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."
"Great for desktop management, particularly when it comes to all the upgrades."
"The local hardware pass-throughs are valuable. I like being able to have access to local hardware."
"The embedded features of the solution are valuable."
"I use the solution in my company for the area of VDI, consisting of multiple applications and allowing users the flexibility to use the applications on mobile devices."
"The support from VMware is very good and they have amazing experts."
"VMware Horizon View is easily scalable. Its onboarding is easy and comes with flash provisioning features."
"Users can log in from anywhere and from a variety of devices."
"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 product has to improve its performance and connectivity."
"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."
"Sometimes we had to force values so the end-user could continue working, which caused some information to get lost."
"In the future, I would like to see better support for application virtualization."
"The system is not designed to allow the client to log in easily."
"VMware Horizon View can improve by making it easier to use for first-time users. You should learn the whole concept of VMware to be able to use it."
"The solution’s stability and initial setup could be improved."
"The initial setup was not difficult but there is room for improvement."
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Cisco VXI is ranked 26th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) while VMware Horizon View is ranked 6th 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 , 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 Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops.
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