VMware Fusion 13 Pro for Academic Users
Price:
$119.00
Use Fusion Pro to learn how professionals Build, Test and Demo their 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 on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs
- Run Windows 11 VMs on Intel or Apple Silicon with a new vTPM and Fast Encryption
- Run Containers and Kubernetes workloads for cloud dev and test
- Build and test apps for the Arm ecosystem with arm64 virtual machines on Apple Silicon
- Connect to vSphere or ESXi hosts for remote workloads – Pro Only
- Modify Virtual Networking topology and simulate packet loss or latency – Pro Only
System Requirements Hardware
- Intel and Apple Silicon Mac models that support macOS 12 ‘Monterey’ or later operating systems.
Software
- Fusion 13 requires macOS 12 ‘Monterey’ or later operating systems.
- Fusion 13 is not supported on macOS 11 'Big Sur’ or older versions of macOS.
Also included - 30 days e-mail support (in English) after registration
- Upgrade Pricing eligibility with next major release
Compare Kits | General | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
|---|---|---|
| Create new VMs: Windows 11, Linux and more | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create Large VMs (32CPU, 128GB RAM) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mac Specific Features | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
| macOS 12 Monterey, macOS 13 Ventura and macOS 14 Sonoma Host support | ✓ | ✓ |
| High-Performance Metal Graphics Rendering Engine | ✓ | ✓ |
| Guest Operating Systems | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
| Windows 11 and Windows 10 Guests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Over 200 Supported OSs (Linux, older Windows, BSD) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Host Guest Integration | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
| Host/Guest File Sharing (Drag-drop, copy-paste) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shared/Mirrored Folders (Intel only) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Graphics | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
| 3D graphics with DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.3 support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Large Graphics Memory: 8GB | ✓ | ✓ |
| Device Support | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
| 4K / 5K / Retina Display Support, autofit resolution and DPI | ✓ | ✓ |
| USB Smart Card Reader Support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Assistive Device Support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-Language Keyboard Support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Security Features | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
| Virtual Trusted Platform Module 2.0 (vTPM) | ✓ | ✓ |
| UEFI + Secure Boot Support | ✓ | ✓ |
| GPU Sandbox Renderer | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create/Manage Encrypted VM with Fast Encryption | ✓ | ✓ |
| Advanced Features | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
| Automation capabilities: vmrun + REST API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support containers with vctl, docker-machine | ✓ | ✓ |
| Snapshots / Roll-Back point | ✓ | ✓ |
| 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 | ✓ | ✗ |
| Licensing | Fusion Pro | Fusion Player |
| Commercial License | ✓ | ✓ |
| Personal Use License | ✗ | ✓ |
| 30-Day Trial License | ✓ | ✗ |