We performed a comparison between Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops vs VMware Horizon View based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops seems to be the more favorable solution. It is easier to deploy than VMware Horizon View, and users are happier with the technical support.
"For our company's customers, I feel that the product is stable."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Because of the solution's ubiquity, it is easier to find answers to problems than with competitive products."
"It has improved delivering applications to remote locations with its lower bandwidth utilization."
"ICA/HDX optimization policies."
"The App is the most valuable feature."
"We've been able to scale the environment quite nicely by using the Citrix Remote PC. I can't say enough about that. And because that relies on utilizing your existing hardware resources, and making those available as a part of your Citrix farm — with a second level of authentication and security pieces around it — we added some 4,000 workstations without an additional overhead or cost."
"Citrix is one of the companies that is delivering virtual apps and desktops in a big way. They are mature enough to understand the level of stability required and deliver it."
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"The solution's most valuable aspect is the VDI - the remote virtual desktop interface."
"Great for desktop management, particularly when it comes to all the upgrades."
"It is a very stable solution...It is a very scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature of this solution has been security."
"The product helped us deploy complex applications."
"This product works quickly and is reliable."
"The most valuable features of VMware Horizon View technology is easier to use and is user-friendly with the customers."
"The solution simplifies our work."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Using the app layering feature can be quite difficult and cumbersome."
"Our experience of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is good, but the environment can become complex and difficult to manage at times."
"The product advances really fast. For some customers, we need better backwards compatibility."
"The cost of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is high and has room for improvement."
"When I needed support for a couple of things, three people intervened. Each time, three people gave me a different answer. In the end, they did not manage to give the right answer. At a certain point, they stopped replying."
"The video conferencing feature needs to be improved."
"The initial setup has room for improvement."
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"The product's initial setup process could be easier."
"We would like to see better performance with the product."
"Reporting could be improved, we currently have to export manually."
"The system is not designed to allow the client to log in easily."
"There is room for improvement in support. The response time could be faster."
"The initial setup is a little complicated."
"There should be a function where one can connect and work; whenever not required, one can deprovision it."
"In the next release, the performance, the speed, and the price need to be improved."
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Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is ranked 5th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 25 reviews while VMware Horizon View is ranked 3rd in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 31 reviews. Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is rated 8.4, while VMware Horizon View is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) writes "Enables secure delivery of applications and data, features exceptional stability over the Internet and handles demanding tasks like video playback, AutoCAD, and 3D image rendering smoothly". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Horizon View writes "The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to work like a centralized management system". Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is most compared with Citrix Workspace, Amazon Appstream, Amazon WorkSpaces, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS), whereas VMware Horizon View is most compared with VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion. See our Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) vs. VMware Horizon View report.
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I think VMware Horizon View is a very solid product.
I think it is the most mature product on the whole spectrum. All virtual desktop environments require tuning for performance. Depending on the size of the company you don't need 1/10 of the bells & whistles that the vendors include. For example, I have a small environment - 70 employees. I don't use instant clones, personas, their analysis tools, ... Not only are they expensive (the tools) they overly complicate a complicated process. KISS.
I have honed down the environment to what is just needed. Most of the industry will tell you otherwise. And I do all this as a one-man IT department.