In May of 2024, VMware announced Workstation and Fusion Pro availability free for personal use. Full details are available in VMware's announcement:
https://blogs.vmware.com/workstation/2024/05/vmware-workstation-pro-now-available-free-for-personal-use.html
Publicly available trial licenses for various VMware products can be found in the following page:
https://www.vmware.com/try-vmware.html