Ookla's Speedtest versus SpeedOf.Me

We compared Ookla's Speedtest ★★★☆☆ with SpeedOf.Me ★★★☆☆ and concluded that the biggest difference lie in what they measure. Ookla's Speedtest measures the advertised speed while SpeedOf.Me measures your true internet speed. However, Ookla's Speedtest is more accurate than SpeedOf.Me.

If you want to know your (advertised) internet speed, it's best to use Ookla's Speedtest.

If you want to know your true internet speed, it's best to use SpeedOf.Me.

A radar chart comparing Ookla's Speedtest with SpeedOf.Me on the aspects of accuracy, data usage, speed, security, privacy, usability, accessibility and informativeness

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 SpeedOf.Me

SpeedOf.Me is one of the few speed tests that measures your your true internet speed instead of the advertised speed.

SpeedOf.Me is a very informative speed test. SpeedOf.Me is therefore at the top of the list of informative speed tests.

SpeedOf.Me was one of the first speed tests that gave a clear graphical overview of the measured speeds during the test. This graph gives a good insight into how this speed test works.

Our recommendation

Based on what we know about speed tests, we'd say it's a toss-up if we had to choose between these two speed tests.

The main difference is that Ookla's Speedtest measures the advertised speed while SpeedOf.Me measures your true internet speed.