Gezixuan reported on November 12 that Broadcom completed the acquisition of cloud computing company VMware for $69 billion (IT Home note: currently about 497.883 billion yuan) in November 2023.

On May 15 of this year, VMware Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro were announced to be free for individual users. Now, Broadcom has completely abolished paid licenses, meaning that VMware Workstation and Fusion are completely free for commercial, educational, and personal use.

(VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation can be downloaded by logging into your Broadcom account on this page)

Of course, Broadcom will no longer provide technical support for troubleshooting in the future, which is why VMware Workstation previously decided to move to open source KVM.

"Effective today, both VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation will no longer have a paid subscription model, which means you can now use these tools for free." Paid versions of these products — Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro — will no longer be available for purchase. ”

"If you are currently in a commercial contract, you can rest assured that your agreement will continue to be valid until the end of your term. You will continue to receive full service and enterprise-level support under your contract. ”

It is worth mentioning that Broadcom still plans to continue to invest in the development of new features, usability improvements, and other valuable enhancements, and its engineering team remains committed to maintaining a high standard of stability, timely updates, and reliable performance.