We performed a comparison between Parallels Desktop and VMware Horizon View based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Parallels Desktop integrates seamlessly with macOS. It works better than VMware on Apple operating systems."
"I like how, with Parallels, you can either boot into Mac or Windows to get better control over the resources of the laptops since you're sharing the resources in dual mode."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"It is a very stable solution...It is a very scalable solution."
"It has improved our business because now we can run applications and it's easier for our students to do their exams."
"Managing all operating systems in a single environment helped a lot in organizing and integrating it."
"VMware Horizon View is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature is that VMware Horizon is easy to setup."
"Users can log in from anywhere and from a variety of devices."
"It's centralized management, and you have access gateway to enter the the VMs from outside."
"The biggest challenge is compatibility between VMware and Parallels because the two systems are incompatible. It can be challenging if you are switching between Windows and Mac. I recommend sticking with one product because there isn't good compatibility between the different products."
"There may have been some issues with device drivers on my Mac. Similarly, there are some issues with transferring data from Parallels to the Mac."
"They need to make troubleshooting, diagnostics, and error reporting a little better."
"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 installation is complex and could be easier. The full installation with testing took a couple of weeks to complete."
"The integration could be improved."
"There should be a function where one can connect and work; whenever not required, one can deprovision it."
"The technical support offered by VMware is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"Horizon View could be more stable."
"Sometimes we had to force values so the end-user could continue working, which caused some information to get lost."
Parallels Desktop is ranked 9th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 2 reviews while VMware Horizon View is ranked 6th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 67 reviews. Parallels Desktop is rated 7.6, while VMware Horizon View is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Parallels Desktop writes "A great platform to develop interoperable code on". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Horizon View writes "User-friendly, reasonably priced, and simple to install". Parallels Desktop is most compared with VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation, NComputing vSpace, NVIDIA GRID and Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), whereas VMware Horizon View is most compared with VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and NComputing vSpace. See our Parallels Desktop vs. VMware Horizon View report.
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