We performed a comparison between Parallels Desktop and VMware Workstation based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like how, with Parallels, you can either boot into Mac or Windows to get better control over the resources of the laptops since you're sharing the resources in dual mode."
"Parallels Desktop integrates seamlessly with macOS. It works better than VMware on Apple operating systems."
"The most valuable feature of the VMware Workstation is the ease to create a development environment. When you have different ongoing developments, you often need to create a lot of different development environments. With this workstation solution, you can have a development environment for all the things you develop."
"Instead of relying on dual-boot operating systems, I can utilize open-source tools within my infrastructure. This approach allows me to create an in-house cloud platform suitable for testing. VMware Workstation enables me to perform tasks across various operating systems using a single device. It has helped me save time."
"The initial setup is simple and takes only five minutes to complete."
"The simplicity of the deployment and the implementation, and the footprint for the hardware are some of the solution's valuable features."
"We can undo some changes using the snapshot feature."
"Because the setup is so easy, this is a solution that can be used at a moment's notice."
"It is much more mature compared to Nutanix or SimpliVity when it's cross-platform based."
"Technical support is very good."
"There may have been some issues with device drivers on my Mac. Similarly, there are some issues with transferring data from Parallels to the Mac."
"The biggest challenge is compatibility between VMware and Parallels because the two systems are incompatible. It can be challenging if you are switching between Windows and Mac. I recommend sticking with one product because there isn't good compatibility between the different products."
"I would want to see features included that make deployment easier."
"The interface is a little wonky and needs to be improved."
"The product’s virtual machine data backup feature needs upgrading."
"Lacks the ability to clone onto another system rather than starting from scratch."
"I need to buy a newer version of the tool to support Windows Server."
"VMware Workstation’s scalability could be improved."
"The product's integration capabilities are an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"The price of VMware Workstation is an area of concern where improvements are needed."
Parallels Desktop is ranked 9th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 2 reviews while VMware Workstation is ranked 2nd in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 42 reviews. Parallels Desktop is rated 7.6, while VMware Workstation is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Parallels Desktop writes "A great platform to develop interoperable code on". 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". Parallels Desktop is most compared with VMware Fusion, NComputing vSpace, NVIDIA GRID, VMware Horizon View and Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS), whereas VMware Workstation is most compared with Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, KVM, VMware Fusion and Oracle VM. See our Parallels Desktop vs. VMware Workstation report.
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