VMware Workstation Reviews

Free, That's the most important thing about VMware player. It's available on both Windows and Linux. VMware used to only run a virtual machine / virtual appliance, but now we can create a new VM with VMware player. You can even redistribute VMware player with permission from VMware, it might be useful if you want to send demo of your product as virtual appliance to your client. We don't need dedicated machine to install VMware player, we can just use our desktop to run VMware player.

Not available on Mac OS, so the only virtualization solution from VMware for your Mac OS is VMware Fusion. Lack of some features that only available in VMware workstation or VMware Fusion such as Teams, multiple Snapshots, multiple Clones, and Virtual Rights Management. Compared to Virtualbox, VMware player is slightly heavier on resource usage than Virtualbox.

Simple free virtualization solution that you can depend on. A lot of virtual appliance on VMware virtual appliance marketplace.

VMware player is one of the free virtualization tools available in the market. It provides you a sandbox environment to install and play around with almost any Operating System. VMware has support for sharing folders between the guest operating system and the host operating system, which can be very easily configured using the drag and drop feature. Another remarkable feature seen only in VMware is that, you can easily copy and paste files/text etc from one VMware guest to another VMware guest, both running on top of a single host. This feature is generally not available on other Virtualization tools like Virtualbox. Specifically targeted for heavy users who basically need a reliable and a powerful virtual environment to test new software or try new operating systems. Supports multiple OS platforms like Windows, Linux, Macintosh etc.

VMware player does not allow to create snapshots of a guest system. You can use snapshots to store the current state of an operating system using and later can restore to the same state. VMware player has a very high memory footprint and requires a lot of memory for running multiple operating systems under a single host system.It is very limited in terms of the number of features supported e.g. it does not allow you to create new Virtual Operating System images.

VMware player is a very good alternative for those who want a stable and free virtualization platform that can be easily run in various Operating System platforms like Windows, Linux, Macintosh etc. Folder sharing between guest and host can be easily configured in VMware. Though creating a new virtual operating system is not allowed in VMware Player and you will have to upgrade to the commercial virtualization tool, known as VMWare WorkStation.

By using a VMware player, I've significantly improved my desktop processing productivity. By having multiple VMs running in the background for testing software, running scripts, or doing other CPU intensive tasks, I can get a lot more accomplished without interfering with my programs running in the forefront on a PC or another VM.

The initial setup is quite easy, but can be daunting to someone unfamiliar with desktop computing environments.

VMware allows us to build solutions for the people.

VMware is incredible and is designed for simple use. They help with efficiency. 

The tool can improve network storage technology.

We are the VMware provider.

The product is stable.

The tool is easy to scale depending on their infrastructure design.

Support should respond quickly.

Positive

The initial setup is easy. 

I rate the initial setup a nine out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy.

The tool costs around 5000 per month.

I recommend it only for small things or environmental tests. For Big companies, the solution is designed as a virtual DC with a VMware clusters network.

We use the solution as a hypervisor to deploy VM workloads for testing.

The solution's most valuable feature is the ease of use compared to other vendors.

The solution's pricing could be better.

We have been using the solution for more than ten years.

It is quite a stable solution.

It is a scalable solution.

The solution's customer service is good.

We need to download the EXE file for the solution and install it. It takes five minutes to complete the process. However, time might vary depending on connectivity, operating system installations, etc.

The solution has perpetual and subscription-based licensing models. They are pretty expensive.

I recommend the solution to others and rate it as a ten.

On-premises

It's a VDI.

We have some virtual machines for testing purposes. The machines are our VMware. I don't remember the version. We use VMware Player to create a tester environment.

It's really easy to build testing environments with VMware Player. The solution is very user-friendly.

The package is similar to when you build other virtual machines. With this, you have to have everything in the package.

It’s the type of solution that is pretty simple to set up.

It’s not really lacking any features. It has everything a company would need.

For maybe the web component that you need to deploy, you do requires a web server or something like that.

The tool has limited scalability.

I’ve used the solution for one year, more or less.

The stability has been very good. We have no real complaints in that regard. There are no bugs or glitches, and it doesn’t crash or freeze. It’s very reliable. The performance is good.

The tool is really small. The scalability is therefore limited.

We only have two or three people using the solution right now. They are administrators and software developers.

We have local support from our providers. We do not directly deal with VMware if issues arise. Therefore, I can’t speak to their customer service capabilities.

It’s not difficult to set up. It’s very, very straightforward.

We’re just customers and end-users.

It's a great product that we would advise others to implement it.

I’d rate the solution nine out of ten.

We use the product for testing environments and technologies before implementing business solutions.

VMware Workstation’s most valuable feature is virtualization technology. It has all the essential features and capabilities to use one computer for implementing solutions in many environments.

The product’s virtual machine data backup feature needs upgrading.

We have been using VMware Workstation for many years.

The product is very stable. I rate its stability an eight out of ten.

We used Oracle VirtualBox before. We switched to VMware Workstation for better stability.

The initial setup is very easy for creating virtual machines. It does not require any prior experience. The deployment time depends on the number of machines and services to be implemented. It takes approximately ten minutes to deploy one machine.

The product generates a return on investment for us. It allows us to test the solutions in test environments before publishing them in production. 

I recommend VMware Workstation for IT technicians and rate it an eight out of ten.

On-premises

We work on issues for the banking and education sectors. As well as for virtual workstations.

The simplicity of the deployment and the implementation, and the footprint for the hardware are some of the solution's valuable features.

The support can be improved.

I have been working with VMware Workstation for 35 years. 

It is not a very stable solution. I rate the stability a six out of ten. 

It is a scalable solution. I rate the scalability a seven out of ten. 

It should be easy to reach out to them. There should be a stable service engineer that will connect to the process and then to the solution.

Neutral

The initial setup is easy. I have programed it on-premises. The deployment can take hours. I rate the initial setup an eight out of ten.

I programed the solution myself.

The solution is moderately priced. I rate the pricing a six out of ten. 

I recommend using the solution. I rate the overall solution a seven out of ten. 

On-premises