Amazon WorkSpaces (VDI) vs VMware Workstation Player | TrustRadius

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Score 8.3 out of 10

Based on 29 reviews and ratings

Score 7.8 out of 10

Based on 34 reviews and ratings

Attribute Ratings

Amazon WorkSpaces (VDI) is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon WorkSpaces (VDI) and VMware Workstation Player are tied in 1 area: Support Rating

Likelihood to Recommend

8.5

Amazon WorkSpaces (VDI)

85%

5 Ratings

7.6

VMware Workstation Player

76%

9 Ratings

Likelihood to Renew

Amazon WorkSpaces (VDI)

N/A

0 Ratings

8.0

VMware Workstation Player

80%

1 Rating

Usability

Amazon WorkSpaces (VDI)

N/A

0 Ratings

8.0

VMware Workstation Player

80%

2 Ratings

Performance

Amazon WorkSpaces (VDI)

N/A

0 Ratings

9.0

VMware Workstation Player

90%

2 Ratings

Support Rating

9.0

Amazon WorkSpaces (VDI)

90%

2 Ratings

9.0

VMware Workstation Player

90%

2 Ratings

Implementation Rating

Amazon WorkSpaces (VDI)

N/A

0 Ratings

10.0

VMware Workstation Player

100%

2 Ratings

Pros

Quick, clean access to the VDI images.
Easy provisioning of images to use based on multiple criteria.
Integrating with our other products (AV/AM, productivity, etc.).

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Director Of Information Technology and HIPAA Privacy Officer

Continuum of CareHospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees

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VMware Player is easy to use.
VMware Player supports a wide variety operating systems.
Unity mode makes it easy for the end user to utilize needed legacy applications while maintaining their familiar Host OS desktop. It's seamless to the point where the end user doesn't know they're running applications from a VM.

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Jeremy Kendzierski

Senior Systems Administrator

MNX Global LogisticsPackage/Freight Delivery, 201-500 employees

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Cons

Copy and paste does not work well
The performance is degraded during the day being slow at the end of the journey
Some user interface issues displaying the page
Sometimes when I type a word a letter is pasted many [times]

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Verified User

Professional in Customer Service

Internet Company, 10,001+ employees

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Would be nice to use more VMs at once, but this is basically trial software, so it's hard to fault them.

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IT Engineer

Fluid IT ServicesInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$21 per month

Amazon WorkSpaces (VDI) Editions & Modules

Edition

Starting Price	$21.00¹
Maximum Price	$140.00¹

per month

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

—

VMware Workstation Player Editions & Modules

—

Additional Pricing Details

—

Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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VMware Workstation Player 8.0

Based on 1 answer

I give a rating of 8 because VMware Player has its use cases, for example it requires the host OS to be logged in, and the VMware Player application to be opened and the Guest VM started. Only one VM can run at a time.I'd give a 9/10 to VMware Workstation because you can run shared VMs at startup without logging in or starting the workstation application.and i'd give ESX a 10/10 because ESX is the leader in enterprise visualization.

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Jeremy Kendzierski

Senior Systems Administrator

MNX Global LogisticsPackage/Freight Delivery, 201-500 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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VMware Workstation Player 8.0

Based on 2 answers

Great product. Its user-friendly GUI and overall performance are really the biggest strength of this tool. The reason why I don't give a higher note is because of the price. Although it's decent (starting at around $200 for a license), there is a good free alternative in VirtualBox. Not everyone values friendly GUI as something worth paying for. For people that are more tech-savvy, I would recommend looking into VirtualBox as they might actually like the model better (with downloadable add-ons and packages).

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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Banking Company, 10,001+ employees

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Performance

No score

No answers yet

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VMware Workstation Player 9.0

Based on 2 answers

Integration isn't really relevant here but I see this question more as an OS compatibility for the VM. They state that they support over 200 different OS versions. I honestly have never tried anything else other than Ubuntu and Windows myself but nonetheless, this is impressive. I have not hit any limitation in my use of this software in terms of limitation or conflicts with other software.

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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Banking Company, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

Amazon WorkSpaces (VDI) 9.0

Based on 2 answers

AWS support in general is pretty good, and WorkSpaces is no exception. We haven't had too much need for support but on the occasion we have, they've been quick to respond and helpful. Our issues have been resolved rapidly.

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Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Biotechnology Company, 51-200 employees

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VMware Workstation Player 9.0

Based on 2 answers

VMware support is very knowledgeable on their products, eveything from AirWatch to ESX clusters. VMware is easy to contact, they stay in touch and see the issue through to the end and a final resolution. They keep you up to date on your issue status and don't leave you waiting for answers.

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Jeremy Kendzierski

Senior Systems Administrator

MNX Global LogisticsPackage/Freight Delivery, 201-500 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

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VMware Workstation Player 10.0

Based on 2 answers

Installing the application was easily completed on the twenty computers that needed VMware Player. Once those 20 users were configured we copied our virtual machine template to the 20 users and turned on their newly provisioned virtual machines. We then configured unity mode so the user could easily work from within the virtual machine from their host desktop.

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Jeremy Kendzierski

Senior Systems Administrator

MNX Global LogisticsPackage/Freight Delivery, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Cisco AnyConnect is a VPN client and using a VPN can reduce the internet speed. It is not quite reliable as workspaces. Cisco AnyConnect is not at all optimised for linux machines. They suffer a lot from crashing and loss of internet speed. Workspaces works quite well even on linux machines

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Process Executive

Patra CorporationInformation Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Both free, VMware supports USB 3.0 while VirtualBox does not. VMware supports nested hardware-assisted virtualization while VirtualBox does not.

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Fareed Abolhassani

Information Technology Manager

ritInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Positive ROI with superior control over usage
Large selection of relevant packages
Easily scale 1 to 1000

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🐿 Matthew Karsten

Purple Squirrel Media

Purple Squirrel MediaBroadcast Media, 1-10 employees

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A positive impact is that it require little to no funding to use.
Negative impact is that because it is free it can be hard to get support.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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