Nero Burning ROM AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Disc Burners

The best Disc Burner alternative to Nero Burning ROM is ImgBurn. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try ImgBurn or CDBurnerXP. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Nero Burning ROM and many of them are Disc Burners so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Disc Burner alternatives to Nero Burning ROM are Brasero, InfraRecorder, Freemake Video Converter and PowerISO.

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  1. ImgBurn icon
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    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.

    57 ImgBurn alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. CDBurnerXP icon
     610 likes

    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.

    50 CDBurnerXP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    CDBurnerXP vs Nero Burning ROM Comments
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    CDBurner XP is like a Nero with basic funcionality

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

    Simple and full funtionality

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • CDBurnerXP is Free Personal and ProprietaryNero Burning ROM is Paid and Proprietary
    • CDBurnerXP is LightweightNero Burning ROM is not according to our users
  3. K3b icon
     259 likes

    K3b is a CD and DVD authoring application for the KDE desktop environment for Unix-like computer operating systems. It provides a graphical user interface to perform most CD/DVD burning tasks like creating an Audio CD from a set of audio files or copying a CD/DVD, as well as...

    52 K3b alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE
     
  4. Brasero icon
     301 likes

    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.

    45 Brasero alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  5. InfraRecorder icon
     329 likes

    InfraRecorder is a free CD/DVD burning solution for Microsoft Windows. It offers a wide range of powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration.

    38 InfraRecorder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  6. Freemake Video Converter is video converter that lets convert videos to avi, wmv, mp4 (iPhone, iPod, iPad, PSP, xBox), 3gp, rip dvd, extract mp3, burn DVD and Bluray, create photo slideshow and audio visualization, cut, join, rotate and upload videos, photos and music to YouTube.

    328 Freemake Video Converter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  7. PowerISO icon
     166 likes

    Powerful tool supporting a variety of disc image files, including ISO, BIN, and NRG. Enables ISO creation, editing, conversion, CD/DVD/Blu-Ray burning, and audio CD ripping. Features advanced DAA support for compression and encryption, allows bootable USB creation and ISO mounting.

    53 PowerISO alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Bundleware
    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  8. BurnAware icon
     83 likes

    Enables writing files to CD, DVD, Blu-ray, BDXL, and M-Disc, supports boot, multisession, audio, and video discs, ISO creation, data backup, file recovery, spanning, command-line, and a stable multilingual interface for Windows systems.

    41 BurnAware alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    BurnAware vs Nero Burning ROM Comments
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    Much better: it can do everything nero does and it's FREE

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • BurnAware is Freemium and ProprietaryNero Burning ROM is Paid and Proprietary
    • BurnAware is LightweightNero Burning ROM is not according to our users
  9. AnyBurn icon
     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
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    AnyBurn vs Nero Burning ROM Comments
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    This is a very basic CD/DVD burning tool in its functionality but doesn't have the creative features of a Nero or Roxio but everything it does do, it does well...

    • AnyBurn is Freemium and ProprietaryNero Burning ROM is Paid and Proprietary
    • AnyBurn is LightweightNero Burning ROM is not according to our users
  10. Ashampoo Burning Studio 2025 reliably burns movies, music, and data to all types of disc media. It also supports data backups, CD ripping, and custom cover designs–perfect for all types of burning projects.

    60 Ashampoo Burning Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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    Ashampoo Burning Studio vs Nero Burning ROM Comments
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    It's really great as nero burn

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Ashampoo Burning Studio is Freemium and ProprietaryNero Burning ROM is Paid and Proprietary
  11. Alcohol icon
     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
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued
    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Burn icon
     97 likes

    Burn is a free optical disc authoring application with a simple interface that offers a lot of advanced options. The program supports the creation of data, audio and video discs, and is capable of copying data and audio discs.

    37 Burn alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Burn vs Nero Burning ROM Comments
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    very simple but very efficient I use only this one for burning CD or DVD.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Burn is Free and Open SourceNero Burning ROM is Paid and Proprietary
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