QEMU Manager Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to QEMU Manager for Windows and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. 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 QEMU Manager and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to QEMU Manager are QEMU, VMware Workstation Pro, VMware Workstation Player and Windows Sandbox.

QEMU Manager alternatives are mainly Virtualization Tools but may also be Remote Desktop Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of QEMU Manager.

This page was last updated

QEMU Manager

Free • Proprietary
Virtualization Tool
Windows

Qemu Manager is an easy to use management tool for the open-source QEMU emulator. It has a wealth of...

Learn more about QEMU Manager

VirtualBox
Do you think this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Free • Open Source
Virtualization Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Solaris
60 alternatives to VirtualBox
VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as...
Suggest and vote on features
VirtualBox Features
1. LightweightVirtualBox consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Container VirtualizationVirtualBox can make use of isolated user spaces called "containers" to run applications.
3. PortableVirtualBox can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Multiple languages
VirtualBox vs QEMU Manager opinions
pros, cons and recent comments
OKTAYMERCAN
Open source and free VM program good alternative for QEMU Manager.
Positive comment•
-1

Guest
Does not manage qemu machines
Negative comment•
0
QEMU
Do you think this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Free • Open Source
Virtualization Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
42 alternatives to QEMU
QEMU (short for "Quick EMUlator") is a free and open-source hosted hypervisor that performs hardware virtualization.
Suggest and vote on features
QEMU Features
1. PortableQEMU can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. LightweightQEMU consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. Support for scriptingQEMU supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
4. Privacy focusedQEMU is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
5. Container VirtualizationQEMU can make use of isolated user spaces called "containers" to run applications.
6. Command line interfaceQEMU either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
GPU Acceleration
Security focused
User mode emulation
Emulation
QEMU vs QEMU Manager opinions
OKTAYMERCAN
QEMU is base program but QEMU Manager is just GUI and manager program and discontinued on 2010 soo use original QEMU base but unfortunately QEMU has no GUI. if you new on QEMU then be probally hard for you.
Positive comment•
0

antispamguy
Qemu Manager has a version that can be installed and used on Windows 10 with a couple of registry tweaks.
Positive comment•
0

em4020
QEMU Manager is the very good Windows GUI for QEMU. In difference to VirtualBox or VMware Player you can emulate several CPUs.
Positive comment•
0
VMware Workstation Pro
Do you think this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Paid • Proprietary
Virtualization Tool
Windows
Linux
39 alternatives to VMware Workstation Pro
VMware Workstation Pro Lets You Run Multiple Operating Systems as Virtual Machines (including Windows VMs) on a Single Windows or Linux PC. VMware Workstation Pro is the industry standard for running multiple operating systems as virtual machines (VMs) on a single Linux or...
Suggest and vote on features
VMware Workstation Pro Features
1. Container VirtualizationVMware Workstation Pro can make use of isolated user spaces called "containers" to run applications.
Multiple languages
Support for Android Things
Bundled with macOS
VMware Workstation Player
Do you think this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Free Personal • Proprietary
Virtualization Tool
Windows
Linux
38 alternatives to VMware Workstation Player
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.

VMware Workstation Player has no features, suggest some!
Windows Sandbox
Do you think this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Free • Proprietary
Virtualization Tool
Windows
52 alternatives to Windows Sandbox
a new lightweight desktop environment tailored for safely running applications in isolation.
Suggest and vote on features
Windows Sandbox Features
1. Container VirtualizationWindows Sandbox can make use of isolated user spaces called "containers" to run applications.
2. LightweightWindows Sandbox consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Sandbox
Portable Virtualbox
Do you think this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Free • Open Source
Virtualization Tool
Windows
40 alternatives to Portable Virtualbox
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.
Suggest and vote on features
Portable Virtualbox Features
1. PortablePortable Virtualbox can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
GNU/linux-libre
Discontinued
It has not been updated since 2017 and does not work with any version of Virtualbox beyond v5.1.22.
VMware vSphere Hypervisor
Do you think this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Paid • Proprietary
Virtualization Tool
Windows
Linux
NVIDIA vGPU
AMD MxGPU
39 alternatives to VMware vSphere Hypervisor
VMware vSphere Hypervisor ( based on ESXi ) is a free bare-metal hypervisor that virtualizes servers so you can consolidate your applications on less hardware.
Suggest and vote on features
VMware vSphere Hypervisor Features
VPS
Microsoft Hyper-V Server
Do you think this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Free • Proprietary
Virtualization Tool
Windows
47 alternatives to Microsoft Hyper-V Server
Microsoft Hyper-V Server is a free product that delivers enterprise-class virtualization for your datacenter and hybrid cloud. Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019 provides new and enhanced features that can help you deliver the scale and performance needs of your mission-critical...
Suggest and vote on features
Microsoft Hyper-V Server Features
Hypervisor
VPS
MobaLiveCD
Do you think this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Free • Open Source
Virtualization Tool
Windows
23 alternatives to MobaLiveCD
MobaLiveCD is a freeware that will run your Linux LiveCD on Windows thanks to the excellent emulator called "Qemu".
Suggest and vote on features
MobaLiveCD Features
1. PortableMobaLiveCD can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Multipass
Do you think this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
55 alternatives to Multipass
Multipass is a lightweight VM manager for Linux, Windows and macOS. It's designed for developers who want a fresh Ubuntu environment with a single command. It uses KVM on Linux, Hyper-V on Windows and HyperKit on macOS to run the VM with minimal overhead.

Multipass has no features, suggest some!