All VMware Horizon Reviews
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praveen
Banking, 1,001 - 5,000 employees
Used less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
Reviewed March 2022
vmware horizon is great
M. Randy
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
1
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2021
VMware is the de facto leader in Virtualization
5 Star! This is the best of breed in virtulatzation.
PROSThe ability to expertly support work from home initiatives.
CONSDue 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.
Reason 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
Computer Networking, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
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.
PROSThe features to display and virtualize a desktop enviironment is very important, the control features with management is very good and intitutive.
CONSThe 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.
Reason 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
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
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.
PROSthe main benefit of using this software is, I don't need to connect to my client's network to provide my service.
CONSperformance 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.
Muhammad Adil
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
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.
PROSFor 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.
CONSIt'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.
Viveka
Information Technology and Services, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2023
VMware Horizon
Overall, VMware Horizon offers several advantages for business and organizations, including remote work, centralized management, scalability, cost savings, and consistent user experience across different devices and platforms.
PROSVMware Horizon is a virtual desktop infrastructure solution which offers variety of benefits for businesses and organizations. It enables employees to securely access their desktops and applications from anywhere, using any device. It is very useful for remote work, telecommuting, or work from home. It is cost-effective as it reduces hardware, software and maintenance costs with more flexible and scalable to desktop deployments. It also offers advanced security features such as encryption, multi-factor authentication, and identity management to protect against unauthorized access.
CONSSetting up and configuring the virtual desktop infrastructure environment can be complex, it might be challenging for organizations with limited IT resources.
Kevin
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2021
VMWare Horizon Review
More robust platform then Citrix and easier to use after the initial setup is configured and completed. It allows for consistent deployments across a diverse environment within a single pain of glass.
PROSVSphere management tools are the best in the business. Support is responsive and extremely knowledgeable, and it just works! VDI desktop delivery has been seemless.
CONSProfile management can be difficult to handle as well redeploying because of Windows updates and the costs can get out of hand for all the licenses.
Reason for choosing VMware Horizon
Only vendor we looked at because of poor citrix performance
Przemek
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
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.
PROSThe 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!!
CONSIt 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?
Anonymous
51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
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.
PROSI really like the way of deploying a whole machine or an application on it, that’s really straightforward.
CONSIn my experience, once we had some applications provisioned for clients, there was some resources allocation issue which was solved after some investigations.
Naleen
Information Technology and Services, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2023
Great alternative of Citrix workspace
Great tool to test new os image and test early version of software we are developing.
CONSThey show add a way to increase vm resolution.
Richard
Government Administration, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2022
VDI Horizon Client
I use VMware Horizon Client every day to access my Test and Development environments. The application has been easy to use and easy to log into every day. One of the negative features is not being able to copy from desktop to VDI desktop but after working with this software for a while you figure ways around that.
PROSFairly easy to use, easy to setup multiple VDI addresses (this was necessary because the network I was on was not always reliable)
CONSNot very easy to share files between desktop and VDI desktop - based on my setup. If user needs multiple files shared between desktops it could take a while having to transfer one file at a time. Unable to copy between desktop & VDI desktop
Reasons for switching to VMware Horizon
Company decision
Abdullah Mohammad Manjurul
Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
2
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2022
Genex's Review
best VDI and DaaS solutions
PROSIndustry's best VDI solutions with unified virtualization platform.
CONSlatest builds are having some bugs and they are hard to troubleshoot without support from tech team.
Reason for choosing VMware Horizon
ease of use
Craig
Accounting, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
2
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed December 2022
Wouldn't want to be without Horizon in my organization
It has enabled my IT team to focus on other things than managing software installation and updates all the time. It has relieved the worry about potentially losing client data if a physical device were compromised. It makes remote work easy.
PROSIt eases the software administration (installation, updating) burden for our sysadmins. It allows us to not have any client data on our physical endpoints.
CONSThis is nit picky, but I want access to all local (physical) audio devices
Reason for choosing VMware Horizon
We wanted invididual desktop virtualization, not shared server desktop virtualization.
