Best Hardware Monitoring Software in 2026
Updated
57 hardware monitoring software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
57ranked
6free plans on this page
3 Oct 2026last checked
| # | Platform | Score | Why | From | Free plan | Paid from | Supported platforms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager | 6.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Linux on x86_64 and aarch64 (sbsa); bare-metal or full-passthrough virtualized environments | View |
| 27 | Hardware Sentry KM | 6.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Linux/UNIX, Windows, Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX, BMC Helix Operations Management | View |
| 28 |  MSI Afterburner | 6.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | — | — | — | View |
| 29 |  Libre Hardware Monitor | 6.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Windows, API/library | View |
| 30 | HWMonitor | 6.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | windows, android | View |
| 31 |  OhmGraphite | 6.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Windows | View |
| 32 |  NVTOP | 6.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | linux, macos, windows | View |
| 33 |  lm-sensors | 6.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | linux | View |
| 34 |  XStat | 6.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Windows 10/11; Android 5.0+; LAN web browsers | View |
| 35 | Icinga | 6.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 36 |  PVE Hardware Monitor | 5.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Linux; web browser | View |
| 37 |  siomon | 5.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | linux | View |
| 38 |  SpeedFan | 5.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Windows | View |
| 39 |  Sidebar Diagnostics | 5.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 | View |
| 40 |  AccuBattery | 5.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | Android | View |
| 41 |  Macs Fan Control | 5.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | macOS, Windows via Boot Camp | View |
| 42 |  BatteryCare | 5.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 | View |
| 43 |  GSam Battery Monitor | 5.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | android | View |
| 44 |  GPU-Z | 5.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Windows | View |
| 45 |  Telegraf | 5.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD | View |
| 46 | BatteryBar | 5.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Windows XP, Vista, or 7; 32-bit and 64-bit editions | View |
| 47 |  OpenNMS | 5.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 48 |  SSD Fan Control | 5.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | macOS | View |
| 49 | Observium | 5.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 50 |  AMD SMI | 5.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | linux | View |
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