21. SpeedOf.me API Sample Page label F, no score
  22. SpeedSmart label B, score 380/950
  23. Speedtest4.PHP label F, no score
  24. TestMy.net label B, score 608/950
  25. Toast label B, score 893/950
  26. Which Broadband Speed Test label B, score 855/950
  27. Xfinity xFi Speed Test label B, score 760/950
 

Conclusions

There are:

  1. 3 speed tests with label A
  2. 13 speed tests with label B
  3. 6 speed tests with label C
  4. 0 speed tests with label D
  5. 0 speed tests with label E
  6. 7 speed tests with label F

The label A speed tests are: Internet Speed at a Glance (score 846), SpeedOf.me (score 846) and Bandwidth Place (score 551).

This last score is peculiar. There are speed tests with a higher score that only receive label B.

Which Broadband Speed Test has the score 855/950. With a score of 893/950 Toast has the highest score.

We therefore have the impression that the security of Toast, Which Broadband Speed Test, Internet Speed at a Glance and SpeedOf.me is the best.