Ambih Monitor
Ambih Monitor records each app, development server, or script launch as a session and tracks CPU, memory, disk, network, and GPU resources by project.
What Ambih Monitor is
Ambih Monitor records each app, development server, or script launch as a session and tracks CPU, memory, disk, network, and GPU resources by project. It learns baselines across launches so developers can compare a run with earlier ones. Users can select multiple past runs for side-by-side comparison of CPU, memory, disk, and network. Pro adds resource-change flags and labels runs Stable, Watch, or Regression. The bundled ambih CLI can launch and compare runs, output JSON, and use ambih verify to gate CI against regressions or resource budgets. The maker describes it as language-agnostic and lists support for stacks including Electron, Tauri, .NET, Node.js, Python, Go, Rust, Java, PHP, and Flutter. The available download is for 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 and includes the .NET 8 Desktop Runtime. macOS and Linux are listed as in development. Normal monitoring does not require admin rights, though temperature and power sensors and the gaming-overlay FPS counter do.
Good
- Tracks CPU, memory, disk, network, and GPU by project.
- Builds project-specific baselines across launches.
- CLI can output JSON and gate CI checks.
- Free plan includes core monitoring features.
- Normal monitoring does not require admin rights.
Watch out
- Available download is for Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.
- macOS and Linux are still in development.
- Some sensors and overlay features require admin rights.
Who it suits
Ambih Monitor is aimed at individual developers tracking resource use in dev servers, desktop apps, games, machine-learning workloads, or GPU-accelerated apps. Its per-project comparisons and CLI may suit developers who want to monitor runs or gate CI on resource budgets.
Verdict
Ambih Monitor combines per-project resource tracking with run comparisons and CI-oriented CLI tools. Its current download is Windows-only, and advanced sensors require admin rights.
Plans and prices
From Ambih Monitor's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 1 project · full feature set · Free history keeps most recent 5 sessions · forever |
| Pro | $8 a month | Unlimited projects · all Free features · first year renews at $75/year · monthly |
| Team | $55 a year | Full licence per seat · email invitations · pro-rata seat additions · per seat yearly · 2 to 25 seats · first year renews at $65/seat/year |
| Pro Annual | $65 a year | Unlimited projects · all Free features · yearly · $5.42/month equivalent · first year renews at $75/year |
| Lifetime | $199, paid once | Every Pro feature in current version · offline use · no expiry · bug-fix updates included · one-time |
The facts
Each one read from Ambih Monitor's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Baselines
- It learns per-project resource baselines across launches so users can compare a run with earlier runs.checked 7 Oct 2026
- CI integration
- ambih verify returns non-zero on regression and supports max-memory, max-cpu and max-duration budgets for CI.checked 15 Oct 2026
- CLI
- The bundled ambih command-line tool launches, monitors, compares and queries projects and supports JSON output.checked 15 Oct 2026
- CLI and CI
- The bundled ambih CLI can launch and compare runs, output JSON, and use ambih verify to gate CI on regressions or resource budgets.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Cross-session regression method
- Cross-session analysis uses a Theil-Sen trend and robust z-score with Bonferroni capping, requiring at least five sessions.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data and telemetry statement
- Ambih states that it has no analytics beacons and does not inject into processes, install persistence, download remote code or read browser credential stores.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The site links separate Docs and Changelog resources, while the Monitor pages document CLI commands, statistical methods, system requirements and security behavior.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Downgrade behavior
- When a subscription is downgraded, extra projects are locked rather than deleted and become available again after resubscription.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Gaming overlay
- An always-on-top overlay displays CPU, RAM, GPU and FPS, while a system-information page shows hardware details.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Git integration
- The project overview can show Git branch, dirty state, recent commits and ahead/behind status when local Git is installed.checked 15 Oct 2026
- GPU and VRAM
- GPU utilization plus dedicated and shared VRAM can be enabled per project and included in baselines and regression analysis.checked 15 Oct 2026
- GPU monitoring
- GPU utilization and dedicated or shared VRAM tracking can be enabled per project.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Hardware requirements
- The stated minimum is 4 GB RAM, 8 GB recommended, and about 150 MB disk space after installation.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker presents Monitor for individual developers working on dev servers, desktop apps, games, ML workloads, and GPU-accelerated apps.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Launch-phase analysis
- A launch segmenter separates startup transients from steady-state measurements so startup behavior does not distort the baseline.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence model
- The published plans describe proprietary paid licences and a lifetime licence for the current version; no open-source licence is stated.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Live charts
- Live views show CPU, RAM, network and disk with minimum, average and maximum values.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Memory drift detection
- Memory drift uses a one-sided CUSUM detector with Welford warm-up.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Monitoring overhead
- The maker says the sampler runs at 1 Hz on a background thread and adds no measurable overhead when no resource cap is set.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Payment provider
- Payments are described as handled by Paddle, with cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay and some local methods supported.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Permissions
- Normal monitoring runs without administrator rights, but FPS and live temperature or power sensors require elevation.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The website presents Ambih as a desktop-tools maker whose products are designed and shipped by the site owner; no legal entity, headquarters or founding year is stated on the opened pages.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Other platforms
- The site says macOS and Linux are coming soon and lists both as in development.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Platform limitation
- Windows is the available download; macOS and Linux builds are described as coming soon and still require packaging and signing.checked 15 Oct 2026
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