We performed a comparison between VMware Horizon 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."We don't have to pay for HyperFlex. The solution's speed gives a nice user experience."
"The most valuable features of VMware Horizon in our education organization are its Graphics Virtualization Unit (GVU) integration."
"The most valuable feature of VMware Horizon 7 is that it can be accessed anywhere in my internal network. It has a lot of flexibility."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is secure remote access to resources."
"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."
"We are happy with the interface, configurations, pricing and support."
"VMware offers a friendly environment, and it's easy to provide the user with the package. It is a bundled solution that is readily deployable. The advantage lies in its simplicity, it requires minimal expertise."
"The benefits of this solution are that it is modern and it works perfectly well with the rest of the VMware environments we have. Having this vertical integration is what matters to us as an organization and this solution excels in this area. You deploy it and it works without much hassle."
"VMware Horizon View is easy to configure and deploy."
"We have found the link loans for desktops most valuable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution has been security."
"Instant Clone instantly creates another VM with a Delta disk, which is just the VMware backend. This helps with scalability and management."
"The most valuable features are Instant Clones and AppStacks."
"The app virtualizing is a great feature."
"The support from VMware is very good and they have amazing experts."
"The solution includes good user profiles and policies."
"The multimedia playback is not very good and they could improve it by increasing the quality."
"There are some issues with RAM in the system."
"We have seen and face notable challenges in the configuration aspect specifically while creating and assigning groups which have proven to be a very cumbersome and tiring process. Apart from this the Reliance on the Active Directory as the only directory has its own limitation, which include the requirement to purchase a windows server for an environment outside the standard set up."
"I would like to see seamless integration with the cloud because right now, the dependency is on the cloud providers."
"The remote application features have some room for 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.""
"I would love to see so they can actually allow the use of Linux, from a hosting environment as well as from a VDI client environment."
"There is room for a more cost-effective pricing structure, as it could be more affordable."
"The initial startup costs for this solution are relatively high."
"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."
"The system is not designed to allow the client to log in easily."
"The issue now with VMware is that we don't know the future of the solution. Because if you follow the news, it was acquired by another company, and they are changing the old product line."
"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."
"I would like to see more useful monitoring within users and a more useful help desk."
"Lacks sufficiently robust audio redirections."
"They need to make troubleshooting, diagnostics, and error reporting a little better."
VMware Horizon is ranked 3rd in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 34 reviews while VMware Horizon View is ranked 4th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 67 reviews. VMware Horizon is rated 8.4, while VMware Horizon View is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of VMware Horizon writes "Compelling solution for virtual desktop infrastructure with advanced technology, straightforward licensing, easy setup, and seamless integration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Horizon View writes "User-friendly, reasonably priced, and simple to install". VMware Horizon is most compared with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, VMware Workspace ONE, VMware Player, VMware Horizon Cloud and VMware Workstation, whereas VMware Horizon View is most compared with Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), Citrix Workspace, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion. See our VMware Horizon vs. VMware Horizon View report.
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