Always Up Alternatives

Always Up is described as 'AlwaysUp is the true set-it-and-forget-it way to run your mission-critical Windows application 24/7, unattended, starting it at boot and monitoring it to ensure that it is always running, even if it crashes, hangs, or fails' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are nine alternatives to Always Up for Windows. The best Always Up alternative is SvcWatchDog, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Always Up are NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager, WinSW, Shawl and FireDaemon.

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  1. SvcWatchDog

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    SvcWatchDog is a lightweight and configurable Windows utility that lets you run any non-interactive application as a Windows service—without modifying your code or relying on external wrappers. It’s designed for developers, sysadmins, and automation enthusiasts who need reliable...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     

    • SvcWatchDog is the most popular Windows alternative to Always Up.

    • SvcWatchDog is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Always Up.

    • SvcWatchDog is Free and Open SourceAlways Up is Paid and Proprietary
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    NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager

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    nssm is a service helper which doesn't suck. srvany and other service helper programs suck because they don't handle failure of the application running as a service. If you use such a program you may see a service listed as started when in fact the application has died.

    7 NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Dawid Ferenczy
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    NSSM doesn't have a GUI, it's command-line only but very easy to use. The only allows you to install any executable as a Windows service and to start/stop/configure/remove any Windows service (even those not installed by NSSM). Everything else is left up to the Windows Service manager. Simple but sufficient.

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    Little file; Easy to use; One command in the admin prompt using the command line guide from the website and everything works great. You just need to store this one file on a place because it will be "in use" when the PC starts.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager is a great Always Up alternative.

    • NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager is Free and Open SourceAlways Up is Paid and Proprietary
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    WinSW

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    winsw - A wrapper executable that can be used to host any executable as an Windows service, in a liberal license

    7 WinSW alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Shawl

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    Shawl is a wrapper for running arbitrary programs as Windows services, written in Rust. It handles the Windows service API for you so that your program only needs to respond to ctrl-C/SIGINT. If you're creating a project that needs to run as a service, simply bundle Shawl...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    FireDaemon

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    FireDaemon runs any application program executable or script as a Windows service when your computer starts up restarting it the application crashes or fails.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • FireDaemon is the most popular commercial alternative to Always Up.

    • FireDaemon is Paid and ProprietaryAlways Up is also Paid and Proprietary

  7. Run as Service

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    This tool requires that .NET Framework 2.0 be already installed on your computer. If you do not have .NET Framework 2.0 this tool will display a message and not run. You probably already have the .NET Framework 2.

    8 Run as Service alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Turbo Service Manager

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    TSM is a very small tool to configure your services.

    Features:

    Save/Load state in XML. Enable/Disable/Startup/Manual/Stop/Pause/Resume in multiple selected services at once with one key press. Group by State or by Startup type. Shows parent and child services. Win32/Kernel serv.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about Turbo Service Manager as an Alternative to Always Up
    Guest
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    TSM is only a service manager, it is not capable to configure an application to run as a service which is the main purpose of AlwaysUp

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Turbo Service Manager is Free and ProprietaryAlways Up is Paid and Proprietary
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    Daemon Master

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    Daemon Master is a software which makes it possible to create and manage a Windows-service from any program. (Alpha)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Application as Service

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    Application as Service is an advanced system tool which lets you run any application as Windows Service. You can easily configure Application as Service using its intuitive GUI interface or command line configurator directly from your software.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
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