We performed a comparison between Citrix Hypervisor and VMware Workstation based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"What I find most valuable in Citrix Hypervisor is its licensing policy, because you'll get it for free if you buy a Citrix XenDesktop license. You don't need to spend additional money on the Citrix Hypervisor because you can manage both the Citrix XenDesktop and the Citrix Hypervisor with just one license, so you can save on cost. I also like that the solution is good support-wise. Hardware support is also faster compared to other solutions."
"The solution is extremely stable."
"What I like the most is the support of the GPU Graphics and the VM Live migration."
"Citrix Hypervisor integrates easily and I can manage the infrastructure better. If I need to take a machine down to expand the hard drive, I do not have to physically be here. I do not need to order new equipment or new hard drives. I can shut it down, increase the drive space and bring it back up."
"The compatibility of the solution is its most valuable feature. It's compatible on almost every cloud these days."
"The solution is easy to deploy. It's very easy to understand problems and read logs."
"We find there are good central maintenance and central management panels."
"The product's initial setup phase was simple."
"Great at solving connection problems."
"VMware Workstation has tons of third-party support, the largest partner ecosystem. VMware works with a ton of different vendors. They have plugins for almost everything. Other hypervisors lack the flexibility that VMware Workstation offers."
"VMware Workstation’s most valuable feature is virtualization technology."
"The tool’s GUI is very user-friendly."
"It's stable."
"The product works well."
"The most valuable features of VMware Workstation are the speed of access and quality of upgrade. Those are the more important and pertinent aspects as far as we were concerned. Functionality and features were relevant for the customers. What a customer chose, we had to make sure that it operated."
"It needs to have a more robust backup solution."
"There's a learning curve, especially for those coming from a Microsoft background. Setting it up and managing it can introduce some complexity."
"Integration with other vendors and other applications could be improved."
"You need a licensed account to look up technical support."
"Network management needs improvement because it is not very stable."
"Overall, I can't think of a feature that is lacking. We've been pretty satisfied overall."
"I think the technical support could be better."
"It can be useful to have a web management program because we have to install our client-server. We have to properly manage the host, if we had administration tools through a web interface it would be a benefit."
"I would like to see more detailed reporting capabilities, particularly around snapshot activity. It would be helpful to have a summary of changes made prior to deploying an application, allowing us to provide comprehensive reports to our management on a regular basis."
"It would be great if VMware Workstation had more networking options and compatibility, that would be great. I would like to deploy virtual switches and play around with networking a bit more. Otherwise, I have to deploy ESXi Virtual Edition and emulate it, which is painful and clunky."
"The interface is a little wonky and needs to be improved."
"The product is outdated."
"It could have more platforms and CPUs."
"I would want to see features included that make deployment easier."
"The solution can be expensive."
"VMware Workstation uses more resources like CPU and disk space, especially the CPU, which is a shortcoming that needs improvement."
Citrix Hypervisor is ranked 8th in Server Virtualization Software with 46 reviews while VMware Workstation is ranked 2nd in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 42 reviews. Citrix Hypervisor is rated 8.2, while VMware Workstation is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Citrix Hypervisor writes "Allows us to allocate CPU, memory, storage, and network resources across VMs and minimizes downtime in case of hardware failure or maintenance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Workstation writes "An easy-to-manage solution that has really good customer support compared to other market players". Citrix Hypervisor is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM and RHEV, whereas VMware Workstation is most compared with Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, VMware Fusion, KVM and Proxmox VE.
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