Perpetual license

Upgrade to Workstation 17 Pro for Academic Users

Price: £50.83

VMware Workstation Pro takes virtualization to the next level with the broadest operating system support, rich user experience, a comprehensive feature set and high performance. VMware Workstation Pro is designed for professionals that rely on virtual machines to get their job done.


VMware® offers optional Support and Subscription Services (SnS) to VMware Workstation Pro customers with the purchase of 1 or more licenses. SnS Protects your investment by providing major version upgrades as well as technical assistance during the subscription term.
Price: £50.83
  • World Class Desktop Hypervisor - run multiple virtual machines, containers or Kubernetes clusters on a single PC
  • Improved Windows 11 support for PCs and Virtual Machines
  • Enhanced 3D graphics support for DirectX 11 and up to 8GB of vGPU Memory
  • Leverage VM Snapshots, Clones and virtual networking for maximum efficiency
  • Move and access your virtual machines easily across VMware infrastructure
  • Build, Push, Pull and Run OCI Container Images with the vctl CLI
  • Protect Virtual Machines with Full or Fast Encryption
  • Run Workstation virtual machines and containers alongside WSL2 and Hyper-V on Windows
General Workstation Player Workstation Pro
Create New Windows, Linux or BSD VMs
Create and run many VMs in a single UI
Create Large VMs (32CPU, 128GB RAM)
Convert PC into a virtual machine using VMware Converter
Host Guest Integration Workstation Player Workstation Pro
Host/Guest File Sharing
Shared/Mirrored Folders
One-Click SSH to Linux VM
Run VMs with Different View Modes
Unity View Mode (Windows guests only)
Graphics Workstation Player Workstation Pro
3D graphics with DX11 and OpenGL 4.3 support
Large Graphics Memory: 8GB
Device Support Workstation Player Workstation Pro
4K / 5K / Retina Display Support
USB Smart Card Reader Support
USB 3.1 Device Support
Assistive Device Support
Multi-Language Keyboard Support
Security Features Workstation Player Workstation Pro
Microsoft Virtualization Based Security (Guest) Support
Virtual Trusted Platform Module 2.0 (vTPM)
UEFI + Secure Boot Support
GPU Sandbox Renderer
Create/Manage Encrypted VM with Fast Encryption
Host Operating Systems Workstation Player Workstation Pro
Windows 10 and Windows 11 Hosts
Linux - Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, RHEL, SUSE, openSUSE
Guest Operating Systems Workstation Player Workstation Pro
Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, XP and more Guests
Over 200 Supported OSs (Linux, older Windows, BSD)
Linux Host Specific Features Workstation Player Workstation Pro
Vulkan Renderering Engine
Host Support - Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, RHEL, SUSE, openSUSE
Advanced Features Workstation Player Workstation Pro
Automation capabilities: vmrun + REST API
vCenter Server Appliance Easy Deploy
Support containers with vctl, docker-machine
Snapshots
Virtual Network Customization (NAT, network rename)
Virtual Network Simulation (Packet Loss, Latency, Bandwidth)
Connect to vSphere/ESXi Server
Remote vSphere Host Power Control
Create Linked Clones
Create Full Clones
Licensing Workstation Player Workstation Pro
Commercial License
Personal Use License
Trial License

For more information about VMware Workstation System Requirements, please visit this Knowledge Base Article

For a complete list of supported host and guest operating systems visit the VMware Compatibility Guide.