DriveDx Alternatives

DriveDx is described as 'dvanced drive health diagnostic and monitoring utility. Unlike most drive utilities, DriveDx does not only monitor the drive’s built-in S.M.A.R.T. status, but also analyzes the changes of all drive health indicators that are closely related to HDD or SSD failures' and is a hard disk diagnostic tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to DriveDx for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and MS-DOS. The best alternative is CrystalDiskInfo, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like DriveDx are GSmartControl, Stats, Hard Disk Sentinel and Victoria.

DriveDx alternatives are mainly Hard Disk Diagnostic Tools but may also be System Information Utilities or File Recovery Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of DriveDx.

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DriveDx

Paid • Proprietary
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Mac

DriveDx is advanced drive health diagnostic and monitoring utility. Unlike most drive utilities, DriveDx does not only...

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CrystalDiskInfo
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Free • Open Source
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Windows
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40 alternatives to CrystalDiskInfo
Open-source HDD/SSD utility for monitoring S.M.A.R.T. values, disk temperature and other information.
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CrystalDiskInfo Features
1. PortableCrystalDiskInfo can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. LightweightCrystalDiskInfo consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Hardware Monitoring
Terabytes Written (TBW) info
Selective Wipe
Multiple languages
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
Logging
CrystalDiskInfo vs DriveDx
Some users think CrystalDiskInfo is a great alternative to DriveDx, some don't.
GSmartControl
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Free • Open Source
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
33 alternatives to GSmartControl
Smartctl GUI that supports controlling hard drive Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting.
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GSmartControl Features
Temperature Monitoring
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
GSmartControl vs DriveDx
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Stats
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Mac
70 alternatives to Stats
Simple macOS system monitor in your menu bar.
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Stats Features
Hardware Monitoring
Sits in the MenuBar
Temperature Monitoring
CPU temperature
Fan Speed
Status menu widgets
Hard Disk Sentinel
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Paid • Proprietary
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Windows
Linux
MS-DOS
27 alternatives to Hard Disk Sentinel
Monitoring hard disk health and temperature. Test and repair HDD problems and predict failures. Prevent data loss by automatic and scheduled backup.
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Hard Disk Sentinel Features
Temperature Monitoring
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
Data Protection
Victoria
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Free • Proprietary
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Windows
23 alternatives to Victoria
Victoria is a small application designed to assess performance, test and perform minor repairs to your IDE drive and SATA HDD. It's designed primarily for HDD repairmen in stationary conditions and is not intended to test the system hard drive.
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Victoria Features
1. PortableVictoria can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Bad sectors reallocation
Hardware Monitoring
Read latency benchmark per drive offset
HD Tune
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Freemium • Proprietary
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Benchmark Tool
Hard Disk Benchmark Tool
Windows
58 alternatives to HD Tune
HD Tune is a hard disk / SSD utility with many functions. It can be used to measure the drive's performance, scan for errors, check the health status (S.M.A.R.T.), securely erase all data and more!.
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HD Tune Features
Read latency benchmark per drive offset
Linear read benchmark per drive offset
Hardware Monitoring
Quick/slow surface scan
Temperature Monitoring
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
smartmontools
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Free • Open Source
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
27 alternatives to smartmontools
The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI harddisks.
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smartmontools Features
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
iStat Menus
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Paid • Proprietary
System Information Utility
Mac
iPhone
72 alternatives to iStat Menus
iStat is a series of system monitor apps. It's available in different versions: iStat Menus, iStat for iOS and iStat Server as a companion application to the iStat for iOS app that lets you remotely monitor your computers (free for Windows and Mac).
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iStat Menus Features
Hardware Monitoring
Real-time monitoring
Sits in the MenuBar
Memory usage
Graphs
Fan Speed
CPU Monitoring
Sits in the System Tray
Remote monitoring
HDDScan
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Free • Proprietary
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Windows
28 alternatives to HDDScan
HDDScan is a freeware utility for storage devices diagnostics (HDD, RAID, Flash). The program can scan storage device for bad blocks, show S.M.A.R.T. attributes and change some HDD parameters such as AAM, APM, etc.
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HDDScan Features
Hardware Monitoring
Hardware Diagnostics
Temperature Monitoring
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
DiskWarrior
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Paid • Proprietary
File Recovery Tool
Mac
126 alternatives to DiskWarrior
DiskWarrior is the safest, most technologically advanced, most powerful utility to eliminate directory damage and recover your files, folders and documents. DiskWarrior is so advanced it can even recover your data from a failing hard drive.
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DiskWarrior Features
Repair Partitions