We performed a comparison between Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) and VMware Horizon Air based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, VMware, Citrix and others in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)."Relative to other solutions, Citrix has fewer conditions and fewer parameters. Citrix also provides some flexibility because it can be used on any device."
"It has very good performance in delivering 3D applications over WAN."
"For our company's customers, I feel that the product is stable."
"The App is the most valuable feature."
"The only thing that is really important for me is being able to connect from wherever I am. It is important for me because sometimes I am in places where there are not enough safe conditions to be able to work safely, in terms of security and confidentiality of my data. Being able to access internal resources from a secure platform allows me to work without fearing that my data has been stolen."
"Stable product with straightforward setup."
"My focus has primarily been on publishing virtual applications."
"The most valuable feature is the watermark because most of the time our employees connect from a remote location. In case they photograph the DDA or some data, the watermark will show which user did so and from which IP they connected. That makes it more secure."
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"The solution is good for providing dedicated resources for dedicated users."
"The solution has proven to be very stable."
"Citrix has to support all of the hypervisors including KVM and OpenStack KVM."
"There are many latency and slowness issues, which are things looked after by Citrix."
"There is room for improvement on the hypervisor side, providing better integration between the hypervisor and the product line. I suspect that they haven't put the work into that because of the move to the cloud. They want everything to be cloud-hosted. But for folks like us, who will always be a hybrid model, that's of some concern."
"Latency is also a major problem when adopting Citrix for video editing software or 3D editing software, especially editing 4K video or large file size. The Citrix virtualized solution becomes too slow, so we cannot use the VDI."
"The video conferencing feature needs to be improved."
"The support offered by Citrix's partner needs to improve. The partner support platform should aim to provide more technical information to users."
"I think they can improve the troubleshooting to make it easier for users to solve problems on their own. For example, it could provide an error code and some instructions on how to reconnect to the database or do something proactive to fix the issue with the system."
"Scalability depends on the server and the number of users in the organization."
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"We have experienced some connectivity issues."
"It's a costly product. It would help if they could offer it at a discount."
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Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is ranked 5th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 90 reviews while VMware Horizon Air is ranked 27th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is rated 8.4, while VMware Horizon Air is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) writes "Flexible Deployment, reliable performance, and fast transmission speeds". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Horizon Air writes "VMware Horizon Air vs. Citrix Workspace Cloud". Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is most compared with VMware Horizon View, Citrix Workspace, Amazon Appstream, Amazon WorkSpaces and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, whereas VMware Horizon Air is most compared with VMware Workspace ONE and VMware Horizon View.
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