VMWare vs VirtualBox in 2022 - It's Actually Not A Competition

Which is better in 2022, VirtualBox or VMWare? Let's take a look by sharing my experience in recent months with both services, comparing pricing and capabilities, and see which is best for you based on what you prioritize.

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In my experience, VirtualBox stands out for its cleaner and more user-friendly interface, making it ideal for beginners, however, it may be slower in terms of performance. On the other hand, VMWare has a more complex UI and is generally more complicated to use, but it offers powerful capabilities, even enabling gaming on a virtual machine.
Based on these factors, my recommendation is to choose VirtualBox if you don't require a high-performance virtual machine and primarily use it for other tasks. However, if you need a powerful VM, VMWare Pro is the way to go. It's worth noting that the unpaid version of VMWare is similar to VirtualBox, while the paid version provides a noticeable difference.

[theblowupdollsmusic]

I literally have the opposite experience. I have had nothing but problems with VMware workstation. Networks disappear, snapshots disappear, virtual disks get corrupted. Vmware workstation was a nightmare for me. I wanted to love it, but it was bad on my system for some reason. Virtual Box is way slower yes. But MUCH more reliable in my experience. Everyting just works in VirtualBox.

[mtbboy]

Keep in mind you don't have to get Pro with VmWare Workstation 17 to get snapshots anymore. But you have to log into download the software.
You get the full software for free, but for commercial use you legally have to.
But it doesn't seem to support real GPU. At least that's what the Reddit and various forums say, and I've not found anything indicating it supports it.

[AvgDan]

I tried my best to make Virtual Box work for me but for whatever reasons it just didn't work out for my needs. I now run my development environment as a VMware VM stored on an encrypted external NVMe that I can run from my work laptop when at work and my faster (and MUCH quieter) personal PC when home.

[codecircle]

VMware tried to charge me thousands of dollars to do what Virtual box did for free for me. And, it did all the exact same things that I needed.
I even learned about Network+ Linux+ security+ and PenTest+. I also got to l earn the differences in programing in C++ on windows vs Linux. I wasn't about to spend the money even if it was there. Virtualbox for me is a life long winner.

[randyriegel]

I used to use VirtualBox. As the newer versions of it came out I kept having more and more problems with it. I bit the bullet and pay for VMWare Workstation Pro. It's worth the money.

[Mbro-dqdo]

LOVE your videos brother. Keep it up. I watch many and you are solid at your delivery

[riotac]

VirtualBox is decent for beginners but if you no longer are switch to VMware Player its better.

[mattnordsell]

I have VirtualBox on my Linux installation, since KVM can never work for some reason for me and it works great on there. I have an install of Windows 11 as well on my system on a separate drive and I went to install VirtualBox on Windows and it was running so very slow and I wasn't able to figure out what was causing it at all. I had started using VMWare Workstation because VirtualBox wasn't seeming to go fast at all. There was some issue going on with the HyperVisor and I was trying everything to fix it that was being shown to fix it but it still wasn't. It wasn't until I installed the LDPlayer Android emulator on my Windows installation today that I ended up finding the issue was actually with the Memory Integrity feature that Microsoft wants to be enabled. When that is disabled, the LDPlayer and VirtualBox both work perfectly.

[biopredtr]

If I have to be honest, I rarely know a lot about computers and is practically a noob when it comes the virtual boxes, so what confuses me is when you mentioned VM encryption, what are the benefits of it? like is it a sort of hacking prevention or something like that?

[timgibney]

I switched to Hyper-V which I found even less buggy than VB and Workstation. It only costs $79 more to turn Windows Home to Pro to use Hyper-V. Since upgrading to Windows Pro I also have Remote Desktop support to remote into my home PC from work which was cool

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[coulturetripmusic]

It may work better if you showed the issues you referenced.Good content.

[LieuNguyen-bibf]

To share clipboard in virtualbox you need guest additions

[williambaldwin]

Yes VMWare is by far better, plus you can give some of your GPU memory to the guest OS which is nice. My question is what improvments/ features are there for the paid version of VM Ware Workstation Pro vs the free versions?

[ColePatterson-mwgy]

Personally, I use VMware Workstation and VirtualBox. VirtualBox is better for the older Windows NT versions like Windows 3.5 because it has an option to upscale the window's size. VMware is better for newer software like Windows 7. For example, I can't get aero effects to work in VirtualBox, but it works fine in VMware. They each have their own benefits, so why not use them both, right?

[sgehult]

Enjoyed your video. Maybe a tad less volume on background music.

[olboeir]

Yes, please make a comparison of vm ware fusion and parallels

[ettasadventures]

I am here because I have been creating virtual machines for my home lab (Active directory) my problem is, after my main PC shuts down my virtual machine files gets corrupted I don't know if this problem is from my PC or it is the virtualization software, after this video am never using virtualbox again am switching to VMware. Great video tho, thanks for the insight.