We performed a comparison between Citrix Workspace 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 service dash and Workspace Environment Manager service are good features."
"The ease of access and the confidentiality and security that it provides is what we like best."
"It is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature is connectivity. The remote connection is the reason we are using this solution."
"The feature that I like is that it is fast."
"The most valuable feature is the seamless application edition with the low-level network bandwidth because we have between 10 and 15 sites in France with a low level of communication needs. We need to deploy our main application, the ERP system, and we needed an efficient solution to provide a solution to the remote sites, with very small links between the data center and the remote site."
"The most valuable feature of Citrix Workspace is its security."
"The most valuable feature of Citrix Workspace is the virtual desktop that we can use anywhere, at any time, and without taking our laptop."
"I appreciate the ease of backup and snapshot creation. The ability to revert to previous versions without losing data is very useful for our team."
"VMware Workstation is great for migrating and patching operating systems."
"Great at solving connection problems."
"The simplicity of the deployment and the implementation, and the footprint for the hardware are some of the solution's valuable features."
"I like that it's easy to use. It's easy to deploy virtual machines. You have to insert your ISO and the image of your OS and configure it. They provide a step-by-step guide, and you have to follow it. In the end, you have to start the machine, and that's all you have to do. I liked that they synchronized the mouse, keyboard, and everything. When you finish the installation, it directly links to your laptop. This makes copying and pasting things from my laptop inside the virtual machine easy."
"Instead of relying on dual-boot operating systems, I can utilize open-source tools within my infrastructure. This approach allows me to create an in-house cloud platform suitable for testing. VMware Workstation enables me to perform tasks across various operating systems using a single device. It has helped me save time."
"VMware Workstation’s most valuable features are backup and data transfer from one server to another."
"The most valuable features of VMware Workstation are the speed of access and quality of upgrade. Those are the more important and pertinent aspects as far as we were concerned. Functionality and features were relevant for the customers. What a customer chose, we had to make sure that it operated."
"When there are technical issues, sometimes we can't get on the cloud."
"If there are connectivity issues, there are stability issues."
"The product is currently not working well in hosting conferencing software like Zoom, Team, and Salon."
"It takes time to load."
"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."
"The lag when using Skype or Screen Sharing with multiple users needs to improve, as it makes it difficult for us to continue when we have to restart the system."
"Some customers find the price to be a significant factor. They have a hard time understanding the extra cost of the services"
"The ITSM adapters need to be enhanced."
"Performance could be improved, it's somewhat clunky."
"The price of VMware Workstation is an area of concern where improvements are needed."
"The solution should provide a guide on its installation."
"VMware Workstation has some network limitations which could improve, it is not as flexible as VMware NSX. Additionally, it could support operating systems better. I only run some Linux versions and Windows at the moment but it would be nice to be able to take whatever operating system you want and run it."
"The GUI interface could be improved."
"The big issue that we've always had with VMware, was the disparity between what was presented for a Windows-based client and a Linux-based client. The Windows client was always two or three releases ahead of the Linux client. We always wanted VMware to change and improve the feature sets between the client connector on Linux and on Windows."
"Its price could be better."
"Installing VMware Workstation isn't so easy. It's highly complex compared to Windows. I rate it four out of 10 for ease of installation. Setting up a remote desktop only takes a minute or so, but the Workstation itself takes some time."
Citrix Workspace is ranked 6th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 25 reviews while VMware Workstation is ranked 2nd in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 41 reviews. Citrix Workspace is rated 8.6, while VMware Workstation is rated 8.8. 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 Workstation writes "An easy-to-manage solution that has really good customer support compared to other market players". Citrix Workspace is most compared with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, VMware Workspace ONE, VMware Horizon View, OpenText Exceed TurboX and Dizzion, whereas VMware Workstation is most compared with Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, KVM, Proxmox VE and OpenText Exceed TurboX. See our Citrix Workspace vs. VMware Workstation report.
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