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.
"It provides all of the features required for the protection of data. For example, we don't want to allow any copy/paste of data to an outside environment, and we are able to restrict the VDI to not allow any data transfer from the VDI to the local laptop's hard drives. That is one of the greatest advantages the solution provides."
"The product is simple to set up, and its deep integration with Microsoft is also a valuable feature."
"Citrix is used by many organizations to make it possible to streamline the way different developers work together from different locations."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it supports team clients."
"Relative to other solutions, Citrix has fewer conditions and fewer parameters. Citrix also provides some flexibility because it can be used on any device."
"The most valuable feature of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is the security and it is easy to work with."
"XenDesktop has helped our users to work remotely with a better user experience."
"It has the best remote working features."
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"VMware's technical support is good."
"I appreciate how simple and straightforward the operation of VMware Horizon View is."
"This product works quickly and is reliable."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is the VDI - the remote virtual desktop interface."
"The support from VMware is very good and they have amazing experts."
"The most valuable features are Instant Clones and AppStacks."
"The solution is very user friendly."
"It has improved our business because now we can run applications and it's easier for our students to do their exams."
"Templating the deployment process could use improvement. When you start, there are a large number of details that are quite client-specific, although they do share common themes. To get somebody up and running in a day is very difficult to do. They should streamline by use case."
"They need to adapt more quickly to the latest additions to the Microsoft operating system. If Windows 10 comes out with a new version, there are compatibility issues and it takes them a lot of time to release an update."
"Using the app layering feature can be quite difficult and cumbersome."
"I have to re-enter my user password when I am not using the tool for some time around ten minutes. I want to also improve the need to download other Citrix apps."
"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."
"There have been many issues with stability."
"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."
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"The product has to improve its performance and connectivity."
"The solution’s stability and initial setup could be improved."
"The system is not designed to allow the client to log in easily."
"Horizon View's pricing is high."
"The initial setup was not difficult but there is room for improvement."
"The tool is not future-proof anymore."
"The initial setup is a little complicated."
"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 90 reviews while VMware Horizon View is ranked 4th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 67 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 "Flexible Deployment, reliable performance, and fast transmission speeds". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Horizon View writes "User-friendly, reasonably priced, and simple to install". 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.