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Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 57 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: VMware - **Founded**: 1989 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$149.00 - **Pricing model**: Other (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: VMware Workstation is offered across three pricing plans, outlined below. A free trial is available. VMware Workstation Player: $149 license VMware Workstation Pro: $199 license VMware Workstation Pro + Support Basic 1 Year: $241 license - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Configuration Management - Virtual Machine Monitoring - Virtual Server - Virtualisation ## Category - [Virtual Machine Software](https://www.capterra.ie/directory/31078/virtual-machine/software) ## Alternatives 1. [Microsoft Azure](https://www.capterra.ie/software/16365/azure) — 4.6/5 (1947 reviews) 2. [VirtualBox](https://www.capterra.ie/software/169939/virtualbox) — 4.6/5 (885 reviews) 3. [Vinchin Backup & Recovery](https://www.capterra.ie/software/180134/vinchin-backup-recovery) — 4.7/5 (153 reviews) 4. 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[Iperius Backup](https://www.capterra.ie/software/129287/iperius-backup) — 4.5/5 (189 reviews) ## Reviews ### "VMWare Workstation, your virtual machine farm" — 5.0/5 > **Austin** | *7 August 2024* | Pharmaceuticals | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Intuitiveness on installation and set up, incredibly easy and swift to make it work. > > **Cons**: Some options can be accessed through certain places, I think they're updating some button actions but it could be even better\! > > I had an amazing time switching and interacting when I couldn't switch between my previous software and VMWare Workstation, it was an amazing interaction and I sure think this could help other people as well. ----- ### "Great product for local virtualisation - ESXi's little brother" — 5.0/5 > **Sam** | *20 January 2025* | Airlines/Aviation | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I've used workstation pro for my local development environments for many years now and serves as an easy virtualisation tool for scenarios where one may not want to spin up full public or private cloud infrastructure. It's similar, but just much scaled back. > > **Cons**: Sometimes there are local issues such as dependency issues or compatibility problems - this is due to often running VMware Workstation on windows or Linux and as such highly depends on your local environment. Therefore if your base OS isn't "clean" or has a lot of junk on it, you may struggle at first. > > Great product and my go-to for local virtualisation. A feature I particularly like is I'm able to develop locally, omitting a lot of the public cloud issues - and then import via OVF onto the cloud - this is very useful. All the network, storage, etc. just matches up. ----- ### "Virtual Machines - VMware" — 4.0/5 > **Rishik** | *3 February 2025* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: VMware Workstation Pro is a tool for running multiple operating systems on a single computer. It’s fast and packed with features like snapshots and cloning, making it perfect for developers and tech enthusiasts. The thing I like most about this is the performance, I don't know how but VMs perform better on this when compared to its competitors like Virtual Box. > > **Cons**: I didn't find any con specifically about this. VMware Workstation Pro was paid before, but it's free for personal use now. > > My overall experience with VMware Workstation Pro is great. I use it whenever I want to test some applications, run new OS, etc. ----- ### "The best virtualisation tool" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *22 January 2025* | Food & Beverages | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: What I like most about VMware Workstation Pro is how easy it is to set up and install a virtual machine. > > **Cons**: What I like least is that there are too many incremental updates. ----- ### "VMware for the win" — 5.0/5 > **Jason** | *15 January 2025* | Retail | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Makes it easy to use different operating systems on the same workstation. > > **Cons**: Set up time takes a little longer than I would have liked. > > Did everything I needed it to do and allows versatility with your workstation. ----- Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ie/software/212916/vmware-workstation-player?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.ie/software/212916/vmware-workstation-player) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | it | | ----- ## Structured Data