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Free DAEMON Tools Alternatives

The best free alternative to DAEMON Tools is WinCDEmu, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to DAEMON Tools and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to DAEMON Tools are Virtual CloneDrive, ImgBurn, CDBurnerXP and Brasero.

DAEMON Tools alternatives are mainly ISO Mounting Tools but may also be DVD Burners or CD Burners. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of DAEMON Tools.
This page was last updated May 27, 2022
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  • Freemium • Proprietary
  • Mac
  • Windows

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  1. WinCDEmu

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    • Free • Open Source
    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    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.

    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 4.1, released on September 29, 2015, can be still downloaded from GitHub

    WinCDEmu vs DAEMON Tools opinions
    Almost everyone thinks WinCDEmu is a great alternative to DAEMON Tools.
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    frenchiveruti

    It's free of ads, free itself, and also open source and extremely lightweight and easy to use.

    Top positive comment  almost 5 years ago
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    It works great, is open-source, extremely lighweight and comes with few useful options.

    Top positive comment  about 5 years ago
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    rboehme

    In contrast to Daemon Tools, WinCDEmu doesn't support audio CDs.

    Top negative comment  about 5 years ago
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    Perfect, simple and opensource tool! No ads, no crapware, perfect. Had I known about it earlier, I would have never even touched DAEMON.

    Positive comment • about 2 years ago
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    Free and reliable, very few cpu and memory consumption

    Positive comment • over 2 years ago
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    Lightweight, poretable, fast

    Positive comment • about 3 years ago
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    SCSIs don't work with WinCDEmu

    Negative comment • about 3 years ago
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  2. Virtual CloneDrive

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    • Free • Proprietary
    • Windows

    Virtual CloneDrive works and behaves just like a physical CD/DVD drive, however it exists only virtually. Image files of various formats (.iso, .

    Discontinued

    last updated: Feb 28th 2020, 15:16 GMThttps://www.softpedia.com/get/CD-DVD-Tools/Virtual-CD-DVD-Rom/Virtual-CloneDrive.shtml

    Virtual CloneDrive vs DAEMON Tools opinions
    Almost everyone thinks Virtual CloneDrive is a great alternative to DAEMON Tools.
    bystro

    Very simplistic interface and easy to use. Unlike Daemon Tools' complicated one

    Positive comment • over 4 years ago
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  4. ImgBurn

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    • Free • Proprietary
    • Windows

    ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application (39 languages) that everyone should have in their toolkit. ImgBurn supports a wide range of image file formats. It can burn Audio CDs from any file type supported via DirectShow / ACM.

    Discontinued

    The last version 2.5.8.0 is from June 2013.

  5. CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free.

    Discontinued

    The last version (4.5.8.7128) is from November 2019.

  6. Brasero

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    • Free • Open Source
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME

    Brasero is an application to burn CD/DVD for the GNOME Desktop. It is designed to be as simple as possible and has some unique features to enable users to create their discs easily and quickly.

  8. ImDisk is a virtual disk driver for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 or Windows Server 2003/2008/2012. It can create virtual hard disk, RAM Disk, floppy or CD/DVD drives using image files or system memory. The install package installs a console-mode control program called imdisk.

    Most users think ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver is a great alternative to DAEMON Tools.

  9. AcetoneISO, is a feature-rich and complete software application to manage CD/DVD images.

    Almost everyone thinks AcetoneISO is a great alternative to DAEMON Tools.

  10. Alcohol

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    • Freemium • Proprietary
    • Windows

    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.

    Bundleware

    The free version of Alcohol 52% contains an optional adware toolbar bundled. It also installs Smart File Advisor without allowing you to uncheck this option during setup.

    Most users think Alcohol is a great alternative to DAEMON Tools.

  11. K3b

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    • Free • Open Source
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE

    K3b is a CD and DVD authoring application for the KDE desktop environment for Unix-like computer operating systems.

  12. ImDisk Toolkit

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    • Free • Open Source
    • Windows

    This all-in-one package includes the ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver and several tools and interfaces to mount many formats of image files and make a RamDisk available at Windows startup.

    ImDisk Toolkit vs DAEMON Tools opinions
    Most users think ImDisk Toolkit is a great alternative to DAEMON Tools.

    Open Source, works with Windows 8.1, GUI

    Positive comment • over 6 years ago
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