Virtually head and shoulders above the rest
Updated January 14, 2020
Virtually head and shoulders above the rest
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with VMware Workstation
VMware Workstation is used in IT operations for running lab environments, testing software solutions/updates. It also allows us to run multiple operating systems on one virtual host. We also have some other departments that required Android hardware in order to run ONE android application. Instead, what we did was deployed VMware Workstation for them and now they run Android through this virtualized platform. There are also some really old applications we have that are required more maintenance for one or two people. Instead, of trying to run it on old hardware we virtualized it and it runs as a Windows XP/2000 virtual machine on a Workstation host.
- Segregates networking
- Virtualizing multiple operating systems
- Resource management
- Device redirection (USB, printers)
- Integration with other VMware products
- More flexible networking functionality, like VLANs etc
- Pricing
- Save countless dollars because you are saving time during Windows upgrades
- Allows testing outside the managed system for bandwidth testing, etc.
- Costly compared to some other options
We briefly tested Virtualbox but found that Workstation had better performance, had a proven track record and the features that we were looking for. Workstation was also easier to install at the time we tested both. Workstation is also easier to configure, and the documentation has always been more superior than most IT vendors I have come across.