Top 10 Wind River VxWorks Alternatives & Competitors

Top 10 Alternatives to Wind River VxWorks Recently Reviewed By G2 Community

#1

Amazon FreeRTOS
By Amazon Web Services (AWS)
(13)4.1 out of 5
Amazon FreeRTOS is an operating system for microcontrollers that makes small, low-power edge devices easy to program, deploy, secure, connect, and manage.
Categories in common with Wind River VxWorks:
• IoT Operating Systems
Reviewers say compared to Wind River VxWorks, Amazon FreeRTOS is:
Better at support
More usable
Better at meeting requirements
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#2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
By Red Hat
(803)4.5 out of 5
Open source platform for mission-critical computing
Categories in common with Wind River VxWorks:
• IoT Operating Systems
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Reviewers say compared to Wind River VxWorks, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is:
Better at support
Better at meeting requirements
More usable
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#3

Windows for IoT
By Microsoft
(16)4.2 out of 5
Windows 10 IoT lets you use the power of Windows to create a solution quickly and securely.
Categories in common with Wind River VxWorks:
• IoT Operating Systems
Reviewers say compared to Wind River VxWorks, Windows for IoT is:
Better at support
More expensive
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#4

Ubuntu
By Canonical Ltd.
(2,060)4.5 out of 5
Super-fast, easy to use and free, the Ubuntu operating system powers millions of desktops, netbooks and servers around the world.
Categories in common with Wind River VxWorks:
• IoT Operating Systems
Reviewers say compared to Wind River VxWorks, Ubuntu is:
Better at support
Better at meeting requirements
More usable
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#5

Nucleus RTOS
By Mentor
(24)4.2 out of 5
The Nucleus RTOS is deployed in over 3 billion devices and provides a highly scalable micro-kernel based real-time operating system designed for scalability and reliability. System reliability can be improved using lightweight memory partitioning support that can function with or without MMU/MPU assisted protection in systems spanning the range of aerospace, industrial, and medical applications. Developers can make full use of multi-core solutions across the spectrum of Microcontroller and Microprocessor SoCs using SMP and AMP configurations to integrate multiple operating systems. To meet the power requirements of todays advanced designs, engineers can ease development with integrated power management in Nucleus that includes support for DVFS, deep sleep modes, and power/clock gating.
Categories in common with Wind River VxWorks:
• IoT Operating Systems
Reviewers say compared to Wind River VxWorks, Nucleus RTOS is:
Better at support
More usable
Better at meeting requirements
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#6

Tizen
By Tizen Association
(61)3.7 out of 5
Tizen is an open and flexible operating system built from the ground up to address the needs of all stakeholders of the mobile andæconnected device ecosystem, including device manufacturers, mobile operators, application developers and independent software vendors(ISVs)
Categories in common with Wind River VxWorks:
• IoT Operating Systems
Reviewers say compared to Wind River VxWorks, Tizen is:
Better at support
More usable
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#7

TinyOS
By GitHub
(25)4.0 out of 5
TinyOS is an open source, BSD-licensed operating system designed for low-power wireless devices, such as those used in sensor networks, ubiquitous computing, personal area networks, smart buildings, and smart meters.
Categories in common with Wind River VxWorks:
• IoT Operating Systems
Reviewers say compared to Wind River VxWorks, TinyOS is:
Better at support
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#8

Apache Mynewt
By The Apache Software Foundation
(1)4.0 out of 5
Apache Mynewt is a modular real-time operating system for connected Internet of things devices that must operate for long times under power, memory, and storage constraints.
Categories in common with Wind River VxWorks:
• IoT Operating Systems
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#9

Android OS by emteria
By emteria
(12)4.6 out of 5
Categories in common with Wind River VxWorks:
• IoT Operating Systems
Reviewers say compared to Wind River VxWorks, Android OS by emteria is:
Better at support
More usable
Better at meeting requirements
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#10

Contiki
By Contiki
(2)4.0 out of 5
Contiki is an open source operating system for the Internet of Things. Contiki connects tiny low-cost, low-power microcontrollers to the Internet. Contiki is a powerful toolbox for building complex wireless systems.
Categories in common with Wind River VxWorks:
• IoT Operating Systems
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