GSmartControl vs HDDScan : Which is Better?

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GSmartControl

GSmartControl is a graphical user interface for smartctl (from smartmontools package), which is a tool for querying and controlling SMART.

License: Open Source

Apps available for Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

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HDDScan

HDDScan is a Free test tool for hard disk drives, USB flash, RAID volumes and SSD drives. The utility can check your disk for bad blocks in various test modes. Developed by Artem Rubtsov

License: Free

Apps available for Windows Discontinued

GSmartControl VS HDDScan Feature comparision

Feature GSmartControl HDDScan
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
Temperature Monitoring
Selective Wipe
Multiple languages
Portable
Terabytes Written (TBW) info
Linear read benchmark per drive offset
Read latency benchmark per drive offset
Hardware Monitoring
Quick/slow surface scan
Backup
Disk Cloning
Disk Imaging
Disk Monitoring
Bad sectors reallocation
*community curated information: This table may not have the most accurate information. Please suggest changes

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