| Razer Synapse 4 | Platform Giant | 3/5 | - 30% faster than Synapse 3 (multi-threaded)
- Guest Mode available (no account required)
- Good RGB ecosystem integration
| - Tracks focused windows and app usage (privacy concern)
- Guest Mode button intentionally hidden—requires restart trick
- Synapse 2 cloud support ends Oct 2025
| Use Guest Mode and block gms-proxy.log in your firewall. |
| SteelSeries GG | Platform Giant | 5/5 | - Sonar audio mixer is powerful if you need it
- Moments auto-records gameplay clips
| - Auto-hijacks your Windows audio output device
- Moments fills your disk with unwanted recordings
- Very intrusive by default
| Disable Sonar and Moments immediately after install. |
| Corsair iCUE 5 | Platform Giant | 4/5 | - Modular installer reduces bloat
- Monitors entire PC (temps, fans)
- Good for full Corsair ecosystems
| - 3-5% CPU drain from sensor polling
- Still quite large even with modular install
| Remove all Dashboard widgets to stop CPU polling. |
| Logitech G Hub | Lite | 4/5 | - Full macro and lighting control
- Profile switching works well
| - Known memory leak (lghub_agent.exe can eat GBs of RAM)
- Broken on macOS Sequoia without certificate patch
| Skip it. Use Onboard Memory Manager instead. |
| Logitech OMM | Lite | 1/5 | - Single 12MB executable—no install
- No background services
- Full DPI, polling rate, button rebind support
| - No complex macros (Ctrl+C combos)
- No advanced lighting effects
| The gold standard. Use this. |
| ASUS Armoury Crate Gear | Lite | 2/5 | - Device-specific download (no system-wide bloat)
- No News tab, no Store, no Aura Sync
| - Only supported on newer ROG devices
- Older mice still require full Armoury Crate
| Great if your device supports it. Check ASUS support page. |
| Turtle Beach Swarm II | Lite | 3/5 | - Simplified, cleaner UI than old Roccat Swarm
| - Missing granular features from old software
- Forced migration for new Roccat devices
| Acceptable, but a downgrade for power users. |
| Wooting Wootility | Web Driver | 1/5 | - Full control via browser—no install
- PWA support (works offline)
- Complete key remapping and RGB
| - Requires Chromium browser (Chrome, Edge, Brave)
| The benchmark for web-based configuration. |
| Pulsar Fusion / Web | Web Driver | 2/5 | - Transitioning to web driver (less bloat)
- No permanent install needed
| - Web driver is still in Beta
- May need fallback to Fusion app for bugs
| Promising, but wait for stable release. |
| Finalmouse XPanel | Web Driver | 1/5 | - Deep sensor control (Motion Sync, sleep timers)
- Browser-based, no install
| - Chromium-only (no Safari/Firefox)
| Best-in-class for sensor tweaking. |
| Lamzu Aurora | Web Driver | 1/5 | - Full 2025 lineup support
- Firmware updates in browser
| | Excellent web driver implementation. |
