DriveDx vs smartmontools : Which is Better?

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DriveDx

DriveDx is an advanced drive health (S.M.A.R.T.) diagnostics and monitoring utility. Developed by BinaryFruit

License: Commercial

Apps available for Mac OS X

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smartmontools

Smartmontools (S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Tools) is a set of utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor computer storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) system built into most modern (P)ATA, Serial ATA and SCSI hard drives.

License: Open Source

Categories: OS & Utilities

Apps available for Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

DriveDx VS smartmontools Feature comparision

Feature DriveDx smartmontools
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
Hardware Monitoring
Selective Wipe
Multiple languages
Portable
Terabytes Written (TBW) info
Linear read benchmark per drive offset
Read latency benchmark per drive offset
Quick/slow surface scan
Temperature Monitoring
Sits in the MenuBar
Real-time monitoring
System Info
Bad sectors reallocation
Recover deleted files
Repair Partitions
Backup
Disk Cloning
Disk Imaging
Disk Monitoring
*community curated information: This table may not have the most accurate information. Please suggest changes

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