Top 15 Lights-Out Alternative and Similar Softwares | Mar 2024

An add-in to Windows Server that saves electricity (and therefore money).

Lights-Out can put a Windows Home Server into suspended mode or hibernation and resume the system on:

• user-defined events (calendar event, Wake-On-Lan) or
• an activity-based ruleset (runtimes on calendar, Windows clients, network devices, backup time window, remote access, processes, files, CPU load and/or network load on your Windows Home Server).

1. SmartPower

SmartPower SmartPower is a Windows service that saves energy (and money) by hibernating and resuming your Windows PC according to configurable rules.......

2. Laptop Mode Tools

Laptop Mode Tools Laptop Mode Tools is a package of userspace scripts for Linux kernel "laptop mode".......

3. PowerPlug

PowerPlug PowerPlug offers PC power management solutions that allow organizations to monitor, control and reduce their PC power consumption, saving up to 60% on PC network energy bills. The company’s leading product - PowerPlug Pro, allows organizations to reduce their power consumption and carbon footprint without interrupting end-user productivity or IT......

4. Granola

Granola PROGRAM DISCONTINUED (see project's home page)Download Granola and help save the world. Granola is free software that can reduce the energy consumption of your PC or laptop up to 35%. With one click, make your computer environmentally friendly. Most effective power saving software for Linux and Windows Sophisticated workload......

5. Verdiem

Verdiem Verdiem delivers enterprise-class IT energy management & efficiency solutions for PCs, Macs, and Cisco EnergyWise devices – providing greater energy savings and IT efficiency. It helps you accurately measure IT device utilization, enforce policies for greater IT efficiency, and analyze results to optimize savings.......

6. CPUMSR

CPUMSR CPUMSR controls frequency, voltage and multiplier settings of supported CPUs.......

7. SetPower

SetPower SetPower is advantageous for both the home and business user. For home users, you want a machine that is awake and ready to go when you are. You may use your home machine for a few hours in the morning, before you leave for work/your days activities, and for a......

8. Processor Hardware Control for Linux

Processor Hardware Control for Linux Processor Hardware Control is a project to allow CPU voltage/frequency changing from userspace.Some hints- for Ubuntu and Gentoo users: http://linuxsolver.blogspot.it/2011/02/undervolting-cpu-in-ubuntu.html - for Debian users: http://o0arthur0o.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/undervolting-your-cpu-on-debian-squeeze/......

9. Powerwise

Powerwise Powerwise from Modus Interactive provides centralised control of networked windows PCs power management. Centralised control and management of power settings leads to reductions in energy use meaning reductions in cost and emissions.......

10. Edison

Edison Edison puts you in control of your PC energy usage by letting you:* Set your schedule - Tell Edison when you use your computer most.* Save a little or a lot - Use the Edison efficiency slider to choose the level of energy savings you want to achieve.* See your......

11. Battery Mode

Battery Mode Replaces Windows default battery indicator to a more powerful and useful one.It provides backlight control, easy power scheme selection, detailed battery information and a lot of handy features for customization.Advanced Power Scheme Selection* Battery Mode allows you to change current power scheme right from the battery popup window.* Unlike the......

12. ProfShutdown

ProfShutdown Prof Shutdown enables an administrator to schedule power management jobs to be executed on a local machine or multiple remote machines in a network. In the latter case, the tool is able to service up to 1,000 machines all together at a specified time. A local machine can be scheduled......

13. Power Scheme Switcher

Power Scheme Switcher This is a very simple utility that exposes an icon in the system tray and allows you to quickly change the Power Plan Scheme from there.Features- Shows the active power plan with an icon and a tool tip in the system try - Right click the icon to get the......

14. Faronics Power Save

Faronics Power Save Faronics Power Save is an effective and reliable energy conservation tool that accurately manages energy consumption throughout ain a multiple workstation environment and significantly cuts down on energy expenditures. Power Save offers flexible options for determining when a computer is inactive (by CPU usage, hard drive usage or by running......

15. PowerSlave

PowerSlave Save power, Save money -Save the planet. PowerSlave is FREE for personal use and it helps control the power scheme used by Windows.It allows you to define your working day start time and end time. It then lets the user choose one power scheme that will be used during the......