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Best Hardware Monitoring Software in 2026

Updated

58ranked
16free plans on this page
$1/molowest paid tier
11 Oct 2026last checked

Recognised 40% · Phone app 26% · Documented 20% · Free plan 14% of the score

  1. 26 NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.2Free Supported platforms: Linux on x86_64 and aarch64 (sbsa); bare-metal or full-passthrough virtualized environmentsRemote monitoring: Yes
  2. 27 Observium No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.2Free
  3. 28 OpenNMS No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.2$500/mo
  4. 29 Telegraf No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.2$1,500/mo Supported platforms: Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSDRemote monitoring: Yes
  5. 30 AMD SMI No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.1Free Supported platforms: linux
  6. 31 GPU-Z No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.1Free Supported platforms: Windows
  7. 32 gpuview No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.1Free Supported platforms: Linux, web browser, REST APIRemote monitoring: Yes
  8. 33 Libre Hardware Monitor No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.1Free Supported platforms: Windows, API/libraryRemote monitoring: Yes
  9. 34 lm-sensors No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.1Free Supported platforms: linux
  10. 35 Munin No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.1Free
  11. 36 NVTOP No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.1Free Supported platforms: linux, macos, windows
  12. 37 Prometheus Node Exporter No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.1Free Supported platforms: linux, macos, self_hostedRemote monitoring: Yes
  13. 38 Sidebar Diagnostics No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.1Free Supported platforms: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
  14. 39 SpeedFan No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.1Free Supported platforms: Windows
  15. 40 SSD Fan Control No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.1Free Supported platforms: macOS
  16. 41 MSI Afterburner No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.9Free
  17. 42 HWiNFO No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.8 Supported platforms: Windows, DOSRemote monitoring: YesMonitored device limit: 5 devices
  18. 43 Argus Monitor No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.7$1/mo Supported platforms: windows
  19. 44 HWall No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.7 Supported platforms: LinuxRemote monitoring: Yes
  20. 45 BatteryBar No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.6 Supported platforms: Windows XP, Vista, or 7; 32-bit and 64-bit editions
  21. 46 Heimdall No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.6 Supported platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux, API, self-hostedRemote monitoring: Yes
  22. 47 Zabbix No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.6
  23. 48 PVE Hardware Monitor No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.5 Supported platforms: Linux; web browserRemote monitoring: Yes
  24. 49 BatteryMon No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.4$21/mo Supported platforms: Windows
  25. 50 Glassmkr No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.3 Supported platforms: linux, api, self_hostedRemote monitoring: YesMonitored device limit: 10 devices
Compare all 25 in a table
#AppScoreFree planFromFree planPaid fromSupported platformsRemote monitoring
26NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager6.2Free planFreeLinux on x86_64 and aarch64 (sbsa); bare-metal or full-passthrough virtualized environmentsYes
27Observium6.2Free planFreeYes
28OpenNMS6.2Free plan$500/moYes
29Telegraf6.2Free plan$1,500/moYesLinux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSDYes
30AMD SMI6.1Free planFreelinux
31GPU-Z6.1Free planFreeYesWindows
32gpuview6.1Free planFreeYesLinux, web browser, REST APIYes
33Libre Hardware Monitor6.1Free planFreeYesWindows, API/libraryYes
34lm-sensors6.1Free planFreeYeslinux
35Munin6.1Free planFree
36NVTOP6.1Free planFreeYeslinux, macos, windows
37Prometheus Node Exporter6.1Free planFreelinux, macos, self_hostedYes
38Sidebar Diagnostics6.1Free planFreeYesWindows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
39SpeedFan6.1Free planFreeYesWindows
40SSD Fan Control6.1Free planFreeYesmacOS
41MSI Afterburner5.9Free planFreeYes
42HWiNFO5.8YesWindows, DOSYes
43Argus Monitor5.7$1/moNowindows
44HWall5.7YesLinuxYes
45BatteryBar5.6YesWindows XP, Vista, or 7; 32-bit and 64-bit editions
46Heimdall5.6YesWindows, macOS, Linux, API, self-hostedYes
47Zabbix5.6Yes50 /mo
48PVE Hardware Monitor5.5Linux; web browserYes
49BatteryMon5.4No$21/moNoWindows
50Glassmkr5.3Yeslinux, api, self_hostedYes

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