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It appears that VMWare is no longer offering a free version of VMWare Player. The wiki article still says it's free. Perhaps that should be fixed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.162.173.141 (talk) 13:40, 15 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That would be awfully fn nice, huh?? Wendibrodnax (talk) 18:42, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, guys. I just checked the source. There is a VMware Player Pro (notice the word "Pro"), which is proprietary commercial, but there is a rather obscure link near the bottom of the page that allows VMware Player to be used free of charge for personal use only.

Best regards,

Codename Lisa (talk) 06:59, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Confirming and clarifying, as an edit just suggested Player was no longer free: "Workstation Player" is free for non-commercial use on very similar or identical terms to VMware Player 1-7. Entering a paid licence code converts it to "Workstation Player Pro" (aka "Workstation Player (PAID)"). Howver, a cause of confusion is that Workstation Player Pro—the paid version—can also be downloaded for a free 30-day trial. Pol098 (talk) 21:01, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

When I wanted to try player as a mean of distibuting a software, it uninstalled my finetuned wmvare workstation without asking. I cannot get it to work again. Host OS is Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon. /hh —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.131.45.222 (talk • contribs) 09:06, 29 November 2007

This really only applies to earlier versions of Workstation, since at least v5.5 and newer include VMware Player as part of the standard installation. There's no need to install it separately, unless you have an older version, like v4.5 (I don't know if Player also came with v5.0). Did you read the release notes and the installation guide for Player before installing it? An issue like this should be mentioned somewhere in the documentation.

Also, WP is not a support forum, so if you want tech support, please take this up elsewhere. — EagleOne\^Talk 16:13, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: "...since at least v5.5 and newer include VMware Player as part of the standard installation...": this is important info for the reader who is comparing products and should be in the article.

72.251.91.195 (talk) 21:10, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reference 15 (Bagside) points to some ad company, no vm images can be foud here,please delete this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.191.55.16 (talk) 09:47, 22 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There is now new product, VMware Player Plus - it's like VMware Player but for commercial use.

http://www.vmware.com/products/player/faqs:

What is the difference between VMware Player Plus and VMware Player?

The licensed version of VMware Player is called VMware Player Plus. VMware Player Plus and VMware Player are the same download, but entering a license key entitles the users to additional benefits: VMware Player Plus is designed to be used commercially. It is licensed for use by employees, training organizations, contractors and can be transferred to partners or potential customers. VMware Player Plus supports restricted virtual Machines created by VMware Fusion Professional or VMware Workstation. VMware Player Plus better supports mass deployments to thousands of users including installation options and custom configuration settings to run unattended installs using system configuration software and hide unwanted features. Per-incident support offerings are available to VMware Player Plus customers.

You can buy VMware Player Plus online: http://store.vmware.com/store/vmwde/en_IE/home — Preceding unsigned comment added by BKeski (talk • contribs) 10:52, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Since v12, reworded: free Workstation Player can be converted to Workstation Player Pro (aks Workstation Player (PAID)) by buying and entering a code. Pol098 (talk) 21:09, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

With version 12 workstation is renamed to "workstation pro" and player to "workstation player".

Player has just been Workstation with fewer features that's cheaper, or free for non-commercial use. Version numbers are the same

https://blogs.vmware.com/workstation/2015/08/vmware-workstation-12-now-available-worldwide.html [Unsigned comment: 00:56, 29 August 2015‎, 50.184.239.54]

Until the current v12, Player numbers were different (e.g. WS 11, Player 7). Pol098 (talk) 16:23, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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A small detail, but certainly worth noting that EMC Corporation is now Dell EMC since 2016. I'm going to mark it minor (edit: Guess who forgot) as it doesn't change the meaning of the article: it's mostly superficial as there is a redirect in place. I'm surprised this change hasn't been made already.

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The final-release stated in the top-right corner table is 17.5.2 (14 May 2024). This is also stated at the bottom of the table in the main body of the article.

However, this is incorrect.

The most-recent installers I have for Pro and Workstation are versions 17.6.3, released 20 Feb 2025.

Because Broadcom keep changing the website around, since their buyout of VMware, I'm struggling to find a reference that could be cited for this, but you can find Release Notes for the older 17.6.1 here: https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/desktop-hypervisors/workstation-pro/17-0/release-notes/vmware-workstation-1761-player-release-notes.html

Can someone update the article? Thanks. 2A02:C7C:9249:3B00:3C11:AA59:7800:4CF1 (talk) 11:00, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

UPDATE

Download links for the 17.6.3 release, via archive.org:

PLAYER: https://web.archive.org/web/20250304134812/https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/player/17.6.3/24583834/windows/core/

WORKSTATION: https://web.archive.org/web/20250304135605/https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/17.6.3/24583834/windows/core/

It seems that as of v17.6.4 the standalone installer for vmware player has been effectively discontinued, though it is included in the Workstation Pro Package. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.120.227.116 (talk) 07:38, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The current version of this software is "VMware-Player-Full-26H1-25388281.exe" and was released on 17 May 2026, alongside the 26H1 version for Linux. ~2026-31138-49 (talk) 11:55, 27 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]