We performed a comparison between VMware Horizon and VMware Player 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."The most valuable feature of this solution is secure remote access to resources."
"The thin image offers efficiency and stability for the system, which is not always available in other alternatives."
"We are happy with the interface, configurations, pricing and support."
"Its most valuable feature is the rapid and versatile access from clients operating on various Windows, Linux, and MacOS systems."
"Horizon 7 is scalable - we can add more machines or servers easily."
"The solution has enabled us to offer a secure desktop experience to our remote users. This ensures that our personally identifiable information and HIPAA data remain protected, eliminating the risk of being copied to a local, potentially mobile, device. Everything is contained within a centralized structure."
"We use VMware Horizon to provide remote access for remote users."
"I like VMware Horizon's ability and performance."
"It's really easy to build testing environments with VMware Player."
"VMware Player's best feature is the ability to run different OS's simultaneously."
"The solution's technical support team is excellent."
"The most valuable feature of VMware Player is the ability to snapshot with or without memory."
"VMware Player helps you to virtualize and install Ubuntu or any other operating system, even on a Windows laptop."
"The setup of VMware Horizon 7 is easy. However, we have a lot of experience with VMware Horizon 7."
"In the next release, I would like to have more support when optimizing the master templates for PDI. There are tools that are available to be used but they are not supported at the moment and are more, "use at your own risk.""
"My deployment is complex and I hope it will only take a month."
"It would be beneficial if VMware invested in developing a robust reporting engine, providing insights into user activities, locations, and more."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."
"Horizon 7's performance could be improved."
"VMware Horizon needs to integrate with Azure, Teams, and Zoom."
"We have seen and face notable challenges in the configuration aspect specifically while creating and assigning groups which have proven to be a very cumbersome and tiring process. Apart from this the Reliance on the Active Directory as the only directory has its own limitation, which include the requirement to purchase a windows server for an environment outside the standard set up."
"Its networking features need improvement."
"VMware Player should provide a cloud version with no limitations to hardware resources."
"VMware Player isn't downgradable, so if you have a later set of VMs, you need to upgrade it or figure out a workaround."
"The tool has limited scalability."
"When you go to work on a server, it opens up the whole window, and that causes an error inside VMware Player."
VMware Horizon is ranked 3rd in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 34 reviews while VMware Player is ranked 8th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 10 reviews. VMware Horizon is rated 8.4, while VMware Player is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of VMware Horizon writes "Compelling solution for virtual desktop infrastructure with advanced technology, straightforward licensing, easy setup, and seamless integration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Player writes "A highly stable solution that has the ability to snapshot with or without memory". VMware Horizon is most compared with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, VMware Workspace ONE, VMware Horizon View, VMware Horizon Cloud and VMware Workstation, whereas VMware Player is most compared with VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation, Citrix Workspace and Parallels Desktop. See our VMware Horizon vs. VMware Player report.
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