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Free PowerISO Alternatives

The best free alternative to PowerISO is WinCDEmu, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to PowerISO and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to PowerISO are DAEMON Tools, Virtual CloneDrive, CDBurnerXP and Brasero.

PowerISO alternatives are mainly DVD Burners but may also be ISO Mounting Tools or CD Burners. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of PowerISO.
This page was last updated Jun 26, 2022
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  • Windows

PowerISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file processing tool, which allows you to open, extract, create, edit, compress,...

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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 PowerISO opinions
    Almost everyone thinks WinCDEmu is a great alternative to PowerISO.
    Raiz

    Reads and creates ISO and similar image file formats

    Top positive comment  about 4 years ago
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    It's easy to use...that's what makes it awesome..I am saving so much time.....

    Top positive comment  about 5 years ago
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    It can only do one of the many PowerISO features.

    Top negative comment  over 2 years ago
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    It can't create ISO files, only mount them.

    Negative comment • about 2 years ago
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    Doesn't allow you to edit ISOs

    Negative comment • over 3 years ago
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    nephilimman

    The best mount software ever

    Positive comment • over 5 years ago
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  2. DAEMON Tools Lite is an advanced application which provides one of the best optical media emulation in the industry. You can mount *.mdx, .mds/.mdf, *.iso, *.b5t, *.b6t, *.bwt, *.ccd, *.cdi, *.cue, *.nrg, *.pdi, *.isz disc images to a virtual drive. Make .iso, .mds/.

    Some users think DAEMON Tools is a great alternative to PowerISO, some don't.

  4. 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

  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.

    Some users think CDBurnerXP is a great alternative to PowerISO, some don't.

  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.

    Most users think Brasero is a great alternative to PowerISO.

  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.

    ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver vs PowerISO opinions
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    This is a RAMDISK program

    Negative comment • about 3 years ago
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  9. AnyBurn

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    • Free • Proprietary
    • Windows

    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.

  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.

  11. MagicISO

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    • Freemium • Proprietary
    • Windows

    MagicISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file creating/editing/extracting tool. It can open / create / edit /extract CD/DVD image files, and it can convert bin to iso and back, as well as make ISO file from DVD/CD-ROM or hard disk, and handle bootable information at meanwhile.

    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 5.5(build 281), released in February 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.

  12. OSFMount

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    • Free • Proprietary
    • Windows

    OSFMount allows you to mount local disk image files (bit-for-bit copies of a disk partition) in Windows with a drive letter. You can then analyze the disk image file with PassMark OSForensics by using the mounted volume's drive letter.

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