The OpenSpeedTest™ speed test

https://openspeedtest.com/ The OpenSpeedTest™ speed test 0 2/5 stars ★★☆☆☆ Hans van der Graaf Hans van der Graaf

In general, the OpenSpeedTest™ speed test is not a recommended speed test, mainly because the results are ambiguous.

• Data efficiency: 37/100
• Time to complete: 21/100
• Security: 46/100
• Privacy friendly: 22/100
• Usability: 0/100
• Accessibility: 80/100
• Informative: 70/100

With an adverstised speed of 100 Mbps and an average measured internet speed of 105 Mbps, we conclude that the OpenSpeedTest™ speed test is not an accurate speed test (Accuracy score: 38/100).

The OpenSpeedTest™ speed test is a ambiguous speed test. That is, this speed test measures structural an internet speed somewhere between the the advertised speed and your your true internet speed.

The OpenSpeedTest™ speed test is owned by OpenSpeedTest™ (???). Sorry, we couldn't find more information. The first occurence on the Wayback Machine is from September 2013.

Your own OpenSpeedTest™

There are several options to host your own speed test based on the OpenSpeedTest™ codebase.

Is is possible to:

1. Embed the speed test at your webpage (working example)
2. Install the speed test at your own server
3. Download and install the OpenSpeedTest-Server
4. Use a Docker image and tweak the source code as available at GitHub

With the later options it might be possible to create a mainstream or a realistic speed test instead of an ambiguous speed test.

The OpenSpeedTest™ speed test is an original speed test.

Pros

This OpenSpeedTest™ speed test has the following pros:

1. It is an original speed test
2. It supports dark mode

Clicking on the "moon" changes the mode from dark mode to light mode.

Cons

This OpenSpeedTest™ speed test has the following cons:

1. The results are ambiguous
2. There are ads
3. Cookies are used
4. it is not possible to restart the OpenSpeedTest™ with one click

To restart this speed test you have to click the logo at the left top corner to go to the homepage before you can retest.

When to use OpenSpeedTest™

If you just want to know what your internet speed is, then use another speed test. Read our advice for a better speed test that suits your needs.

How we tested

We have tested the OpenSpeedTest™ speed test in a standardized way. This makes speed tests easy to compare.

The following results form the basis for this speed test review:

1. Abort/pause possible: no
2. Ad-free: no
3. Average download speed of 3 measurements: 105 Mbps
4. Clear indication of the current focus: no
5. Correct back button behavior: no
6. Flesch Reading Ease score of the privacy policy: 39.58
7. Number of ACheckers known problems: 2
8. Number of cookies: 9
9. Number of measured features: 5
10. Number of Wave errors: 1
11. Observatory score: 25
12. Tingtun score: 99.31
13. Total data use of 3 measurements: 712.72 MiBs
14. Total time to complete 3 tests: 126 seconds