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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
6.9
Number of Reviews
115
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 7.2%, down 11.4% compared to last year.
Ivanti Automation, on the other hand, focuses on Process Automation, holds 0.8% mindshare, up 0.4% since last year.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Horizon 87.2%
VMware Fusion Pro16.4%
VMware Workstation14.2%
Other62.2%
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
Process Automation Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Ivanti Automation0.8%
Camunda21.8%
Temporal7.2%
Other70.2%
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

"I appreciate the ability to have a more centralized environment."
"The solution has data leak prevention features that ensure data is not copied from the base machine to VDI, and API copyright capabilities."
"Centralized management of desktops is one of the main reasons customers choose this solution."
"We can stop the end user from taking data out of the desktops."
"The most valuable features are that it is easy to use and easy to manage."
"Horizon View provides virtual desktops on demand."
"The product helped us deploy complex applications."
"It has a lot of features and they are similar to what we have seen in any environment management solution."
"There is a very good approval hierarchy in place."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of Ivanti Automation is the opportunity to use more or less any kind of scripting software."
"Ivanti Automation significantly simplifies IT infrastructure processes, handling access requests and facilitating various employee requests."
 

Cons

"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."
"In the next release, I would like to have more support when optimizing the master templates for PDI. There are tools that are available to be used but they are not supported at the moment and are more, "use at your own risk.""
"From a performance point of view, we do have stability and reliability issues with Horizon 8. Especially with the integration of NVIDIA, we experience multiple problems including crashing applications, crashing desktops, spontaneous logoffs, black screens, and systems that no longer respond or cannot reconnect."
"I would like to see seamless integration with the cloud because right now, the dependency is on the cloud providers."
"The multimedia playback is not very good and they could improve it by increasing the quality."
"Horizon 7's performance could be improved."
"VMware Horizon's initial setup is fairly complex."
"The most important feature that is missing is the ability to do some remote support on the client itself. For example, if somebody has a Horizon client installed on his machine, there should be a way to support his local machine as well. That's because most of the problems can't be solved very often due to the computer or the setup that someone is using on his personal machine. Because a Horizon client is already installed on the machine to access the environment, it would be nice if the client itself possessed some sort of remote control tool in it so that if needed, we could support both the virtual setup and the actual setup of the machine. It pretty much does everything well. It is mostly the support aspect that can be improved. You have perfect control over your in-house environment. You have a solution that can pretty much be used anywhere, but you have no control over the machine that's being used to access your environment. Definitely, that's where most of the features are lacking. There should be an option for remote control and maybe some options for conformity."
"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."
"Ivanti Automation should deliver more fixed templates for standard use cases or standard procedures."
"The user interface could be more futuristic and modernized in terms of styling and colors."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing depends on the use cases. It depends on the company's needs and budget. For us, it was okay, not too expensive."
"Customers pay a licensing fee."
"The license for this product is paid on a monthly basis."
"There are different editions available at different cost points."
"The solution is expensive."
"Horizon 7 is cheaper than some competitors, like Citrix, because it includes solutions for the server side, the VDI side, and the hypervisor side."
"I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten."
"It is an expensive product. We purchase its yearly license."
"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
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
16%
Government
14%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business61
Midsize Enterprise22
Large Enterprise44
No data available
 

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
 

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Sample Customers

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