We performed a comparison between Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) and VMware Horizon 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."Stable product with straightforward setup."
"It has very good performance in delivering 3D applications over WAN."
"Citrix DaaS’s most valuable feature is the virtualization of applications and desktops."
"Because of the solution's ubiquity, it is easier to find answers to problems than with competitive products."
"Relative to other solutions, Citrix has fewer conditions and fewer parameters. Citrix also provides some flexibility because it can be used on any device."
"The App is the most valuable feature."
"First of all, the manageability of the applications for publishing is valuable. Second, it is about being able to run the applications on all main platforms. Third, its licensing is valuable. You can either switch to the cloud and keep on-prem. You can work with this hybrid scenario."
"It has the best remote working features."
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"Horizon 7's most valuable feature is the unified endpoint management."
"The ease of deployment is one of the most valuable features. If I want to install something, I can have a test phase to see what sort of impact it will have and whether it will affect production. So I can install it on my lab, make sure it is okay, and if it is, I can deploy it directly to the users or to the staff."
"VMware is a hyper-converged infrastructure model. Therefore, for scaling it you just add more servers to it in the inputs. It's rather straightforward."
"The application delivery is it's most valuable feature."
"I appreciate the ability to have a more centralized environment."
"We use VMware Horizon to digitalize environments."
"It is easy to scale. I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten."
"Its most valuable feature is the rapid and versatile access from clients operating on various Windows, Linux, and MacOS systems."
"I think Citrix's support is good, but sometimes it is a little slow."
"It would help if it were a little simpler. It's a bit complicated and we have hired Citrix administrators. But it's a good solution."
"Pricing and technical support needs improvement."
"If anything could be improved, it might be some of the Director functionality, and some of the dashboard customization, or the overall Director customization."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Licensing service installation and configuration was the biggest challenge for all Citrix solutions, but now they have fixed a lot of issues."
"The support offered by Citrix's partner needs to improve. The partner support platform should aim to provide more technical information to users."
"Pricing can be lower and roaming profiles need to be fixed to work consistently."
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"There is room for a more cost-effective pricing structure, as it could be more affordable."
"They could incorporate an application library for application learning and licensing."
"What I would like to see improved is not so much about the product. It's more about how to get information about products. It's always too much sales pitching and fancy works and stuff."
"I would like to see seamless integration with the cloud because right now, the dependency is on the cloud providers."
"The majority of things in VMware Horizon can be done only in Windows and not in Linux. There are Linux customers who would like to use VMware Horizon's features."
"The support team's technicalities and the pricing of the solution need improvement."
"In the next release, I would like to have more support when optimizing the master templates for PDI. There are tools that are available to be used but they are not supported at the moment and are more, "use at your own risk.""
"VMware Horizon needs to integrate with Azure, Teams, and Zoom."
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Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is ranked 5th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 90 reviews while VMware Horizon is ranked 3rd in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 34 reviews. Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is rated 8.4, while VMware Horizon is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) writes "Flexible Deployment, reliable performance, and fast transmission speeds". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Horizon writes "Compelling solution for virtual desktop infrastructure with advanced technology, straightforward licensing, easy setup, and seamless integration". Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is most compared with VMware Horizon View, Citrix Workspace, Amazon Appstream, Amazon WorkSpaces and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, whereas VMware Horizon is most compared with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, VMware Workspace ONE, VMware Horizon View, VMware Player and VMware Horizon Cloud. See our Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) vs. VMware Horizon report.
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