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AppSense [EOL] vs Horizon 8 comparison

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Categories and Ranking

AppSense [EOL]
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Horizon 8
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
116
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) (4th), User Virtualization (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

Gaurav Chandola - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Associate Specialist at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
It has customization features, lets you do network redirects via the DNS, and is stable and scalable
An area for improvement in AppSense is pricing because it's much higher than Citrix and VMware solutions. It's one of the virtualization software that allows user profile virtualization, but you can also find that capability in the lower-priced VMware and Citrix software. AppSense has many features but is more expensive, so it would be better if it had a reduced cost or the solution had more enhanced capabilities. For example, in group policies, you can maintain the redirections and registry settings through the group policy via PolicyPak, another third-party product for managing the group policy. If AppSense could have a configuration similar to what PolicyPak has, then that would make AppSense better. AppSense is OS-based, so when my company purchased it in the past, it could run on Windows 7. Eventually, Ivanti told my company that it no longer supported Windows 7, so my company had to purchase AppSense for Windows 10. In the future, the new version of AppSense should work on different Windows versions.
MB
Owner at CoBSS
Experience with remote access facilitates seamless user management, though improvements in integration and analytics are desired
From the analytical aspects, we used Horizon 8 Advanced Analytics and most companies switched to another product to gain insights because the insight is not as helpful as other products that are built for it. What was missing in Horizon 8 to make it a better tool was in analytics, specifically getting the right information and the drill-down process to find out where the problem is. If a user has an issue, it is crucial to determine what the issue is that the user is having and since when they have the issue. For example, if a user reports back that they had an issue yesterday evening, getting that information and ensuring that you have it was hard to find, especially to pinpoint if the issue lies with the network or the Horizon 8 platform. We utilized the multi-factor authentication, conditional access in Horizon 8, but we are not satisfied with that. It lacks some integration options that make it easy to run with Microsoft Entra, for example, and authenticate using your regular authenticator besides just getting a pop-up that says, 'I'm the one that's trying to log on.' Nowadays, there are many more complex authentication methods, but even a basic confirmation with a number to verify that you are the person connecting is not supported. I would like to see improvements in Horizon 8, specifically integration with NVIDIA for graphical performance upgrades because it creates many issues such as crashing and black screen systems, causing users to lose access to their current desktop and work. This is a real issue at the moment for many customers worldwide.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I like the customization features of AppSense. It also allows you to push DNS settings, so if you want to redirect a network using the DNS, you can do that from AppSense, which I find beneficial."
"The most valuable features are Instant Clones and AppStacks."
"They share information, they communicate well, and they give you a comfort zone to make sure you’re ok with everything."
"The most valuable features are that it is easy to use and easy to manage."
"Organizations who buy lots of desktops or laptops, call centers, military, and high security profile organizations can benefit from it."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"Managing all operating systems in a single environment helped a lot in organizing and integrating it."
"VMware Horizon 7 has its proprietary Elastic streaming protocol, which is very good for delivering VDI and helps provide a seamless experience for graphic-intensive applications."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is secure remote access to resources."
 

Cons

"An area for improvement in AppSense is pricing because it's much higher than Citrix and VMware solutions. In the future, the new version of AppSense should work on different Windows versions."
"The initial setup is a little complicated."
"User profiles are something that needs to be improved."
"The multimedia playback is not very good and they could improve it by increasing the quality."
"The remote connection, bandwidth usage, and error connection can be improved. Working with the load balancer sites should also be improved."
"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."
"Deployment and configuration could be simplified."
"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."
"Many improvements to this product are needed."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate AppSense pricing as six out of ten because it's an expensive product, and the organization won't buy if it only requires limited configuration."
"We have a three-year contract, for which we pay about ten euros per user per month."
"I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten."
"The pricing could be improved."
"I cannot provide a detailed comment on the pricing; however, I can say that it is quite expensive."
"This solution is expensive."
"The license could be cheaper."
"I rate the product cost a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is high price, and ten is low price."
"It falls on the more expensive end in terms of cost."
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Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
7%
 

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Midsize Enterprise23
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VMware Horizon, VMware Horizon View, Mware Dynamic Environment Manager
 

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