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."
"Great for desktop management, particularly when it comes to all the upgrades."
"The most valuable feature is that VMware Horizon is easy to setup."
"The support from VMware is very good and they have amazing experts."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"It's centralized management, and you have access gateway to enter the the VMs from outside."
"We have found the link loans for desktops most valuable."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"I use the solution in my company for the area of VDI, consisting of multiple applications and allowing users the flexibility to use the applications on mobile devices."
"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."
"They need to make troubleshooting, diagnostics, and error reporting a little better."
"User profiles are something that needs to be improved."
"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."
"I would like to see more useful monitoring within users and a more useful help desk."
"The technical support offered by VMware is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"Sometimes, the protocol itself gets a bit laggy. If you have less than optimal switching and routing, it can get kind of laggy."
"The solution is quite expensive. They should work to lower the costs if possible."
"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."
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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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