Best System Utilities

Compare the Top System Utilities as of November 2025

What are System Utilities?

System utilities are specialized software tools designed to maintain, manage, and optimize computer systems. They assist with essential tasks such as file management, disk cleanup, backup, performance monitoring, and troubleshooting. Unlike applications built for end-user productivity, system utilities work behind the scenes to improve efficiency, stability, and security of the operating system. They can be built into the OS or installed as third-party tools to extend functionality. By automating maintenance and diagnostic tasks, system utilities help prolong system lifespan and ensure smooth day-to-day operations. Compare and read user reviews of the best System Utilities currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Bark

    Bark

    Bark

    Get alerts when students might be in danger online. Our powerful AI scans student Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 accounts (including emails, chats, and files) for potential issues like threats of violence, cyberbullying, and more. Get insights and timely alerts so you can help keep students safe. Families are in a good position to support their kids when they need help. Share alert, and responsibility for their safety, with the parents and guardians in your community. Upgrading to Schools+ provides 24/7 emergency notifications, image removal software (Google Workspace only), and workflow management enhancements. For schools that need help managing which sites students visit, our web filter can restrict not just specific sites, but entire categories. Custom reports can give you an in-depth understanding of online activities. This community giveback is made possible by the success of our product for families.
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    Canopy

    Canopy

    Canopy

    Canopy is the only digital parenting app that detects and blocks pornography on every single website on the internet. It’s also the only one that alerts parents immediately when it detects sexting, so they address it in a conversation with their kids. With Canopy, parents can rest easy knowing their children are safe, no matter where their online adventures take them. Canopy uses advanced computing technology, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, to instantly recognize and filter out pornographic content online and on your child’s smartphone camera. Protects two million devices around the world. Keeps kids at thousands of schools safe online. Helps US law enforcement prevent digital crimes against children. Filter out inappropriate content on your kid’s smartphone, schedule breaks from screen time, and know if your kid has left home or school. And that’s just the beginning. Canopy gives families everything they need to thrive in the digital world.
    Starting Price: $7.99 per month
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    Google Scholar
    Google Scholar is a freely accessible search engine that specializes in indexing and providing access to scholarly literature across various disciplines and formats. It allows users to search for articles, theses, conference papers, preprints, technical reports, books, and other academic publications from a wide range of sources, including universities, research institutions, academic publishers, and professional societies. Google Scholar aims to help researchers, students, and professionals find relevant academic resources for their studies or projects. Users can search by keywords, author names, or publication titles, and the results often include direct links to the full text or, in some cases, abstracts and citations. The search engine also provides tools to help users track citations, find related articles, and export citations in various formats.
    Starting Price: Free
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    CiteSeerX

    CiteSeerX

    CiteSeerX

    CiteSeerx uses Solr as its core search engine. Solr is based upon Lucene; a good overview of the supported query syntax may be obtained by reading the Lucene query parser syntax. CiteSeerx supports Proximity and Boolean queries. Please note that adjacent words will default to one word proximity. Unlike the old CiteSeer system, citations and full documents are included within the same index in CiteSeerx. By default, citations for which we have no accompanying document file will not show up in search results.
    Starting Price: Free
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    Vivi

    Vivi

    Vivi

    Connect directly to your user database through LDAP and SAML, bulk configure and update, and control emergency broadcasts and digital signage. For one display in one room, or 10,000 displays across 10 campuses. In a Vivi classroom, teachers can roam and engage with the display and the students from anywhere, enhancing student engagement. Create a more dynamic learning space, involve your students, and own your classroom. Vivi works with literally every device and display and it’s ridiculously easy to use. Students can share their work (with teacher permission), prompting immediate feedback where they benefit from student-centric lessons that are more interactive and empowering. Up to four students can share their work to a display at a time, to compare and contrast different approaches.
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    Consensus

    Consensus

    Consensus

    Ask a question, get conclusions from research papers. Consensus uses AI to find answers in research papers. The best way to search is to ask a question. Focus on questions that researchers may have studied. Topics range from biology to social sciences. Scientific research is the most valuable, insight-filled source of data to ever exist. Yet, the current consumers of this information are the same people who are creating it. We are striving to build the tools that democratize scientific evidence and make the world a better place, by making it a more informed place. Consensus is built by machine learning, science, and technology experts from some of the world’s most innovative institutions.
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