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Comparison

Edgely Guard vs CleanMyMac X, CCleaner and IObit Advanced SystemCare

Differences in architecture and licensing, not a scorecard. Where CleanMyMac X, CCleaner or IObit Advanced SystemCare is the better fit for you, that is worth knowing before you switch.

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A maintenance tool with nothing to sell you mid-scan

Guard is judged as much on what it refuses to do as on what it does: nothing rides along with the installer, findings keep the severity they were measured at, and the free plan states its one limit up front.

Installer Nothing bundled
The installer carries Guard and nothing else: no browser, no toolbar, no antivirus trial and no partner offer, on any of the three platforms.
Findings Reported at the severity they were measured at
Every check says what it found and why it matters, as a pass, a warning or a fail, and points at the fix where there is one.
Telemetry None, in every build
No analytics, no account and nothing sent home. A scan result stays on the machine that produced it.
Reversibility A quarantine you can restore from
Threats move to quarantine, where each item is reviewed and then restored or deleted. A cleanup lists what it will remove before it removes anything.
Platforms Windows, macOS and Linux, one app
The same 17-tool toolkit, security audit and monitor on all three. Each tool wraps the facility its own platform provides, and one an operating system has no equivalent for says so on its tile.
Licence All tools, capped cleanups
The free plan caps cleanups each month and meters nothing else: audits, scans, monitoring, network tools and the uninstaller stay open. Pro is 39 euros a year and includes Edgely Transfer.

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Where others may suit you better

If you want always-on antivirus with real-time interception, Guard's on-demand scanning is not a replacement for a dedicated endpoint product.

The evidence

Feature by feature

The full matrix behind the six differences above, from cleanup to forensics and network tools. Anything Edgely has not shipped is marked coming soon rather than left blank.
The full matrix behind the six differences above, from cleanup to forensics and network tools. Anything Edgely has not shipped is marked coming soon rather than left blank.
Feature Edgely Guard Rust-powered CleanMyMac X macOS utility CCleaner System cleaner IObit ASC System care Glary Utilities Windows utility Avira Optimizer AV-bundled tuner AVG TuneUp AV-bundled tuner
Core
Built with Rust Yes No No No No No No
Cross-platform (macOS, Windows, Linux) Yes macOS only Yes Windows only Windows only Yes Windows only
Free tier, its limit stated up front All tools, capped cleanups No Limited Limited Yes Bundled w/ AV Trial
Linux native build Yes No No No No No No
Zero telemetry / zero tracking Yes No No No No No No
Minimal system overhead Yes Yes No No No No No
System Cleanup
Junk file and cache cleanup Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Build artifact cleanup (node_modules, target/) Yes No No No No No No
Package manager cache cleanup Yes Partial No No No No No
Duplicate file finder Yes Yes Pro only Yes Yes Yes Yes
Large file scanner Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Registry / config cleaner Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Secure file shredder Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No
Security
Vulnerable software detection (CVE) Coming soon No No No No No No
Malware and threat scanning Yes Basic No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Heuristic malware scan with cancellation Yes No No No No No No
Firewall and port audit Yes No No No No No No
File permission analysis Yes No No No No No No
Rootkit detection Coming soon No No No No No No
File Integrity & Forensics
File integrity monitoring (baseline + drift) Yes No No No No No No
File drift detection (size, mtime, hash) Yes No No No No No No
File encryption (AES-256-GCM + Argon2id) Yes No No No No No No
Checksum verifier (MD5/SHA1/SHA256/SHA512) Yes No No No No No No
USB device inspector & forensic log Yes No No No No No No
Privacy
Browser data and cookie cleanup Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Application telemetry blocking Coming soon No No No No No No
Tracking cookie detection Yes Basic Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Privacy score and recommendations Yes No No No No No No
Performance
Startup program manager Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Background process optimizer Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Real-time system monitoring dashboard Yes Basic No Yes No No Yes
System benchmarking and scoring Yes No No No No No No
Battery health tracking Yes No No No No No No
Disk & Network
S.M.A.R.T. disk health monitoring Yes No No No Yes No No
Disk usage treemap visualization Yes Yes No No No No No
Disk I/O benchmarking Yes No No No No No No
Port scanner Yes No No No No No No
Network device discovery Yes No No No No No No
Per-app network bandwidth monitoring Coming soon No No No No No No
DNS diagnostics and query logging Yes No No No No No No
Wi-Fi analysis Yes No No No No No No
Network speed testing Yes No No No No No No
Developer & Admin Tools
File encryption (AES-256-GCM) Yes No No No No No No
Checksum verifier (MD5/SHA1/SHA256/SHA512) Yes No No No No No No
Hosts file editor Yes No No No No No No
Scheduled jobs / cron management Yes No No No No No No
SSL certificate checker Yes No No No No No No
Wake-on-LAN Yes No No No No No No
USB device inspector Yes No No No No No No
Environment variables editor Yes No No No No No No
Ping tool with graphing Yes No No No No No No
Automation & Maintenance
Crash report analysis Coming soon No No No No No No
Scheduled automated maintenance Yes Yes Pro only Yes Yes Yes Yes
Clean app uninstaller (removes leftovers) Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes

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