Item: VMware Workstation Pro
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with VMware Workstation Pro

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It helps to virtualize and deploy critical workloads like application and file servers, phone systems, backup appliances, etc.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Well documented, well known hypervisor solution
Easy, fast setup
Simple, easy to deploy virtual appliances

Cons

Support is useless; you need to relay on Googling and community support
Compatibilty challenges on major OS platforms like Windows and Linux based on out-of-date development
Performance issues with Linux distros

Return on Investment

Business continuity because you have inherited the software
Low maintenance
Expensive

It is well documented since it is a long actor in the virtualization scene. Easy to use for most user cases. Pretty much not maintenance on the software besides the occasional software updates and/or compatibility issues from time to time.

Alternatives Considered

Hyper-V

They are practically identical. It's only better if you already have virtual machines deployed in Workstation Pro and you do not want to move or have not need to move them quick to Microsoft Hyper-V.

Key Insights

Do you think VMware Workstation Pro delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with VMware Workstation Pro's feature set?

Yes

Did VMware Workstation Pro live up to sales and marketing promises?

Did implementation of VMware Workstation Pro go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy VMware Workstation Pro again?

Likelihood to Recommend

You inherited that particular hypervisor solution like in our company and you need to continue to use it until you are ready to migrate to a better suited or cheaper alternative. You know the software that is easy to deploy virtual appliances/

VMware Workstation Pro Feature Ratings

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Expensive, yet fine enough hypervisor solution