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."
"The solution is secure."
"It is easy to maintain."
"VMware has a lot of experience in virtualization — they are the pioneers in virtualization."
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"We have found the link loans for desktops most valuable."
"The support from VMware is very good and they have amazing experts."
"The solution includes good user profiles and policies."
"Horizon View provides virtual desktops on demand."
"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 initial setup was complex, and you need system experience to walk through it."
"There is room for improvement in support. The response time could be faster."
"The solution is quite expensive. They should work to lower the costs if possible."
"In VMware Horizon View, app volume is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Horizon View's pricing is high."
"Sometimes we had to force values so the end-user could continue working, which caused some information to get lost."
"Considering the tool's weaknesses, the product probably has scope for some improvement in the context of how the applications or Linux operating systems are delivered using VMware Horizon View."
"In the area of automation, there are some improvements needed in the solution."
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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 Nerdio.
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