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 eight alternatives to Always Up for Windows. The best Always Up alternative is NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Always Up are Shawl, FireDaemon, Run as Service and WinSW.

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Always Up alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
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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.

    9 NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Last release is from 2014, and last pre-release is from 2017, but it can still be downloaded from the official website.

    NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Run as a Service

    NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager VS Always Up

     
    Comments about NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager as an Alternative to Always Up
    Dawid Ferenczy
    Positive Aug 19, 2019
    0

    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.

    Guest
    Positive Jul 9, 2017
    -1

    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.

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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 the most popular Windows alternative to Always Up.

    • NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Always Up.

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

    7 Shawl alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Shawl Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Run as a Service
    3.  Rust

    Shawl VS Always Up

     
  3. FireDaemon icon
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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.

    7 FireDaemon alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Windows

    FireDaemon Features

    1.  Run as a Service

    FireDaemon VS Always Up

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

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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Run as Service VS Always Up

     
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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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Windows

    WinSW Features

    1.  Run as a Service

    WinSW VS Always Up

     
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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.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Turbo Service Manager Features

    1.  Run as a Service

    Turbo Service Manager VS Always Up

     
    Comments about Turbo Service Manager as an Alternative to Always Up
    Guest
    Negative Sep 19, 2018
    3

    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

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    • Turbo Service Manager is Free and ProprietaryAlways Up is Paid and Proprietary
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    Daemon Master is a software which makes it possible to create and manage a Windows-service from any program. (Alpha)

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Daemon Master Features

    1.  Root required
    2.  Run as a Service

    Daemon Master VS Always Up

     
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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.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Application as Service Features

    1.  Run as a Service

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