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 | Neo ceBox® | Hyper-V | Windows Virtual PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Website | vmware.com | virtualbox.org | proxmox.com | parallels.com/... | qemu.org | wisper.io | microsoft.com/... | microsoft.com/... |
| Release date | Dec. 8th 2015 | Mar. 4th 2016 | Mar. 23rd 2020 | Dec. 15th 2010 | May 7th 2011 | Jan. 1st 2016 | Mar. 17th 2010 | |
| 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 |
| Price | Free / 189$ | Free for personal use | Gratuit / Subscription plans à partir de 5.83 € / mois / cpu | 79.99$ | Free | 29€/mois | Included with Windows Pro | Free |
| Features | ||||||||
| USB support | Yes | Yes UDB over RDP | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Snapshot support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | No but several third parties available | Yes | Yes | ||
| Programming Language | C, C++, x86 Assembly | |||||||
| Emulate other architectures | No | No | No | Yes ARM, MIPS, SPARC, Alpha... | No | |||
| 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 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Linux | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| macOS | No Vmware Fusion avalable for Mac OS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
| Guest runnable OS | ||||||||
| Windows | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes Pas Officiel; Quelques fonctionnalité non-supportée |
| Mac OS | Yes | Yes Mac OS X Server | Yes Mac OS X Server | No | Yes | No | No | |
| Solaris | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| DOS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
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pas fait pour serveurs PRO
Parallels Desktop
Very intuitive
updated last version 12.1 2015-12-08