--- title: CGMiner Reviews meta\_title: 'CGMiner Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 20 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how CGMiner works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 3.9 review\_count: 20 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Cryptocurrency url: https://www.g2.com/categories/cryptocurrency --- # CGMiner Reviews & Product Details This is a multi-threaded multi-pool FPGA and ASIC miner for bitcoin. * * * Seller [CGMiner](https://www.g2.com/sellers/cgminer) Discussions [CGMiner Community](https://www.g2.com/products/cgminer/discuss) Overview by Sihle Malinga (Designer/Developer) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/cgminer/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![NiceHash](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "NiceHash") NiceHash 4.1/5(30) ](https://www.g2.com/products/nicehash/reviews) [ ![MinerGate](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "MinerGate") MinerGate 4.1/5(23) ](https://www.g2.com/products/minergate/reviews) [ ![Awesome Miner](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Awesome Miner") Awesome Miner 4.3/5(13) ](https://www.g2.com/products/awesome-miner/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/cgminer/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 20 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Wireless](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Wireless") UW Verified User in Wireless Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/16/2019 "Awesome software!" 5/5 What do you like best about CGMiner? Open Source!!! Great documentation! Command line based! And more! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CGMiner? Lack of USB native driver support for Windows. Flaky implementation on Windows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering CGMiner: TRY IT!!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CGMiner solving and how is that benefiting you? I realized open source alternatives for crypto mining are often better that closed source variations due to the free and transparent nature of open source software in the CS community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite IG Izan G. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/29/2018 "A miner with lots of options for windows and linux" 3.5/5 What do you like best about CGMiner? Its very efficient and it has lots of options to play with. Its better on linux due to system resources usage is less than in windows and you can mine more than one cryptocurrency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CGMiner? Its difficult sometimes to use it but if you are an advanced miner it should be easy for you Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering CGMiner: If you are starting in mining cryptocoins you should start with GUI miners first, as MinerGate or nicehash miner but if not is a good solution to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CGMiner solving and how is that benefiting you? We have some mining machines and we use CGMiner to mine with them because it has very good stability and its scalable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Accounting](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Accounting") UA Verified User in Accounting Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/16/2019 "I enjoyed all the features and the available customer support." 4/5 What do you like best about CGMiner? I enjoyed the versatility of CG Miner. The program had many options that provided complete user control. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CGMiner? When starting to use the software it can be overwhelming because of all the options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CGMiner solving and how is that benefiting you? The CGMiner helped to accomplish our mining goals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Hardware](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Hardware") IC Verified User in Computer Hardware Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/16/2019 "CGMiner still going strong after all these years" 5/5 What do you like best about CGMiner? It was the first mining software i used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CGMiner? I didn't like having to read forums to get latest info Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CGMiner solving and how is that benefiting you? ran a mining farm with it. i realized better yields because of being able to do special throttling with cgminer flags. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite IF iker f. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/22/2018 "Best software for mining" 4/5 What do you like best about CGMiner? It is very simple It is scalable and has very good performance It works great on CUDA devices It has a wide variety of algorithms Compatible with both Windows and Linux Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CGMiner? I love everything about this software. It is great software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering CGMiner: It is great software if you are thinking of setting up a GPU mining rig for Gaming that supports CUDA. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CGMiner solving and how is that benefiting you? We have a mining rig set up in our office and we are currently using CGMiner for that type of activity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 inviteAI Translated AP Alex P. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/14/2018 "Very good GPU miner" 4.5/5 What do you like best about CGMiner? Its simple to setup Lots of options and algorithms Works great with CUDA devices Its scalable and very efficient Works for Linux and Windows Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CGMiner? Sometimes it gets stuck while mining but can be configured to restart at certain time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering CGMiner: Its a great miner dedicated for CUDA devices. Like Gaming GPU Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CGMiner solving and how is that benefiting you? We have a mining rig for testing purposes and we havent go live yet. But its very efficient and mines very well as we have tested it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Utilities](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Utilities") UU Verified User in Utilities Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/19/2019 "CGMiner | Bitcoin Miner" 4.5/5 What do you like best about CGMiner? a very nice bitcoin miner easy with everything needed to start mining bitcoin! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CGMiner? nothing really, very nice and easy to use BTC Miner Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering CGMiner: very easy and simple miner, would totally recommend Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CGMiner solving and how is that benefiting you? Getting bitcoin as it was very simple for us to start using it and understanding the bitcoin world Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Airlines/Aviation](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Airlines/Aviation") UA Verified User in Airlines/Aviation Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/18/2019 "Great!" 3/5 What do you like best about CGMiner? Love using this product to mine, very elfficicient when it comes to saving power Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CGMiner? Overall noicy and overheata a decwnt bit Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CGMiner solving and how is that benefiting you? Mining crypto Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Government Administration](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Government Administration") UG Verified User in Government Administration Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/23/2018 "Easy to use and great mining product" 4.5/5 What do you like best about CGMiner? Simple dos based commands with a simple, script-enabled config file Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CGMiner? not enough options for multi-mining currencies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering CGMiner: ensure you have all your options set up prior Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CGMiner solving and how is that benefiting you? backup should we get held for ransomeware Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Research](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Research") UR Verified User in Research Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/25/2018 "Simple, industry-standard mining software" 4/5 What do you like best about CGMiner? Easy setup, scriptable, the best miner out there for CUDA devices Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CGMiner? Building from source always seems to have issues, but precompiled binaries are available. Sometimes crashes, requires manual restart Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering CGMiner: Write your own scripts to ensure the miner is running properly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CGMiner solving and how is that benefiting you? Bitcoin mining with a simple CLI interface, error handling. low overhead Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about CGMiner? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about CGMiner ](https://www.g2.com/products/cgminer/discussions/new) ![chris s.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "chris s.") 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