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Best Parallels Desktop Alternatives in 2026

12 apps from virtual machine software ranked against Parallels Desktop on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Proxmox VE Free plan AndroidapiLinuxself-hostedWeb €10/mo8.2
    Parallels Desktop vs Proxmox VE
  2. 2
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free7.8
    Parallels Desktop vs VMware Workstation Pro
  3. 3
    QEMU Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.8
    Parallels Desktop vs QEMU
  4. 4
    KVM Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free7.6
    Parallels Desktop vs KVM
  5. 5
    Xen Project Hypervisor Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free7.5
    Parallels Desktop vs Xen Project Hypervisor
  6. 6
    virt-manager Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free7.2
    Parallels Desktop vs virt-manager
  7. 7
    Oracle VirtualBox LinuxMacself-hostedWin 7.1
    Parallels Desktop vs Oracle VirtualBox
  8. 8
    oVirt Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.7
    Parallels Desktop vs oVirt
  9. 9
    UTM Free plan iOSMac Free6.4
    Parallels Desktop vs UTM
  10. 10
    Multipass LinuxMacWin 6.3
    Parallels Desktop vs Multipass
  11. 12
    Citrix XenServer Free trial 5.9
    Parallels Desktop vs Citrix XenServer
  12. 13
    OpenNebula apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.9
    Parallels Desktop vs OpenNebula
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