VMWare makes its Fusion and Workstation Editions free to all users and slowly winds down Active Support functions.

After bundling VMware products into pricey subscriptions, Broadcom is now offering VMware Fusion and Workstation for free.

Even as Broadcom-owned VMWare makes more products free for commercial use, some customers have complained about price hikes and its current subscription push.

Back in the spring, VMware did something unexpected: it made its desktop hypervisor software free to download and use on Windows, macOS, and Linux. No

VMware desktop products Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro used to be free for end users only, but now this applies to all users. Support will stop soon.

VMware is now free, and the paid versions are no longer available. That doesn't mean any of their functionalities will disappear.