PlayOnLinux comparisons

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PlayOnLinux is compared head-to-head with Wine, CrossOver and Bottles and more: 7 head-to-heads in Windows Compatibility Layers, each with the specs and prices we checked.

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PlayOnLinux head-to-head

• PlayOnLinux vs Wine
• PlayOnLinux vs CrossOver
• PlayOnLinux vs Bottles
• PlayOnLinux vs Porting Kit
• BPlayOnLinux vs BottleLite
• QPlayOnLinux vs Q4Wine
• PlayOnLinux vs Crosswire

PlayOnLinux vs each of them

#	Tool	Free plan	Paid from	macOS support	Linux support	Apple silicon support	Graphics acceleration	Score
4	PlayOnLinux	Yes	None	Yes	Yes	—	Dxvk	7.7
1	Wine	Yes	None	Yes	Yes	Yes	—	9.0
2	CrossOver	No	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Dxvk-vkd3d	8.7
3	Bottles	Yes	None	Yes	Yes	Yes	Dxvk-vkd3d	8.2
5	Porting Kit	Yes	None	Yes	—	Yes	Dxvk	7.4
6	BBottleLite	Yes	None	Yes	No	—	Dxvk	6.9
7	QQ4Wine	Yes	None	Yes	Yes	—	—	6.8
8	Crosswire	Yes	None	Yes	No	Yes	—	6.7

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