Item: VMware Fusion
Rating: 8
Author: Matteo Bisi

Overall Satisfaction with VMware Fusion

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

VMware Fusion is used to virtualize Windows environment where needed. It's doing is job very well, the vm are stable, fast and reliable. The software has quite often updates that increment the reliability and addresses the security issue. During last period VMware Fusion pro has been switched free for personal use so most of my collegues also use it at home, this is good because increment the knowledge and confidence about the sw.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Virtualize OS
Stable
Secure
reliable

Cons

it could be slow in graphical operation compared to competitor
it could lack in macOS integration compared to competitor
the prices for business use could be better

Return on Investment

positive: fully compatible with windows and linux
negative: it needs to be payed
positive: it's frequently used for business and personal use so it's well known by the users

Usability

I made an 8 because it's good in almost every aspect. As I said if you are on macos and you need both windows and linux I think is the best options out there. Otherwise if you need only windows there is a competitor that could be better for performance and integration.

Alternatives Considered

Oracle VM VirtualBox and Parallels Desktop for Mac

Oracle virtualbox has not reason to exist anymore, considering VMware Fusion pro is free for personal and not business use. I think VMware Fusion is better in every aspect. Parallels it's a great alternative, especially if you need only windows. If you need also linux Fusion is better compatible (paralles could have a lot of issue with recent and older kernel than expected).

Key Insights

Do you think VMware Fusion delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with VMware Fusion's feature set?

Yes

Did VMware Fusion live up to sales and marketing promises?

Did implementation of VMware Fusion go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy VMware Fusion again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Brave, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Tabby

Likelihood to Recommend

complete OS virtualization: if you need to run Windows or Linux on a macOS machine, it's a good and viable runner. IT's stable , it runs and it's more compatible with linux guest than the main competitor.
less appropriate than competitor if you need only windows virtualization and if you would like to use OS integration

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VMware Fusion pro, a viable desktop hypervisor for macOS

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