Crossover Reviews & Product Details

Allows some Windows applications to run on MacOS without issues, performance improves all the time, vendor is very responsive to suggestions and comments, and product is relatively cheap (when compared to a Windows license plus a VM).

The ability to run Windows applications on a machine with the new Apple M1 processor is very useful - although a lot of the business apps you'd like to use (like MS office) are limited in their operation.

I'd strongly recommend you search for the specific application you wish to use, or download the demo and try, before purchasing! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Support for main applications like Microsoft Office can be limited, performance can be poor, some apps just don't work at all. There is also an issue with applications 95% working and it not being obvious that something is wrong until quite a way down the line - this can lead to some surprises! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how simple it is to set up a crossover bottle. Setup takes away a lot of the frustration of manually setting up a wine instance to run applications like Office or Access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In newer Linux distributions, it seems that there are some very convoluted processes needed to get shared folders set up (sometimes this fails to be able to implement correctly). There is also a lot to be left for troubleshooting when you run into issues. It isn't easy to track down documentation and information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some applications just run perfectly out of the box after installing, and it's great to have a Windows application running without effort and without running a Virtual Machine, for my use cases, it works very well since it saves me time and allows me to run some tests but don't expect that to happen often. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Many programs plain don't work or work in a partial or odd way, basically, it is a quicker and more intuitive frontend for WINE but if it does not work in WINE there is a 97% chance it won't work in Crossover. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Integrates really well, with this as long as the application is supported runs as it does in Windows, allowing me to use my favorite applications almost natively on MacOSX, some applications run even better than in Windows Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It does not allow me to run some Windows applications because my company locks down the installer but that's not crossover fault Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has nice GUI and pretty good documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wasn't able to get any of the windows applications I really needed to use to run on it. Of course, these apps were unsupported, so I couldn't really expect much. What really burns me, is that I purchased 17.5.1 literally 18 days ago and they just released 18. Of course, if I want 18 I can pay to purchase it. They even offered a discount. Since 17.5.1 didn't do anything for me, I'm not going to shell out even more money for a produce that I've been using for less than a month. Apparently, they don't care if you purchase a version that will be obsoleted in less than a month. Any additional money I spend will be donated directly to the Wine Project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love that everything I need to do that is Windows can easily be done on any and all of my MacOS machines. Buy one license and it works across the board. Just sign in with your credentials and go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This is 100% my fault but after a MacOS Developer Beta update, the program is nearly useless - HOWEVER, I do blame myself because I paid for one single version and no updates and no tech support. So when it did work it worked great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Downloading dependencies is taken care of automatically, and other things are automatd too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You buy one version and then have to buy again if you want the advantages of the new one. It costs as much to buy this as a non profit pays for a Microsoft Office license and 3 times as much as Windows license. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The latest office works great! As well as many games and other one off pieces of software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The latest Outlook does not work so great. Java version 7 and above does not install. Microsoft SRAT tools are still a no go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The main reason we bought it was so our Mac users could use Windows products on their Macbooks. It's easy to use, and updates are simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The price for the newest version is very expensive. If you aren't worried about using new and improved features, this wouldn't be something to worry about. But there were new features in a new released version that we were interested in utilizing, but had to decide if it was worth forking over the cash. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Awesome software to let you run windows applications on other OS like Linux, Mac or Chrome OS. Very useful to run all your applications that are not supported on other OS than Windows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some applications wont run with this software, but this is not the fault of Crossover, this is mainly because the application you want to run use some dependencies that are not supported. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.