Activity Monitor Alternatives
Activity Monitor is described as 'Displays real-time CPU, memory, disk, and network usage, lets users search, sort, and terminate processes, and presents comprehensive system stats in macOS' and is a system information utility in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Activity Monitor for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Flathub and Python apps. The best Activity Monitor alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like Activity Monitor are Stats, Mission Center, iStat Menus and appstat.
Alternatives list
Task Explorer is an advanced Task Manager tool with emphasis on, not just monitoring what applications are running, but on finding out what applications are doing. The UI focuses on expedience and getting real time data of what the processes are doing at any given moment.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Windows
Lightweight macOS menu bar utility providing live CPU, memory, disk, network, battery, and thermal state monitoring, supporting Apple Silicon and Intel hardware, with customizable interface options, low resource usage, and strong privacy protections.
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Visualizes live CPU, memory, network, disk, battery, and wireless usage on macOS using a compact, customizable interface, blending data graphically and textually on desktop, menu bar, or Dock, with Retina support, hotkeys, and minimal system impact.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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23 MenuBar Stats alternativesOffers modular monitoring of CPU, Memory, Network, Disk, Battery, GPU, Bluetooth, Temperature, and Fans, each configurable and reorderable, with menu bar integration, notifications for low battery or storage, keyboard shortcuts, and color theme adaptation.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
The best Windows Task Manager, macOS Activity Monitor, and Linux System Monitor alternative. A modern, cross-platform process manager to monitor CPU, memory, GPU, and more in real-time.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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Pluto is a highly refined and customizable at-a-glance system monitor for your Mac. Keep track of what's going on behind the scenes without dropping what you're currently doing.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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Your iPad and iPhone show you when apps are using your network. So why can't your Mac? Sure, there's always the Network section in Activity Monitor, but that's far from ideal. At best you can group by All Processes, Hierarchically, sort by Rcvd Bytes, and check the...
Performance monitoring, refined. ActiveStat provides high-fidelity telemetry of CPU, RAM, Disk and Energy impact within a compact, privacy-first interface.
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55 Beaconly alternativesBeaconly is a flexible, easy to use data aggregating menu app that ties relevant information to you, beautifully one click-away in your macOs menu bar. Easily discover status of AWS, your Jira Tickets, and so much more.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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