Parallels Desktop for Mac Pricing

“While the main desktop has a fair price, upgrade pricing is about 50% of a new license.”

“I mean there's solutions out there that they're charging $1200 a year for that aren't worth five dollars.”

“Expensive Pricing and release model forces yearly upgrades Some default settings can be undesirable if wanting to reduce integration with macOS. … Parallels is fairly expensive, while VirtualBox is free, so going with VirtualBox will save quite a bit of money.”

“Price: While Parallels offers great functionality and support for their price, there are free options available that satisfy my needs, namely, VirtualBox. … Parallels would do well to consider additional price points to help justify its cost versus free alternatives.”

“The price is very expensive.”

“The cost of the Parallel Desktop licence is much less than the cost of a dedicated Windows machine and I can work all on one device.”

“Clearly much cheaper than purchasing a 2nd machine to run Windows on Allows me to work faster with out have to move files from a machine/Drive to another Annual subscription model is a bit cumbersome...”

“Parallels supports Snow Leopard Server but it is prohibitively expensive now, having gone up in price due to rarity and also likely because of people needing it due to the lack of support for normal...”

“The price isn't extravagant - it's affordable.”

“The most expensive part is the Windows license.”

“It has a cost savings, by reducing the number of machines that are needed per user, reducing the need for lab environments, or network VMs that are not as responsive.”