JConsole is described as 'The JConsole graphical user interface is a monitoring tool that complies to the Java Management Extensions (JMX) specification. JConsole uses the extensive instrumentation of the Java Virtual Machine (Java VM) to provide information about the performance and resource consumption' and is an app in the development category. There are seven alternatives to JConsole for Windows, Linux, Mac and BSD. The best JConsole alternative is Apache NetBeans, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like JConsole are VisualVM, Eclipse Memory Analyzer, YourKit Java Profiler and JProfiler.