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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Project Mercury alternatives are mainly Process Monitoring Tools but may also be Process Management Tools or Task Management Tools.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Project Mercury.
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Project Mercury is a lightweight and unobtrusive CPU tweak that allows you to prioritize programs in order of importance and use.

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Project Mercury alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
  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 iconProject Mercury Icon

    Process Lasso VS Project Mercury

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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
  2. NotCPUCores icon
     5 likes

    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"...

    6 NotCPUCores alternatives
    older version on windows 7

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Streaming
    5.  Configuration Management
    6.  Optimization
    NotCPUCores iconProject Mercury Icon

    NotCPUCores VS Project Mercury

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    • 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
  3. 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 iconProject Mercury Icon

    Mz CPU Accelerator VS Project Mercury

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  4. Prio - Process Priority Saver icon
     10 likes

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

    19 Prio - Process Priority Saver alternatives
    Prio - Process Priority Saver screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Prio - Process Priority Saver iconProject Mercury Icon

    Prio - Process Priority Saver VS Project Mercury

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  5. 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 iconProject Mercury Icon

    CPUBalance Pro VS Project Mercury

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