Resource Monitor Alternatives

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, btop and Mission Center.

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  1. LXTask icon
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    LXTask is the standard task manager and system monitor of LXDE. It starts via Ctrl+Alt+Del and is extremely lightweight.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. Sysprof icon
     1 like

    Find and fix performance problems.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. A manager for tasks on the Android platform. An excellent task manager & killer. It can also optimize memory, storage, & cache. It integrates well with ES File Explorer & users can easily switch between the two apps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued
    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Kindle Fire
     
  4. Performance Monitor is a small program that shows you the CPU, Memory, Disk and Network utilization under Windows NT platforms (2000, XP, Vista, Win 7, etc...).

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Comments about Performance Monitor as an Alternative to Resource Monitor
    roshad87a9
    Positive
    1

    The others are just process monitors, not resource monitor.

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    This is a real resource monitor, the other listed here are process monitor

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Performance Monitor icon
    Performance Monitor icon
    • Performance Monitor is Free Personal and ProprietaryResource Monitor is Free and Proprietary
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    Glsof is two separate utilities (Queries & FileMonitor) to the command line utility Lsof by Vic Abell. Both applications are written in Java. Another fundamental requirement is the command line Lsof that has to be installed on your system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. DBCTaskman icon
     3 likes

    A windows 8-like Task Manager for Windows 7 ,work in progress!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Yet Another (remote) Process Monitor (YAPM) is a powerful application that allows to view and manage your running tasks, processes, threads, modules...etc. and your services on a local or on a remote machine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. iPulse icon
     5 likes

    Using its concise and appealing user interface, iPulse graphically displays the inner workings of OS X on your desktop, menu bar or Dock.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. You can use Windows Performance Monitor to examine how programs you run affect your computer's performance, both in real time and by collecting log data for later analysis.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. A Qt based, self-contained (AppImage) tool that mimics the functionality of Windows 10 Task Manager's performance and process tab under Linux. It enables to oversee systemwide CPU, RAM, Disk I/O and Network utilization per device and per process.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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