We performed a comparison between Cisco VXI and VMware Horizon View based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, VMware, Citrix and others in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)."The initial setup of Cisco VXI is straightforward."
"The embedded features of the solution are valuable."
"The solution has a lot of Visual Desktop's persistent and non-persistent desktops which publish the applications."
"Great sorting feature to create UI on demand."
"It is a very stable solution...It is a very scalable solution."
"Horizon View provides virtual desktops on demand."
"I appreciate how simple and straightforward the operation of VMware Horizon View is."
"Ability to log in from anywhere and from a variety of devices."
"The solution is seamless and easy to use."
"When using Cisco VXI in virtual environments there tends to be a lot of bugs with files you have to deploy across the virtual environment. You configure for hours, and then there is a bug that stops you, and you notice that you wasted hours."
"Sometimes we had to force values so the end-user could continue working, which caused some information to get lost."
"Technical support could be better and faster."
"User profiles are something that needs to be improved."
"The solution isn't quite mature yet. It needs more time to mature and to get more market recognition."
"The issue now with VMware is that we don't know the future of the solution. Because if you follow the news, it was acquired by another company, and they are changing the old product line."
"The solution must be faster and smoother."
"VMware Horizon View has worked a lot to improve the solutions. There are some issues in the delivery of the applications, such as network problems. You can lose your connection at times."
"In VMware Horizon View, app volume is an area of concern where improvements are required."
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Cisco VXI is ranked 25th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) while VMware Horizon View is ranked 4th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 67 reviews. Cisco VXI is rated 7.0, while VMware Horizon View is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco VXI writes "Straightforward implementation, scalable, but performance could improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Horizon View writes "User-friendly, reasonably priced, and simple to install". Cisco VXI is most compared with Userful, whereas VMware Horizon View is most compared with VMware Horizon, Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), Citrix Workspace, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and Nerdio.
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