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Compare Parallels Desktop for Mac vs QEMU vs VirtualBox vs VMWare workstation vs Windows Virtual PC (System virtual machines software comparison matrix)

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Name	VMware workstation	VirtualBox	Proxmox	Parallels Desktop for Mac	KVM/QEMU	Wipser 360	Hyper-V	Windows Virtual PC
Webseite	vmware.com	virtualbox.org	proxmox.com	parallels.com/...	qemu.org	wisper.io	microsoft.com/...	microsoft.com/...
Veröffentlichungsdatum	2015-12-08	2016-03-04	2020-03-23	2010-12-15	2011-05-07	2016-01-01		2010-03-17
Latest version	12.1	5.0.16	6.1	6.0.11990.621014	0.14.1	1.0.34	10.0.14	6.1.7600
License	Proprietary	Open Source	AGPL v3	Proprietary	GPL/LGPL	Proprietary	Proprietary	Proprietary
Preis	Free / 189$	Free for personal use	Gratuit / Subscription plans à partir de 5.83 € / mois / cpu	79.99$	Free	Tarifs flexibles	Included with Windows Pro	Free
Eigenschaften
USB support	Ja	Ja UDB over RDP		Ja	Ja	Ja		Nein
Snapshot support	Ja	Ja		Ja	Ja	Ja		Ja
GUI	Ja	Ja		Ja	Nein but several third parties available	Ja		Ja
Programming Language		C, C++, x86 Assembly
Emulate other architectures	Nein	Nein		Nein	Ja ARM, MIPS, SPARC, Alpha...			Nein
Storage formats	VMDK (VMware) VHD (Windows virtual PC)	VDI (VirtualBox) VMDK (VMware) VHD (Windows virtual PC)	QCOW2/QCOW VMDK (VMware) VHD (Windows virtual PC) VDI (VirtualBox) Raw format		QCOW2/QCOW VMDK (VMware) VHD (Windows virtual PC) (Bochs) cloop (Knoppix) VDI (VirtualBox) Raw format	QCOW2/QCOW VMDK (VMware) VHD (Windows virtual PC) (Bochs) cloop (Knoppix) VDI (VirtualBox) Raw format		VHD (Windows virtual PC)
Mémoire vidéo maximale	Selon la carte graphique					Selon la carte graphique
Host supported platforms
Windows	Ja	Ja		Ja	Nein	Ja	Ja	Ja
Linux	Ja	Ja		Nein	Ja	Ja		Nein
macOS	Nein Vmware Fusion avalable for Mac OS	Ja		Ja	Nein	-		Nein
Guest runnable OS
Windows	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja
Linux	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Nein	Ja Pas Officiel; Quelques fonctionnalité non-supportée
Mac OS	Ja	Ja Mac OS X Server		Ja Mac OS X Server	Nein	-	Nein	Nein
Solaris	Ja	Ja		Ja	Ja	Ja	Nein
DOS	Ja	Ja		Ja	Ja	Ja	Nein

VMware workstation

VirtualBox

Proxmox

Parallels Desktop for Mac

KVM/QEMU

Wipser 360

Hyper-V

Windows Virtual PC

Webseite

Veröffentlichungsdatum

2015-12-08

2016-03-04

2020-03-23

2010-12-15

2011-05-07

2016-01-01

2010-03-17

Latest version

12.1

5.0.16

6.1

6.0.11990.621014

0.14.1

1.0.34

10.0.14

6.1.7600

License

Proprietary

Open Source

AGPL v3

Proprietary

GPL/LGPL

Proprietary

Preis

Free / 189$

Free for personal use

Gratuit / Subscription plans à partir de 5.83 € / mois / cpu

79.99$

Free

Tarifs flexibles

Included with Windows Pro

Free

Eigenschaften

USB support

Ja UDB over RDP

Nein

Snapshot support

GUI

Nein but several third parties available

Programming Language

C, C++, x86 Assembly

Emulate other architectures

Nein

Ja ARM, MIPS, SPARC, Alpha...

Nein

Storage formats

VMDK (VMware)
VHD (Windows virtual PC)

VDI (VirtualBox)
VMDK (VMware)
VHD (Windows virtual PC)

QCOW2/QCOW VMDK (VMware) VHD (Windows virtual PC) VDI (VirtualBox) Raw format

QCOW2/QCOW
VMDK (VMware)
VHD (Windows virtual PC)
(Bochs)
cloop (Knoppix)
VDI (VirtualBox)
Raw format

VHD (Windows virtual PC)

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Selon la carte graphique

Host supported platforms

Windows

Nein

Linux

Nein

macOS

Nein Vmware Fusion avalable for Mac OS

Nein

Guest runnable OS

Windows

Linux

Nein

Ja Pas Officiel; Quelques fonctionnalité non-supportée

Mac OS

Ja Mac OS X Server

Nein

Solaris

Nein

DOS

Nein

User reviews and comments

Wisper-Valeri on 2025-03-28 09:10:54
suggested on Wipser 360 to set Name to Wisper 360
ceBox est devenu Wipser 360 depuis 2024
NeoGuillaume on 2018-01-05 10:05:40
suggested on Wipser 360 to set Name to ceBox®
NeoGuillaume on 2018-01-05 10:04:34
suggested on Wipser 360 to set Name to ceBox®
boninj on 2017-12-01 16:15:31
rated Proxmox: Intuitive Management Console 4/5
HTML
kadesk on 2017-06-14 09:26:34
rated Proxmox: notoriety 4/5
Pascal KOTTE on 2016-12-07 02:01:16
rated Parallels Desktop for Mac: notoriety 1/5
pas fait pour serveurs PRO
Pascal KOTTE on 2016-12-07 01:00:42
commented on Parallels Desktop for Mac
Parallels Desktop
NeoGuillaume on 2016-08-05 10:49:11
rated KVM/QEMU: Intuitive Management Console 1/5
NeoGuillaume on 2016-08-05 10:49:06
rated KVM/QEMU: Multimedias 2/5
NeoGuillaume on 2016-08-05 10:48:58
rated VirtualBox: Multimedias 2/5
NeoGuillaume on 2016-08-05 10:48:54
rated VirtualBox: Intuitive Management Console 3/5
NeoGuillaume on 2016-08-05 10:48:44
rated Windows Virtual PC: Intuitive Management Console 2/5
NeoGuillaume on 2016-08-05 10:48:36
rated Windows Virtual PC: Multimedias 1/5
NeoGuillaume on 2016-08-05 10:48:27
rated VMware workstation: Intuitive Management Console 2/5
NeoGuillaume on 2016-08-05 10:48:18
rated VMware workstation: Multimedias 2/5
NeoGuillaume on 2016-08-05 10:48:07
rated Wipser 360: Intuitive Management Console 5/5
Very intuitive
NeoGuillaume on 2016-08-05 10:45:19
rated Wipser 360: Multimedias 5/5
Anonymous on 2016-04-18 04:45:21
commented on VMware workstation
updated last version 12.1 2015-12-08