Local Desktop Virtualization
VMware Fusion 12 Pro
Price:
AUD 329.99
Build, Test and Demo your next big thing with VMware Fusion Pro. Designed for power users, developers and IT admins, Fusion Pro is the simply powerful desktop hypervisor for the modern technology professional looking to use local or remote virtual machines, containers or Kubernetes clusters.
Key Features - World-Class Desktop Hypervisor: Run Virtual Machines, Containers and Kubernetes Clusters from the Mac
- Ready for macOS Big Sur 11.0 for Intel, and the latest releases of Windows 10
- Enhanced 3D graphics with DirectX 11 and 8GB vGPU Support, now supports eGPU devices
- Connect to vSphere or ESXi hosts for remote workloads
- Modify Virtual Networking topology and simulate packet loss or latency
System Requirements Hardware
- MacBook: Early 2015 and newer
- MacBook Air: Mid 2012 or newer
- MacBook Pro: Mid 2012 or newer
- Mac Mini: Late 2012 or newer
- iMac: Late 2012 or newer
- iMac Pro (2017 and newer)
- Mac Pro (Late 2013 or newer, or Mid 2010 and 2012 models with a Metal capable GPU)
Software
- Requires macOS 10.15 Catalina and greater
For more information: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP777
Also included - 30 days e-mail support (in English) after registration
- Upgrade Pricing eligibility with next major release
Compare | General | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
|---|---|---|
| Create New VMs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create Large VMs (32CPU, 128GB RAM) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Convert PC into a virtual machine | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mass Deployment | ✓ | ✓ |
| Host Guest Integration | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
| Host/Guest File Sharing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shared/Mirrored Folders | ✓ | ✓ |
| One-Click SSH to Linux VM | ✓ | ✓ |
| Run VMs with Different View Modes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unity View Mode (Windows guests only) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Graphics | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
| 3D graphics with DX11 and OpenGL 4.1 support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Large Graphics Memory: 8GB | ✓ | ✓ |
| Device Support | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
| 4K / 5K / Retina Display Support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support a Wide Range of Virtual Devices | ✓ | ✓ |
| USB Smart Card Reader Support | ✓ | ✓ |
| USB 3.1 Device Support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Assistive Device Support (Section 508 Compliant) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-Language Keyboard Support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Virtual Trusted Platform Module Device | ✓ | ✓ |
| Virtual NVMe Device | ✓ | ✓ |
| Security Features | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
| Microsoft Virtualization Based Security (Guest) Support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM) | ✓ | ✓ |
| UEFI Boot Support | ✓ | ✓ |
| UEFI Secure Boot Support | ✓ | ✓ |
| GPU Sandbox Renderer | ✓ | ✓ |
| Snapshots | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create/Manage Encrypted VM | ✓ | ✗ |
| Host Operating Systems | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
| Windows 10 Host | ✗ | ✗ |
| Linux - Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, RHEL, SUSE, openSUSE | ✗ | ✗ |
| macOS 10.16 and greater | ✓ | ✓ |
| Guest Operating Systems | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
| Over 200 Supported OSs (Linux, older Windows, BSD) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows 10 Guests | ✓ | ✓ |
| macOS Guests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mac Host Specific Features | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
| macOS 10.16 Host support | ✓ | ✓ |
| macOS Guest Support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows apps in the Mac Dock | ✓ | ✓ |
| One-Click SSH to Linux VM | ✓ | ✓ |
| Metal Graphics Engine | ✓ | ✓ |
| BootCamp Import / Launch | ✓ | ✓ |
| Application Menu | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows Host Specific Features | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
| Windows 10 Host | ✗ | ✗ |
| DX12 Renderering Engine | ✗ | ✗ |
| Hyper-V Mode Support (Device Guard, WSL) | ✗ | ✗ |
| Share Virtual Machine (Workstation Server) | ✗ | ✗ |
| Linux Host Specific Features | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
| Vulkan Renderering Engine | ✗ | ✗ |
| Host Support - Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, RHEL, SUSE, openSUSE | ✗ | ✗ |
| Advanced Features | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
| Command Line Operation: vmrun and VIX | ✓ | ✓ |
| vCenter Server Appliance Easy Deploy | ✓ | ✓ |
| REST API | ✓ | ✓ |
| "Nautilus Container Engine" | ✓ | ✓ |
| Virtual Network Customization (NAT, network rename) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Virtual Network Simulation (Packet Loss, Latency, Bandwidth) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Connect to vSphere/ESXi Server | ✓ | ✗ |
| Remote vSphere Host Power Control | ✓ | ✗ |
| Create Linked Clones | ✓ | ✗ |
| Create Full Clones | ✓ | ✗ |
| Encrypt VMs | ✓ | ✗ |
| Licensing | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
| Free for Personal Use | ✗ | ✓ |
| Commercial License | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trial License | ✓ | ✗ |