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We use VirtualBox at my company, and I use VMware Workstation for personal use. I switched to VMware Workstation because of the colors in the user interface. There is a difference in the ISO and how both products create software images.
View full review »I've also used another tool called Oracle VirtualBox, a workstation for operating systems. However, instead of using Oracle VirtualBox, I recommend using VMware Workstation one hundred percent. The user interface is simple and not very complex, making it easy to use.
View full review »I also use Oracle Virtual Box. I use it more regularly. I now use Workstation very little. It's also less comfortable to use than Oracle. Both are easy to set up.
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Toni Lindberg
CEO at Virtual Consultants Sverige AB
I have previously used a Microsoft Virtual Desktop but VMware Workstation is much better with more features. You have a wider range of devices you can use, such as a smart card reader.
View full review »I have worked with multiple virtual machine technologies. In terms of performance, VMware Workstation can be resource-intensive, particularly when compared to alternatives like Hyper-V or VirtualBox.
View full review »We were using VirtualBox, an open-source virtualization software. The decision to use VMware Workstation was made by our technical team. They evaluated various virtualization solutions and determined that VMware Workstation was the best fit for our company's needs.
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reviewer1754271
Chief Technical Officer at a construction company with 51-200 employees
I have experience with some similar products. For example, Cisco has one that you can use for free. VMware is what I've been primarily using for the past five years.
I choose to work with VMware because I like the interface and its support for development. I also keep up to date with the most recent versions. For example, there was an update that happened this morning.
View full review »I am no longer using the Proxmox VE solution for a variety of reasons, not because it's bad, but because I have a different requirement.
I am also currently working with Parallels Workstation. Their technical support is also good.
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Dan Tica
Senior Micro Solutions Engineer at Mobexpert
I have been using several virtualization tools over the last five or six years.
Approximately six or seven years ago I used a Remote Desktop Solution but it was not a good experience.
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reviewer941238
Engineering Applications Analyst at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
I've also used Azure. We made the switch because we had a license for Workstation and I needed to test a particular system. I could plug and play using the VMware Player to take an existing VTK, whatever the file extension is, and plug it in there to look at this VM. Workstation allowed us to test scenarios. We have a lot of older applications that run on older operating systems. Sometimes we have to test the old systems and see how they'll run in a virtual environment as well.
I have moved from VMware Workstation to Oracle VM VirtualBox since I got to use it for free, while VMware Workstation wasn't a free option.
Solutions like Nutanix are more user-friendly.
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VBVenkat
Networking engineer at Hical Technologies Private Limited
We used vSphere. In our case, we have 23 servers saved on vSphere with the hostname AD2012.
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Tristan Camilleri
System Engineer at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
We are using both VMware Workstation and Microsoft Hyper-V. Microsoft products are more scalable.
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Karthik Sjp
Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I have used hypervisors from various vendors and I prefer vmware over other productss.
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reviewer139530
Systems and Security Administrator at a hospitality company with 51-200 employees
I have used Virtual box and Hyper-V. VMware workstation is more powerful than either of these. You can create virtual networks to test things on, you can emulate an entire network with outside, inside, DMZ, servers, clients, (use GNS3 to create a virtual firewall) then test things prior to rollouts. You can also connect to Vcenter or to esxi hosts. You can upload servers and change settings, you can even add HDD's from your SAN to a VM from VMworkstation when that VM is powered off
View full review »We used Oracle VirtualBox before. We switched to VMware Workstation for better stability.
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reviewer1803714
Customer experience engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
I have used Citrix previously. I would rate VMware Workstation and Citrix the same. They have small differences and they both have areas to improve.
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VMware Workstation
March 2024
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