Process Tamer Alternatives

Process Tamer is described as 'Tiny utility that monitors the CPU usage of running processes and automatically lowers the priority of processes that are overloading the CPU until their CPU usage returns to a reasonable level' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are eight alternatives to Process Tamer for Windows and Linux. The best Process Tamer alternative is Process Lasso, which is free. Other great apps like Process Tamer are GiMeSpace Power Control Pro, AnVir Task Manager, Mz CPU Accelerator and Battle Encoder Shirase.

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  1. Process Lasso icon

    Process Lasso

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    Real-time process and CPU affinity optimization utility with ProBalance technology to preserve responsiveness. Automates rules, power schemes, and core selection. Mitigates system slowdowns, enables persistent affinities, watchdog monitoring, and instance limits, running lightweight.

    43 Process Lasso alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    • Process Lasso is the most popular Windows alternative to Process Tamer.

    • Process Lasso is the most popular free alternative to Process Tamer.

    • Process Lasso is Freemium and ProprietaryProcess Tamer is Free and Proprietary
    • Process Lasso is LightweightProcess Tamer is not according to our users
  2. GiMeSpace Power Control Pro icon

    GiMeSpace Power Control Pro

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    This program is switching automatic between low and high power energy plans depending on the load of the CPU and CPU temperature. The Pro version adds new features to control individual programs including CPU core affinity, process and I/O scheduling priorities.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • GiMeSpace Power Control Pro is the most popular commercial alternative to Process Tamer.

    • GiMeSpace Power Control Pro is Paid and ProprietaryProcess Tamer is Free and Proprietary
    • GiMeSpace Power Control Pro is LightweightProcess Tamer is not according to our users
  4. AnVir Task Manager icon

    AnVir Task Manager

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    This tool controls programs, disk, CPU. Replace task manager, tweak and tune up XP or Vista. Speed up windows startup. Get rid of spyware and viruses.

    42 AnVir Task Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Mz CPU Accelerator icon

    Mz CPU Accelerator

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    Mz CPU Accelerator is an application that automatically changes the priority of the foreground window, by allocating more CPU power to the currently active application (program-game). It automatically de-allocates CPU priority when a new active application is used.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Battle Encoder Shirase icon

    Battle Encoder Shirase

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    BES is GPL free software that controls per-process CPU usage: an “active” software CPU cooler. It throttles CPU-hungry application(s) when asked.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Battle Encoder Shirase is the most popular Open Source alternative to Process Tamer.

    • Battle Encoder Shirase is Free and Open SourceProcess Tamer is Free and Proprietary
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    cpulimit

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    CPU Usage Limiter for Linux - cpulimit is a simple program which attempts to limit the cpu usage of a process (expressed in percentage, not in cpu time). This is useful to control batch jobs, when you don't want them to eat too much cpu.

    13 cpulimit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    • cpulimit is the most popular Linux alternative to Process Tamer.

    • cpulimit is Free and Open SourceProcess Tamer is Free and Proprietary
  9. CPUBalance Pro icon

    CPUBalance Pro

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    CPUBalance is real-time CPU optimization software containing Process Lasso’s famous ProBalance algorithm. This demonstrable technology helps to retain system responsiveness during high CPU loads. Even if you have the perfectly tuned PC and well-behaved applications, our...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Program
     
  10. Ananicy icon

    Ananicy

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    Ananicy (ANother Auto NICe daemon) — is a shell daemon created to manage processes' IO and CPU priorities, with community-driven set of rules for popular applications (anyone may add their own rule via github's pull request mechanism). It's mainly for desktop usage.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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