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Horizon 8 vs Ivanti Automation comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Horizon 8
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
114
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) (4th), User Virtualization (1st)
Ivanti Automation
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Process Automation (30th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Horizon 8 and Ivanti Automation aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Horizon 8 is designed for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and holds a mindshare of 7.8%, down 13.9% compared to last year.
Ivanti Automation, on the other hand, focuses on Process Automation, holds 0.4% mindshare, up 0.4% since last year.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
Process Automation
 

Featured Reviews

Muhammad JunaidJawed - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps ensure data leaks do not occur from the base machine to VDI while multi-instance capabilities remain limited
I have been using Horizon for two years. It provides my DevOps team access to PAM and server through the provider The solution has helped ensure data leaks do not occur from the base machine to VDI, and it saves data through API copyright. The solution has data leak prevention features that…
Ahmed-Ragab - PeerSpot reviewer
Facilitates task management with effective approval processes and modern integration capabilities
It facilitates processes by sending notifications to relevant individuals who need to take action regarding requests. There is a very good approval hierarchy in place. Ivanti Automation significantly simplifies IT infrastructure processes, handling access requests and facilitating various employee requests. It is also easy to integrate with many other tools, like Nintex and Azure DevOps, using APIs.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it is easy to set it up, and the user experience it provides is just like a normal desktop."
"The ease of customizing the terminal, including the ability to add or decrease memory."
"Managing all operating systems in a single environment helped a lot in organizing and integrating it."
"We don't have to pay for HyperFlex. The solution's speed gives a nice user experience."
"The solution is secure."
"We use VMware Horizon to provide remote access for remote users."
"VMware Horizon View is easily scalable. Its onboarding is easy and comes with flash provisioning features."
"VMware Horizon is beneficial because it reduces bandwidth consumption when accessing VDI or the virtual infrastructure. It's more secure compared to accessing a Windows desktop using RDP. It enhances security, provides better app utilization, and improves performance using graphic-intensive tools like Photoshop or 3ds Max. Using the Horizon Client makes it easy to work on those tools."
"There is a very good approval hierarchy in place."
"Ivanti Automation significantly simplifies IT infrastructure processes, handling access requests and facilitating various employee requests."
"The most valuable feature of Ivanti Automation is the opportunity to use more or less any kind of scripting software."
"It's easy for the IT admins at the company to use. It isn't hard to understand and there are lots of features you can use out of the box. If a feature isn't available in Ivanti Automation, you can always script it."
 

Cons

"In the area of automation, there are some improvements needed in the solution."
"There are some licensing issues in VMware Horizon"
"I would like to see simple load-balancing for smaller environments that lack large solutions like F5, or NSX; it should be redundant or unavailable but in a simple way. Perhaps limited to only two components; if more are required, a paid load balancing solution can be used. Load balancing for simple environments, or simple redundancy, is sorely lacking."
"The initial setup was complex, and you need system experience to walk through it."
"Deployment and configuration could be simplified."
"Sometimes we had to force values so the end-user could continue working, which caused some information to get lost."
"Using a printer with the VDI is not a straightforward process."
"It would be beneficial to see improvements in client-side functionalities, especially for some Linux clients."
"The user interface could be more futuristic and modernized in terms of styling and colors."
"Ivanti Automation should deliver more fixed templates for standard use cases or standard procedures."
"Their cloud relay feature needs to improve to compete with other products in cloud solutions like Azure and AWS. It should be easier to deploy or provision images in the cloud with Ivanti Automation. Better Azure integration would also help."
"The user interface could be more futuristic and modernized in terms of styling and colors."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have a three-year contract, for which we pay about ten euros per user per month."
"The VMware Horizon 7 license is for three months. We are in the testing stage, we are still evaluating the product. We are sure now that we need to buy a license for the production environment."
"VMware Horizon is priced high."
"This solution is expensive."
"For long-term use, perpetual licenses are more cost-effective, and for short-term use, subscription-based would be more cost-effective."
"The license for this product is paid on a monthly basis."
"VMware Horizon is expensive. It should provide a special price for more user licenses."
"Pricing for Horizon is relatively high, earning a rating of one out of ten."
"My customers do direct sales with Ivanti, and they complain that Ivanti Automation is more expensive than other solutions."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
17%
Government
13%
Retailer
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

How does VMware Workspace One compare with VMware Horizon 7?
VMware Workspace One has a powerful set of helpful features. The solution offers very good documentation, the initial setup is easy, and the product is very stable and reliable. I think the fact th...
What do you like most about VMware Horizon 7?
VMware offers a friendly environment, and it's easy to provide the user with the package. It is a bundled solution that is readily deployable. The advantage lies in its simplicity, it requires mini...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Horizon 7?
We paid a lot of money for software that is not really fully operational out of the box. We had to have patches from VMware to get it into production. Hence, we lost a lot of time implementing the ...
What do you like most about Ivanti Automation?
The most valuable feature of Ivanti Automation is the opportunity to use more or less any kind of scripting software.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Ivanti Automation?
My customers do direct sales with Ivanti, and they complain that Ivanti Automation is more expensive than other solutions. On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I ra...
What needs improvement with Ivanti Automation?
The user interface could be more futuristic and modernized in terms of styling and colors.
 

Also Known As

VMware Horizon, VMware Horizon View, Mware Dynamic Environment Manager
Ivanti IT Automation, RES Suite
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

LCMC Health
Oxfordshire County Council, Selex Galileo, Elkerliek ziekenhuis, Woodforest National Bank, City of Deventer, Royal Grammar School, SAAone, Eat' N Park, Espria
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