In this page you can find a comparison between Aaru and other dump image managers or creators.

## Comparison of optical discs image managers

|                                                 | Aaru                     | DiscImageCreator | CDRWin   | CloneCD  | Alcohol 120% | IsoBuster | WinImage  |
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------|----------|----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
| Opensource                                      | Yes                      | [Yes](https://github.com/saramibreak/DiscImageCreator)              | No       | No       | No           | No        | No        |
| Supported  platforms                            | Windows, Linux, macOS¹   |  Windows         |  Windows |  Windows |  Windows     |  Windows  |  Windows  |
| Supported  formats                              | [12](formats.md)         | 3²               | 1³       | 1⁴       | 1⁵           | 17⁶       | 1⁷        |
| Can dump  Audio CD                              | Yes⁸                     | Yes              | Yes      | Yes      | Yes          | Yes       | No        |
| Can dump  Mode 0 tracks                         | Yes                      | No               | No       | No       | No           | No        | No        |
| Can dump  Mode 1 tracks                         | Yes                      | Yes              | Yes      | Yes      | Yes          | Yes       | Yes       |
| Can dump  Mode 2 tracks                         | Yes⁸                     | Yes              | Yes      | Yes      | Yes          | Yes       | Yes       |
| Can dump  multisession  discs                   | Yes                      | Yes              | No       | Yes      | Yes          | Yes       | No        |
| Can dump  discs with  errors                    | Yes⁹                     | Yes¹⁰            | No¹¹     | Yes¹⁰    | Yes¹⁰        | Unknown   | Unknown   |
| Reads  subchannel                               | Yes                      | Yes              | No¹²     | Yes      | Yes          | Unknown   | No        |
| Reads lead-in  postgap                          | Yes                      | Yes              | No       | No       | No           | No        | No        |
| Supports  illegal TOCs                          | Yes                      | Yes              | No       | Yes      | Yes          | Yes       | No        |
| Supports error-based copy  protections          | Yes                      | Yes              | No       | Yes      | Yes          | Yes       | No        |
| Supports twin  sectors based  copy  protections | Not yet¹³                | No               | No       | No       | No           | No        | No        |
| Supports  position based copy  protections      | Not yet¹³                | No               | No       | No       | Yes          | No        | No        |
| Supports  dumping DDCD                          | Yes                      | No¹⁴             | No¹⁴     | No¹⁴     | No¹⁴         | No¹⁴      | No¹⁴      |
| Supports  dumping GD                            | Not yet¹⁵                | Yes              | No       | No       | No           | No        | No        |
| Supports  dumping  GameCube/Wii                 | Not yet¹⁵                | Yes              | No       | No       | No           | No        | No        |
| Supports  dumping  DVD¹⁶ ¹⁷                     | Yes                      | Partial¹⁸        | No       | No       | Partial¹⁸    | Partial¹⁸ | Partial¹⁸ |
| Supports  dumping HD  DVD¹⁶                     | Yes                      | Partial¹⁹        | No       | No       | Partial¹⁹    | Partial¹⁹ | Partial¹⁹ |
| Supports  dumping Blu- ray¹⁶ ²⁰                 | Yes                      | Yes              | No       | No       | Yes          | Yes       | Yes       |
| Supports  dumping Xbox  Game discs              | Yes²¹ ²²                 | Yes²²            | No       | No       | No           | No        | No        |

1. macOS does not yet support dumping media, only managing existing images
2. CDRWin, CloneCD and raw
3. CDRWin
4. CloneCD
5. Alcohol 120%
6. Alcohol 120%, BlindWrite 5, BlindWrite 6, CD-i OptImage, CDRWin, CloneCD, DiscJuggler, Easy CD Creator, IsoBuster,
   Nero, NTI, PlexTools, Prassi PrimoCD, Prassi PrimoDVD, raw, Virtual CD and WinOnCD
7. Raw
8. It can lose a few seconds from start of audio on some discs
9. Depending on the drive it can recover data from sectors with errors
10. Writes fake data in the place of sectors with errors
11. Ignores errors or stops on error
12. Only if it detects the disc is | No a CD+G
13. Pending format support
14. None of its supported formats support the DDCD media
15. Feature will be added in next release
16. Does not include encrypted video media
17. Includes PlayStation DVD
18. Customized PFI information, like PSN of start LBA in DVD-RAM will be lost
19. Customized PFI information, like PSN of start LBA in HD DVD-RAM will be lost
20. Includes PlayStation Blu-ray
21. XGD2 are untested
22. XGD3 are not supported