System Mechanic Review - why 3.8 stars?

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Mar 19, 2022

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What is System Mechanic?

System Mechanic is a registry cleaner and performance optimization solution for personal and commercial use. The software was designed and launched by Iolo Technologies headquartered in California, United States. It fixes any corrupt and useless files in the computer registry to maintain efficient performance levels.

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Who is it best for?

The software can be used for both personal and commercial purposes. For personal use, you can use it on your Windows based devices to clear the registry of any corrupt files and maintain better performance. On commercial level, the software is more useful for small and medium businesses and can clean the devices and small networks of faulty files.

There are thousands of individual and commercial customers of the software all over the world. These customers come from a wide range of industries such as software development, finance, retail and sale, real estate, and education etc.

Main features and functionalities

The software offers a variety of registry cleaning and performance optimization features. Additionally, it also offers various critical security services. Among the core performance optimization features, we can include active X control checking, application paths, registry backup and restore, BBL validation, error reporting, and file association.

In addition to fixing the corrupt files, the software also checks for empty registry keys and replaces them with valid files. It also performs detailed analysis of help files, shared files, temporary files, and history lists. Other important core features include management of application events, system optimizer, system manager, and path references.

Security features available on System Mechanic include log of changes, verification of entries and the option of undoing the changes. It also offers the additional features of extensions, uninstallers, and progIDs. You have the option of both on premise and online deployment models.

What is the actual cost?

System Mechanic by iolo offers a yearly subscription plan at $39.95.

ITQlick pricing score is 4.2 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). Access ITQlick pricing guide for System Mechanic. You can also find here pricing information from System Mechanic's website.

Pros

• Other than locating and fixing corrupt registry files, the software also locates and replaces the empty files.
• Maximum speed and stability is restored by constantly supervising the registry problems.
• LiveBoot system of the software provides real time calibration of CPU and memory.
• Other than the PC performance, the software also speeds up internet streaming and downloading with its NetBooster service.
• The software cleans up to as many as 50 types of junk registry files.

Cons

• The software does not offer any support for Mac OS based systems.
• Installation problems can occur if there is already anti-virus software working on your device.
• There is no facility of hard drive failure monitoring on the software.
• The software does not provide the option of hard drive partition management.
• You do not have the functions of driver statistics and boot management on the software.

How it stacks up?

Access a head to head analysis of System Mechanic vs alternative software solutions.

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