Rufus AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Disc Burners

The best Disc Burner alternative to Rufus is BurnAware, which is free. If that doesn't work for you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Rufus, but unfortunately only two of them are Disc Burners.

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Rufus alternatives are mainly Bootable USB Creators but may also be Disk Imaging Tools or Disc Burners.  Other popular filters includes Windows + Free and Windows + Free + Create bootable USB. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Rufus.
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Formats USB drives to various file systems and creates bootable USBs from ISOs. Supports MS-DOS/FreeDOS bootable sticks and offers BIOS or UEFI options.

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Rufus alternatives page was last updated Feb 13, 2025
  1. BurnAware icon
     82 likes

    Feature-rich disc burning software offering intuitive interface, bootable disk creation, ISO image production, versatile audio, video, and data disc support, alongside efficient resource usage and comprehensive file format burning, including DMG and IMG.

    50 BurnAware alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Create bootable CD
    2.  CD Burner
    3.  DVD Burner
    Bundleware

    It suggests to install a DVD ripper and Opera during the installation process, and both boxes are checked by default.

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    Comments about BurnAware as an Alternative to Rufus
     
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    Rufus is specialized in make USB Flash Drives bootable. BurnAware only operates on optical discs and cannot help make them bootable.

    Negative commentJan 8, 2019
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    • Some users think BurnAware is a great Rufus alternative, some don't.

    • BurnAware is Freemium and ProprietaryRufus is Free and Open Source
    • BurnAware is LightweightRufus is not according to our users
  2. ISO2Disc icon
     9 likes

    ISO2Disc is the best and free ISO burner software to burn your ISO image file to CD/DVD disc or USB flash drive. No skills required!

    15 ISO2Disc alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ISO2Disc Features

    1.  DVD Burner
    2.  CD Burner
    Discontinued

    The latest version is from 2019.

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