Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows

BOINC is described as '(Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) is a software platform for volunteer computing and desktop grid and volunteer computing' and is a very popular Cloud Computing service in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to BOINC for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Mac and Self-Hosted apps. The best BOINC alternative is Folding@home, which is free. Other great apps like BOINC are GridRepublic, Charity Engine, DreamLab and DIET.
