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VMware Workstation Pro vs UTM: catalog facts
VMware Workstation Pro	UTM
Freemium Free for personal use since 2024. Commercial use still requires a paid Broadcom licence.	Freemium Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence. A paid Mac App Store listing exists…
Windows, Linux	macOS, iOS
Snapshots, cloning, nested virtualisation and virtual networking are mature and reliable, and Broadcom made it free for…	Hardware-accelerated virtualisation on macOS through Hypervisor.framework Full emulation of more than thirty architectures when you need a different one
It is closed-source commercial software, commercial use still needs a paid licence, and downloads now require a…	Emulating a different architecture is slow The iOS version needs a jailbreak or a workaround for full speed
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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