Rating: 4.7/5 Best for: Developers, IT pros, security researchers, and power users who need near-bare-metal performance from VMs.
Workstation Pro 17 introduces OpenGL 4.3 and DirectX 11 support in the guest. If you run CAD software, medium-tier gaming, or GPU-accelerated data science inside a VM, the graphics rendering is noticeably smoother than in v16. VMware Workstation Pro 17
VMware Workstation Pro 17 is a mature, powerful workhorse. It's not exciting, but it is reliable . If you can stomach Broadcom’s pricing and download process, this is still the best x86 hypervisor on the market. Rating: 4