We performed a comparison between VMware Horizon View and VMware Player 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."The most valuable feature of this solution is the clone variant. We have been using the linked clone for the past five years, but I am willing to support and take on the function of the instant cloud."
"The most valuable features are that it is easy to use and easy to manage."
"The solution has a lot of Visual Desktop's persistent and non-persistent desktops which publish the applications."
"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 solution is secure."
"The embedded features of the solution are valuable."
"VMware's technical support is good."
"The most valuable features of VMware Horizon View technology is easier to use and is user-friendly with the customers."
"The solution's technical support team is excellent."
"VMware Player's best feature is the ability to run different OS's simultaneously."
"VMware Player helps you to virtualize and install Ubuntu or any other operating system, even on a Windows laptop."
"The most valuable feature of VMware Player is the ability to snapshot with or without memory."
"It's really easy to build testing environments with VMware Player."
"Using a printer with the VDI is not a straightforward process."
"The initial setup is a little complicated."
"In the area of automation, there are some improvements needed in the solution."
"In the future, I would like to see better support for application virtualization."
"Lacking in documentation for app settings."
"The technical support offered by VMware is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"VMware Horizon View needs to improve orchestration and integrate additional images. I would also like to see its statistics."
"VMware Horizon View has worked a lot to improve the solutions. There are some issues in the delivery of the applications, such as network problems. You can lose your connection at times."
"VMware Player isn't downgradable, so if you have a later set of VMs, you need to upgrade it or figure out a workaround."
"VMware Player should provide a cloud version with no limitations to hardware resources."
"When you go to work on a server, it opens up the whole window, and that causes an error inside VMware Player."
"The tool has limited scalability."
"Its networking features need improvement."
VMware Horizon View is ranked 6th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 67 reviews while VMware Player is ranked 8th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 10 reviews. VMware Horizon View is rated 8.0, while VMware Player is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of VMware Horizon View writes "User-friendly, reasonably priced, and simple to install". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Player writes "A highly stable solution that has the ability to snapshot with or without memory". 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 VMware Workstation, whereas VMware Player is most compared with VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace and Parallels Desktop. See our VMware Horizon View vs. VMware Player report.
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