Glances vs NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager
Glances
nicolargo.github.io
NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager
developer.nvidia.comSide by side
| Figure | Glances | NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Hardware Monitoring Software | 8.9 (#6) | 7.9 (#29) |
| Spec score · Hardware monitoring tools | 8.6 (#12) | 8.4 (#15) |
| APIs | Glances provides XML-RPC and RESTful JSON APIs, and its Web server mode exposes a REST API. | The installer packages include C and Python API examples, and NVIDIA links to open-source Go bindings. |
| Remote monitoring | Client/server mode supports monitoring a remote host through the terminal, web UI, or APIs. | Yes |
Plans
NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager
- DCGM open-source productFree
In their own words
Glances
Glances is a free, open-source, cross-platform tool for monitoring real-time system statistics and running processes. Its listed coverage includes CPU, memory, load, processes, network, disk I/O, sensors, filesystems, containers, alerts, and uptime. Client/server mode enables remote monitoring through a terminal, web interface, or API, while its built-in web UI lets users view a system from a browser-equipped device. Statistics can be exported to CSV or JSON files, databases such as InfluxDB and Prometheus, brokers such as RabbitMQ and Kafka, or a REST endpoint. The project documents Docker and Podman support and describes Docker and LXC container monitoring in its README. Installation options include pip, pipx, Homebrew, Linux and FreeBSD packages, and Docker images. Glances 4 requires Python 3.10 or higher. Its default installation does not include web interface dependencies; separate extras cover features such as web, GPU, containers, exports, and MCP. Version 4.5.1 and higher can provide an MCP server for AI assistants. The project uses the LGPL version 3 license.
NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager
NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.