Alternatives to Samsung Magician

Samsung's management app for its consumer SSDs, covering firmware updates, health checks, benchmarks and secure erase. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • Samsung Magician

    Samsung's management app for its consumer SSDs, covering firmware updates, health checks, benchmarks and secure erase.

    FreeProprietaryWindows

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Samsung Magician.

  • CrystalDiskInfo

    Reads the health data your drives already record and tells you plainly whether one is dying.

    FreeOpen sourceWindows

    CrystalDiskInfo is MIT-licensed, reads health from drives of any brand with tray alerts, but offers no Samsung firmware updates, benchmarks or secure erase.

  • smartmontools

    Reads the SMART health data built into disks and runs self-tests, giving advance warning before a drive fails.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    smartmontools is open-source and cross-platform, monitoring SMART health on a schedule for many drive types, but it is command-line only with no firmware updates.

  • GSmartControl

    A graphical interface for smartctl that shows the health of hard drives and SSDs.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    GSmartControl shows SMART health and runs self-tests graphically on Windows and Linux for any brand, depending on smartmontools and lacking firmware updates.

  • HDDScan

    A free Windows utility for testing hard drives and SSDs, reading SMART data and running surface tests.

    FreeProprietaryWindows

    HDDScan is free for Windows, reads SMART data and runs surface tests on many drives, but provides no Samsung firmware updates or benchmarks.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.