Project Mercury Alternatives

Project Mercury is described as 'Lightweight and unobtrusive CPU tweak that allows you to prioritize programs in order of importance and use' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are five alternatives to Project Mercury for Windows. The best Project Mercury alternative is Process Lasso, which is free. Other great apps like Project Mercury are NotCPUCores, Mz CPU Accelerator, Prio - Process Priority Saver and CPUBalance Pro.

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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.

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Process Lasso is the most popular Windows alternative to Project Mercury.

    • Process Lasso is the most popular free alternative to Project Mercury.

    • Process Lasso is Freemium and ProprietaryProject Mercury is Free and Proprietary
    • Process Lasso is LightweightProject Mercury is not according to our users
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    NotCPUCores

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    NotCPUCores is a GUI for quick CPU Resource Assignment and Priority adjustment, along with other minor tweaks. A lot of similar snake oil marketed Non-Free alternatives exist that like to call themselves names such as "Game Booster", "FPS Booster"...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    older version on windows 7
     

    • NotCPUCores is the most popular Open Source alternative to Project Mercury.

    • NotCPUCores is Free and Open SourceProject Mercury is Free and Proprietary
    • NotCPUCores is LightweightProject Mercury is not according to our users
  4. 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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  5. Prio - Process Priority Saver icon

    Prio - Process Priority Saver

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    Prio is a utility for saving the priority of applications and interface enhancements for the standard windows task Manager.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Prio - Process Priority Saver screenshot 1
     
  6. 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
     
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