Hyper-V vs. VMware Workstation Player

Hyper-V

274 Reviews and Ratings

VMware Workstation Player

31 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Hyper-V	Score8.6 out of 10	N/A	N/A	$24.95 per month
VMware Workstation Player	Score9.9 out of 10	N/A	VMware Workstation 17 Player is a platform for running a single virtual machine on a Windows or Linux PC to deliver managed corporate desktops. Organizations can use Workstation Player to deliver managed corporate desktops, while students and educators use it for learning and training.	N/A

Pricing

Hyper-V

VMware Workstation Player

Developer: $24.95
per month
Bronze: $49.00
per month
Silver: $89.00
per month
Gold: $135.00
per month
Platinum: $199.00
per month

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Pricing Offerings
Hyper-V	VMware Workstation Player
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Hyper-V	VMware Workstation Player
Considered Both Products	Microsoft Verified User Chose Hyper-V VMware Workstation Player and Pro are now free for Small Businesses, but Pro used to be paid and quite expensive. There are compatibility issues between those products and Windows hosts, giving that Microsoft has their own hypervisor platform already. Also, if you use Linux, … Incentivized Helpful? Al Oomens Network Administrator in Information Technology at Crossroads RMC (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Hyper-V Hyper-V comes with Windows Server. It works well, is easy to use and administer, and does everything we need. I see no reason to purchase additional products to do what Hyper-V already does. Plus, the option to eventually use Azure without much fuss makes it a simple choice for … Incentivized Helpful? Stefan Trbojevic CCC Team Lead in Information Technology at NCR Corporation (Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose Hyper-V Hyper-V is all around well-suited tool for almost any scenario when if you compare it with their respective competitors. It can be used for a single machine for testing purposes only, it can be applied for large-scale networks, either virtual or existing ones. Great set of … Incentivized Helpful? Peter Anderson BEng MCSA System Administrator/Test Manager in Information Technology at Keysoft Solutions (Computer Software, 11-50 employees) Chose Hyper-V Hyper-V being 'free' was the main reason we went for it here. We gave VMware Workstation/Server a try when initially evaluating virtualisation options, but Hyper-V won out for ease of integration into our existing environment. VirtualBox was more of a 'plug in' solution which … Incentivized Helpful?	VMware by Broadcom Jeremy Kendzierski Senior Systems Administrator in Information Technology at MNX Global Logistics (Package/Freight Delivery, 201-500 employees) Chose VMware Workstation Player VMware Player is easier to use for administrators and end-users when compared to anything else on the market. Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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Features

Hyper-V

VMware Workstation Player

Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Hyper-V and VMware Workstation Player
Feature	Hyper-V 8.6 71 Ratings	VMware Workstation Player - Ratings
Virtual machine automated provisioning	9.059 Ratings	00 Ratings
Management console	7.071 Ratings	00 Ratings
Live virtual machine backup	9.063 Ratings	00 Ratings
Live virtual machine migration	8.565 Ratings	00 Ratings
Hypervisor-level security	9.465 Ratings	00 Ratings

User Ratings
	Hyper-V	VMware Workstation Player
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (72 ratings)	6.9 (9 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.0 (6 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (8 ratings)	8.0 (2 ratings)
Availability	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	7.5 (16 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
In-Person Training	8.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Online Training	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	5.0 (3 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Configurability	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	7.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)