VMware Workstation Reviews

I use the solution in my company since I want to use Linux-based machines and for it I built a VMware Workstation. I created the virtual machine and Linux-based machine on VMware Workstation.

The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that in terms of the interface or if you want to create a virtual machine, the options provided by the product are very good.

The product's integration capabilities are an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required.

I have been using VMware Workstation for a month and a half.

The tool's scalability is good.

My company deals with different customers who use the tool.

The solution's technical support is good.

The product is easy to deploy.

The product's deployment phase consists of areas like updating the packages, which takes time.

In our company, we have a team of ten members to take care of the deployment and maintenance of the product. My company specifically does not have a development team, but we do have a support team that offers different levels or different kinds of support.

The solution can be deployed in around 30 minutes.

The tool's performance is really good, so I can rate it a ten out of ten.

The product did meet my expectations by allowing me to run multiple operating systems simultaneously.

I recommend the product to those who plan to use it.

The product is stable, very easy to deploy, easy to use, easy to configure, and easy to set up.

I took care of the integration part of VMware Workstation with vSphere.

I describe the product's documentation as a good area. My company gets complaints about technical notes from VMware.

My company does face limitations with the product, and it is based on the licenses that we have purchased from VMware.

I rate the overall product a ten out of ten.

I use it in my Windows and Linux systems. I create VMs.

I also use vSphere Client. 

The dashboard can be improved. 

I have been using it for three years and two months.  

I would rate the stability a ten out of ten.

I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. There are around 350 end users using this in our organization. 

We use it on an everyday basis. 

We used vSphere. In our case, we have 23 servers saved on vSphere with the hostname AD2012.

The initial setup is easy. The deployment took a few days. 

I would rate the pricing an eight out of ten, with ten being expensive. It is expensive. 

It's the best solution. I would rate it a ten out of ten. 

I use VMware Player for testing purposes. For example, if I want to test something on a non-Windows operating system, I would install Ubuntu or Linux, and I can do the testing with the solution.

VMware Player helps you to virtualize and install Ubuntu or any other operating system, even on a Windows laptop. You can test your application using VMware Player.

VMware Player should provide a cloud version with no limitations to hardware resources.

VMware has cloud solutions, but something more can be done at the desktop level.

I have been using VMware Player for eight years now.

VMware Player’s stability is above my expectations.

VMware Player is a scalable solution. The solution helped me a lot in my career progression.

More than 100 users use VMware Player in our organization. Our organization's IT infrastructure team uses VMware Player for testing purposes. We have some trainees or interns who have just completed their graduation, and if they want to test something, we recommend they try this solution.

I rate VMware Player ten out of ten for scalability.

We have had VMware Player enterprise support for five years, and it's doing great. Whenever we call them, they are readily available for us. We also get on-site support from VMware. In terms of customer support, VMware is the best.

You can install VMware Player by going to the VMware website and downloading it.

The solution's pricing depends on how many licenses you are using. VMware Player's pricing is competitive to other vendors in the market, like AWS or Google Cloud. The solution's pricing is almost the same as what Google Cloud, AWS, or Microsoft would charge you.

We have a license for VMware Workstation Player.

Overall, I rate VMware Player ten out of ten.

We use VMware Workstation to establish virtual machines. You can deploy it as Windows or Linux and use it as your computer.

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.

It would be better if software updates occur automatically.

I have been using VMware Workstation for about two or three years.

VMware Workstation is a stable solution.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give stability a ten.

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.

The initial setup is straightforward. It's very user-friendly. The deployment time depends on the software image and the configuration. If it's small, it's really quick, like five minutes. The longest deployment I did was probably almost one hour. Large enterprises with a lot of virtual machines usually have a dedicated IT department to manage them. 

I implemented this solution. 

You need to pay for a license, but I don't think it costs that much. I think it's a one-time payment. 

I would tell potential users that they don't have to have any prior knowledge. They have to follow the prompts and fulfill the steps. I would recommend this solution; it's very user-friendly.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give VMware Workstation a ten.

I mainly use VMware Player to test things in my home lab.

VMware Player's best feature is the ability to run different OS's simultaneously.

VMware Player isn't downgradable, so if you have a later set of VMs, you need to upgrade it or figure out a workaround. It would be an improvement if there were some kind of mixture between the licenses to avoid this situation. I would also like VMware Player to include built-in interactive help.

I've been using VMware Player for a year.

VMware Player is mostly stable, but occasionally we get freezing and unexpected behavior when doing bigger upgrades.

I previously used Oracle VM, but VMware Player is more user-friendly.

The initial setup was easy, and deployment took around an hour and a half.

I used an in-house team.

If you have a big environment with thousands of servers, VMware Player can have problems, and migrations can be extremely slow. But if you have a small-to-middle-sized environment, VMware Player is a good choice. I would rate VMware Player as seven out of ten.

I'm an IT salesperson. I have experience selling this solution.

It is much more mature compared to Nutanix or SimpliVity when it's cross-platform based. It's much more well known compared to the other newly formed solutions.

The GUI interface could be improved. My customer says that you have to be trained to use it. 

For someone who isn't a VMware expert, a simpler user interface would help.

I sold my first VMware solution in 2003.

The stability is good.

It's scalable.

