We performed a comparison between Parallels Desktop and VMware Horizon View based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like how, with Parallels, you can either boot into Mac or Windows to get better control over the resources of the laptops since you're sharing the resources in dual mode."
"Parallels Desktop integrates seamlessly with macOS. It works better than VMware on Apple operating systems."
"Users can log in from anywhere and from a variety of devices."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is the VDI - the remote virtual desktop interface."
"The most valuable features are Instant Clones and AppStacks."
"The solution is seamless and easy to use."
"It's centralized management, and you have access gateway to enter the the VMs from outside."
"The local hardware pass-throughs are valuable. I like being able to have access to local hardware."
"VMware has a lot of experience in virtualization — they are the pioneers in virtualization."
"The app virtualizing is a great feature."
"The biggest challenge is compatibility between VMware and Parallels because the two systems are incompatible. It can be challenging if you are switching between Windows and Mac. I recommend sticking with one product because there isn't good compatibility between the different products."
"There may have been some issues with device drivers on my Mac. Similarly, there are some issues with transferring data from Parallels to the Mac."
"User profiles are something that needs to be improved."
"Sometimes we had to force values so the end-user could continue working, which caused some information to get lost."
"Sometimes, the protocol itself gets a bit laggy. If you have less than optimal switching and routing, it can get kind of laggy."
"Deployment and configuration could be simplified."
"The system is not designed to allow the client to log in easily."
"The solution’s stability and initial setup could be improved."
"The integration could be improved."
"The installation is complex and could be easier. The full installation with testing took a couple of weeks to complete."
Parallels Desktop is ranked 9th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 2 reviews while VMware Horizon View is ranked 4th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 67 reviews. Parallels Desktop is rated 7.6, while VMware Horizon View is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Parallels Desktop writes "A great platform to develop interoperable code on". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Horizon View writes "User-friendly, reasonably priced, and simple to install". Parallels Desktop is most compared with VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation, NComputing vSpace, NVIDIA GRID and Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS), whereas VMware Horizon View is most compared with VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and Nerdio. See our Parallels Desktop vs. VMware Horizon View report.
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