VMware Fusion Alternatives

VMware Fusion is described as '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' and is a very popular Virtualization tool in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to VMware Fusion for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and BSD apps. The best VMware Fusion alternative is VirtualBox, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like VMware Fusion are WinBoat, VMware Workstation Pro, KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) and Parallels Desktop.

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  1. Boot Camp icon

    Boot Camp

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    Boot Camp is a utility by that assists users in installing Windows 10 on Macs. Boot Camp guides users through non-destructive re-partitioning (including resizing of an existing APFS partition, if necessary) of their hard disk drive and automatically downloads Apple-provided...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Discontinued

    Boot Camp has been discontinued on the M1 Macs.

    Boot Camp vs VMware Fusion Comments
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    Boot Camp is not a hypervisor or virtualization technology, it is a dual-boot tool

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    Bootcamp is basically a very specialized partition manager to allow the installation of windows on apple machines. It also comes with windows drivers for the hardware used by apple.

    • Boot Camp is Free and ProprietaryVMware Fusion is also Free and Proprietary
  2. Karton icon

    Karton

     4 likes

    Run Linux programs on macOS, a different Linux distro, or a different architecture.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  4. Collax V-Cube icon

    Collax V-Cube

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    Virtualization solution for SME and freelancer. With Collax V-Cube you can run several servers, operating systems and applications virtually on only one hardware. Virtualization of hardware, network and storage. Collax V-Cube uses the KVM hypervisor.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Parallels Desktop

    Virtualization software for running Windows, Linux, and other OSes on Mac. Supports Windows 11 on Apple Silicon, resource adjustments, and seamless app access and file sharing between OS environments.

    https://www.parallels.com
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  6. MobaLiveCD icon

    MobaLiveCD

     28 likes

    MobaLiveCD is a freeware that will run your Linux LiveCD on Windows thanks to the excellent emulator called "Qemu".

    23 MobaLiveCD alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. MiceWine icon

    MiceWine

     4 likes

    MiceWine is a project that aims to run Windows applications and games on Android smartphones.

    47 MiceWine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  9. Veertu icon

    Veertu

     1 like

    Run Windows and Linux on your Mac alongside OS X. Veertu is simple, light, secure virtualization software designed for Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Veertu screenshot 1
     
  11. exeCute icon

    exeCute

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    Using bare Wine and DOSBox usually gives problems when launching a mixture of Windows and MS-DOS applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  12. VirtualBuddy icon

    VirtualBuddy

     1 like

    VirtualBuddy can virtualize macOS 12 and later on Apple Silicon, with the goal of offering features that are useful to developers who need to test their apps on multiple versions of macOS, especially betas.

    55 VirtualBuddy alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  13. PCE icon

    PCE

     5 likes

    PCE is a collection of microcomputer emulators. At the moment it contains three emulators:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  14. CheerpX icon

    CheerpX

     1 like

    CheerpX is an x86 virtualization technology for running executables and operating systems entirely client-side. It’s an always available, zero-cost virtual machine with guaranteed data privacy, powered by a WebAssembly JIT engine.

    58 CheerpX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • WebAssembly
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  15. WinOnX 64 icon

    WinOnX 64

     4 likes

    Run your Windows applications on OSX without the need of buying a Windows license.

    33 WinOnX 64 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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