Free UltraISO Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to UltraISO for Windows and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best free Windows alternative is Rufus, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to UltraISO and many of them are free and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Windows alternatives to UltraISO are WinCDEmu, DAEMON Tools, Virtual CloneDrive and AnyBurn.

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UltraISO alternatives are mainly ISO Creators, but if you're looking for ISO Mounting Tools or Disc Burners you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Mac, Free, Open Source, EU, Windows and Linux + Open Source. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to UltraISO.
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  1. Rufus icon

    Rufus

     1569 likes

    Formats USB drives to FAT, NTFS, exFAT, and more, while creating bootable USBs from diverse ISOs. Supports MS-DOS/FreeDOS with no external files and offers BIOS or UEFI mode, including bad block check. Ideal for systems lacking an OS or flashing BIOS and lightweight, ad-free.

    72 Rufus alternatives

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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    Comments about Rufus as an Alternative to UltraISO
    Top Negative Comment
    Guest
    11

    Rufus is not for burning/mounting ISO, rather to create USB bootables from ISO images.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    Tools are not the same. One is a Bootable USB tool, UltraISO is a ISO/Image suite

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    SkyKuker
    Negative
    0

    While Rufus can, indeed, burn the ISO to the flash drive, like UltraISO, it can't create nor edit the .iso files.

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    • This alternative is disputed. Rufus is a legitimate UltraISO alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Rufus is the most popular Windows alternative to UltraISO.

    • Rufus is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to UltraISO.

    • Rufus is Free and Open SourceUltraISO is Paid and Proprietary
    • Rufus is Lightweight and Privacy focusedUltraISO is not according to our users
  2. WinCDEmu icon

    WinCDEmu

     529 likes

    WinCDEmu is an open-source CD/DVD/BD emulator - a tool that allows you to mount optical disc images by simply clicking on them in Windows Explorer. If you have downloaded an ISO image and want to use it without burning it to a blank disc, WinCDEmu is the easiest way to do it.

    39 WinCDEmu alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  4. DAEMON Tools icon

    DAEMON Tools

     989 likes

    Comprehensive disc imaging software supporting VHDs, ZIP archives, and password protection. Offers optical media emulation, iSCSI access, encryption via TrueCrypt, and up to 32 virtual drives. Essential for creating TrueCrypt images, emulating devices, encrypting data, and integrating with Windows systems.

    45 DAEMON Tools alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Some users think DAEMON Tools is a great UltraISO alternative, some don't.

    • DAEMON Tools is the most popular Mac alternative to UltraISO.

    • DAEMON Tools is Freemium and ProprietaryUltraISO is Paid and Proprietary
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    Virtual CloneDrive

     394 likes

    Virtual CloneDrive works and behaves just like a physical CD/DVD drive, however it exists only virtually. Image files of various formats (.iso, .bin, etc) can be mounted onto a virtual drive from your hard-disk or from a network drive and used in the same manner as inserting...

    32 Virtual CloneDrive alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    AnyBurn

     59 likes

    AnyBurn is a light weight but professional CD / DVD / Blu-ray burning software that everyone must have. It provides a free and complete solution for burning.

    50 AnyBurn alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver icon

    ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver

     87 likes

    ImDisk is a virtual disk driver for Windows NT through Windows 10. It can create virtual hard disk, RAM Disk, floppy or CD/DVD drives using image files or system memory.

    37 ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • BSD
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  10. Alcohol icon

    Alcohol

     128 likes

    Alcohol is a powerful Windows CD and DVD burning software that makes it easy to create backups of DVDs* and CDs. In addition, the program lets you store your most used CDs as images on your computer, so you can call them up at the click of a button.

    37 Alcohol alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. AnyToISO icon

    AnyToISO

     11 likes

    [Lite version is totally free but it cannot deal with files greater than a regular CD size (870 MB) ].

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  12. Isobuster icon

    Isobuster

     30 likes

    Low cost utility to recover data from damaged, scratched, or otherwise defective discs. Highly specialized but still easy to use to read damaged CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray or HD-DVD media. Free version has some limited functionality but is worth it to attempt data recovery.

    10 Isobuster alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  13. ISO Toolkit icon

    ISO Toolkit

     1 like

    "ISO Toolkit" is a free ISO manipulation tool which allows you to create ISO image, copy ISO image from CD/DVD, convert ISO, NRG, CUE images, extract content of ISO, NRG, BIN and CUE images, mount ISO, NRG, BIN and CUE images and burn ISO image files in Windows...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. gBurner icon

    gBurner

     1 like

    gBurner is a powerful disc burning and imaging software, which allows you to create data, audio and video CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs, make bootable data discs, create multisession discs. gBurner also supports image file processing, virtual drive, and bootable USB drive creation.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  15. Astroburn icon

    Astroburn

     7 likes

    The best choice for those who want to have quick and easy-to-use home program with essential features to perform disc burning.

    51 Astroburn alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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