smartmontools Alternatives

smartmontools is described as 'The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI harddisks' and is a popular hard disk diagnostic tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to smartmontools for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, MS-DOS and Web-based apps. The best smartmontools alternative is CrystalDiskInfo, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like smartmontools are GSmartControl, Hard Disk Sentinel, HD Tune and scrutiny S.M.A.R.T.

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    SMART Report Viewer helps visualize the output of smartctl tests, entirely in your browser. Drag and drop txt, log, or zip files (including Unraid diagnostics) to quickly understand the health of your drives.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • SMART Report Viewer is the most popular Web-based alternative to smartmontools.

    • SMART Report Viewer is Free and Proprietarysmartmontools is Free and Open Source
    • SMART Report Viewer is Lightweight and Privacy focusedsmartmontools is not according to our users
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    Pc-Check will scan for errors in all hardware components on the computer it is being deployed on and display diagnostic results. The software is bootable from CDs and USBs, so even if the OS won't start the program will still be able to run.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    SeaTools is a diagnostic tool that helps you determine the condition of the disk drive in your external hard drive, desktop or laptop computer.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    SORA is a next-generation diagnostics and recovery platform for HDDs and SSDs. It supports deep-level drive inspection, simultaneous multi-drive testing, and time-optimized scan routines. Designed with SSD-specific characteristics in mind, SORA can analyze wear levels...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. SMARTReporter icon
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    SMARTReporter is an application that can warn you of some hard disk drive failures before they actually happen! It does so by periodically polling the built-in S.M.A.R.T. status of your hard disk drives as well as performing other checks for "I/O errors" or R.A.I.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Diskscan is intended to provide the information needed to decide if a disk is good or not, be it an HDD or an SSD it is likely to be holding important data and if you have a suspicion that it is failing it is also important to know how bad is it down the road.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Hard Drive Inspector is a powerful, effective and easy-to-use program that monitors hard drive health. In many cases it is able to warn the user about forthcoming disk failure in advance, thus preventing information loss.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. HDDExpert icon
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    HDDExpert gives you a crystal-clear vision of your Hard Drive (HDD or SSD) health and performance and translates S.M.A.R.T. attributes into readable indication.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. HDDLife icon
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    Modern hard drives are much more reliable than the disks of yesterday. However, they still are extremely complex electronic devices with moving parts that are subject to amortization. The high density of data storage provided by the modern disks allows for greater storage...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    CheckDrive warns you before you lose all your data! Never be surprised by a hard drive failure again! Shows you the health status of your plates Informs you in case of problems.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    The sdparm utility accesses SCSI device parameters. When the SCSI device is a disk, sdparm's role is similar to its namesake: the Linux hdparm utility which is primarily designed for ATA disks that had device names starting with "hd".

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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