We performed a comparison between Cisco VXI and VMware Horizon View based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, VMware, Citrix and others in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)."The initial setup of Cisco VXI is straightforward."
"Horizon View provides virtual desktops on demand."
"It's centralized management, and you have access gateway to enter the the VMs from outside."
"The solution has good performance and functionality. However, if the network connection was poor we noticed a decrease in performance."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"VMware is very helpful for customized platforms that offer auto-promotion and auto-deprovision."
"The ease of customizing the terminal, including the ability to add or decrease memory."
"Horizon View's best features are that it gives you more control over the PCs on your infrastructure, and it's specialized for banking environments."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is the VDI - the remote virtual desktop interface."
"When using Cisco VXI in virtual environments there tends to be a lot of bugs with files you have to deploy across the virtual environment. You configure for hours, and then there is a bug that stops you, and you notice that you wasted hours."
"The solution’s stability and initial setup could be improved."
"The issue now with VMware is that we don't know the future of the solution. Because if you follow the news, it was acquired by another company, and they are changing the old product line."
"The installation is complex and could be easier. The full installation with testing took a couple of weeks to complete."
"There is room for improvement in security features."
"The storage expansion in the product is a bit difficult to manage, especially when I have to modify a storage requirement of a particular area since it comes across as a complex job."
"Reporting could be improved, we currently have to export manually."
"Deployment and configuration could be simplified."
"They need to make troubleshooting, diagnostics, and error reporting a little better."
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Cisco VXI is ranked 25th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) while VMware Horizon View is ranked 4th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 67 reviews. Cisco VXI is rated 7.0, while VMware Horizon View is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco VXI writes "Straightforward implementation, scalable, but performance could improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Horizon View writes "User-friendly, reasonably priced, and simple to install". Cisco VXI is most compared with Userful, whereas VMware Horizon View is most compared with VMware Horizon, Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), Citrix Workspace, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and Sangfor aDesk VDI.
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