We performed a comparison between VMware Horizon and VMware Workstation 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 application delivery is it's most valuable feature."
"We use VMware Horizon to provide remote access for remote users."
"We are happy with the interface, configurations, pricing and support."
"The most valuable feature in this solution which really helped for my use case was the stand out three dimensional acceleration. It was really important for enhancing the performance for certain clients based on their scenarios."
"The most valuable features are the ability to manage a great number of desktops at once and the remote access for users who are working from outside of the office or from a different office in the country."
"We like that VMware is the top competitor in virtualization."
"The benefits of this solution are that it is modern and it works perfectly well with the rest of the VMware environments we have. Having this vertical integration is what matters to us as an organization and this solution excels in this area. You deploy it and it works without much hassle."
"The most valuable feature of VMware Horizon 7 is its ease of use."
"The most valuable features of VMware Workstation are the DirectX support, you can run Microsoft Hyper-V in virtual environments which is good for me to test different installations. Additionally, you can set up different VLANs, and overall it is a complete solution."
"The solution's customer service is good."
"We can undo some changes using the snapshot feature."
"The technical support is good."
"The performance is good."
"We are able to simultaneously run multiple operating systems in a single machine and have virtually no performance hit."
"VMware Workstation’s most valuable feature is virtualization technology."
"The product is stable, very easy to deploy, easy to use, easy to configure, and easy to set up."
"The primary concern lies with licensing. There’s confusion regarding licensing terms following the new management’s takeover. Consequently, our resellers and distributors are confused."
"Horizon 7's performance could be improved."
"The majority of things in VMware Horizon can be done only in Windows and not in Linux. There are Linux customers who would like to use VMware Horizon's features."
"The remote connection, bandwidth usage, and error connection can be improved. Working with the load balancer sites should also be improved. For example, with Horizon, we can use two clients with a one megabit connection, but with Citrix, we can use four or five clients with the same bandwidth through ICA protocol. VMware must improve remote connection, connection stability, and load balancing."
"There are some issues with RAM in the system."
"The support team's technicalities and the pricing of the solution need improvement."
"I would like to see the VDP or other features for backing up the VMs."
"Areas for improvement in VMware Horizon 7 would be the logging and the troubleshooting, e.g. they could be made clearer."
"They could include official support for macOS virtualization within VMware Workstation."
"There could be more integration with different tools."
"They could bring in many different features from VMware vSphere to Workstation."
"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."
"The dashboard can be improved."
"The price of VMware Workstation is an area of concern where improvements are needed."
"VMware Workstation’s scalability could be improved."
"The price should be reduced."
VMware Horizon is ranked 3rd in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 34 reviews while VMware Workstation is ranked 2nd in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 42 reviews. VMware Horizon is rated 8.4, while VMware Workstation is rated 8.8. 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 Workstation writes "An easy-to-manage solution that has really good customer support compared to other market players". VMware Horizon is most compared with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, VMware Workspace ONE, VMware Horizon View, VMware Player and Sangfor aDesk VDI, whereas VMware Workstation is most compared with Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, VMware Fusion, KVM and Citrix Workspace. See our VMware Horizon vs. VMware Workstation report.
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