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VMware Workstation Pro vs Virtual Machine Manager: catalog facts
VMware Workstation Pro	Virtual Machine Manager
Freemium Free for personal use since 2024. Commercial use still requires a paid Broadcom licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 2.0, maintained by Red Hat.
Windows, Linux	Linux
Snapshots, cloning, nested virtualisation and virtual networking are mature and reliable, and Broadcom made it free for…	The standard interface for KVM, so guides and answers are everywhere Command line tools for creating and editing machines without a desktop
It is closed-source commercial software, commercial use still needs a paid licence, and downloads now require a…	Linux only The interface is functional and has barely changed in years
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-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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