It also provides a graphical interface and may have better support than PlayOnMac.

CrossOver, a commercial solution with customer support if you have some money to spend.PlayOnMac, the Mac version of PlayOnLinux, is a free software and provides a user-friendly graphical interface with configuration templates to run the windows version of Internet Explorer.However, there are multiple packaged front-ends for Wine that allow running windows program on macOS without much technical knowledge : You can install and setup Wine manually but it's mostly dedicated for advanced system administrators. Wine is a free and open-source solution capable of running windows program on Unix-like systems (Linux or macOS).

That last choice may be a good alternative if you only want to run one specific program and don't need a full-fledged Windows running.

Use a compatibility layer to run windows programs on macOS without virtualization.

Use a virtualization software (VirtualBox, Parallel Desktop or VMware Fusion) to run Windows inside a virtual machine on macOS.

Use a Windows PC or install Windows on your Mac using Bootcamp.

That being said, if you really must use Internet Explorer and since it's only available on Windows OS you only have three choices : If your service provider doesn't support any modern cross-platform browser (such as Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome), it may be time for a change of provider or service. It is not known to be a secure browser and has frequent major vulnerabilities. First, please note that Internet Explorer has been deprecated and replaced by Microsoft Edge since 2015.