atop vs TaskExplorer
atop
atoptool.nl
TaskExplorer
xanasoft.comSide by side
| Figure | atop | TaskExplorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | €5/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Process Monitoring Software | 7.7 (#12) | 7.4 (#20) |
| Intended users | The maintainer lectures a four-day Linux Performance Analysis and Tuning training course that covers atop and related tools. | The maker describes the tool as intended for developers, IT professionals, and power users; its Business certificate is aimed at commercial organizations, IT administrators, and enterprise deployments. |
| Purpose | Atop is an ASCII full-screen performance monitor for Linux that reports system and process activity. | TaskExplorer is a process and system monitoring tool that provides real-time information about running applications and their behavior. |
| Support | The site provides a contact form for the maintainer, Gerlof Langeveld. | The maker directs users with issues to GitHub Issues or its troubleshooting forum. |
Plans
TaskExplorer
- Task Explorer Pro Business€60 a year
- Task Explorer Pro Personal€60 a year
In their own words
atop
atop is a free, GPL-licensed performance monitor for Linux. It uses a full-screen ASCII interface to report system and process activity at regular intervals. System-level views cover CPU, memory, swap, disk, and network activity. Process and thread views include CPU use, memory growth, disk use, and other statistics, including consumption by processes that finish during the interval. atop can save compressed raw counters for longer-term analysis, preserving daily logs for 28 days by default. The atopsar command turns those logs into system activity reports. It also reports CPU, memory, disk I/O utilization, and pressure for cgroup v2. An optional netatop kernel module adds per-process and per-thread TCP and UDP packet counts and bandwidth statistics. Displays can use bar graphs or detailed text, with columns adjusting to terminal width. Downloads list source and x86_64 RPM packages for version 2.13.0.
TaskExplorer
TaskExplorer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.