This article is about a comparison of software that accesses or manipulates ISO image files. For simple list of software, see List of ISO image software.
Definition of terms
The ISO image capabilities of the software are defined as follows:
- Create, the ability to create a new ISO file.
- Edit, the ability to manipulate the contents of an existing ISO file.
- Mount, the ability to mount an ISO image and emulate a disc volume.
- Burn, the ability to burn an ISO file to an optical disc.
- Extract, the ability to copy the contents of the ISO file to a hard disk.
Comparison table
| Software | Create | Edit | Mount | Burn | Extract | input | output | OS | License | comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-Zip | No | No | No | No | Yes | File hierarchy | Cross-platform | Open source | File archiver | |
| ISO Master | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Linux, BSD Windows |
Open source Commercial |
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| mkisofs | Yes | No | No | No | No | File system | ISO | Linux Amiga |
? | Part of the cdrtools package |
| K3b | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | CD DVD |
Unix-like, KDE | GPL | |
| File Roller | No | No | No | No | Yes | 7z gzip bzip bzip2 compress LZO ZIP JAR LHA RAR gzip bzip bzip2 compress LZO ISO images |
7z gzip bzip bzip2 compress LZO ZIP JAR LHA RAR gzip bzip bzip2 compress LZO |
Unix-like | GPL | |
| isoinfo | No | No | No | No | No | ISO | List contents of an iso image; part of the cdrtools package | Linux | ? | |
| mount | No | No | Yes | No | No | ISO | Linux | ? | ||
| PowerISO (for Linux) | No | No | No | No | Yes | ISO | ISO BIN DAA ... |
Linux | Free | |
| Disk Utility | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ? | Mac OS X | ? | ||
| DiskImageMounter | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | several types of disk image files |
Mac OS X | ? | ||
| Disco | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | CD DVD |
Mac OS X | Commercial | |
| Roxio Toast | No | No | Yes | No | No | many types of disk images, including both sides of an HFS/ISO9660 hybrid image |
Mac OS X | Commercial | ||
| Alcohol 120% | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ISO CD DVD |
ISO CD DVD |
Microsoft Windows | Commercial | |
| Ashampoo Burning Studio | No | No | No | Yes | No | ISO many other types of image files |
CD DVD Blu-ray |
Microsoft Windows | Shareware | |
| CloneCD | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | ISO, UFD, IMG (CloneCD) |
ISO, UFD, IMG (CloneCD) |
Microsoft Windows | Shareware | |
| CloneDVD | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ISO, CD, DVD, Individual DVD files |
ISO, CD, DVD, Individual DVD files |
Microsoft Windows | Shareware | |
| Daemon Tools Pro | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ISO | Microsoft Windows | Commercial | ||
| IsoBuster | No | No | No | No | Yes | ISO | Microsoft Windows | Shareware | ||
| MagicISO | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ISO | ISO | Microsoft Windows | Shareware | |
| Nero | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ISO File hierarchy |
ISO CD DVD |
Windows 2000 Windows XP |
Commercial | Unable to mount ISO images in Vista; no support for any 64-bit environments |
| PowerISO | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Many disk image formats |
Many disk image formats |
Microsoft Windows | Shareware | |
| UltraISO | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ISO ISZ |
ISO ISZ |
Microsoft Windows | Shareware | |
| Undisker | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ISO, hard disk CD/DVD image |
ISO, hard disk CD/DVD image |
Microsoft Windows | Shareware | |
| WinImage | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | Many images fileystem |
Many images fileystem |
Microsoft Windows | Commercial | |
| WinRAR | No | No | No | No | Yes | ISO | Microsoft Windows | Shareware | ||
| Alcohol 52% FE | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ISO | Microsoft Windows | Free trial | Feature-limited edition of Alcohol 120% | |
| Burnatonce | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? | ? | Microsoft Windows | ? | Source code available |
| CDBurnerXP | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ISO Files |
CD DVD |
Microsoft Windows | Freeware | |
| Daemon Tools Lite | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ISO Optical disc |
Microsoft Windows | Freeware | Freeware version of Daemon Tools Pro | |
| DVD Shrink | Yes | No | No | No | No | DVD movies | ISO DVD VIDEO_TS folder |
Microsoft Windows | Freeware | |
| ImgBurn | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ISO | ISO | Microsoft Windows | Freeware | |
| InfraRecorder | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ISO | ISO CD DVD |
Microsoft Windows | GPL | |
| ISO Plugin for Windows Commander | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | ISO | File hierarchy | Microsoft Windows | Free | |
| IZArc | No | No | No | No | Yes | ISO other disk image format |
File hierarchy | Microsoft Windows | Freeware | |
| MagicDisc | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | CD DVD |
ISO | Microsoft Windows | Shareware | |
| Nero DiscSpeed | No | No | No | Yes | No | ISO | CD DVD |
Microsoft Windows | Freeware | CD/DVD test program |
| Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel | No | No | Yes | No | No | ISO only | Microsoft Windows | Free | ||
| Virtual CloneDrive | No | No | Yes | No | No | {{ISO BIN}} |
Microsoft Windows | Freeware | ||
| Furius ISO Mount | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | Linux | open source |
See also
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