Fast macOS, Windows and Linux virtual machines for Apple Silicon. VMPal downloads and installs each system for you, in minutes, in the VM's own window.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
United States
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Windows Sandbox Alternatives
Apps similar to Windows Sandbox include VirtualBox, which is free and open source. Other options are WinBoat, QEMU, Sandboxie Plus and VMware Workstation Pro. You're spoiled for choice with Virtualization Tools like Windows Sandbox: we list more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Windows, Mac, the web and Android.
Alternatives list
- 39 VMPal alternatives
45 VMware Fusion alternativesSeamlessly 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...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- United States
+4
23 Firejail alternativesFirejail is a SUID security sandbox program that reduces the risk of security breaches by restricting the running environment of untrusted applications using Linux namespaces and seccomp-bpf.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
+4
Xen.org, home of the Xen hypervisor, the powerful open source industry standard for virtualization. It is a native (bare-metal) hypervisor providing services that allow multiple computer operating systems to execute on the same computer hardware concurrently.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- United States
31 AQEMU alternativesAQEMU VM Manager is an open-source (GPL-2.0) Qt GUI for QEMU, actively developed by Chronic Engineering. It bundles QEMU 11 and ships native x64 and ARM64 builds for Windows 11, plus Linux builds. A guided VM wizard includes 195 guest OS profiles across 29 architectures, from...
Cost / License
- Paid
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
45 VMware vSphere Hypervisor alternativesVMware vSphere Hypervisor ( based on ESXi ) is a free bare-metal hypervisor that virtualizes servers so you can consolidate your applications on less hardware.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- NVIDIA vGPU
- AMD MxGPU
- United States
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- OpenAPK
60 Microsoft Hyper-V Server alternativesMicrosoft Hyper-V Server is a free product that delivers enterprise-class virtualization for your datacenter and hybrid cloud.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- United States
Lima launches Linux virtual machines on macOS, with automatic file sharing, port forwarding, and containerd.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
40 Portable Virtualbox alternativesPortable-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.
Platforms
- Windows
Norway
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Snapcraft
United Kingdom
MobaLiveCD is a freeware that will run your Linux LiveCD on Windows thanks to the excellent emulator called "Qemu".
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
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