VMware Workstation Reviews

The solution is used to set up virtual machines.

The product works well.

I need to buy a newer version of the tool to support Windows Server. I would love to see the support in the lower versions.

I have been using the solution for four or five years.

The stability is fine.

We have about five users.

The initial installation is easy.

The product is expensive.

If we cannot afford the solution, we can use VMware Player or VirtualBox.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

VMware Workstation is a desktop product I use for personal testing on my laptop. If I want to spin up a virtual machine on my laptop, I use VMware Workstation.

VMware Workstation allows you to run a virtual machine.

For some virtual machine configurations, you have to go to the text editor and make the configuration changes, which could be improved.

I have been using VMware Workstation for ten years.

VMware Workstation is a stable solution.

Around 30 to 40 engineers use VMware Workstation in our organization.

The solution's initial setup is straightforward and can be done by the users. You run the setup profile, and it will guide you through the installation.

VMware Workstation helps engineers and developers test their applications on their laptops.

VMware Workstation is an expensive solution in Asian countries. Users have to pay a licensing fee for VMware Workstation.

I would recommend VMware Workstation to other users.

Overall, I rate VMware Workstation an eight out of ten.

We use VMware Workstation for mostly legacy operating systems.

VMware Workstation allows multiple operating systems in the same physical machine.

VMware Workstation’s scalability could be improved.

I have been using VMware Workstation for 15 years.

I rate VMware Workstation ten out of ten for stability.

I rate VMware Workstation a five out of ten for scalability.

VMware Workstation's initial setup is easy.

VMware Workstation can be deployed in less than half an hour. We implemented the solution through an in-house team.

I would recommend VMware Workstation to other users.

Overall, I rate VMware Workstation a nine out of ten.

Create multiple Virtual machines for various needs by different team members and also for other teams. Some of them are for crash and burn and some for extended validation.

The most valuable features of the VMware solutions (ESXi and vCenter) are snapshots, backup, restore, virtual networks, over provisioning of storage (in thin provisioning) etc.

The price of VMware solutions could improve.

I have been using VMware Workstation for approximately seven years.

VMware Workstation is a stable solution when compared to all the other hypervisors in the market. Snapshots, rollback and forth etc works smoothly. However, I do not have extended experience with the other solutions

The scalability of the VMware Workstation is good. We are able to add multiple ESXi servers into the vCenter and scale the requirements according to the client's needs. It can scale very well.

I have not had direct interaction with the support. However, I have heard it is good.

I have used hypervisors from various vendors and I prefer vmware over other productss. 

The initial setup of the VMware Workstation is easy.

VMware Workstation has a high price than competitors in the market.

My advice to others is they should be clear on the requirement for the hypervisor. Why are they going for VMware or any other hypervisor solutions and what are the benefits that they can bring to the table for them. They should choose the best vendor in the market, not only in terms of the vendor but in terms of cost. VMware is slightly on the higher side when it comes to price, but for all the interface customers, it's a one-stop solution for all the virtualization needs.

I rate VMware Workstation an eight out of ten.

I have not found a solution that is above an eight out of ten in my experience. There is room for improvement. VMware Workstation is now into microservices, containers, Kubernetes, and others containerization technology which I have not had a lot of experience with.

I use the solution as a virtual desktop infrastructure.

The solution has the best licensing modules.

The solution's networking features need enhancement.

I have been using the solution for one year.

The solution's technical support is good.

Positive

I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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.

VMware Workstation is used by almost everyone who is trying to test something on their laptop.

I'm using it for my personal use, for testing. If I want to know how things are working, then I will test it using Workstation.

The features are good. 

There's not much to deploying a VM, or virtual machine. It's all pretty easy.

They could bring in many different features from VMware vSphere to Workstation. This is a free version they are providing. However, it could be more robust. Therefore, if they could bring in things from the enterprise versions to the Workstation, that would be very helpful.

I've been using the solution for at least five or six years now. 

We are using a free version of the solution. 

I'm not sure which version of the solution I'm on at the moment. It's likely the latest. I'm at around version 14.

I'd rate the product seven out of ten. I've been pretty happy with its capabilities overall. That said, it could be more robust and offer more features. 

Ease of install. Ease of upgrade. We also got to check out w10 so we could see how we wanted it set up for everyone. 

It used to be a bit buggy with v7 when you wanted to suspend a machine but those issues seem to have been worked out with v12. 

It's enabled us to fire up speedy sandboxes to test software or malware in a closed environment. We can also run other operating systems at the click of a button. In general, it's saved us time and money. We can also run honeypots to capture information on exploit attempts. Three really great things to have more of. 

From my POV, I have no real niggles with it. It's fine as it is but I probably use about 40% of the capabilities so I've not delved into every single function provided by VMware player. 

To avoid problems you really do need to be on the most recent version, especially if you want to use W10 images. 

On and off I've used this for 7-8 years.