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."The most valuable feature of Citrix Workspace is the virtual desktop that we can use anywhere, at any time, and without taking our laptop."
"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."
"It is a stable solution."
"Getting access to the applications for which we otherwise have to be on-site is probably the biggest advantage"
"The service dash and Workspace Environment Manager service are good features."
"The most valuable feature of Citrix Workspace is its security."
"The most valuable feature is connectivity. The remote connection is the reason we are using this solution."
"Ability to connect remotely."
"The most valuable feature of VMware Horizon 7 is that it can be accessed anywhere in my internal network. It has a lot of flexibility."
"The thin image offers efficiency and stability for the system, which is not always available in other alternatives."
"I like VMware Horizon's ability and performance."
"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."
"It is a stable solution. It is wonderful for multi-user environments, and it supports different virtual machines and operating systems. You can go for any kind of virtual machine. It has many features, especially for a call center. You don't have the issue of computers going down from time to time. You just need to copy the virtual machine to deploy it. You also don't need many people to maintain computers. With Horizon 7, you just need one or two people."
"The most valuable features of VMware Horizon in our education organization are its Graphics Virtualization Unit (GVU) integration."
"One of the most interesting features in the enterprise version is the ability to do some support. There is a feature for remote control and debugging, which is something we didn't have before having Horizon 7 and the enterprise version."
"Scalable and stable virtualization solution, with good technical support offering timely responses."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"Performance could be better if there was a low latency improvement."
"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 is currently not working well in hosting conferencing software like Zoom, Team, and Salon."
"When there are technical issues, sometimes we can't get on the cloud."
"Citrix Workspace can improve by being more secure, but this would apply to any solution not only Citrix Workspace."
"Integration with other vendors could be improved."
"I have noticed that the current compatibility issue with the latest version of Windows 11 is a concern for me and my client. While the client has support for Windows 11, it appears that the Citrix Workspace is only compatible with Windows 10, which does not support the newest version. This is an area that I believe could be improved upon."
"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."
"They could incorporate an application library for application learning and licensing."
"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."
"VMware Horizon 7 could improve by supporting the active-active data center. At this time we are only deploying it in the production environment. Our customer is considered to deploy the VMware Horizon 7 to a secondary data center, but we found out that it cannot fully support the user in the deployment in the active-active data center. Any improvement on this would be beneficial."
"There is room for a more cost-effective pricing structure, as it could be more affordable."
"Horizon 7's performance could be improved."
"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.""
"The initial setup may be a little difficult for those with no experience."
Citrix Workspace is ranked 7th 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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