HDDlife vs smartmontools
| HDDlife | smartmontools | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | — | Free |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Windows | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| SMART monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| SSD wear tracking | Yes | — |
| Temperature alerts | Yes | Yes |
| Failure warnings | Yes | Yes |
| Remote monitoring | Yes | — |
| Drives on cheapest plan | 1 drives | — |
| Supported platforms | Windows; HDDs and SATA SSDs (NVMe/M.2 not supported) | Darwin (Mac OS X), Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, OS/2, Cygwin, QNX, eComStation, Windows |
Both are listed in Best Disk Health Monitoring Software. On Samsung Mobile US Press, smartmontools scores higher on our published basis.