Resource Monitor AlternativesSystem Information Utilities and other similar apps like Resource Monitor

Resource Monitor is described as 'System application in Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is used to view information about the use of hardware (CPU, memory, disk, and network) and software (file handles and modules) resources in real time' and is a system information utility in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Resource Monitor for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best Resource Monitor alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like Resource Monitor are htop, System Informer, Mission Center and btop.

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  1. Process Explorer icon

    Process Explorer

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    Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. The display consists of two sub-windows. The top always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information...

    74 Process Explorer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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    Comments about Process Explorer as an Alternative to Resource Monitor
    Guest
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    Does not provide a per file view.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Process Explorer is a great Resource Monitor alternative.

    • Process Explorer is the most popular Windows alternative to Resource Monitor.

    • Process Explorer is the most popular free alternative to Resource Monitor.

    • Process Explorer is Free and ProprietaryResource Monitor is also Free and Proprietary
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    htop

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    htop is an interactive process viewer for Linux. It is a text-mode application (for console or X terminals) and requires ncurses. htop is an interactive top replacement that runs in the terminal. The available columns are: PID, STATE, PPID, PGRP, SESSION, TTY_NR, TPGID, MINFLT...

    72 htop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Comments about htop as an Alternative to Resource Monitor
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    Resource Monitor is a GUI tool with a convenient mouse interface which allows sorting and seeing multiple different tabs. It also shows per-process upload/download network usage each second, per-process listening ports, and per-process htop is not. htop doesn't seem to show per-process listening ports or network activity at all. If it can, it's not obvious how to make it do so.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • htop is the most popular Linux alternative to Resource Monitor.

    • htop is the most popular Open Source alternative to Resource Monitor.

    • htop is Free and Open SourceResource Monitor is Free and Proprietary
    • htop is LightweightResource Monitor is not according to our users
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    btop

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    Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

    26 btop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
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    • btop is the most popular Mac alternative to Resource Monitor.

    • btop is Free and Open SourceResource Monitor is Free and Proprietary
    • btop is LightweightResource Monitor is not according to our users
  9. Process Monitor icon

    Process Monitor

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    Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and...

    55 Process Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  10. Glances icon

    Glances

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    Glances is a cross-platform monitoring tool which aims to present a large amount of monitoring information through a curses or Web based interface. The information dynamically adapts depending on the size of the user interface.

    67 Glances alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  11. Task Manager icon

    Task Manager

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    Windows Task Manager is a task manager application included with Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems that provides detailed information about computer performance and running applications, processes and CPU usage, commit charge and memory information, network...

    70 Task Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    appstat

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    Real-time monitoring of CPU, memory, disk, and thread metrics for running applications without workflow interruptions. Identify resource bottlenecks, memory leaks, and performance spikes. Freeware with no registration required, featuring dark/light modes, always-on-top option, and exportable logs for team analysis.

    52 appstat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    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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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    SystemExplorer

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    System Explorer is an enhanced Taskmanager that provides detailed information about running processes, startup programs, IE add-ons (BHOs), drivers, services network connections, system resources and more.

    53 SystemExplorer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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