VMware Horizon 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

VMware Horizon

4.4

(28)

Pricing

Starting at $3,116.00 one time

About VMware Horizon

Horizon is a desktop virtualization software that provides businesses with a digital workspace to access and manage virtual desktops or published applications on a centralized platform. Built on a hyper-converged infrastructure solution, it enables IT teams to add individual nodes or appliances, monitor system performance and identify potential issues with automated alerts and real-time analytics.

Using Horizon's Dynamic Environment Manager, enterprises can configure security policies according to business requirements and enforce them across all desktop environments and end-user profiles. Professionals can secure the virtual infrastructure with role-based access control and single sign-on (SSO) capabilities. Additionally, it provides designers and engineering teams with shared workstations, enabling them to collaborate on graphical 3D projects.

Horizon can be deployed on-premise or hosted in the cloud. The product is available on a one-time license basis and support is extended via phone, email and other online measures.

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VMware Horizon Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $3,116.00 one time

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$3,116.00

per user, one time

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VMware Horizon Features

Popular features found in Remote Desktop
Access Controls/Permissions
Real-Time Chat
Remote Printing
Screen Recording
Screen Sharing
More features of VMware Horizon
Admin Console
Alerts/Escalation
Application Management
Cloud Computing
Collaboration Tools
Desktop/Application Virtualization
Desktop Virtualization
File Transfer
For MSPs
GPU Virtualization
Issue Tracking
Multi-Device Support
Multiple User Accounts
Policy Management
Remote Access/Control
Remote Monitoring & Management
Remote Update/Installation
Reporting/Analytics
Role-Based Permissions
Secure Data Storage
Single Sign On
User Management

VMware Horizon User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

46%

43%

11%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.1

Value for money

4.0

Customer support

4.0

Functionality

4.4

M. Randy H.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2021

VMware is the de facto leader in Virtualization

5 Star! This is the best of breed in virtulatzation.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ability to expertly support work from home initiatives.

Cons:

Due to its feature rich offerings, it does come with a high level of complexity which means there is a steep learning curve, but well worth the effort.

Reasons for choosing VMware Horizon

VMware is a superior product in all aspects of this type of software, from the actual software itself, to support, training, and the large community of VMware users.

Rafael N.

Verified reviewer

Computer Networking

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2021

Very good option for virtualization of desktop environment

Very good experience in general, the software gives a robust experience ofr VDI solutions, only you need to invest time in development.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The features to display and virtualize a desktop enviironment is very important, the control features with management is very good and intitutive.

Cons:

The cost of the software depends of the features that you want and the cost is high if you want all the features, the implementation onsite could be very difficult especially for security and firewall policies. If you decide to have the solution on cloud, you can avoid these but you have to validate if you data can be store in public cloud.

Reasons for choosing VMware Horizon

Citrix dont have some of the features that the highest version of VMware Horizon gives, for base VDI solution Citrix works very good like VMware Horizon.

George Y.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2021

Good virtual Desktop software

I am OK with the software, as it provide what I need to simulate having a physical pc connecting to the client network.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

the main benefit of using this software is, I don't need to connect to my client's network to provide my service.

Cons:

performance could be a concern in some circumstances, and nobody know how to diagnose, because it can be the client network, internet provider or the host servers, the possibility is just endless, so nobody take ownership of the problem.

Ilario M.

Verified reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2025

very good platform for pure Virtual Desktop

Very good cloud platform expecially for virtual desktop, less for app.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Robust solution expecially with WMWare vSAN.

Cons:

High overall price after moved to Omnissa.

Przemek P.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2023

The tool to trust

It allows me to connect with a virtual environment later used to support the IT service I provide. Thanks to the direct connection with VDI (administrative virtual machine) provided by Horizon Client, I have access to other required virtual resources.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The role of this tool is to connect with a virtual environment to operate and do the job by using it in many ways, and this is especially important to have this connection always available, and this is exactly what Horizon Client gives me. I have used this tool for around ten years, almost every day, and It always works!!

Cons:

It is hard to say something negative about this product. You can easily integrate it with other VMware software; the user interface is simple. Maybe more colors in the GUI?

Muhammad Adil M.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2021

VMware Horizon

One of the best tool for delivering applications and virtual desktops / laptops. Users are at ease for its usability and its functionality. File transfer is very fast and manageable. Once the setup and configuration is up, the system is consistent and reliable. It is very flexible to configure on any kind of environment.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

For working from remote it is a great tool for any network engineer. Displaying a virtual desktop in from of you and operating it at ease is its biggest feature. It is easy to setup, no big glitches or dramas. For Security point of view it one of best in market. Voice and graphics management is also the part of it. You can have the similar experience on any of the system like windows, Mac or mobile.

Cons:

It's a bit pricey if you opt for all products. Implementation is bit tricky it you have network polices and firewall engage. Performance can be downgraded sometimes and its difficult to track it too. To manage this tool one has to be experienced person.

Verified

Reviewer

Retail

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2023

Well made software for daily use

All in all, it’s a powerful application, that you can easily use for your need with lots of customizations.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I really like the way of deploying a whole machine or an application on it, that’s really straightforward.

Cons:

In my experience, once we had some applications provisioned for clients, there was some resources allocation issue which was solved after some investigations.

Kerry-Ann H.

Verified reviewer

Insurance

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2021

VMware Horizon

It's was a pleasure.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It's very versatile. It's good for small & large business complex because it can be used as a internet or intranet software desktop that soley confidential to your business

Cons:

I can be locked out of my own system and the applications after being locked out may require too many auto time out software.

Verified

Reviewer

Computer Software

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed September 2022

Great tool overall

Great experience overall, it gets the job done

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Great tool for virtualization, easy to use and deploy, also easy to manage and monitor your vm's

Cons:

The deployment and setup of the tool can be a little confusing for new users

Verified

Reviewer

Telecommunications

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2022

Great software- extremely useful

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Vmware horizon is a great software and our company use it to access apps remotely integrated with VPN. It gives you option to open apps in different browsers and favourite your apps for easy and fast access. Password protected and regular password changes.

Cons:

Its just sometime, it fail to load apps and require a restart. switching between apps can be slow.

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