Our IT department handles all procurement and cost negotiations. They are responsible for evaluating proposals from vendors and selecting the most cost-effective solution.
The solution is very expensive. VMware is expensive. Licensing can be tricky. For example, I recently had a client running VMware vSphere Essentials and wanted to migrate to a more scalable solution. However, they had no choice but to purchase a completely new license and deploy a completely new instance of VMware. So, there could be an improvement in the upgrade path from Standard to above.
The price of the solution per workstation is approximately 200 Francs annually. We pay a total of 800 francs. Everything is included in the price such as the support.
Chief Technical Officer at a construction company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Feb 23, 2022
The licensing costs are cheap. I pay approximately $100 per year. That said, I'm not doing anything major. If I had vSphere and multiple servers, and I was loading up 700 processes, then it would be a different story. However, I'm not at that level.
Engineering Applications Analyst at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Oct 21, 2021
We use VMware for virtual cluster of servers, but I believe we bought Workstation outright once. It's pretty low in cost, so if we need multiple copies, we usually buy a handful. I've actually insisted that we go that route for some of the software groups that we have so they can test various environments without having to use another system.
VMware Workstation is part of a suite of robust Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) tools or Desktop Hypervisors that allows users to run Kubernetes clusters, containers, and Virtual Machines (VMs). Users have the option to choose between VMware Workstation Pro or VMware Workstation Player to ensure that they get the most out of their VMware Workstation experience.
Workstation Player is best used as a command line or single graphical operation. It works very well for running different...
I would rate the pricing an eight out of ten, with ten being expensive. It is expensive.
The product is expensive.
Our IT department handles all procurement and cost negotiations. They are responsible for evaluating proposals from vendors and selecting the most cost-effective solution.
The product has a moderate price. There are no additional costs. I rate its pricing a six out of ten.
The solution is very expensive. VMware is expensive. Licensing can be tricky. For example, I recently had a client running VMware vSphere Essentials and wanted to migrate to a more scalable solution. However, they had no choice but to purchase a completely new license and deploy a completely new instance of VMware. So, there could be an improvement in the upgrade path from Standard to above.
I use the free version of VMware Workstation.
The solution is moderately priced. I rate the pricing a six out of ten.
The pricing is reasonable.
The solution has perpetual and subscription-based licensing models. They are pretty expensive.
You need to pay for a license, but I don't think it costs that much. I think it's a one-time payment.
I have it for personal use or just to teach and therefore I don't find it expensive. I use the free version. It's a bit expensive, the paid version.
We are using a free version of the solution.
The price of the solution per workstation is approximately 200 Francs annually. We pay a total of 800 francs. Everything is included in the price such as the support.
It is not an expensive solution, and I rate the pricing a nine out of ten.
VMware Workstation has a high price than competitors in the market.
The cost differs depending on the customer's requirement.
The licensing costs are cheap. I pay approximately $100 per year. That said, I'm not doing anything major. If I had vSphere and multiple servers, and I was loading up 700 processes, then it would be a different story. However, I'm not at that level.
Licensing costs are paid on a yearly basis.
We use VMware for virtual cluster of servers, but I believe we bought Workstation outright once. It's pretty low in cost, so if we need multiple copies, we usually buy a handful. I've actually insisted that we go that route for some of the software groups that we have so they can test various environments without having to use another system.