It's good. I have used technical support once or twice for my customer. They have helped inform some technical discussions. I would rate them 5 out of 5.

Solutions like Nutanix are more user-friendly.

We have seen ROI. VMware is way cheaper if I take it as an application or a software compared to any hardware. It is cheaper compared to other products.

The cost differs depending on the customer's requirement.

I would rate this solution 10 out of 10.

There are pros and cons to this solution, so understand your infrastructure. Utilize the technical people to understand what is required, then go for it. There are many customers who have taken what they don't need, and many customers don't have what they do need.

We use VMware Workstation to deploy multiple machines, and every machine has its own configuration and software installed according to our configurations. The company has between 25 to 50 employees on virtual machines, and the usage is high. 

It will not harm any of the computer settings to run a specific program. For example, if a program needs a specific security policy, we don't have to use the shared configuration. We have an individual copy of Windows installed on the virtual machine, so anybody can access that. It helps us a lot.

I have been using VMware for the last 10 years.

VMware Workstation's performance is excellent.

VMware's scalability is high. It's usually not an issue.

We've contact support for other VMware solutions besides Workstation. We needed support due to the complexity of the database. I rate VMware support eight out of 10. 

Installing VMware Workstation isn't so easy. It's highly complex compared to Windows. I rate it four out of 10 for ease of installation. Setting up a remote desktop only takes a minute or so, but the Workstation itself takes some time. 

You need to install a tool on the host machine, and then all the features can be managed via VMware Workstation. Once it's deployed, I can maintain issues on the machines remotely. We don't often go to the sites.

I rate VMware Workstation six out of ten.

VMware Workstation is currently being used as a test model, it is not in production.

It is used for testing, and we have a mixed solution for reduction.  We are also considering moving part of our servers to virtualization.

It made various enhancements to the system once the deployment was completed.

I would like to see the stability improve. We have experienced some crashes on our devices.

The configuration could be simplified.

I would want to see features included that make deployment easier.

I have been using VMware Workstation for five or six years.

There are some concerns regarding the stability of this solution. We have a device that seems to be under some pressure and two others that are working very well.

We have no issues with the scalability of the VMware Workstation.

At this time our organization has 15 to 20 users.

This solution is being used daily, and we have plans to increase our usage.

Our plan is to move part of the server to this solution.

Technical support is very good.

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.

The initial setup is straightforward. it took thirty minutes to complete the deployment.

We only require two days a month for one person to maintain this solution.

Using a lot of documentation, I was able to complete the installation myself.

With VMware Workstation, we have seen a return on investment, but the actual ROI will be shown in two or three years.

Licensing costs are paid on a yearly basis.

The documentation should be thoroughly read.

I would rate VMware Workstation a nine out of ten.

Our primary use case of VMware Workstation is to test environments, different Windows operating systems and the like, and basically to figure out how the solution would work before we put it into production. I'm an engineering applications analyst. 

The solution benefits us because it allows us to identify whether we need to spend money on a solution that would involve having to buy a bunch of licenses for software, and running an application or a system for whatever our requirements might be. It allows us to test out that scenario to see if it would be more beneficial for our environment as opposed to buying everything, setting it up and determining whether it is going to work or not. It gives us insight into some of the issues we might run into, and how to better facilitate fixing them.

Because the setup is so easy, this is a solution that can be used at a moment's notice. It's simple to set up for a test environment and that's a huge benefit.

For our needs, the issue is that there is no way to take an existing system out of the testing environment, clone it with everything that it's currently set up on, and put it into production without having to create a whole new one. It lacks the ability to clone the environment so you have your test environment set up in the way it's going to be used in production. Rather than create a whole other environment, the idea would be to clone that capability onto another system and not have to start over from scratch. You have everything working the way you want it to and you just want to move it over to the production side of things.

I've been using this solution for about a year. 

The solution handles pretty well. It did seem to function a little bit better than I had expected.

There are no issues with scalability. When we need to make any tweaks by adding more resources, it's pretty straightforward. I'm the only user. In terms of the back end, Microsoft patching needs to be done on a monthly basis based on our processes. The software itself will look to see how often it needs updates. It's pretty straightforward.

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. 

As long as you have all the information you need in terms of how many processors are require and how much memory, it's not complicated. Implementation was an in-house job. Rather than loading a specific software package on our network, we can use a testing environment to see what to expect from it. We test out of the box in a virtual environment and see where we get with it. The deployment took about a day. 

We use VMware for virtual cluster of servers, but I believe we bought Workstation outright once. It's pretty low in cost, so if we need multiple copies, we usually buy a handful. I've actually insisted that we go that route for some of the software groups that we have so they can test various environments without having to use another system.

This product is pretty straightforward and easy to use. I would definitely recommend it for testing different scenarios, Windows, Linux, that sort of thing. It works well in all environments, in my opinion, and the ease of setup is great and allows you to have a lot of test cases strictly run from your system rather than having to set up another whole desktop or another computer as a testing environment. Obviously, it's based on the number of hardware resources available in your system but to get a quick testbed or environment set up, it's pretty easy and straightforward. You can set it up and go about your daily routine and then come back to it, test some more scenarios, get it to where it's accessible through the networks, and determine whether we need it or not. It's better to have that rather than having to set up a whole other computer for testing.

I rate this solution 10 out of 10. 

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.