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."
"It is a stable product."
"VMware Horizon View is easily scalable. Its onboarding is easy and comes with flash provisioning features."
"It is a very stable solution...It is a very scalable solution."
"The solution has a lot of Visual Desktop's persistent and non-persistent desktops which publish the applications."
"The product helped us deploy complex applications."
"VMware Horizon View is easy to configure and deploy."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"The most valuable features are Instant Clones and AppStacks."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in support. The response time could be faster."
"The initial startup costs for this solution are relatively high."
"In VMware Horizon View, app volume is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"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."
"The initial setup is a little complicated."
"The solution’s stability and initial setup could be improved."
"The integration could be improved."
"Reporting could be improved, we currently have to export manually."
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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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