It also has 3D acceleration enabled by default.

3D Graphics Support: VMware utilizes Open GL and DirectX to provide 3D graphics support.

Built-In USB Support: While VirtualBox requires additional extension packs to provide USB support, VMWare platforms provide built-in USB 2.0 and 3.0 support.

(VMWare also offers the popular option for virtual machines with VMWare Fusion.)įor casual home users who just want to run old and deprecated software or test new operating systems, they're both free, so you have nothing to worry about. The catch is that you have to sign up for the occasional VMware promotional email. VMware Workstation Player is the free version of VMware Workstation Pro, meant strictly for students, non-profit organizations, and personal or home use. The core engine that drives VirtualBox is licensed under GPLv2 and open source in the truest sense, but the 'extension pack' is under Oracle's proprietary license and is only free for personal use, educational use, or evaluation purposes. While VirtualBox and VMware are both free, they aren't equally free. For this comparison, we'll be looking at Oracle VM VirtualBox 6.1 and VMware Workstation Player 16. These changes should make it easy for organizations to license many workstations without necessarily knowing if their users will choose Macs or PCs beforehand.In this post, we'll compare both of them and help you decide which one you should use.

Workstation Player continues to be available as Free for Personal Use, and offers commercial licenses at $149 for new licenses and $79 for upgrades, while also now providing license portability with Fusion Player.

And now, those devices can now also be a Mac by simply applying your Workstation Pro license key in Fusion Pro. For individual customers, are also now licensing Workstation for use on up to 3 personal devices. Firstly, the upgrade and new license pricing are now $99 for existing customers, or $199 for new customers.

Workstation Pro has undergone some changes as well. Recently VMware have dropped the price for VMware Workstation / Fusion New Pricing for Workstation Pro, Fusion Pro

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