We performed a comparison between Cisco VXI and VMware Horizon View based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, VMware, Citrix and others in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)."The initial setup of Cisco VXI is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of this solution has been security."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"Ability to log in from anywhere and from a variety of devices."
"The ease of customizing the terminal, including the ability to add or decrease memory."
"It is easy to maintain."
"VMware Horizon View is easily scalable. Its onboarding is easy and comes with flash provisioning features."
"Ability to log in from anywhere and from a variety of devices."
"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."
"When using Cisco VXI in virtual environments there tends to be a lot of bugs with files you have to deploy across the virtual environment. You configure for hours, and then there is a bug that stops you, and you notice that you wasted hours."
"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."
"In the next release, the performance, the speed, and the price need to be improved."
"In the future, I would like to see better support for application virtualization."
"Horizon View's pricing is high."
"The solution must be faster and smoother."
"The system is not designed to allow the client to log in easily."
"Using a printer with the VDI is not a straightforward process."
"Reporting could be improved, we currently have to export manually."
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Cisco VXI is ranked 25th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) while VMware Horizon View is ranked 4th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 67 reviews. Cisco VXI is rated 7.0, while VMware Horizon View is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco VXI writes "Straightforward implementation, scalable, but performance could improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Horizon View writes "User-friendly, reasonably priced, and simple to install". Cisco VXI is most compared with Userful, whereas VMware Horizon View is most compared with VMware Horizon, Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), Citrix Workspace, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and Sangfor aDesk VDI.
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