HD Tune AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Hard Disk Diagnostic Tools

The best Hard Disk Diagnostic alternative to HD Tune is CrystalDiskInfo, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to HD Tune and many of them are Hard Disk Diagnostic Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool alternatives to HD Tune are GSmartControl, Hard Disk Sentinel, Victoria and smartmontools.

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  1. CrystalDiskInfo icon
     327 likes

    Open-source utility for monitoring S.M.A.R.T. data, disk temperature and more. Offers portable use, dark mode, no ads or tracking, and supports 30+ languages. Designed to provide an accurate health status and includes features such as temporary file deletion and file recovery options.

    42 CrystalDiskInfo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
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    CrystalDiskInfo vs HD Tune Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    8

    doesn't do the quick/surface tests

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    No percentage information anymore!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • CrystalDiskInfo is Free and Open SourceHD Tune is Freemium and Proprietary
    • CrystalDiskInfo is LightweightHD Tune is not according to our users
  2. GSmartControl icon
     94 likes

    GSmartControl provides a GUI for smartctl from smartmontools, allowing users to monitor and control SMART data on hard drives. It supports health inspection, runs diagnostic tests, and warns about potential drive failures, ensuring maintenance and optimal disk performance.

    33 GSmartControl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    GSmartControl vs HD Tune Comments
    Cyrille
    Positive
    2

    GSmartControl just carries all it takes control/check disks or SSDs for defects. Same for its cli part 'smartmontools'.

    Guest
    Negative
    2

    no read/write graphs per offset

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • GSmartControl is Free and Open SourceHD Tune is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. Provides advanced monitoring for HDDs and SSDs with S.M.A.R.T. diagnostics, predicts hardware failures, schedules automatic backups, benchmarks drive performance, logs temperatures, repairs disk errors, supports tests, notifications, and multi-drive configurations.

    29 Hard Disk Sentinel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MS-DOS
     
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    Hard Disk Sentinel vs HD Tune Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Comprehensive surface testing and repair with graphical display and performance graphics.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    -1

    no performance graphs per offset

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Hard Disk Sentinel is Paid and ProprietaryHD Tune is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. Victoria icon
     48 likes

    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.

    24 Victoria alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Victoria vs HD Tune Comments
    ab1
    Negative
    0

    Victoria is about recovery, only one benchmark

    • Victoria is Free and ProprietaryHD Tune is Freemium and Proprietary
  5. smartmontools icon
     50 likes

    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.

    24 smartmontools alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    smartmontools vs HD Tune Comments
    ab1
    Negative
    0

    no benchmarks, no ways to test blocks

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Provides accurate SMART data via CLI with granular control of the data. Unlike other software that attempts to replicate or shorten the data provided by drives, Smartmontools is legitimately capable of interpreting and displaying accurate and up to date information and interfaces appropriately with drives.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • smartmontools is Free and Open SourceHD Tune is Freemium and Proprietary
  6. H2testw icon
     38 likes

    Data integrity test for USB sticks and other media

    An advantage over other tools is, that it does not need administrative rights to access the device - but it should not be NTFS formatted, as it does not allow to test everything.

    You can FAT32 format hard drive partitions large.

    16 H2testw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. HDDScan icon
     25 likes

    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.

    29 HDDScan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    HDDScan vs HD Tune Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    support error scan(bad sector),benchmark,self monitoring

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • HDDScan is Free and ProprietaryHD Tune is Freemium and Proprietary
  8. DriveDx icon
     22 likes

    DriveDx is advanced 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...

    41 DriveDx alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Macrorit Disk Scanner is a third party disk surface portable tool for scan disk bad sectors which provides you with better options and better performance than Windows native disk scanner.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Active@ Hard Disk Monitor is a disk utility that checks and monitors the status of your hard drives to help prevent data loss. The system is based on the Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. HDAT2 icon
     15 likes

    HDAT2 is program for test or diagnostics of ATA/ATAPI/SATA, SSD, USB and SCSI devices.

    21 HDAT2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. HDD Guardian icon
     15 likes

    HDD Guardian provides a Windows front-end for smartctl, a utility which monitors your hard drive(s) and SSD(s) for health status, taking advantage of S.M.AR.T.

    13 HDD Guardian alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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