Alternatives to DriveDx
A Mac utility that monitors SSD and HDD health through SMART data and warns before failure. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
DriveDx
A Mac utility that monitors SSD and HDD health through SMART data and warns before failure.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as DriveDx.
GSmartControl
A graphical interface for smartctl that shows the health of hard drives and SSDs.
GSmartControl is a free open-source graphical smartctl front end for Windows and Linux, not macOS, and depends on smartmontools being installed.
Hard Disk Sentinel
Drive health, temperature and lifetime monitoring for HDDs and SSDs.
Hard Disk Sentinel reports drive health and estimated lifetime on Windows and Linux rather than macOS, with most features in the paid Professional edition.
Scrutiny
A self-hosted web dashboard for hard drive S.M.A.R.T. monitoring with historical trends and failure thresholds.
Scrutiny is a self-hosted web dashboard with historical SMART trends and failure thresholds, suited to home servers and NAS boxes rather than a Mac desktop app.
Also worth comparing
These listings name DriveDx as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
SeaTools
Seagate's free diagnostic tool for checking the health of hard drives and SSDs.
DriveDx moves the job to macOS, showing detailed SMART indicators, running self-tests and emailing reports, and it is paid after the trial.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
coconutBattery
A Mac app that shows live battery health details for Macs, iPhones and iPads.
iStat Menus
A macOS menu bar system monitor for CPU, GPU, memory, disks, network, sensors and battery.
TG Pro
Mac app for monitoring component temperatures and battery health, with manual and automatic fan control.
HDDScan
A free Windows utility for testing hard drives and SSDs, reading SMART data and running surface tests.
