iftop provides real-time bandwidth monitoring per connection, allowing users to view which remote hosts are consuming bandwidth in real-time. It shows top connections by bandwidth and inbound/outbound traffic.
nload offers a simple interface for monitoring incoming/outgoing traffic per interface. It provides a graphical view of upload/download rate, along with totals and current statistics.
bmon is a bandwidth monitoring and visualization tool that auto-detects interfaces, providing live graphs and rate history for tracking traffic on all interfaces.
tcpdump allows for deep packet inspection by capturing and inspecting packets on an interface. Users can analyze specific traffic, save packets to a file, and use Wireshark for further analysis.