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BurnAware

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Feature-rich disc burning software offering intuitive interface, bootable disk creation, ISO image production, versatile audio, video, and data disc support, alongside efficient resource usage and comprehensive file format burning, including DMG and IMG.

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License model

  • FreemiumProprietary

Country of Origin

  • UA flagUkraine

Platforms

  • Windows
Bundleware

It suggests to install a DVD ripper and Opera during the installation process, and both boxes are checked by default.

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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Dark Mode
  2.  Lossless Audio
  3.  Support for 4K
  4.  Works Offline
  5.  Hardware Accelerated
  6.  Create bootable CD
  7.  CD Burner
  8.  DVD Burner
  9.  Disc Burner
  10.  Audio Conversion

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BurnAware information

  • Developed by

    UA flagBurnaware
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Freemium product.
  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $0 + free version with limited functionality.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 5
  • Alternatives

    43 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about BurnAware, and it has gotten 82 likes

BurnAware was added to AlternativeTo by y3n0 on Apr 16, 2009 and this page was last updated Feb 26, 2025. BurnAware is sometimes referred to as BurnAware Free.

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Top Positive Comment
Mamad F14
Sep 19, 2022
2

This is a great program. It has nothing less compared to other DVD softwares and It has all the functionalities you will need to create, burn and modify ISOs, Blu-rays DVDs, CDs.|

These are the features that are inaccessible in the free version: Disk spanning, Disk copying, Extracting Files from ISOs ( This can be done easily with 7zip), Extracting Audio tracks from Audio CDs, Recovering Data from corrupted Disks.

I've been using it for a while and I'm pretty satisfied.

Anamon
Apr 20, 2024
1

I decided to start backing up some files that are particularly valuable to me on M-Discs, which are supposed to be very resilient and long-living. Having all of my data only stored on magnetic storage (SSDs, hard disks, USB drives, SD cards…) increasingly felt like a cluster risk, so I wanted to make some optical backups again.

The issue: what software to burn the files with? Optical drives have gone out of style, and you can easily tell just by browsing disc burning software on AlternativeTo: about 80% of them have seemingly been discontinued. Many would probably still work fine, but I feel more comfortable using a tool which is still maintained, even though M-Disc burning is not supposed to work any differently than burning regular Blu-ray discs.

BurnAware is still regularly updated and has a free version available, so that's what I tried first. And I'm pretty happy with it!

Be careful when installing: there are some bundle offers it tries to convince you to install along with it. They are easily disabled, and I checked with Total Uninstall that it did, in fact, not install anything I didn't want.

The feature set for the free version (free for personal use only) is also perfectly sufficient for disc burning. What you miss compared to the paid edition are additional features such as disc duplication or audio CD ripping. The functionality that's included in the free edition works without further limitations, and without nagging you to upgrade, which I appreciate.

The compilation of files for a disc is simple, but completely sufficient. You get the usual overview of how much space is left on your disc (or how much you're already over capacity), and you can easily edit the compilation through drag & drop. Saving a compilation is also possible. BurnAware also supports all the usual buffer underrun protection, anti-sleep-mode etc. options to reduce the chance of any issues while burning. And so far, it hasn't wasted any of my blank discs yet, which is especially important when burning M-Discs, because they're quite expensive.

I didn't feel the need to try any other tools after BurnAware did the job so well. If it doesn't for you: my next in line to try would have been AnyBurn, which also has quite a feature-rich free version. Apart from these two, the only other, still-maintained tool I found on the quick, was Nero Burning ROM, which might also work fine but doesn't offer a free option.

What is BurnAware?

Features BurnAware is a full-fledged, easy-to-use burning software which allows users to write all types of files such as digital photos, archives, documents, music and videos to CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs, including BDXL and M-Disc. With BurnAware, you also be able to create boot or multisession discs, high-quality Audio CDs and Video DVDs, make and burn ISO images, copy and backup discs, extract audio tracks, verify and recover data from multisession or unreadable discs.

• Burn Data and Multisession CD, DVD, Blu-ray discs, including M-Disc • Burn Audio CDs, Video DVDs, Blu-ray Video discs and MP3 discs • Extract files and folders from ISO images, burn Disc Images • Copy Data and Audio discs, save discs to ISO and BIN disc images • Burn files and folders across multiple discs (disc spanning) • Recover data from damaged and unreadable discs, grab audio tracks • Write ISO images to multiple recorders simultaneously

Free Burning Software DVD Burning Software Burn Blu-ray Disc Burn Audio CD • Command-line support • Easy-to-use user interface • Very stable burning process • Low CPU usage during burning

• Unicode support • Multilingual user interface • Adapted for high-DPI monitors • M-Disc and Archival Disc support

• Audio CD-Text support • Built-in video converter for DVD-Video • Advanced options - ISO, UDF, Boot settings • Compatible with Windows Vista 7, 8, 10, 11

disc burner All media storage Support of a wide range of optical disc data storage, including CD, DVD, Blu-ray discs, Double Layer discs, M-Disc and extra large capacity DVD and Blu-ray.

backup Various tasks BurnAware covers all daily burning tasks such as disc burning, backup, verification, image creation, disc copying and erasing, data recovery, audio tracks extraction.

free software Three editions We offer a full range of burning software with something for everyone, it can be full-featured free burning software or commercial software with extra tools.

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