We compared Ookla's Speedtest ★★★☆☆ with RealSpeed ★★★★★ and concluded that RealSpeed is a better speed test than Ookla's Speedtest.
This is mainly because RealSpeed measures your router speed and your device speed.
The radar chart above is based on the results of our standardized speed test test. The results speak for themselves.
Strengths of Ookla's Speedtest
The Ookla Speedtest is a well known speed test. A lot of ISPs recommend the use of Speedtest. Hence, we categorize Speedtest as the gold standard for speed tests.
In 2023 we tested Google versus Bing. We then came to the following conclusion: More than half of the links in results pages of the search engines Google and Bing structurally refer to Ookla-based speed tests/pages. We therefore assume that everyone is familiar with the Ookla Speedtest.
The Ookla Speedtest has many clones. There are too many to list. We have a special page for Ookla clones.
The Ookla Speedtest is popular because it was one of the first accurate speed tests. Ookla's Speedtest is one of the few speed tests with an accuracy score of 100 (out of 100).
Another strength of Ookla is the information provision. The progress of the test is clearly displayed and in addition to download, upload, ping and jitter are also measured.
Strengths of RealSpeed
The strongest point of RealSpeed is without a doubt that this speed test performs two speed tests. One from the router and one from the device in use. Both speed tests are accurate.
This gives you direct insight into whether your ISP delivers the promised speed. This makes it immediately clear what the cause is of any performance problems.
RealSpeed starts up instantly, doesn't show ads, and seems fairly frugal in terms of data usage (although we can only determine this at 50%, as we couldn't determine data usage during the router test).
Our recommendation
Based on what we know about speed tests, if we had to choose between these two speed tests, we would choose RealSpeed over Ookla's Speedtest. The deciding factor is the accuracy of RealSpeed in both the router test and the device test.