The Best Free VirtualBox AlternativesTop Virtualization Tools and other similar apps like VirtualBox
The best free alternative to VirtualBox is QEMU, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to VirtualBox and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to VirtualBox are VMware Workstation Player, virt-manager, KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) and Proxmox Virtual Environment.
VirtualBox alternatives are mainly Virtualization Tools but may also be Web Browsers or Compatibility Layer Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of VirtualBox.QEMU (short for "Quick EMUlator") is a free and open-source hosted hypervisor that performs hardware virtualization.
- - QEMU is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to VirtualBox.
- - QEMU is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to VirtualBox.
QEMU Features
Comments about QEMU as a Alternative to VirtualBox
arpetersIt is supported by various frontends such as Virt Manager and AQEMU.
11It runs faster than virtualbox using KVM. Also is better suited for production level.
14ag123it is fast to virtualize (say an iso file) you just have to run two commands
1It doesn't have a GUI to manage like Virtualbox or VMware. That's problematic.
-10It also performs hardware visualization
4- 38 VMware Workstation Player alternatives
- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Virtualization Tool
- 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.
Comments about VMware Workstation Player as a Alternative to VirtualBox
Free and slightly more advanced. Less user friendly than virtualbox but also much more feature rich.
9 - 26 virt-manager alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Virtualization Tool
- Linux
- BSD
The virt-manager application is a desktop user interface for managing virtual machines through libvirt. It primarily targets KVM VMs, but also manages Xen and LXC (linux containers). It presents a summary view of running domains, their live performance & resource utilization...
virt-manager Features
Comments about virt-manager as a Alternative to VirtualBox
virt-manager with kvm/libvirtd is as powerfull as virtualbox, but much much more faster.
2arpetersFully open source alternative to VirtualBox available in Debian repository. I don't trust VirtualBox anymore since it was excluded from Debian main.
0zinzthis is not vm but a vm manager.
-11 - 40 KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Virtualization Tool
- Linux
- Android
KVM (for Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions (Intel VT or AMD-V). It consists of a loadable kernel module, kvm.
- - KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is the most popular Android alternative to VirtualBox.
KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) Features
Opinions about KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) as a Alternative to VirtualBox
- Freemium • Open Source
- Virtualization Tool
42 Proxmox Virtual Environment alternatives- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Android Tablet
Proxmox Virtual Environment is a complete and easy to use Open Source virtualization platform for running Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines. Proxmox VE tightly integrates KVM hypervisor and LXC containers, software-defined storage and networking functionality on a single...
- - Proxmox Virtual Environment is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to VirtualBox.
Proxmox Virtual Environment Features
Opinions about Proxmox Virtual Environment as a Alternative to VirtualBox
- 47 Parallels Desktop alternatives
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Virtualization Tool
- Mac
Parallels Desktop gives Mac users the ability to run Windows, Linux or any other operating system and their critical applications at the same time as macOS. Parallels Desktop is optimized for Intel and Apple M1 chip.
Parallels Desktop Features
Opinions about Parallels Desktop as a Alternative to VirtualBox
- 40 Portable Virtualbox alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Virtualization Tool
- Windows
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.
Portable Virtualbox Features
DiscontinuedIt has not been updated since 2017 and does not work with any version of Virtualbox beyond v5.1.22.
Comments about Portable Virtualbox as a Alternative to VirtualBox
Evan SercombeIt is basically VirtualBox for mobile.
-20 - 39 VMware Fusion alternatives
- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Virtualization Tool
- Mac
Seamlessly run your favorite Windows applications and devices, on any Intel-based Mac. Built from the ground up for the Mac, VMware Fusion is the easiest way to switch to Mac—letting you bring all of your Windows applications with you, making the most of your Windows software...
Opinions about VMware Fusion as a Alternative to VirtualBox