Performance Monitor Alternatives

Performance Monitor is described as 'Small program that shows you the CPU, Memory, Disk and Network utilization under Windows NT platforms (2000, XP, Vista, Win 7, etc...)' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Performance Monitor for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, BSD, Self-Hosted and Flathub apps. The best Performance Monitor alternative is Resources, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Performance Monitor are Process Monitor, Task Manager, GNOME System Monitor and StatusPilatus.

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  1. Resources icon
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    Resources is a simple yet powerful monitor for your system resources and processes, written in Rust and using GTK 4 and libadwaita for its GUI.

    121 Resources alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
    • Resources is the most popular Linux alternative to Performance Monitor.

    • Resources is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Performance Monitor.

    • Resources is Free and Open SourcePerformance Monitor is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • Resources is Privacy focused and LightweightPerformance Monitor is not according to our users
  2. Process Monitor icon
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    Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and...

    55 Process Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
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    This is a task manager alternative. Performance Monitor is a simple performance monitor. Process monitor is a task manager.

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    • Process Monitor is the most popular Windows alternative to Performance Monitor.

    • Process Monitor is Free and ProprietaryPerformance Monitor is Free Personal and Proprietary
  3. Task Manager icon
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    Windows Task Manager is a task manager application included with Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems that provides detailed information about computer performance and running applications, processes and CPU usage, commit charge and memory information, network...

    70 Task Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. StatusPilatus icon
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    Monitor your PC like never before!.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • StatusPilatus is the most popular Mac alternative to Performance Monitor.

    • StatusPilatus is Free and Open SourcePerformance Monitor is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    Resource Monitor is a system application in Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is used to view information about the use of hardware (CPU, memory, disk, and network) and software (file handles and modules) resources in real time.

    50 Resource Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    You can use Windows Performance Monitor to examine how programs you run affect your computer's performance, both in real time and by collecting log data for later analysis.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Windows Performance Monitor is the most popular commercial alternative to Performance Monitor.

    • Windows Performance Monitor is Paid and ProprietaryPerformance Monitor is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    A Qt based, self-contained (AppImage) tool that mimics the functionality of Windows 10 Task Manager's performance and process tab under Linux. It enables to oversee systemwide CPU, RAM, Disk I/O and Network utilization per device and per process.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Kiwi application monitor is a small program which lets you monitor your applications/processes, Windows and User activity...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    This program shows a list of all running processes of the current system, which may be refreshed by a customizable interval.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Alternate Task Manager is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Performance Monitor.

    • Alternate Task Manager is Free and ProprietaryPerformance Monitor is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    myResources displays the load status of the computer's basic resources (disk, CPU, memory, network) using graphs and active icons. The program is also capable of displaying resources on a merged graphic chart (SumGraph).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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