VMware Player pros and cons

Vendor: VMware

4.3 out of 5

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Aslaf Borker

Information Technology Specialist at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jul 26, 2023

VMware Player helps you to virtualize and install Ubuntu or any other operating system, even on a Windows laptop.

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reviewer1887675

ICT Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Jul 11, 2022

It's really easy to build testing environments with VMware Player.

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Kyle Clifton

VMware Administrator at DSR

Sep 18, 2023

The most valuable feature of VMware Player is the ability to snapshot with or without memory.

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Akos Dora

Lv 2 Windows Specialist at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

Jun 27, 2022

VMware Player's best feature is the ability to run different OS's simultaneously.

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KerwinAmaro

Solution Architect at PC Suplidores

May 25, 2023

The solution's technical support team is excellent.

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VMware Player Cons review quotes

Aslaf Borker

Information Technology Specialist at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jul 26, 2023

VMware Player should provide a cloud version with no limitations to hardware resources.

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reviewer1887675

ICT Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Jul 11, 2022

The tool has limited scalability.

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Kyle Clifton

VMware Administrator at DSR

Sep 18, 2023

When you go to work on a server, it opens up the whole window, and that causes an error inside VMware Player.

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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

April 2024

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Akos Dora

Lv 2 Windows Specialist at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

Jun 27, 2022

VMware Player isn't downgradable, so if you have a later set of VMs, you need to upgrade it or figure out a workaround.

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KerwinAmaro

Solution Architect at PC Suplidores

May 25, 2023

Its networking features need improvement.

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