For what it’s worth, apparently VMware Workstation and Fusion (for Windows or macOS) are now free for personal use.
I used to use VMWare for years on both Windows and macOS, but when I switched to macOS exclusively some years ago, I started using Parallels which I found to be a better product in terms of performance.
I don’t know if that’s still the case, but anyway, I thought somebody might find this useful.