Hard Disk Sentinel vs SMARTHDD
Hard Disk Sentinel
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| Figure | Hard Disk Sentinel | SMARTHDD |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 7 | 2 |
| Spec score · Disk Health Monitoring Software | 8.2 (#6) | 7.5 (#19) |
| Spec score · Disk Diagnostic Software | 8.2 (#6) | 7.5 (#15) |
| Monitoring | It monitors drive health, temperature, and S.M.A.R.T. values and measures transfer speed in real time. | It analyzes every disk every minute and notifies users of detected pre-failure conditions, data degradation, out-of-range parameters, or excessive temperature. |
| Privacy | The maker says it does not sell, rent, or lease personal information and uses voluntary hardware reports to improve software and services without disclosing them to third parties. | The privacy policy says the program collects no personal information while running on a PC and that submitted reports contain hard-drive hardware configuration information. |
| Purpose | Hard Disk Sentinel monitors, diagnoses, tests, and reports on hard disk and SSD health, performance degradation, and failures. | SMARTHDD diagnoses and optimizes hard disk drives and solid-state drives. |
Plans
Hard Disk Sentinel
- DOSFree
- LinuxFree
- TrialFree
- Standard$22, paid once
- Professional$33, paid once
- Professional Family$59, paid once
- Enterprise$219.50, paid once
In their own words
Hard Disk Sentinel
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