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 GiMeSpace Power Control Pro, AnVir Task Manager, Mz CPU Accelerator and Battle Encoder Shirase.

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  1. Process Lasso icon
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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
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. This program is switching automatic between low and high power energy plans depending on the load of the CPU and CPU temperature. The Pro version adds new features to control individual programs including CPU core affinity, process and I/O scheduling priorities.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. 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
     
  5. cpulimit icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. 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
     
  7. 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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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