VMware Fusion Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to VMware Fusion for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac 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 VMware Fusion and 13 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to VMware Fusion are Parallels Desktop, UTM, Multipass and Wineskin Winery.

VMware Fusion alternatives are mainly Virtualization Tools but may also be Compatibility Layer Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of VMware Fusion.

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VMware Fusion

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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...

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VirtualBox
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Free • Open Source
Virtualization Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Solaris
61 VirtualBox alternatives
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...
- - VirtualBox is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to VMware Fusion.
- - VirtualBox is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to VMware Fusion.
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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
Comments about VirtualBox as a Alternative to VMware Fusion
Almost everyone thinks VirtualBox is a great VMware Fusion alternative.
Hans
VirtualBox is a free alternative
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ByteRanger
While VirtualBox has never failed me on a Linux host, I have never been able to get VirtualBox working reliably on MacOS. The free/opensource part of VirtualBox doesn't even hold a candle to VMware feature wise. The added extensions module that makes it more comparable to VMware is only free for personal use, and the commercial license is priced like VMware's server offerings, many times more expensive than VMware Fusion Pro.
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vb078
Open source and free with nearly the same options.
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John Fastman
VirtualBox is almost always the better option compared to VMWare. Open source and free, works on Windows, Mac and Linux. Vital and important software for running virtual machines, testing other operating systems, etc.
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Parallels Desktop
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Freemium • Proprietary
Virtualization Tool
Mac
47 Parallels Desktop alternatives
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.
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Parallels Desktop Features
1. Support for Multiple MonitorsParallels Desktop supports the use of multiple displays.
Run Windows software
Support for Apple M1
Office 365 integration
Opinions about Parallels Desktop as a Alternative to VMware Fusion
Almost everyone thinks Parallels Desktop is a great VMware Fusion alternative.
UTM
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Free • Open Source
Virtualization Tool
Mac
iPhone
iPad
51 UTM alternatives
UTM is a full featured system emulator and virtual machine host for iOS and macOS. It is based off of QEMU. In short, it allows you to run Windows, Linux, and more on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
- - UTM is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to VMware Fusion.
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UTM Features
Multi System Emulator
Emulation
Multipass
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
55 Multipass alternatives
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.
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Wineskin Winery
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Wine
22 Wineskin Winery alternatives
Wineskin is a tool used to make ports of Windows software to Mac OS X. The ports are in the form of normal Mac application bundle wrappers. It works like a wrapper around the Windows software, and you can share just the wrappers if you choose.
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Wineskin Winery Features
Run Windows software
Run Windows Games
Discontinued
Hasn't been updated in over 6 years and doesn't work on most modern versions of macOS: https://sourceforge.net/projects/wineskin/, https://github.com/Gcenx/WineskinServer#wineskin
Lima
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Free • Open Source
Virtualization Tool
Mac
55 Lima alternatives
Lima launches Linux virtual machines on macOS, with automatic file sharing, port forwarding, and containerd.
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Boot Camp
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
16 Boot Camp alternatives
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...
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Discontinued
Boot Camp has been discontinued on the M1 Macs.

Comments about Boot Camp as a Alternative to VMware Fusion
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Guest
Boot Camp is not a hypervisor or virtualization technology, it is a dual-boot tool
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Guest
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.
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Karton
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Free • Open Source
Compatibility Layer Tool
Mac
Linux
18 Karton alternatives
Run Linux programs on macOS, a different Linux distro, or a different architecture.
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WinOnX 64
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
21 WinOnX 64 alternatives
Run your Windows applications on OSX without the need of buying a Windows license.
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WinOnX 64 Features
Emulation
Run Windows software
Discontinued
The application has not been updated for almost three years, and also, judging by the reviews, does not work on the latest versions of macOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/winonx-64/id421346233
PCE
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
27 PCE alternatives
PCE is a collection of microcomputer emulators. At the moment it contains three emulators:
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Turbo.net for Mac
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
Online
Chrome OS
Android Tablet
iPad
9 Turbo.net for Mac alternatives
Turbo.net for Mac runs PC apps on your Mac without having to install a Virtual Machine.
- - Turbo.net for Mac is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to VMware Fusion.
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Turbo.net for Mac Features
Cross browser testing
Veertu
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Paid • Proprietary
Virtualization Tool
Mac
10 Veertu alternatives
Run Windows and Linux on your Mac alongside OS X. Veertu is simple, light, secure virtualization software designed for Mac.
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Discontinued
Discontinued virtualization product.