Reasons for switching to VMware Horizon
We wanted invididual desktop virtualization, not shared server desktop virtualization.
praveen
Banking, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2021
vmware horizon is great
its really good just the servers we have desktops now
PROSdue to covid providing desktop/laptop to the users is difficult .spinning a VDI and sending the url makes our life easy
CONSsome times the VDI hung need to restart the VDI
Anonymous
501-1,000 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed September 2022
Great tool overall
Great experience overall, it gets the job done
PROSGreat tool for virtualization, easy to use and deploy, also easy to manage and monitor your vm's
CONSThe deployment and setup of the tool can be a little confusing for new users
Navneet
Computer & Network Security, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2022
VDI to connect to remote PC
As we are currently working from home and the company we are working for is outside our location, it will be costly and time-consuming. So they have provided VDI so we can connect with the system and use that. It saves a lot of time and is very secure and even if the system close unexpectedly the work is saved.
CONSThere are no cons to using VM ware Horizon.
Serhii
Information Technology and Services, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed June 2021
VMware Horizon Client experience
Kinda reminds working with Citrix or similar to the VMware Horizon application. In general, everything works fine, barely freeze-ups, overall performance is OK. From time to time some features may work not properly, like copy/paste, but nothing crucial.
PROSEasy to set up, easy to use. The performance of this product on my Hp laptop is great, with no freeze-ups.
CONSCopy/Paste feature likes to drop from time to time. It takes up to 10 seconds to load the VM, which could work a little faster.
Anonymous
1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2022
Great software- extremely useful
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.
CONSIts just sometime, it fail to load apps and require a restart. switching between apps can be slow.
Mbonjo
Computer & Network Security, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2023
Best virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution
Overall, I love this software and I recommend this software for all users of virtual Servers and workspaces
PROSI love the fact VMware horizon isn't too costly, that is, it's very affordable and most of all, it is very flexible in the sense that, users can access their virtual desktops and applications from anywhere
CONSI haven't experienced any negative impact using this software
Kerry-Ann
Verified reviewer
Insurance, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2021
VMware Horizon
It's was a pleasure.
PROSIt'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
CONSI can be locked out of my own system and the applications after being locked out may require too many auto time out software.
Aymard
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2022
Easily run virtual desktops via a web browser
I wanted to reduce the costs of VDI and this has done it for me. It makes the VDI process easy and helps the team in managing the VDI environment. I'm a fan of the cloud and VDI is the next evolution of the cloud.
PROSThe VMWare Horizon is a great option for companies who want to move their desktops to the cloud. The Horizon platform provides a great user experience and can be used by companies of any size. The deployment of this product is very easy and it is a very scalable solution. The product is also very easy to use.
CONSthis app is super excellent. I have nothing to say
Anonymous
2-10 employees
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2020
Very useful when remote work is done
Overall I like this product, recommend.
PROSI genuinely like vmware tools for their design usability and functional combination. Horizon is one of them. It’s great tool for remote work, provides ability to connect to your virtual desktop at work or at university.
CONSSometimes connection drops without causes, at least in my home network.
Reasons for switching to VMware Horizon
Functionality.
Anonymous
1 employee
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
2
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
2
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2022
A good vdi solution if you already have a VMWare infrastructure.
Provisioning VDIs was easier and faster than other products
CONSI didn't like the GPU support or performance in these VDIs when compared to other solutions. To fully support external access I still needed a Citrix Netscaler which is compatible with PCoIP
Sefanne
Research, 11-50 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
2
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2023
Remote desktop
Once you are connected to the program it works smoothly and without issue
CONSLogging in/connecting is quite slow. It's hard to transfer documents. For instance it's not possible to access your computers USB when in the remote desktop
Andrea
Hospitality, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2020
Decent remote software
I enjoy using it for my everyday job, but don't enjoy having to log in several times just over a minimal hiccup in connection. Unlike other RDP sessions that attempt to reconnect.
PROSIt's your own person computer inside your computer, nothing complicated about it in comparison to other VMware.
CONSAny hiccup in connection and there's no "trying to reconnect" you drop the whole session and have to do a sign in process again