We compared VMware Player and VMware Workstation based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
Overall, VMware Player is praised for its ease of use, efficient resource utilization, and reliable performance, while VMware Workstation is valued for its seamless virtual machine creation, snapshot functionality, and extensive compatibility with various operating systems. Both products offer unique features tailored to meet different virtualization needs.
Features: VMware Player is praised for its ease of use, seamless virtual machine integration, extensive OS compatibility, efficient resource utilization, and reliable performance. In contrast, VMware Workstation offers seamless VM creation, useful snapshot functionality, and extensive OS compatibility while also being efficient and reliable.
Pricing and ROI: The setup cost for VMware Player is unknown, as no information is available. Similarly, the setup cost for VMware Workstation is also unknown, as specific information is not provided. The differences in setup cost between the two products cannot be determined based on the available data., The ROI for VMware Player cannot be summarized due to insufficient data. Similarly, the ROI for VMware Workstation is also not provided in the available reviews.
Room for Improvement: VMware Player has areas for improvement based on feedback, while there is no feedback available for improvement on VMware Workstation.
Deployment and customer support: The user feedback for VMware Player does not provide any information or quotes to use as a data source for summarizing the reviews. The review quotes for VMware Workstation also do not contain any information that would allow us to evaluate the duration required for deployment, setup, or implementation., Customer service and support for VMware Player is difficult to assess due to the lack of available information or feedback. Similarly, there is no information or opinions given regarding the customer service and support for VMware Workstation.
The summary above is based on 32 interviews we conducted recently with VMware Player and VMware Workstation users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"VMware Player's best feature is the ability to run different OS's simultaneously."
"It's really easy to build testing environments with VMware Player."
"VMware Player helps you to virtualize and install Ubuntu or any other operating system, even on a Windows laptop."
"The most valuable feature of VMware Player is the ability to snapshot with or without memory."
"The solution's technical support team is excellent."
"The most valuable features of the VMware Workstation solutions are the ESXi and vCenter."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is an easy-to-use product."
"Great at solving connection problems."
"VMware Workstation has tons of third-party support, the largest partner ecosystem. VMware works with a ton of different vendors. They have plugins for almost everything. Other hypervisors lack the flexibility that VMware Workstation offers."
"I like that it's easy to use. It's easy to deploy virtual machines. You have to insert your ISO and the image of your OS and configure it. They provide a step-by-step guide, and you have to follow it. In the end, you have to start the machine, and that's all you have to do. I liked that they synchronized the mouse, keyboard, and everything. When you finish the installation, it directly links to your laptop. This makes copying and pasting things from my laptop inside the virtual machine easy."
"We are able to simultaneously run multiple operating systems in a single machine and have virtually no performance hit."
"The solution's customer service is good."
"It is much more mature compared to Nutanix or SimpliVity when it's cross-platform based."
"VMware Player should provide a cloud version with no limitations to hardware resources."
"When you go to work on a server, it opens up the whole window, and that causes an error inside VMware Player."
"Its networking features need improvement."
"The tool has limited scalability."
"VMware Player isn't downgradable, so if you have a later set of VMs, you need to upgrade it or figure out a workaround."
"I would want to see features included that make deployment easier."
"It would be great if VMware Workstation had more networking options and compatibility, that would be great. I would like to deploy virtual switches and play around with networking a bit more. Otherwise, I have to deploy ESXi Virtual Edition and emulate it, which is painful and clunky."
"The product is outdated."
"They could bring in many different features from VMware vSphere to Workstation."
"I would like to see more detailed reporting capabilities, particularly around snapshot activity. It would be helpful to have a summary of changes made prior to deploying an application, allowing us to provide comprehensive reports to our management on a regular basis."
"I need to buy a newer version of the tool to support Windows Server."
"The support can be improved."
"My experience with Workstation is limited, so I don't know all the functionalities of this tool. Maybe Workstation could add some more compatibility with other vendors."
VMware Player is ranked 8th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 10 reviews while VMware Workstation is ranked 2nd in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 42 reviews. VMware Player is rated 8.6, while VMware Workstation is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of VMware Player writes "A highly stable solution that has the ability to snapshot with or without memory". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Workstation writes "An easy-to-manage solution that has really good customer support compared to other market players". VMware Player is most compared with VMware Fusion, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace and Parallels Desktop, whereas VMware Workstation is most compared with Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, KVM, VMware Fusion and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services. See our VMware Player vs. VMware Workstation report.
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