VirtualBox ships with features that make it a viable option for small data centres and an ideal platform to test server deployments, upgrades, and other things before physical rollout. That’s mostly down to the fact that while Workstation has been reared for the enterprise desktop, VirtualBox is primarily designed for the everyday desktop user, with features that also make sense in a commercial deployment. On the enterprise front, Workstation Pro does have an upper hand when it comes to interoperating with other enterprise-specific components, particularly those from VMware. The ability to control Workstation with its CLI isn’t available to users of the free Player, unlike VirtualBox You can easily test network software such as firewalls and gateways by deploying them inside VirtualBox Use a third- party web-based interface to control VirtualBox on a headless server. While home users can use this for free, commercial VirtualBox deployments need to purchase a licence to use it. Some of VirtualBox’s useful functions – such as disk image encryption, support for USB 3.0 devices and bi-directional sharing between the guest and the host – do require the proprietary Extension Pack add-on. Also, while you can control VirtualBox from the VBoxManage command-line interface, the ability to control Workstation with its CLI isn’t available to users of the free Player.īesides their costs, the other major difference between the Workstation bundle and VirtualBox is that the latter is open source, for the most part. More importantly, useful features such as snapshots and cloning that are part of VirtualBox are only available in Workstation Pro. Similarly, Player doesn’t enable you to run multiple VMs at once, which again isn’t an issue with VirtualBox. For instance, you can’t create encrypted VMs in Player, while you can in VirtualBox. Of the two, Workstation Player doesn’t offer enough to stand up to the functionality offered by VirtualBox. On the Linux desktop, the VMware products compete with VirtualBox. The VMs also support USB 3.0 devices and 4K displays along with a wide range of virtual devices.Ībove You can run VMware Workstation Pro as a server so that you can share VMs with other usersĪbove Both Workstation apps enable you to create VMs with up to 16 CPUs and 64GB of RAM Once you’ve installed the VMware Tools extensions inside a VM, it will support DX10 and OpenGL 3.3. Workstation Player enables you to share files between the host and guest and run the VMs in different view modes. They support over 200 guest OSes, including the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update and Ubuntu 18.04, as both guest and host. Thank you!īoth Workstation products include all the basic features you’d expect from a desktop virtualisation product. You can support the site directly via Paypal donations ☕. TNR earns Amazon affiliate commissions from qualifying purchases.
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