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 AnVir Task Manager, Battle Encoder Shirase, Mz CPU Accelerator and cpulimit.

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Process Tamer is a 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.

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Process Tamer alternatives page was last updated May 1, 2023
  1. Process Lasso icon
     64 likes

    Process Lasso is NOT yet another task manager. It is a process priority optimization and system automation utility. Priority optimization, affinity optimization, core optimization, automated rules, automated power schemes, you name it and Process Lasso has it.

    38 Process Lasso alternatives
    Main Window

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  Affinity Mask
    Process Lasso iconProcess Tamer Icon

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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. AnVir Task Manager icon
     30 likes

    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.

    41 AnVir Task Manager alternatives
    Pro Version Main Screen

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    AnVir Task Manager Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    Warning

    Be careful! The downloader of AnVir Task Manager can install malwares! To avoid the InstallManager read the post at http://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/12033/how-to-avoid-the-installmanager/

    AnVir Task Manager iconProcess Tamer Icon

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  3. Battle Encoder Shirase icon
     4 likes

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

    2 Battle Encoder Shirase alternatives
    Battle Encoder Shirase screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Battle Encoder Shirase Features

    1.  Limit cpu usage
    Battle Encoder Shirase iconProcess Tamer Icon

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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
  4. Mz CPU Accelerator icon
     10 likes

    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.

    7 Mz CPU Accelerator alternatives
    Mz CPU Accelerator screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The last update was on December 19th, 2010. The installer is no longer available on the official site, but can be downloaded from the Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20100929185730/http://mztweak.com/download/mzcpu.exe

    Mz CPU Accelerator iconProcess Tamer Icon

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  5. cpulimit icon
     5 likes

    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
    cpulimit screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    cpulimit iconProcess Tamer Icon

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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
  6. FCorp Image Hijacker icon
     10 likes

    Image Hijacker is a small and easy to use application that allows you to run a program via another one to hide it from prying eyes.

    14 FCorp Image Hijacker alternatives
    FCorp Image Hijacker screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    FCorp Image Hijacker Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Blocks
    Discontinued

    Development of FCorp Software has been discontinued in 2016. Last version of Image Hijacker, released in April 2016, can be still downloaded from SoftPedia.

    FCorp Image Hijacker iconProcess Tamer Icon

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  7. CPUBalance Pro icon
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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...

    7 CPUBalance Pro alternatives
    Main Program

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    CPUBalance Pro Features

    1.  Sits in the System Tray
    CPUBalance Pro iconProcess Tamer Icon

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  8. Ananicy icon
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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.

    14 Ananicy alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Ananicy iconProcess Tamer Icon

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