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.
"The remote desktop feature allows employees to work from home."
"The architecture I built had a robust failover mechanism for the endpoints, and the interface was user-friendly."
"It is a stable solution. We don't usually have problems with the platform...It is a very scalable solution."
"Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is a stable solution."
"For the most part, overall stability is what you would expect."
"It virtualizes the application on your desktop."
"It is user-friendly and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the automatic software upgrades because they take place on only three or four servers, rather than on 50 or 60 machines."
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"The solution's most valuable feature is low bandwidth consumption. It helps to improve user experience."
"We have found the link loans for desktops most valuable."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is the VDI - the remote virtual desktop interface."
"The most valuable features are Instant Clones and AppStacks."
"The local hardware pass-throughs are valuable. I like being able to have access to local hardware."
"Ability to log in from anywhere and from a variety of devices."
"It is a very stable solution...It is a very scalable solution."
"The most valuable features are that it is easy to use and easy to manage."
"Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is a complex solution."
"Where improvement could be driven is in terms of clarity as to the functionality of some of the solutions. If you go back to the older Citrix Xen products that we had, we understood those really well. As we've come into the new workstation premium suite, there is a lot of additional functionality that we perhaps have not yet fully exploited. It is not because we can't, but simply because we don't yet understand the depth of functionality that's offered."
"The initial setup has room for improvement."
"Dependency on server virtualization after v7.x is an issue which I encountered in small environments."
"Citrix's functionality depends on you having access to Microsoft Azure. Microsoft offers a broad range of features and solutions. Overall, it may make sense for some users to move all their services to Microsoft services."
"We would like to be able to provide VDI, a full desktop, to each of our users."
"The video conferencing feature needs to be improved."
"The visibility the solution provides across SaaS, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments, for user and application traffic, is also limited if you do not enable all the services and is based on which services you are utilising. Citrix provides end-to-end visibility based on their services you are utilising."
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"Technical support is only average and can be improved."
"Horizon View's pricing is high."
"VMware Horizon View needs to improve orchestration and integrate additional images. I would also like to see its statistics."
"User profiles are something that needs to be improved."
"The initial startup costs for this solution are relatively high."
"The solution isn't quite mature yet. It needs more time to mature and to get more market recognition."
"Deployment and configuration could be simplified."
"There is room for improvement in security features."
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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.