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The best Operating System alternative to VirtualBox is VMware Workstation Player. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try VMware Workstation Player or v86. If that doesn't work for you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to VirtualBox, but unfortunately only two of them are Operating Systems.

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  1. VMware Workstation Player icon

    VMware Workstation Player

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    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.

    40 VMware Workstation Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    VMware Workstation Player vs VirtualBox Comments
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    Free and slightly more advanced. Less user friendly than virtualbox but also much more feature rich.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • VMware Workstation Player is Free Personal and ProprietaryVirtualBox is Free and Open Source
  2. v86 icon

    v86

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    v86 emulates an x86-compatible CPU and hardware.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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