We performed a comparison between Citrix Workspace and VMware Horizon 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."Ability to connect remotely."
"The service dash and Workspace Environment Manager service are good features."
"It is a stable solution."
"From my perspective, the most valuable feature is the manageability."
"Getting access to the applications for which we otherwise have to be on-site is probably the biggest advantage"
"It allows us to mute users who adhere to a policy of not allowing direct VPN access for security reasons. It is easy to use."
"Citrix Workspace can present desktop applications with ease, in an efficient and secure manner. The performance is good, it is a great piece of software."
"Its user-friendliness is most valuable. It was easy to log in and navigate. Some of such solutions are not very user-friendly, but this one was."
"Its most valuable feature is the rapid and versatile access from clients operating on various Windows, Linux, and MacOS systems."
"I appreciate the ability to have a more centralized environment."
"It is stable and easily scalable."
"It is easy to scale. I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten."
"We like that VMware is the top competitor in virtualization."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is secure remote access to resources."
"Horizon 7's most valuable feature is the unified endpoint management."
"It offers great flexibility, allowing us to access it as a complete virtual machine or even just as individual applications."
"Some customers find the price to be a significant factor. They have a hard time understanding the extra cost of the services"
"The product is currently not working well in hosting conferencing software like Zoom, Team, and Salon."
"It takes time to load."
"If there are connectivity issues, there are stability issues."
"The ITSM adapters need to be enhanced."
"This solution is resource-intensive, it takes a lot of Bandwidth and a lot of the resources of the server."
"They can simplify the process of printers. Printers were quite a difficult issue. It took us a long time to iron this issue out. We have the most simple use case where people connect from home to either a virtual machine or their physical desktop. We tried more complex solutions like Machine Creation Services, and they were more overhead than they were worth for us. I found them difficult to work with and confusing, and they were not worth the work for us."
"It is slow. When everybody is logged in, it does have a tendency to slow down. You can tell the connectivity slows down a little bit, but it's still a good product."
"The product integration on local client machines running Linux needs improvement."
"The most important feature that is missing is the ability to do some remote support on the client itself. For example, if somebody has a Horizon client installed on his machine, there should be a way to support his local machine as well. That's because most of the problems can't be solved very often due to the computer or the setup that someone is using on his personal machine. Because a Horizon client is already installed on the machine to access the environment, it would be nice if the client itself possessed some sort of remote control tool in it so that if needed, we could support both the virtual setup and the actual setup of the machine. It pretty much does everything well. It is mostly the support aspect that can be improved. You have perfect control over your in-house environment. You have a solution that can pretty much be used anywhere, but you have no control over the machine that's being used to access your environment. Definitely, that's where most of the features are lacking. There should be an option for remote control and maybe some options for conformity."
"I would love to see so they can actually allow the use of Linux, from a hosting environment as well as from a VDI client environment."
"I would like to see seamless integration with the cloud because right now, the dependency is on the cloud providers."
"It would be beneficial if VMware invested in developing a robust reporting engine, providing insights into user activities, locations, and more."
"There are some issues with RAM in the system."
"The setup of VMware Horizon 7 is easy. However, we have a lot of experience with VMware Horizon 7."
"VMware Horizon could be improved with more integration. It is also very costly for Enterprise Plus, which is a drawback. The renewal costs for the license are very, very high."
Citrix Workspace is ranked 6th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 26 reviews while VMware Horizon is ranked 3rd in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 34 reviews. Citrix Workspace is rated 8.4, while VMware Horizon is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Citrix Workspace writes "Useful virtual desktop usage from anywhere, simple deployment, and straightforward to maintain". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Horizon writes "Compelling solution for virtual desktop infrastructure with advanced technology, straightforward licensing, easy setup, and seamless integration". Citrix Workspace is most compared with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, VMware Workspace ONE, VMware Horizon View and OpenText Exceed TurboX, whereas VMware Horizon is most compared with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, VMware Workspace ONE, VMware Horizon View, VMware Player and Dizzion. See our Citrix Workspace vs. VMware Horizon report.
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