Parallels Desktop Alternatives for Windows
Parallels Desktop is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is VirtualBox, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Parallels Desktop and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Parallels Desktop are QEMU (Free, Open Source), VMware Workstation Pro (Paid), VMware Workstation Player (Free Personal) and Portable Virtualbox (Free, Open Source).
- VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. View 57 alternatives to VirtualBox
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Solaris
VirtualBox vs Parallels Desktop
JohnFastman Unlike Parallels, Virtualbox is free, open source and runs natively on Windows, Mac and Linux. What's not to like?ChristianFerretti free, lighter, even if less simple to use - QEMU (short for "Quick EMUlator") is a free and open-source hosted hypervisor that performs hardware virtualization. View 39 alternatives to QEMU
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- VMware Workstation Pro is a commercial hypervisor that allows users to create and run virtual machines on one computer. View 36 alternatives to VMware Workstation Pro
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- Linux
- VMware Workstation Player builds on the industry leading foundation of Workstation Pro, and delivers a streamlined user interface for creating and running operating systems and applications in a virtual machine. View 35 alternatives to VMware Workstation Player
- Portable-VirtualBox is a free and open source software tool that lets you run any operating system from a usb stick without separate installation. It unpacks and adjusts the paths and configuration of VirtualBox so it will run portably. View 39 alternatives to Portable Virtualbox
- a new lightweight desktop environment tailored for safely running applications in isolation. View 47 alternatives to Windows Sandbox
- Qemu Simple Boot lets you to Boot ISO images without having to burn them to disc first , it is is a portable freeware virtualization tool View 23 alternatives to Qemu Simple Boot
- Bochs is a highly portable open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator written in C++, that runs on most popular platforms. View 37 alternatives to bochs
- Qemu Manager is an easy to use management tool for the open-source QEMU emulator. View 46 alternatives to QEMU Manager
Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version, 7.0, released in April 2010, can be still downloaded from Download.com
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
- MobaLiveCD is a freeware that will run your Linux LiveCD on Windows thanks to the excellent emulator called "Qemu". View 22 alternatives to MobaLiveCD